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Answer» I have a Pent 4 Socket 478 PC with 4 GB of RAM. Thing is that I want to upgrade to a Dual Core Board too run Assassian Creed Brother Hood an other games. I bought a AM2+ to Test a Dell Board that I just want to use as the CPU "Dell Dimension E521" just wondered if that would be fast enough an I have DDR2 RAM. AM2+ motherboards can run older AM2 CPUs as well as newer AM3 CPU's. The biggest limitation to that board will be processor support for AM3 processors. Some boards do not have BIOS updates to support say a x3 or x4 processor, while others with a flash update could handle say a Phenom II x4 AM3 3.0 Ghz CPU such as my motherboard max's out at and is an AM2+ motherboard. And in order to get my AM3 Athlon II x4 620 2.6Ghz to boot, I had to perform a flash on it with the old AM2 processor first. Then perform the CPU upgrade for the quadcore to run. The only drawback to a AM2+ motherboard vs a newer AM3 or AM3+ motherboard is that you can only run DDR2 Ram in an AM2+ motherboard, while the AM3 CPU supports DDR3 memory. So if you were to populate that AM3 CPU into an AM3 or AM3+ motherboard you could install faster DDR3 memory and have better benchmark results. What is the CPU you plan on using and the motherboard make/model#. The Motherboard should be on silk screen on it like mine is MCP6PB M2+ near the CPU socket of my Biostar motherboard. With this information we can be sure the 2 are a compatible match. QUOTE from: Ryuk on August 02, 2012, 07:53:38 AM I have a Pent 4 Socket 478 PC with 4 GB of RAM. Thing is that I want to upgrade to a Dual Core Board too run Assassian Creed Brother Hood an other games. I bought a AM2+ to Test a Dell Board that I just want to use as the CPU "Dell Dimension E521" just wondered if that would be fast enough an I have DDR2 RAM. I bought a AM2+ to Test a Dell Board that I just want to use as the CPU "Dell Dimension E521"Need to know what CPU and Exact Motherboard Part # to give you an answer as to whether it will run that game. AM2+ board could have any combinations of Oldest AM2 to AM3 CPU type, some will run the game fine while others if it can run it at all will provide poor performance. CPU is the processor name and part # such as your socket 478 pentium 4 is probably like a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz single core socket 478. We need the processor name of the socket AM2 or AM3 and details such as Athlon II x2 2.53Ghz AM2 or Sempron 140 AM3 etc. http://boardreader.com/thread/Dell_dimension_e521_cpu_upgrade_question_5mer3Xbixwv.html Assuming by SEARCHING for the Dell model that you have a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ which would be breaking a sweat trying to run games like this. I'd invest into a AM3 more modern CPU like the Athlon II x2, or x4, OR Phenom II x2, x3, x4, but you will want to research the motherboard to make sure it will run that cpu or you will have issues. The original MB is an AM2 and since your installing an AM2+ you can go with a better AM3 CPU, but there may be limited bios flash support for the higher end CPUs if the AM2+ is an older board or of a manufacturer that has poor support. My friend I gave an AM2 Sempron x2 2.00 Ghz CPU to from my original AM2+ Biostar motherboard build, and he ran into issues with his AM2+ ASUS until he performed the BIOS flash that I told him to perform. After the flash to the most recent flash version all was well and he had a fast Dual Core Sempron vs his Athlon 64 2600+ ALSO Video Card is very very important to running games. I hope you have a video card with at least 512MB DDR dedicated video memory for that game and dont plan on playing it through integrated GPU which may not run the game at all.

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I have a Pent 4 Socket 478 PC with 4 GB of RAM. Thing is that I want to upgrade to a Dual Core Board too run Assassian Creed Brother Hood an other games. I bought a AM2+ to Test a Dell Board that I just want to use as the CPU "Dell Dimension E521" just wondered if that would be fast enough an I have DDR2 RAM. AM2+ motherboards can run older AM2 CPUs as well as newer AM3 CPU's. The biggest limitation to that board will be processor support for AM3 processors. Some boards do not have BIOS updates to support say a x3 or x4 processor, while others with a flash update could handle say a Phenom II x4 AM3 3.0 Ghz CPU such as my motherboard max's out at and is an AM2+ motherboard. And in order to get my AM3 Athlon II x4 620 2.6Ghz to boot, I had to perform a flash on it with the old AM2 processor first. Then perform the CPU upgrade for the quadcore to run.

The only drawback to a AM2+ motherboard vs a newer AM3 or AM3+ motherboard is that you can only run DDR2 Ram in an AM2+ motherboard, while the AM3 CPU supports DDR3 memory. So if you were to populate that AM3 CPU into an AM3 or AM3+ motherboard you could install faster DDR3 memory and have better benchmark results.

What is the CPU you plan on using and the motherboard make/model#. The Motherboard should be on silk screen on it like mine is MCP6PB M2+ near the CPU socket of my Biostar motherboard. With this information we can be sure the 2 are a compatible match. QUOTE from: Ryuk on August 02, 2012, 07:53:38 AM

I have a Pent 4 Socket 478 PC with 4 GB of RAM. Thing is that I want to upgrade to a Dual Core Board too run Assassian Creed Brother Hood an other games. I bought a AM2+ to Test a Dell Board that I just want to use as the CPU "Dell Dimension E521" just wondered if that would be fast enough an I have DDR2 RAM.

I bought a AM2+ to Test a Dell Board that I just want to use as the CPU "Dell Dimension E521"Need to know what CPU and Exact Motherboard Part # to give you an answer as to whether it will run that game. AM2+ board could have any combinations of Oldest AM2 to AM3 CPU type, some will run the game fine while others if it can run it at all will provide poor performance.

CPU is the processor name and part # such as your socket 478 pentium 4 is probably like a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz single core socket 478. We need the processor name of the socket AM2 or AM3 and details such as Athlon II x2 2.53Ghz AM2 or Sempron 140 AM3 etc.

http://boardreader.com/thread/Dell_dimension_e521_cpu_upgrade_question_5mer3Xbixwv.html
Assuming by SEARCHING for the Dell model that you have a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ which would be breaking a sweat trying to run games like this. I'd invest into a AM3 more modern CPU like the Athlon II x2, or x4, OR Phenom II x2, x3, x4, but you will want to research the motherboard to make sure it will run that cpu or you will have issues. The original MB is an AM2 and since your installing an AM2+ you can go with a better AM3 CPU, but there may be limited bios flash support for the higher end CPUs if the AM2+ is an older board or of a manufacturer that has poor support.

My friend I gave an AM2 Sempron x2 2.00 Ghz CPU to from my original AM2+ Biostar motherboard build, and he ran into issues with his AM2+ ASUS until he performed the BIOS flash that I told him to perform. After the flash to the most recent flash version all was well and he had a fast Dual Core Sempron vs his Athlon 64 2600+

ALSO Video Card is very very important to running games. I hope you have a video card with at least 512MB DDR dedicated video memory for that game and dont plan on playing it through integrated GPU which may not run the game at all.

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