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"Upgrading a processor"

OK, I've got an AMD K6-2 333mhz processor (Socket 7) and it quite frankly, inadequet. I want a new one but no-way am I paying some trained monkey with an instruction book to put it in for me, so, is it easy to do?

I want to buy the highest processor I can without buying a new motherboard. I've seen a 550mhz for £30 but someone said once it wouldn't work in my PC. Advice?

Thanks.

OK!!

yuck P4. I can't stand pentium processors, there uneccesarily expensive and they are actually slower. Buy an AMD, help in the distruction of Intel!!!

Your Honour wrote:
> Don't get a P4!!!!!

They use some really weird RAM thats DAMN
> expensive! You're best bet would be to get an Athlon, maybe 1.2 Gig
> or something.

Also, your comp sounds really old, so you'll
> probably have to upgrade everything, including case. The only things
> you'll probably be able to keep are the mouse and floppy! It may
> work out easy to buy a new system

Whoops I nearly reported this message!! But anyway!! I know that already and I don't have to pay for much anyway for starters my parents have said that they will pay for anything I need to start, so I can probably blag my way into getting extra that isn't nessescary!! But, my dad has said looking at some stuff, that it could be cheeper to scrap the old one and get a completely new system.

And I know that it needs different programs and I know that in the future and not far things should start happening for the Pentium 4 computers etc. and I am planning to keep it and use it for a few years into the future so I think it is a good idea to stick with the P4 idea instead of having to buy a new motherboard when everything changes.

I have quite a few games now and the downstairs one has a lot of stuff saved on it already without the addition of games and me always being on the Internet, SR etc. my parents and other family members, they rarely get to use it now that the old one upstairs is crap!

SO really it is just for extra space, faster gaming good internet service really, but my dad has said that upgrading should be easy enough, and he has said that adding RAM and stuff like that is very easy!!

If you're building your own system, or upgrading to a P4, it works out REALLY expensive, with not much performance gain at the moment, as programs have to be written specifically for the P4 chip.

If you want a relatively fast system now, at a low price, go for an Athlon. If you can afford it, and want an excellent system for the future, get a P4.

Your Honour wrote:
> Don't get a P4!!!!!

I have a P4.


> They use some really weird RAM thats DAMN expensive!

RDRAM RIMMs I think they're called. Odd, definitely - you have to install the equivalent of a blanking plate in unused memory slots!

Don't get a P4!!!!!

They use some really weird RAM thats DAMN expensive! You're best bet would be to get an Athlon, maybe 1.2 Gig or something.

Also, your comp sounds really old, so you'll probably have to upgrade everything, including case. The only things you'll probably be able to keep are the mouse and floppy! It may work out easy to buy a new system

I am thinking of getting a computer upgrade soon!! Upstairs we have a Celeron or P1 200mghz peice of crap, with a 56K modem connected to I think Freeserve!! BOOOO!

And we hope that by Chrimb it is upgraded with a new motherboard etc. to P4 1.5 or higher ghz etc. brand new to match the one downstairs!! I hope it is easy!!

Turbo, it's relatively easy to install a new mobo. I did it the other week. The whole she-bang, mobo, cpu, RAM and PSU. I'd never done it before, but it was pretty straight forward.

Well, it's not to play games at all. It's just so IE runs a bit better and to enhance Fireworks. I don't play games at all, I just want a speed increas. 333 -> 550 seems fine to me.

Also, I don't want to install a new mobo as that really would require me taking it into a shop.

Adding a processor is dead easy if it's the right type for your mobo, just open the case and push it into the slot/socket. I use a K6/2 550MHz (it needs upgrading now) and it's really easy to install to a motherboard. When you open up the case you'll see a fan on the mobo, unclip this fan and you'll see the processor. There's a lever next to it and if you pull that up the processor moves slightly and you can lift it out. Make sure the processor is the right way round (the pin orientation makes it easy to work out) and push it into the socket. Clip the fan back on and your away.

I would however advise investing in something a bit faster.