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I have a Compaq Presario SR1215CB desktop computer. Would it help if I upgraded the processor?

I have a P4 and I have added the maximum of ram. I just wanted to get more out of my computer when running multiple programs etc. Is it possible to replace with say a Dual Core processor?

Public Comments

1. unless you already have a dual core processor in your PC you're going to have to change the motherboard and not just the processor
2. It's a semperon processor, socket A. This isn't capable of being changed with a dual core processor. **You can change the motherboard but this is much more complex than changing the processor most times. You have to completely disassemble the computer to replace the motherboard.
3. It is possible to upgrade the processor. What kind of processor you could upgrade to, well, I can't really tell you that because I don't know. That answer you will have to find out by looking that up somewhere on the Internet, or ask someone who already has done it. But upgrading a processor is something that I personally would not mess with, but you can try it and see what happens.
4. well you will need to change motherboard because core2duo wont work on your mother board.
5. Are you sure you have the right model number? A search of your model revealed the model number you typed was a model manufactured in 2004 with a sempron 3000+. Which is an amd chip not an intel P4. If my search was correct, you have an old socket A platform and its almost not worth trying to upgrade the processor. You should probably look into a new computer if you really want more performance. And while the term "dual core" is very ambiguous, almost anything that uses "dual-core" technology will be better than a single core because single-core cpus tend to "lock up" a lot.