Two CPUs in one PC

apc

I currently have two Intel Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz processors. My motherboard is a fujitsu siemens GA-8I848PM. My question is can I install both processors onto the one motherboard. Extreme Noob here.

Thanks in advance,
apc

Triangle

This motherboard only has one slot for a processor - so no.

Have you looked at the motherboard?

apc

Nope not yet. Id prefer not to go near any of the components until i actually have a plan. I have picked out an upgrade kit, this one
http://maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=345043
And I was wondering, If I just swapped in all this stuff in for my current components, would it work straight away or would I have to do anything else e.g drivers or installation.

Thanks in advance,
apc

noodletop

apc wrote: »

Nope not yet. Id prefer not to go near any of the components until i actually have a plan. I have picked out an upgrade kit, this one
http://maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=345043
And I was wondering, If I just swapped in all this stuff in for my current components, would it work straight away or would I have to do anything else e.g drivers or installation.

Thanks in advance,
apc

if your running win xp i would recommend you remove any drivers for graphics or the board you have at mo as it can cause problems when you put the new parts in , the only other thing is if you go for it get some artic silver for the chip as the crap you get with that bundle is exactly that crap!!!! ( some sort of sticky white substance)
you do get a driver disk with that setup so no need to go looking for them after.

and one quick question .....

are you planning on gaming with it, bec that card wont run anything and if thats your intention you could prob get better for very little more than that price. i'm tryin to remember but i think it costs around 192 euro for it in the blanchardstown store.

apc

Thanks for your advice about the graphics card.I plan to do a small amount of gaming but nothing major. I was looking at the AMD Athlon II X4 620 Quad Core and the Radeon HD 4850. Are these two components compatible and what motherboard would you recommend? My motherboard budget is around 50 euro.

Thanks in advance,
apc

noodletop

apc wrote: »

Thanks for your advice about the graphics card.I plan to do a small amount of gaming but nothing major. I was looking at the AMD Athlon II X4 620 Quad Core and the Radeon HD 4850. Are these two components compatible and what motherboard would you recommend? My motherboard budget is around 50 euro.

Thanks in advance,
apc

50 is not a lot for a mo/bo tbh
what site did you look at the card/chip on , if you could post links i'll try help you out a bit:D

noodletop

having a quick look think this is your chip

http://maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=346584
which will be about 120 euro in maplin in dublin

but you can get this
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=500141

for approx 5 euro more and far better chip

your choice of card
http://maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=227858


or this one
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=485117

with the artic cooling fan for about the same price

and if you pick them up from blanchardstown outlet you dont pay postage

jonny72

apc wrote: »

Nope not yet. Id prefer not to go near any of the components until i actually have a plan. I have picked out an upgrade kit, this one
http://maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=345043
And I was wondering, If I just swapped in all this stuff in for my current components, would it work straight away or would I have to do anything else e.g drivers or installation.

Thanks in advance,
apc

Dude, never pick out an upgrade kit based on the shinyness of the box and nothing else, that upgrade kit is absolute ****e!

apc

Thanks for the recommendations. On Komplett I can get the

PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 1GB GDDR3
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=485117

AMD Phenom II X4 925 AM3
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=500141

Samsung DVD±RW burner, SH-S223B
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=452346

All for €240. Not sure if this DVD drive is a good one so any advice is appreciated and I am still looking for a good motherboard. Id say I can stretch the motherboard budget to around €70.

P.S. Are all these products compatible with one another?

Thanks in advance,
apc

noodletop

deff yes there and for the board do you have any ram if so what is it or do you need ram too?

apc

Yeah I have two 1Gb sticks of DDR2 ram

noodletop

apc wrote: »

Yeah I have two 1Gb sticks of DDR2 ram

try one of these boards so

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=485694&view=detailed#ProductTabs

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=427376&view=detailed#ProductTabs

i would lean towards the asus but it only has single pci-e slot so no second card later but if your not plannin on going there its the one i would go for. comes with Hybrid CrossFireX support so should help boost preformance on the card

apc

Thanks a bunch for all your help. Are there any othere components you would recommend getting/upgrading?

noodletop

where do you start with that one.....lol

psu make sure its strong enough to cope with all the components in your machine, if its from a p4 machine i would say it might need an upgrade

and maybe your hdd the 1tb drives are not that pricey now so its another feature you could look at for upgrade, you could prob use the existing one for the os and a 1tb drive for storage etc.


i could keep going but i dont know what you have in your machine so im only guessing at the mo, unless you listed exact specs of machine and exact purpose of use after upgrade

apc

ok thanks. one last thing. My sound card is a Realtek AC97 which apparently is an extremely old card. Would it be worth my while upgrading and if so to what card?

Thanks in advance,
apc

noodletop

apc wrote: »

ok thanks. one last thing. My sound card is a Realtek AC97 which apparently is an extremely old card. Would it be worth my while upgrading and if so to what card?

Thanks in advance,
apc

again depends on what you want from the machine but for example this is a good start

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-001-AS&groupid=701&catid=11&subcat=

apc

Thats a good bi outta my budget. I dont really care about audio that much I just wanna know if my card will work even if its doesnt provide great sound.

Thanks in advance,
apc

jonny72

If you are using an old power supply unit from your old computer, it could fry the new components

So you would probably have to get a new PSU then.

You'll basically be building a whole new machine.

When building do everything properly and methodically, look it up on youtube, read stuff, etc.

Do not buy the stuff straight away but check here.. for instance is your old case ATX or mATX? what speed is your old ddr2 ram? etc, etc, etc

jonny72

apc wrote: »

Thats a good bi outta my budget. I dont really care about audio that much I just wanna know if my card will work even if its doesnt provide great sound.

Thanks in advance,
apc

When you get a new motherboard it will have perfect onboard sound, v few people actually buy soundcards anymore

noodletop

jonny72 wrote: »

When you get a new motherboard it will have perfect onboard sound, v few people actually buy soundcards anymore

have to agree here if your not doing anything like music editing stick with onboard sound spend the money on the psu thats the most important part after the board and chip