wanting to know what cpu speed/type I'm able to upgrade to with this emachine. it has a socket 370... Thomasgunn

Here is a good article about upgrading E'machines. More RAM and a bigger hard drive can speed things up better then a faster CPU most of the time: Upgrading E'machines Musky If the voices inside my head paid rent, I'd be rich!

There are other options that are also available than trying to upgrade the cpu. As you are all ready at the max for memory a cpu upgrade wouldn't do that computer that much good. As Musky pointed out with his link. The option that I would look into would be finding a suitable motherboard/cpu combo that could be used to replace the one now being used. Get a good measurement of the board and look on line for a combo unit that might fit the space. In The Matters Of Style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, Stand Like A Rock "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."

Also, just an FYI, these questions should be posted in the Hardware Forum. :) Life's more painless for the brainless.