cpu upgrade

**newbe** · February 11th, 2010, 01:47 PM

hi i have a A8n32-sli-delux 939 socket and want to upgrade my cpu. at the moment i have a 1.80 gighertz amd athlon 64 i am completly confused with the numbers and specs on the various sites i have looked at .what i need to know is what are the fastest cpu units that would fit my board .although i did make my computer some 5/6 years ago and i have had no problems numbers do confuse me can any one help thanks roy

**JPMiller** · February 11th, 2010, 02:23 PM

I REALLY suggest you reconsider ANY money spent on that old of a platform...
unless you can find a very cheap upgrade from Craigslist, its just not worth sinking money into...
Since it still does work, I would pull the mobo, CPU and memory, (and video card if its AGP) and sell as a combo on Craigslist and put that toward a new setup...
You can find VERY cheap current gen hardware that will easily surpass any upgrade you could do to that and still be upgradeable.
Figure it this way...
You havent had any serious issues with is machine yet, however when you go and upgrade parts you have to take things apart and work on them, leaving you open to any number of problems that can occur, now youve spent money on an upgrade and you may find you have issues with it once youve upgraded...
Now youve wasted money that could have been spent on new parts that can be returned or RMAed... With components that old its just a matter of time before you have failure
The realistic average lifespan of most electronics is 3-5 years...
Your already living on borrowed time...

**newbe** · February 11th, 2010, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by JPMiller

I REALLY suggest you reconsider ANY money spent on that old of a platform...
unless you can find a very cheap upgrade from Craigslist, its just not worth sinking money into...
Since it still does work, I would pull the mobo, CPU and memory, (and video card if its AGP) and sell as a combo on Craigslist and put that toward a new setup...
You can find VERY cheap current gen hardware that will easily surpass any upgrade you could do to that and still be upgradeable.
Figure it this way...
You havent had any serious issues with is machine yet, however when you go and upgrade parts you have to take things apart and work on them, leaving you open to any number of problems that can occur, now youve spent money on an upgrade and you may find you have issues with it once youve upgraded...
Now youve wasted money that could have been spent on new parts that can be returned or RMAed... With components that old its just a matter of time before you have failure
The realistic average lifespan of most electronics is 3-5 years...
Your already living on borrowed time...

thanks for your insight i did enjoy building my first comp perhaps i need to put some thought into building my secound