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9860 CPU Upgrade Question

post #1 of 7
1/18/06 at 11:26pm
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1) Currently, what is the most powerful EM64T processor upgrade for this unit?
2) Would the motherboard on this unit be capable of running a dual core Pentium Extreme Edition 840 Smithfield or Intel Pentium D 950 Presler, if there was a bios revision enabling dual core operation? The specs appear similar to the Intel Pentium 4 670 Prescott as far as LGA 775, 800 FSB, and voltage are concerned, but perhaps the chipset on the 9860 would be the issue?

Thanks.
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post #2 of 7
1/31/06 at 2:59pm
Bump, as I'm considering this too once I get mine back with the 7800 installed. Anyone have an answer?
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post #3 of 7
1/31/06 at 3:32pm
The most powerful processor the 9860 can support is the 3.8GHz flavor.

It CANNOT run Dual Core Pentums. I dont think the sockets are even compatable.
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post #4 of 7
1/31/06 at 5:00pm
the socets are the same but you cant run duals on the 915 chipset, only 945/955/975
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post #5 of 7
1/31/06 at 9:28pm
You will get much more of a performance increase if you upgrade the memory or hard drive.

May I ask why you want to upgrade the CPU? What do you have in there now?
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post #6 of 7
1/31/06 at 11:08pm
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I'm currently running a 3.6 Ghz Pentium 660, with 2 gig stock memory and another 2 gig OCZ.

I'm an avid chess player, and many of the programs that I run are searching through numerous databases with millions of games and analyzing positions around the clock, especially when I'm playing in tournaments. Many of the analysis engines I use can utilize up to 8 processors, so it would have been nice to have dual core capability...with hyperthreading! BUT...as I suspected, it appears that it is the 9860 chipset that will hinder any cpu upgrades beyond the Pentium 670.

Or am I mistaken?
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post #7 of 7
2/1/06 at 1:17pm
true, also the 4gb memory dont do much for you since the 9860 only sees 2.8 max.
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