Question

A customer has a system with a Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro motherboard. He wants to upgrade the processor from the AMD Athlon X4,950 to the AMD Ryzen 7,2700X. Which of the following accurately describes this upgrade? A. The upgrade is not possible and will yield a significant increase in performance. B. The upgrade is not possible because the new processor is not supported by his motherboard. C. The upgrade is not possible, but will not yield a signficant increase in performance. D. The upgrade is not possible because this motherboard has an embedded processor that cannot be exchanged.

Answer 1

The upgrade is possible and will yield a significant increase in performance.

Step-by-step explanation:

Computer systems comprises of software and hardware components. The software components of a computer are the instruction sets or programs used to control the hardware components. The hardware components are the physical parts of a computer.

The motherboard is a circuitry that connects all hardware components of the system. The CPU is the brain of the system. It must be compatible with the motherboard, else the motherboard and CPU will be damaged.

The AMD X4950 and AMD Ryzen 72700X processor are compatible with the the B450 Aorus Pro motherboard, and with the later CPU faster than the former, an upgrade increases performance.