Can I upgrade this computer? Please help!!!!

[Julian]

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I wanna upgrade that computer from

300 Watts to 500 coolmaster watts.

Intel Gma 3100 to Nvidia 9800gtx 1gb

Intel Pentium Dual Core E2220 2.4GHz to Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz

Can I do this? Please help.

 

[FuryRosewood]

Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:

Intel Core 2 Quad (Y) Q9xxxx
Intel Core 2 Duo (W) E8xxx
Intel Core 2 Quad (K) up to Q6600
Core 2 Duo E6x00 (C) up to E6700
Core 2 Duo E4x00 (C) up to E4400

those are the compatible families.

 

[Motorcharge]

The link you posted shows possible upgrades. Odds are nothing else will work with HP's BIOS.

 

[Julian]

So I can upgrade to these, correct?

 

[wolfeking]

no. The E7*** family is not supported.

 

[Julian]

So Can I get an e8400?

 

[johnb35]

So Can I get an e8400?

Yes you can.

 

[Julian]

Yes you can.

I don't understand though.

The e8400 is better then then e7500, so why can't I get the e7500?

PS: Should I get the Q6600 or the e8400.

 

[Julian]

Help please.

Q6600 or e8400, and The e8400 is better then then e7500, so why can't I get the e7500?

 

[TrainTrackHack]

It's nothing to do with "betterness", the E7500 just happens to be a newer model and that's probably why it's not supported.

As for the CPU, well what do you plan to use the computer for? I would get the Q6600 since that way you'll get more life out of your system. If it's just gaming, though, I'd first upgrade the graphics card and see if that upgrade is adequate. That computer is pretty old, I would rather not upgrade components that I can't reuse later on unless absolutely necessary.