I'm looking to upgrade my current system to get more processing performance, hopefully with little more effort and cost than upgrading the processor. Upgrading the motherboard is an option but not a preferable one.
I currently have:
HP Pavilion a1540n Desktop PC - Product number Ex276AA
Athlon 64 X2(W) 4200+ 2.0 GHz 2000 MT/s Socket 939
GeForce 6150 (But am using separate GeForce 7600 GS that's adequate for my graphics needs.
Asus Motherboard A8M2N-LA (HP NodusM-GL8E)
4 GB Ram (of which Win XP can only use 3.5 GB) 240 pin DDR2 SDRAM
250 GB SATA @ 7200 RPM
So.....
Is there a better processor I can swap in for a significant bigger bang with a few bucks?
Is there an opportunity to get a vastly greater boost with a motherboard swap? How vast?
Is there reason to get over my overclocking shyness and consider that route?
Thanks!
I currently have:
HP Pavilion a1540n Desktop PC - Product number Ex276AA
Athlon 64 X2(W) 4200+ 2.0 GHz 2000 MT/s Socket 939
GeForce 6150 (But am using separate GeForce 7600 GS that's adequate for my graphics needs.
Asus Motherboard A8M2N-LA (HP NodusM-GL8E)
4 GB Ram (of which Win XP can only use 3.5 GB) 240 pin DDR2 SDRAM
250 GB SATA @ 7200 RPM
So.....
Is there a better processor I can swap in for a significant bigger bang with a few bucks?
Is there an opportunity to get a vastly greater boost with a motherboard swap? How vast?
Is there reason to get over my overclocking shyness and consider that route?
Thanks!