crappy celeron d

ok so i have a crappy ol celeron d 2.53 ghz in my computer.... im gettin my 2 gig of memory sometime next week and my x1550 pci graphic card later... im runnin on outdated stuff right now lol.. so i wanna switch out my processor but idk how to go about doin that... for onei dont know the socket number for my mobo.. and 2 i dont exactly feel safe messin with the mobo lol so ... help?crappy celeron d
download a program called CPU-Z, that'll identify your CPU, Motherboard, chipset, and graphics portcrappy celeron d
or, go to CPUID.com and download a program called PC wizard
Since you're getting new RAM, a new video card, and apparently a new CPU too, why don't you just buy a cheap new motherboard while you're at it, and stick it in your existing case? PCI Express (PCIe) boards can be had for as little as $45.Then you'll have PCI Express to work with. PCI was a bus engineered in 1992, and not designed for today's high resolution GUIs and applications (especially games). The PCI X1550, like all PCI video cards, is ridiculously overpriced for what you get. If you're already running a ''modern'' integrated graphics solution, such as the Intel GMA 950, GeForce 6100, or Radeon Xpress, you probably won'teven get as big of a boost as you'd like, since PCI caps out at 133MB/sec. Even the AGP/PCIe version of the X1300 would be (much) faster than the PCI version of the X1550.
[QUOTE=''My_name_a_Borat''] Since you're getting new RAM, a new video card, and apparently a new CPU too, why don't you just buy a cheap new motherboard while you're at it, and stick it in your existing case? PCI Express (PCIe) boards can be had for as little as $45.Then you'll have PCI Express to work with. PCI was a bus engineered in 1992, and not designed for today's high resolution GUIs and applications (especially games). The PCI X1550, like all PCI video cards, is ridiculously overpriced for what you get. If you're already running a ''modern'' integrated graphics solution, such as the Intel GMA 950, GeForce 6100, or Radeon Xpress, you probably won'teven get as big of a boost as you'd like, since PCI caps out at 133MB/sec. Even the AGP/PCIe version of the X1300 would be (much) faster than the PCI version of the X1550.[/QUOTE] very true but that would also mean getting new RAM (his one is proabably DDR2), like new everything which could be costly, but getting new mobo is in fact best choice.
how much do you want to spend on a video card?you might want to get a new Power supply