K8N Neo4 Platinum upgrade components CPU & graphics

I have an K8N Neo4 platinum motherboard and I wish to upgrade my CPU and Graphics. Presently I have an Athlon64 3500+ processor and an Radeon X800 Graphics card. Any advice on what can work with my motherboard to improve speed and quality?

Quote from: s7nicho on 27-September-08, 21:03:15
Thanks
You've sussed I've got problems as a beginner even on using this forum. EG I've tried to put in my computer stats but not sure they are in.
I've read that my mainboard can as a socket 939 use the dual- Core processor X2 and up to FX 60. However according to sisandra my board is not supporting dual core. Which is right?
Thanks
Nope, that's false info.
Look here for supported CPU for your mainboard:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpusupport&prod_no=165&maincat_no=1#menu

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    This topic has been moved to AMD64 nVidia boards.
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=120305.0

    Quote from: s7nicho on 27-September-08, 21:03:15
    Thanks
    You've sussed I've got problems as a beginner even on using this forum. EG I've tried to put in my computer stats but not sure they are in.
    I've read that my mainboard can as a socket 939 use the dual- Core processor X2 and up to FX 60. However according to sisandra my board is not supporting dual core. Which is right?
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