Would this upgrade work?

[manny416]

My current system has the following:

OCZ modstream 450W PSU
Intel pentium 3.2 ghz
P4P 800 deleuxe mobo
OCZ 1gb platnium ram DDR400
BFG 6800GT OC
WD 120 gig Serial ATA HD
LG 16x dvd burner

I want to upgrade my cpu and mobo for gaming and superior performance reasons. I want to replace the current cpu and mobo with the AMD X2 4400+ and ASRock 939 Dual mobo. I want to keep all my other parts and just replace the mobo and cpu would all the parts be compatible? Would I encounter any issues with my PSU? I wont be overclocking the cpu, therefore would I need a thirdparty cooler? I want to keep my agp card until I can afford a pci-e graphic card upgrade. With these prices on the dual core who can resist? I am open to other suggestions.

Thanks in advance

 

[jgigz]

Is the RAM ddr2 400 or ddr 400? other than that just make sure its an agp slot and you are buying the appropriate motherboard for the processor. As far as thridparty cooling goes you should be just fine on stock HSF. Other than that I don't see any reason why it shouldnt work.

 

[manny416]

it ddr 400

 

[jgigz]

Then your ram is compable and everything should work ok.

Edit: As far as your PSU, it has enough beef to power everything ok. When you go PCI-e you might wanna look into something beefier depending on what type of card you get.

 

[manny416]

how long do you think this cpu would last? and what are my overcloking potentials with this particular mobo?

 

[jgigz]

Originally posted by: manny416
how long do you think this cpu would last? and what are my overcloking potentials with this particular mobo?

Well I read a few reviews and it seems you can get it up to 2.4ghz on stock HSF with no problem. If you wanted to go any further than that i would suggest getting a thirdparty HSF. But if you get it to 2.4ghz thats pretty much you buying a x2 4800 so you should be hapyy with that. As far as the ASrock board is concerned I am not sure Ive never dealt with them before but Imagine you could squeeze 400mhz outta it no problem wich would be a very succesful oc and nothing that will require water cooling.

 

[Tarrant64]

I've seen ASrock recommended a few times, and like Asus tend to be pretty solid mobo's. If looking for a 3rd party HSF I'd like to recommend Zalman. They usually have some pretty awesome solutions when it comes to cooling and they are good at keeping things quiet. I was going to put a direct link to their page with what is available for Intel processors, but it seems I can't direct link to it.

www.zalmanusa.com

 

[manny416]

the stock HSF is it really loud? If so i will definately purachse something alot quiter. Regarding the PSU is the 450W OCZ modstream enough juice to power the system?

 

[jgigz]

Originally posted by: manny416
the stock HSF is it really loud? If so i will definately purachse something alot quiter. Regarding the PSU is the 450W OCZ modstream enough juice to power the system?

Yes the PSU definately has enough power as I mentioned in a previous post. When you upgrade to PCI-e you will probally want to look into a beefier PSU depending on what card you buy, but you should have no problems with that PSU.

 

[manny416]

I dont want to loose any of the data on my current HD nor do I want to do a clean reinstall. So is there anything I should do so that the installation process goes smooth and wont run into blue screen problems with the new mobo.

 

[jgigz]

Originally posted by: manny416
I dont want to loose any of the data on my current HD nor do I want to do a clean reinstall. So is there anything I should do so that the installation process goes smooth and wont run into blue screen problems with the new mobo.

Just back up any important data its hard to say when crossing brands, Ive never done it personally and to be on the safe side I would back up data and just reformat.

 

[bfonnes]

Originally posted by: manny416

I want to upgrade my cpu and mobo for gaming and superior performance reasons.

I really like how you put that...

you should post your question about your data in the Operating Systems forum, as for your hardware question... You should start by reading this site's articles about Core 2 Duo, and you may consider upgrading your RAM as well, as other posters have suggested. also, you didn't say whether your video card is AGP or PCI-e. If it is AGP, you'll want to upgrade that was well... Also, no post like this is complete unless you tell us your budget, i.e. how much money do you want to spend/can you spend?

BFonnes

 

[SlitheryDee]

Originally posted by: manny416
I dont want to loose any of the data on my current HD nor do I want to do a clean reinstall. So is there anything I should do so that the installation process goes smooth and wont run into blue screen problems with the new mobo.

I really doubt that you're going to be able to just plug your HDD into the new MB and have it work properly. I think you can do a windows repair installation to reset windows to the generic drivers.

That method's going to leave a lot of crap from your old motherboard drivers on your HD though. I'd really recommend backing up your vital data and doing a clean install for best results.