Upgrade to Quad Core!!

Hey there, just wondering if anyone could help me out with a tech question! I own a T180 - A244 Acer Aspire Desktop, (AMD 64 Athlon X2 Dual Core 3800+, 1GB RAM, 250GBHD, Nvidia7500LE).

When Quad Core comes out will I be able to upgrade to it, or will I have to replace the motherboard? I noticed that AMD Dual Core fits straight into single CPU motherboards without any alterations!  Any advice would be great!!


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Gerard WilliamsUpgrade to Quad Core!!
well if Acer is anything like the big general pc builders (Dell, HP), the case in non-standard case and non-standard mobo, so you can%26#39;t get a new off-the-shelf mobo unless you do major reconstruction (not really worth it imho), you might need a new board for the AMD quads, not sure (Intel user here lol).Upgrade to Quad Core!!
yeah, i was a heavy intel user, i have a 3ghz pentium 4 laptop, thought I%26#39;d give amd a go, very cheap cpu%26#39;s. performance has been good, i think the tower is good, theres heaps of upgrade space, 3 extra slots for ram, pci express, etc, the only downside to the tower is the power supply which is 300w, acer and other companys usually only give you the power u need to run the stuff inside never any extra, so ill definately need to upgrade the power supply
The AMD quad core is a new architecture that will require a new motherboard that is not yet available.
[QUOTE=''Gog'']The AMD quad core is a new architecture that will require a new motherboard that is not yet available.[/QUOTE]Actually, it will work in current AM2 and 1207 motherboards. They will probably need a bios flash for full support/stability.
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