Upgrading CPU

[Guest]

Hello,
When It comes to Upgrading CPU's and stuff I'm a bit of a noob, what it is in my current PC i've got an AMD Athlon 270 (3.0ghz) Dual core processor and i want to upgrade it to something like an AMD Phenom II 965 quad core processor do i have to swap the motherboards?? or could i just get away with swaping the CPU's
thanks

 

[novemberrain]

Tell us your motherboard model.
965 phenom would be great cheap update for AM3 socket btw

 

[iceclock]

yes, what is ur motherboard and the rest of ur system,

so we can advice u the best upgrade path for ur bucks.

 

[jessterman21]

You should have absolutely no problems upgrading to a quad core Phenom, but some mobos can only take a 95w CPU at max, so none of the Black Edition CPUs will work. In that case your best option is a Phenom II X4 955 95w.

 

[iceclock]

yes well wed still need to know whats his motherboard, that would help