Hello. New to these forums but i wanted to ask some hardware experts about a motherboard upgrade I am planning, just to prevent the possible tears after my purchase. I will be selling the existing motherboard as well as my current processor, buying a motherboard and CPU bundle. so i have no doubt my new processor will be fully compatible. I currently own an HP Pavilion m7000.uk series. Spec: Motherboard - ASUS PTGD-LA all SATA connectors are being used with both my normal HDD and a Personal Media Drive that handily fits into the front of the case. I have a PCIe Geforce 7800GT with 2 gigs of DDR2 PC4200 RAM. This the motherboard i am upgrading to: Asrock 1333-D667 Socket 775 I have looked over the spec of both motherboards, and with my fairly limited knowledge I would say that they are compatible. My only worries would be that the HP machines are not designed for any full upgrades - or the layout of the inside case will not allow a different motherboard. However, if they both Micro ATX Form factor this shouldn't be the case. Thanks for your time! Hawk.
Welcome to HWF Yes these boards are compatible (the RAM, harddrives and graphics card can all be used). You can perform full upgrades on almost any PC. It is just a normal PC with the HP logo attached.
