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CPU Upgrade in Dell Dimension E520
I have just purchased a second hand Dell Dimension E520 and firstly I would like to state how well made these things are. I'm over the moon with it.
The configuration that I bought has got an Intel Pentium D 2.8GHz Processor in it and the motherboard has a model number of 'E210882' and is a SKT775.
I have looked around the net and there seems to be a few configurations around, including some with Core 2 Duo processors. Will a Core 2 Duo work in mine or are they difference motherboards? Also, what is the maximum amount of Ram the motherboard will take?
Thanks in advance
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November 12th, 2009 20:00
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Yes, the e520 supports Core 2 Duo processors.
Reading the discussions HERE <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> and HERE should help with upgrading the e520 processor.
Only 65 nm processors with 800 or 1066 mhz FSB will work with the E-520.
Before installing the processor, check that you have BIOS version 2.2.1 [or higher], when additional CPU support was added.
The e520 supports a maximum of 4gb of memory [4 x 1gb modules].
Note: When you have a 32-bit system, it does not recognize 4gb of memory, 3gb± is all a 32bit system can address.
The Dimension e520 Specifications are HERE <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>
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November 12th, 2009 21:00
Thanks for your response Bev. I'm glad to see the system will take an E6600 (and some even suggest it will take a Q6600 but as this is only a work machine, E6600 will be fine. Yeah, I know about the Ram limits. May upgrade it to 2GB for now and see what happens further down the line.
Thanks again.
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gazfocus
You are welcome.
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December 4th, 2009 18:00
Ok, I've got my Dell Dimension E520 now and I'd like to try and upgrade the CPU (although may wait til after Christmas). If I decide to buy an E6600 or even try my Q6600, would I need to replace the Heatsink/Fan or would the standard Dell one be sufficient?
Thanks
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December 4th, 2009 19:00
gazfocus
No, the Default heatsink and fan will be fine.
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December 9th, 2009 11:00
Hi , just wondering what you ended up doing as I am in the same situation
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December 10th, 2009 01:00
I haven't tried anything yet. My main PC has an Intel Q6600 in it so I am going to try it with that at the weekend. If that doesn't work, I'll be buying an Intel E6600 for it. I find the PentiumD a bit too slow after a Core2Quad :)
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February 4th, 2010 14:00
I have put an Intel Q6600 in my Dell Dimension E520 PC but now every time I turn it on, it comes up with a message saying the installed processor is not supported, press F1 to continue or F2 to enter setup - if I press F1, the system continues to boot fine and runs really well.
Is there any way to prevent this error from coming up?
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February 4th, 2010 15:00
Hi Bev,
Just updated BIOS to version 2.4 and no error message :-D
Thank you so much :)
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February 4th, 2010 15:00
gazfocus
Before installing the processor, did you upgrade the BIOS to the latest version 2.4.0, because BIOS version 2.2.1, had additional CPU support added?
Bev.
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February 4th, 2010 16:00
gazfocus
That's great, happy to hear that upgrading the BIOS fixed the problem.
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January 6th, 2012 05:00
okay guys, im gonna try the same in about 2 weeks, ill let you know what the results are :)
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January 6th, 2012 07:00
stefanvl
Good luck, :emotion-21:
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August 16th, 2015 12:00
hi everyone i have just come across your forum on e520 great machine.
i have upgraded whole machine.
heres the specs : cpu is q6600 2.4ghz 4cores
graphics card is r9 270x
8 gb crucial ram
750watt arctic power supply with 2 6pins for graphics card
also purchased cooler master liquid cooler to over clock cpu got up to 3.5ghz run fine no issues.
please note if using a big gpu it wont fit in tower so you will have to do what i did and but a glass box for motherboard or new case.
hope this help anyone any queries let me know be glad to help.