Plan to Upgrade My HP PC

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paintb4707

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Well, Im still yet to achieve my first pc build but I realized I really cant afford a totally new system at the moment, so Ive decided to upgrade my HP pc. I plan to upgrade with the following:

a8n-sli premium
amd x2 3800
6600 vanilla (just for now because I dont own any spare pci-e gpus, but this will be replaced shortly)
s12-430 psu (IF my current psu cant handle the upgrade, which I doubt, but Ill check it out before ordering)

And this brings me to the question, is there anything I should know/worry about before making my purchase? Im aware of the certain ram compatibility issues with the a8n series, but Ill check my ram models beforehand to make sure. Oh and, do retail cpus come with thermal paste or do I need to buy arctic silver also?
 
You may need a new case also. Most HP's use a proprietary front panel plug, so you may not be able to connect your HP case's power switch, reset switch, power IDE, and IDE activity IDE to your motherboard.

To answer your question about thermal paste, yes retail CPU's come with a heatsink that already has thermal paste on it.
 
ardenj said:
You may need a new case also. Most HP's use a proprietary front panel plug, so you may not be able to connect your HP case's power switch, reset switch, power IDE, and IDE activity IDE to your motherboard.

To answer your question about thermal paste, yes retail CPU's come with a heatsink that already has thermal paste on it.
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Agh.. is there anyway to confrim this? Anyone upgrade an HP machine before?
 
paintb4707 said:
Agh.. is there anyway to confrim this? Anyone upgrade an HP machine before?
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You could just open up your case and see how these are connected to the motherboard. I'm sure someone could provide you of pictures of what they SHOULD look like. My best explanation is that they are many seperate wires with small black ends that are the size of one pin on the MB. I'm sure a picture would be a bit more helpful...
 
DudeItsMe said:
You could just open up your case and see how these are connected to the motherboard. I'm sure someone could provide you of pictures of what they SHOULD look like. My best explanation is that they are many seperate wires with small black ends that are the size of one pin on the MB. I'm sure a picture would be a bit more helpful...
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Ok well, tomorrow Ill have some free time and ill host up a pic of the pins. Maybe you guys can figure this out for me :D
 
paintb4707 said:
Ok well, tomorrow Ill have some free time and ill host up a pic of the pins. Maybe you guys can figure this out for me :D
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Your front panel connections should look like this:
buildfrontpanel.jpg


Some HP cases don't have them seperate like that. Instead it's just one long connector. Make sure your connections are seperate like in the picture.
 
ardenj said:
Your front panel connections should look like this:
buildfrontpanel.jpg


Some HP cases don't have them seperate like that. Instead it's just one long connector. Make sure your connections are seperate like in the picture.
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Thanks for that. Ill check it out
 
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