Hello everyone! So My dad picked up an old dell optiplex 755 pc a while back and its did it's part, I threw in my GT 430 Low profile in for a little unfff. Anyway we need more power, at lest my parents do, so I did some research and found that the intel core 2 quad Q6600 has the same socket has the aging Pentum E2160. So could i buy the $40 cpu and have it work? or would there be a compatibility issues? if so what would could/should i buy instead?
-Chris
yes the socket 775 will support the Q6600 ... and for $100 more ...
Q9650 (12M Cache, 3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB) may also fit (would need mobo make & model #)
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Q9650-Intel-CPU-Intel-Core2-QUAD-Q9650-CPU-3-0GHz-LGA775-12MB-Cache-Quad-CORE-FSB/1949934472.html?af=ppc&isdl=y&src=Google&albch=Google&aff_short_key=6vYvMRFf&gclid=Cj0KEQjwhLCgBRCf0fPH043IlJwBEiQAf8P8UztjiZYw-XvKGZ5lHwz2aaL5AJCRC5R-WbD-HiAt8KgaAmSm8P8HAQ
also recommend to add more ram in most instances ... prebuilt Dells often put the bare minimum of ram
I all ready add ram it up to 6gb
is that the max capacity?
I'm not sure. I took it out of this old pc we had.
If you can ... take off the side panel and get the make and model # of the mobo ... and I'll look up the specs for it