can i upgrade the processor in my HP 8665c?

[imported_croaker]

I want to upgrade the P3 600 MHz processour in my HP Pavilion 8665c. Called HP and they said no can do, so I'm thinking the motherboard won't handle it. This leads me to ask has any one out there upgraded their processor or did you have to change out the board.Is it worth while to change the board and processor or should I just buy a new machine. The work isn't a factor but the cost is. HELP

 

[stevty2889]

Well thats a pretty old machine, but sayings it's impossible to upgrade isn't true, although you probably couldn't getting anything from HP, since P3's haven't been made in a long time. Now it really depends on what this machine is being used for, because more than likely there is no upgrade you could give it, to bring it even close to a modern PC. If it's just being used for browsing the internet, or doing word documants, you would probably be better off to upgrade the ram, and put in newer faster hard drive.

 

[imported_croaker]

Thanks for the reply. I am using the machine for browsing and games. I've already upgraded the vid card and put in a second harddrive. Daughter complains that the macine is to slow to play her games ( Sims 2) and her music. Any suggestions?

 

[stevty2889]

Hmm, well what video card did you upgrade to? Also, just adding a second hard drive won't help, if you still have the operating system and most of the programs on the older slower drive, although if you are running windows xp, you can easily move the page file to the new drive, so that should help some when it is using the page file. It would help if we had more system specs, video card, hard drives, memory, PSU, etc..
Also, in order to know how much of a faster CPU you can use, we'll need to know the exact motherboard model. You can use a program such Everest to help identify it.