Processor grades i need all info dat i can get on AMD athlon (tml)x2 dualcore QL-62 2.0GHz, such as how recent it is, its speed compared to pentium R e.t.c.

The processor upgrades available to you depend on your particular system; in particular, the motherboard hardware and BIOS installed by your computer manufacturer. They do not depend on the processor you already have.
20.April.2014

If you mean AutoCAD then you need the following:


You can get more information at:


http://usa.autodesk.com/autocad/system-requirements/

For 32-Bit AutoCAD 2012

• Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium (compare Windows 7 versions); Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium (SP2 or later) (compare Windows Vista versions); or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP3 or later)
• For Windows Vista or Windows 7: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology; for Windows XP: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• 2 GB free disk space for installation
• 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
• Install from download or DVD

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Yes this MSI mainboard supports the AMD Athlon II X2 240e CPU.

45Watt is less than 95Watt therefore it is well within the limits of the mainboard.

If you can, see if you can get the AMD Athlon 245 or 250. It cost only a little more but you get a higher clock speed and they will also work in your mainboard.

damnor01

i am afraid not. they use different socket types.

Hi try this link for your driver: http://www.dl4all.com/software/62181-amd-athlon-64-x2-dual-core-processor-driver.html
Let me know how you get on!

AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core Processor
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor

are the best processors for this motherboard

Best way to do all that is to buy a new computer, already configured as desired.

Why don't you try installing newer drivers for your hardware?

depends on what you plan to do with the cpu amd are good but a 3200 may only run @ 1.8 to 3.2 ghz depending while a intel 3200 will run 3.2 ghz.
I believe intel are more stable & run cooler than AMD but AMD benchmarks on Games better but run hotter (so get a good cooling fan & heatsink both pentium / celeron d & intel dou / dual core / core 2 dou and amd x2 have 2 cores (but watch your front side bus and cache the higher the better but the more $ also) then You need a good stable mobo that supports the chip you get (I preffer asus & msi for Gamers and biostar / msi for home users)