zombiemenate
Junior Member
I'm slowly in the process of upgrading an old computer. Right now I have an e2200 cpu and I'm not entirely sure if it would work with the motherboard, the motherboard should accept the chip as it is LGA775 but there's an age difference of like three years between the two.
Is it safe to try the CPU in the older motherboard? This is just for the sake of trying it out as I will be getting a newer motherboard soon-ish.
What about putting a new videocard in it? The motherboard does have a PCIe slot but would it be ok to try and run a newer videocard on it (something like a HD3850?).
The current motherboard is built for ATX cases. The case I have isn't exactly small but it isn't very big either. While it does have an ATX motherboard it still has a lot of empty space inside it. The case has enough room for a 12*6 inch (30*15cm) motherboard, that is, it's 30cm deep and 15 cm upwards. Would that be big enough for a normal sized motherboard?
Finally I have a question about the RAM slots. there are currently four slots in the case, two occupied purple and two vacant green. I'm kind of confused as to the difference, can I throw in more ram into the green slots or would that be a bad idea? The current sticks of ram I have are both 512mb so it's kind of annoying, if it were just a single stick 1gig I could have bought another one and put it in the other purple slot. So are the two vacant green slots useful for anything?
Thanks for any help 🙂
Is it safe to try the CPU in the older motherboard? This is just for the sake of trying it out as I will be getting a newer motherboard soon-ish.
What about putting a new videocard in it? The motherboard does have a PCIe slot but would it be ok to try and run a newer videocard on it (something like a HD3850?).
The current motherboard is built for ATX cases. The case I have isn't exactly small but it isn't very big either. While it does have an ATX motherboard it still has a lot of empty space inside it. The case has enough room for a 12*6 inch (30*15cm) motherboard, that is, it's 30cm deep and 15 cm upwards. Would that be big enough for a normal sized motherboard?
Finally I have a question about the RAM slots. there are currently four slots in the case, two occupied purple and two vacant green. I'm kind of confused as to the difference, can I throw in more ram into the green slots or would that be a bad idea? The current sticks of ram I have are both 512mb so it's kind of annoying, if it were just a single stick 1gig I could have bought another one and put it in the other purple slot. So are the two vacant green slots useful for anything?
Thanks for any help 🙂
