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TheGreatPotato · Feb 29, 2008, 04:27 PM // 16:27

I would just save up the money and get a new mobo/ram(ddr2)/cpu/vid card. It will be more in the present but it will give you more time until another upgrade.

Enko · Feb 29, 2008, 04:53 PM // 16:53

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Originally Posted by Biostem

Also, and this is a big deal, once you get a compatible motherboard & CPU, make sure you have a decent heat sink, and that you apply the proper amount of thermal compound correctly. Many CPUs come w/ a heat sink already, and the better ones have the thermal grease already applied. You want to make sure you attach the heat sink w/o leaving fingerprints or air pockets in the thermal grease, too.

if you're applying thermal grease in a way that its going to leave fingerprints or air pockets, you're doing it wrong . ..
if you touch thermal grease directly with your fingers, you're going to leave skin particles in it which kind of defeats the purpose.