[wplug] Redesigning my home network

[Pat Barron]

This is a good choice for what you're trying to do.  The other processor 
you mentioned (the Athlon 64 X2) may or may not have worked - it's a 
Socket AM2 processor (like the Sempron you have now), but is not on the 
list of compatible processor upgrades for that motherboard.  The Phenom 
X3 8550 is on the list, so should work (at least, as far as we can tell 
from the info HP provides).

As Justin hinted in his message, this processor has a forth core that is 
"locked".  If your motherboard/BIOS will let you unlock the locked core 
(and assuming that it actually works - sometimes the cores that get 
locked are actually defective....), you might be able to use it as well.

--Pat.

On 08/15/2012 8:10 AM, John Lewis wrote:
> I actually got this processor
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00805Y3E6/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00,
> because it looked compatible (same socket, Names mostly matched) and it
> had more cores. I could have got an am3 processor, but the board
> wouldn't have been able to use it to its fullest potential
> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/01/quick-reminder-am3-chips-compatible-with-am2am2-boards/.
>
> On 08/14/2012 10:20 PM, John Lewis wrote:
>> The model number of my board matched the Picture.
>>
>> Should I put in this processor
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103979&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-NA-_-NA
>> and just start building another computer?
>>
>> Should I get a sound card for either computer?
>>
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