If it ain't broke....... tinker with it anyway?

[Rextifier]

Knock on wood... I bought my Acer 7560-Sb416 in Jan. '12, and for the money, so far so darn good. Was taking a few IT courses, and as far as poor college students go, I was OK with it. Question is, can I soup it up like its "beefier" brothers? Am I constrained by the motherboard? It's an Acer board, JE70-SB(Socket FS1). Southbridge A55/A60M AMD. Stock machine. Sometimes best left well enough alone, but, you guys know. More is better.
I've read some of your articles and you guy's seem to know your stuff for sure. Thanks

 

[Cristi72]

Hello,

If you want a more responsive system, go for an SSD.
If you want a more powerful system than the stock one, try to find the exact model for your CPU (install CPU-Z, it will give you the infos) and see if there is something more powerful than your actual CPU: http://www.cpu-world.com/Sockets/Socket_FS1.html.

Just remember that a more powerful CPU could not work properly because of the thermal constraints of the cooling system and the power constraints of the motherboard or the AC adapter.

 

[Rextifier]

That's the fun part, huh? I think I'll try the SSD and build a desktop. Thanks.