Is this upgrade possible or compatable

holdyourcol8r · 21 Mar 2011 at 20:36

I currently have a "Primo Drone" AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz DDR3 System.

link:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-265-OK&groupid=43&catid=1078&subcat=

What I have been thinking about doing is changing my processor to a AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz

link:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-244-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1943

In the box there were two motherboard boxes I have checked the support site for both to see if this can work and it says yes they can support it.

links:
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=iDZQ9yNK2CbKW6Zv
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=bZpT4egUiqtojuHR

My graphics card is a nvidia geforce gt 220 and im not sure about
upgrading it.

Also I would add windows 7 home premium 64-Bit (I was stupid and chose 32-bit), change the case to a Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case, add OcUK 30cm Cold Cathode 2-in-1 Kit - UV and finally add Corsair Airflow Dual-Channel Fan.

Altogether this will cost £260-ish and I would like to keep it preferably under £350. Is this upgrade possible

Ginger-Menace · 21 Mar 2011 at 20:39

confussed about what motherboard you have? but the cpu is the same socket so that will work, and everything else looks like it will work

TerryH · 21 Mar 2011 at 20:42

The case you selected is Micro ATX only (or uATX) and of the 2 motherboards you selected only the M4A78LT-M will fit.

holdyourcol8r · 21 Mar 2011 at 21:00

Thanks guys I checked CPU-Z and the motherboard is a ASUS M2N68-AM-SE2, will that fit the case I chose?

titan13131 · 21 Mar 2011 at 21:05

TerryH said:
The case you selected is Micro ATX only (or uATX) and of the 2 motherboards you selected only the M4A78LT-M will fit.

The zalman isn't a micro atx only case, it can take full size atx motherboards so his mobo will fit fine.

TerryH · 21 Mar 2011 at 21:05

@holdyourcol8r - ASUS M2N68-AM-SE2 is an Micro ATX motherboard so yes.

titan13131 said:
The zalman isn't a micro atx only case, it can take full size atx motherboards so his mobo will fit fine.

Lol thanks for confusing me.. Just noticed he wants to change the case too.. so it's almost a whole new rebuild rather than just an upgrade o.O

holdyourcol8r · 21 Mar 2011 at 21:21

Although the primo uses the OcUk EZcool case mine came in a TRENDSONIC Corona for some reason

http://www.silicon-edinburgh.co.uk/product.asp?cat=Cases and Accessories&subcat=Cases&prodID=6433

sorry about the confusion I am new to this sort of thing if you have not already guessed.