Help with processor upgrade!
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The quick and simple answer is.. It depends 
If you are working with a generic system then it depends on weather your motherboard supports the processor, on the other hand if you are working with a comercial system then the company may have ordered custom parts made to order and you can't swap many of the parts, ( I came across a system that was so custom that we could not even reuse the monitor!). You might be working with any combination of standard and custom parts. on the other hand if it was a system that was made from parts (you went to a computer show and assembled a system) then it can be fairly simple, and you might look into buying a motherboard & Cpu combo, many companys sell them for the price of the processor +$10. You also might look into some of the sites that are trying to sell you a new system, you are able to select the componets you want and get a general idea of what prices you are talking about and then ether shop for yourself or if the price is right; buy it. You are able to usual reuse the drives but the processor, memory and cpu HAVE to be matched or you will be scratching your head and wondering why the thing just sits there and beeps at you. But as for just pulling the old processor and dropping in a new one it's a firm perhaps..
If you are working with a generic system then it depends on weather your motherboard supports the processor, on the other hand if you are working with a comercial system then the company may have ordered custom parts made to order and you can't swap many of the parts, ( I came across a system that was so custom that we could not even reuse the monitor!). You might be working with any combination of standard and custom parts. on the other hand if it was a system that was made from parts (you went to a computer show and assembled a system) then it can be fairly simple, and you might look into buying a motherboard & Cpu combo, many companys sell them for the price of the processor +$10. You also might look into some of the sites that are trying to sell you a new system, you are able to select the componets you want and get a general idea of what prices you are talking about and then ether shop for yourself or if the price is right; buy it. You are able to usual reuse the drives but the processor, memory and cpu HAVE to be matched or you will be scratching your head and wondering why the thing just sits there and beeps at you. But as for just pulling the old processor and dropping in a new one it's a firm perhaps..
