[Cynicalfelidae]

I'm looking to buy this pc:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...7858&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

It has plenty of ram and a nice HD, but is severely lacking in the cpu dept. I'd like to know what my options are for upgrading it to something more in the 2.5 to 30GHz area.

Some specs for those leery of links:

a6863w Desktop PC

Processorhenom-9150e (A) 1.8 GHz (65W)
3600 MHz HyperTransport 3.0
Socket AM2+

Chipset: AMD 780G

Mobo: Manufacturer: MSI
Motherboard Name: MS-7548
HP/Compaq motherboard name: Aspen-GL8E

Ram: 7 GB
Type 240 pin, DDR2

HD: 750 GB SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec) 7200 rpm

Any advice will be welcome and appreicated.

 

[Wrench97]

I would think it would take any of the Phenom's but the nice thing about HP is if you Email HP tech support they will usually give you exactly which cpu's will work on the system.

 

[Cynicalfelidae]

Thank you for the very fast response, I have no idea why I didn't think of that. :4-dontkno

 

[Amd_Man]

CPU/Processor Socket AM2+ supports AM2, AM2+ processors
Memory support is limited to DDR2 modules
Supports the following processors:
Athlon X2 BE-2xxx (Brisbane core, AM2)
Athlon 64 X2 up to 6000+ with Dual Core technology (Brisbane core, AM2)
Athlon 64 X2 up to 6000+ with Dual Core technology (Windsor core)
AMD Phenom Triple-Core up to 8xxx series (Toliman core, AM2+)
AMD Phenom Quad-Core up to 9950 (Agena core, AM2+)