The Dell Inspiron One 2320 system supports Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and G620 processors.
Your computer is shipped with Intel H61 chipset. For more information on this, you may refer to link: http://intel.ly/16qywXs
Click on the compatible products to get the list of processors compatible with your computer. These processors support the same socket type and have almost similar specifications.
Dell does not recommend or offer processor upgrade but it is as your discretion in case you really wish to go ahead with it. Warranty per say, issues arising due to the upgrade will not be covered under warranty , however we will continue providing support for other issues and parts.
DELL-Chinmay S' post is a bit misleading and I got burned as result.
You can NOT just pick a random CPU that supported by H61 chipset and expect things to work. There is another important limitation:
Dell's BIOS need to have the microcode to support it.
When I read this article (which is very informative, by the way), I got excited and bought the fastest CPU supported by the H61 chipset... and I got error which I couldn't figure out why until I saw some other post trying to modify the BIOS to support ivy bridge i7.
Dell made a choice of not to update its BIOS to support Ivy Bridge.
Because I have no knowledge on this subject (i.e. I don't know what kind of limitation the latest Dell BIOS support), I am kind of stuck. ie I have no idea what other CPU this Dell BIOS can support. I am a bit reluctant to upgrade to anything that dissipate more heat.. and now this BIOS limitation is not documented.
The safest upgrade is upgrade to i7-2600s, just because it dissipate same amount of heat, AND it is sandy-bridge, which some of 2320 shipped with it.
So, becareful. I really wish CPU can be upgraded beyond the i7-2600S. this computer is a bit sluggish and limiting factor *IS* the processing power.
It's a pity, because otherwise this is a very good computer.
Intel worked hard to make sockets incompatible between chipsets and generations 1155 did not migrate to 1366 then 1150. There is more physical stuff going on than just microcode.
DELL-Chinmay S
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March 12th, 2013 21:00
Hi Hornnumb2,
The Dell Inspiron One 2320 system supports Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and G620 processors.
Your computer is shipped with Intel H61 chipset. For more information on this, you may refer to link: http://intel.ly/16qywXs
Click on the compatible products to get the list of processors compatible with your computer. These processors support the same socket type and have almost similar specifications.
Dell does not recommend or offer processor upgrade but it is as your discretion in case you really wish to go ahead with it. Warranty per say, issues arising due to the upgrade will not be covered under warranty , however we will continue providing support for other issues and parts.
Do reply for further clarifications.
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April 30th, 2015 15:00
See this excellent Intel I5-2500K Quad-core upgrade video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylmKl1AEngQ
harvey.king
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DELL-Chinmay S' post is a bit misleading and I got burned as result.
You can NOT just pick a random CPU that supported by H61 chipset and expect things to work. There is another important limitation:
Dell's BIOS need to have the microcode to support it.
When I read this article (which is very informative, by the way), I got excited and bought the fastest CPU supported by the H61 chipset... and I got error which I couldn't figure out why until I saw some other post trying to modify the BIOS to support ivy bridge i7.
Dell made a choice of not to update its BIOS to support Ivy Bridge.
Because I have no knowledge on this subject (i.e. I don't know what kind of limitation the latest Dell BIOS support), I am kind of stuck. ie I have no idea what other CPU this Dell BIOS can support. I am a bit reluctant to upgrade to anything that dissipate more heat.. and now this BIOS limitation is not documented.
The safest upgrade is upgrade to i7-2600s, just because it dissipate same amount of heat, AND it is sandy-bridge, which some of 2320 shipped with it.
So, becareful. I really wish CPU can be upgraded beyond the i7-2600S. this computer is a bit sluggish and limiting factor *IS* the processing power.
It's a pity, because otherwise this is a very good computer.
harvey.king
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February 17th, 2017 01:00
misinformation. didn't mention that while H61 chipset support Ivy bridge CPUs, Dell's own BIOS doesn't support it.
speedstep
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February 17th, 2017 04:00
Intel worked hard to make sockets incompatible between chipsets and generations 1155 did not migrate to 1366 then 1150. There is more physical stuff going on than just microcode.
erpster05
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April 29th, 2017 13:00
Indeed, read this old Techpowerup article:
https://www.techpowerup.com/153756/ivy-bridge-quad-core-to-have-77w-tdp-intel-plans-for-lga1155-ivy-bridge-entry
Ivy Bridge will run on Intel 6-series chipset motherboards, provided:
They use the following chipsets: Z68, P67, H67, or H61 (Q67 and Q65 are not supported);
The motherboards feature ME8L UEFI update. For this:
- Your motherboard should currently feature a UEFI firmware
- It should support ME8L update process at the physical level, where the EEPROM is sufficiently large
Without the needed ME8L UEFI firmware update on the Dell Inspiron 2320, Ivy Bridge CPUs will never work on there.