Need help with proccesor selection

[glennlh]

Hi,
I have i decided to use my computer to play some recent games but i ran a scan to see if my computer was capable of running them and it said my processor wasnt good enough. Here is my computer specs:

ASRock P4I65G Motherboard
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz
1GB of Ram
Sapphire HD 2600 Pro 512MB DDR2

The processor i was thinking of was the AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+

Will this proccesor work with my motherboard?
Even if it works should i upgrade my motherboard anyway?
If i need a new motherboard could you recommend one which will work with my graphics card?

Thanks Glennlh

 

[xtremezx2]

Will this proccesor work with my motherboard?
No, they need to be the same socket type (these are not even the same brand).
Even if it works should i upgrade my motherboard anyway?
It won't so yeah you should.
If i need a new motherboard could you recommend one which will work with my graphics card?
For a board, look for something with a Socket AM2 for the processor and a PCI-express x16 for the video card. I don't really know the am2 boards as I don't have one, maybe someone else will have a particular one for you.

 

[_-..zKiLLA..-_]

if u can find the one in my sig its great

 

[glennlh]

Thanks Xtremezx2 and zKilla,

Would these three product work together then:

Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2L

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+

Sapphire HD 2600 Pro 512MB DDR2

Thanks

 

[worshipme]

Go with the 780G chipset, it's AM2+, so there's Phenom support with HT 3.0 and it is overall a much better chipset than anything Nvidia has to offer ATM. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150281

And go with the HD 3650, not only is it a faster card, it can also work in Crossfire with the 780G's integrated HD 3200 chip.

Also, do you have DDR or DDR2 RAM, you will need DDR2. Just run a program like CPU-Z to check.

 

[glennlh]

Thanks for the advice worshipme,

Im sure im using DDR2 Ram but ill look it up

 

[Teny]

what games do you plan to play?
Its best to have at least 2GB of ram, and better if you get the one you have now and a new one to run dual channel, or just get a set of 2 x 1GB ram with better speed and timings, and put your other 1gb somewhere.

Long story short. You will pretty much be building a new computer if you want to run the latest games on pretty high settings.