Crikey. Can open, worms escaping.

Tentatively, yeeeees.

But you'd need to get exactly the right sort to match the processor, RAM, drive type and PCI/PCIE/AGP/whatever cards he's got in it, so it might not be that easy.

Plus, if it was bought all-in-one (say from Dell or HP or someone like that) it might not actually be possible to unplug the CPU from the motherboard, so it would be a case of replacing the CPU as well as the board.

It's impossible, really, to give a definitive yes or no without knowing the specifics.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on December 3rd 2008 at 13:46:19

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PC World (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 3, 13:00:08
- The only thing good about PC World is to look at something properly... (General Chat) - Arganth, Dec 3, 14:16:56
- The single worst place to buy anything (General Chat) - Ben, Dec 3, 13:36:46
- What you use it for...other than futile ramblings? (n/m) (General Chat) - Buckscanary, Dec 3, 13:28:17
- Where in the world? (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Dec 3, 13:16:23
  - Bristol (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Dec 3, 13:18:05
    - Shut it Crimble lover (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Dec 3, 13:20:33
      - Shove it up your chimbley, banjo abuser (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Dec 3, 13:36:58
        
        I loves plucking a G string so just get used to it Mr Crimbley and put a sock in it (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Dec 3, 13:46:53
- Shit. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 3, 13:00:56
  - Bit harsh (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 3, 13:04:48
    - Well, obviously they're not 100% shit all of the time. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 3, 13:13:41
      - I didn't find them over priced (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 3, 13:23:31
        
        What would you need 4gb of ram for? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 3, 13:30:13
        
        You tell me, geek boy (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 3, 13:33:33
        
        In short, they saw you coming (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 3, 13:35:51
        
        I think you'll find I was right (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 3, 13:37:58
        
        Anything over 3GB and Vista can't even use it (General Chat) - Ben, Dec 3, 13:45:11
        
        I think you'll find, you went in there, said you were thinking about buying a lap top (General Chat) - pants, Dec 3, 13:43:03
        
        Au contraire (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 3, 13:57:54
        
        haha (General Chat) - pants, Dec 3, 14:04:32
        
        Ha ha (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 3, 14:11:00
        
        I think I basically (General Chat) - pants, Dec 3, 14:14:08
        
        Yowzer!!! (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 3, 14:17:41
        
        True, I remember my sis getting a windows 95 pc for a grand (General Chat) - pants, Dec 3, 14:20:35
        
        Bargain (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Dec 3, 14:16:14
        
        Yup (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Dec 3, 14:03:55
        
        Except you probably dont use all the power hungry software he does... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 3, 13:40:10
        
        Making things quick. The laptop I'm on now has 4GB ram. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 3, 13:33:14
        
        If you had all them open on 2gb of ram, how much slower would it be? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 3, 13:38:46
        
        Well, my desktop PC at work has 2GB RAM, and a similar processor as this lappy (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 3, 13:42:03
        
        So, it's like two sports cars, both with good engines but ones a bit quieter (General Chat) - pants, Dec 3, 13:44:32
        
        No, well, they'll have different margins of different line, of course. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 3, 13:29:16
        
        Now he tells me (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 3, 13:34:08
        
        And getting the same spec from the place I got my one would have been ?731... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 3, 13:48:34
        
        can you mend Mr C's motherboard for him? (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 3, 13:33:27
        
        Sorry. I can plug things into motherboards, and unplug them again, but I can't mend them. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 3, 13:36:07
        
        rephrasing slightly (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 3, 13:40:15
        
        If you're at my understanding of these things (General Chat) - pants, Dec 3, 13:55:02
        
        I go a bit geek salad sometimes (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 3, 14:00:44
        
        ahh, maybe have a go at it then (General Chat) - pants, Dec 3, 14:11:42
        
        Excellent, so you're gonna get his smome of these as well?.. (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Dec 3, 14:04:54
        
        ^^^Oh dear^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Dec 3, 14:05:36
        
        Crikey. Can open, worms escaping. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 3, 13:46:19
        
        it was a 'built' components thing (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 3, 13:50:52
        
        Shame shame *waves order paper* (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 3, 13:38:39
        
        *on* different *lines* (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 3, 13:29:35
    - "Shopping experience" - is that a poi? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 3, 13:06:55
      - No - it's 21st Century... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 3, 13:09:22
        
        It's shit, that's what it is. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 3, 13:12:23
  - that's what I thought (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 3, 13:03:18
    - Best bet, find a PC you want at a high street retailer (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 3, 13:09:16
      - Or just go to the place I did (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 3, 13:10:26
- fleece me world (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 3, 13:00:44
  - You shop at Goose Me World (n/m) (General Chat) - Jizz TheBarclayQueen, Dec 3, 13:52:08

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