Help Upgading from a 3500 to X2 processor?

[MatTT]

hi,

I have at the moment a AMD 3500 [Skt 939] single core processor and I'm looking to upgrade to a 4600 x2 OEM processor[Before they sell out]. I have never installed a processor before! I know the OEM versions don't come with a fan or heatsink, so would it be possible to use the Heatsink/fan from my old 3500 processor or if possible recommend one to buy from Overclockers?

I have looked inside my case, and I can see a Akasa Fan, and underneath that there is a silver structure thats about half a brick size, would that be the HeatSink?

Thanks for any help,

Matt

 

[MatTT]

Thanks for your quick reply,

I Have a MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Board, so it should hopefully work with x2. When installing the Processor where would be the best place to put the thermal paste and how much is needed?


Matt

 

[MatTT]

Hi,

One last question does it matter what type of thermal paste I use or shoudl I order some Artic Silver [everyone seems to recommend it!]? Also if I don't add any thermal paste will that cause any issues?

matt

I used this BootCd made by syar2003 at the MSI fourms to flash my bios. All proper flashing parameters were included in the batch/menu.
Menu looks like this:

1 = MS-7125 bios NCG 1.C (W7125NCG.1C0)
2 = MS-7125 bios 1.D murdok mod (7125XMOD.1D)
3 = MS-7125 bios 1.D Syar mod temp disabled (W7125NMM.1D0)
4 = MS-7125 bios 1.D MSI regular (W7125NMS.1D0)
5 = MS-7125 bios 1.C MSI regular (W7125NMS.1C0)

The bold one is the W7125NMS.1D0 MSI stock bios (menu choice 4)
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http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?topic=59711.0

 

[MatTT]

I have installed my new x2 processor, I followed the instructions that I
was kindly given. The heatSink was easy to take off and I removed the
Processor fairly easy. I inserted the new processor, added half a pea size
amount of Akasa paste and used a credit card to smooth it out across the
chip. I also wiped any excess stuff off the heat sink with some tissue paper.

I did find it very hard though to put the heatsink back on over the
processor. The first side clicked on ok, but it was a strugle to get the
other side on. One side still looks more secure than the other, heat dosn't seem to move though.

I will probably look into buying the recommend heatsink/fan

Thanks for all your help,

matt

 

[MatTT]

Edit.

 

[MatTT]

How are you finding life in the dual core world then?

Every seems to be working fine. The standard temp when not doing to much seems to be round the 30/35'C mark. Playing games seems to be about the same, but when it comes to encoding and multitasking it does feel a lot faster.

As soon as I put the new processor in, and started windows It worked straight away and task manager shows two cores running. I have installed the AMD drivers, but not the optimizer. The fan that came with my original 3500 was the
Akasa AK-860 Low Noise CPU Cooler (Socket 754 & 939), which is working fine.

matt