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May 4th, 2010 22:00
Optiplex 320 runs a Core2Duo e6700 with 1066mhz FSB
In case anyone is wondering whether you can upgrade your Optiplex 320 to a 1066mhz FSB Core2Duo -- it appears the answer is yes! The e6700 is a 2.66ghz Core2Duo with a 4mb L2 cache -- Conroe. Bios reports the CPU type and speed accurately, and the machine booted Windows XP just fine. System control panel also reports speed accurately.
I had flashed the bios with 1.1.12, before trying the new cpu. I've also tried an e2180 (2ghz Pentium Dual Core with 1mb L2 cache) -- no surprise that it worked fine as well, but the e2180 uses an 800mhz FSB, which I had thought was the limit.
According to various articles on the ATI Xpress 200 chipset, however -- it appears it can support the higher speed Core 2 Duo cpus.
In a few minutes I'm going to try an e6500, which is a 2.93ghz Wolfdale Pentium Dual Core. Will let you know if that works...
-Dan
rdunnill
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February 3rd, 2014 17:00
An E6300 Conroe is a reasonably quick CPU that is up to the task of Photoshop.
Kauftman
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February 4th, 2014 00:00
On my own optiplex 320 with P4 at 3.2Ghz (original one) 3Go ram and ATI 5770, I used to have win7 pro, with photoshop, illustrator, indesign, autocad, archicad, ... I don't know what you call a big file, but i used to work on A0 at 450 dpi, with dozens of layers.
The one thing to be change on this PC could be the Hard disk speed, wich was the problem. But now with SSDs! Moreover, it has been said that the proc could be overcloked to something like 3.6 or even 3.8, so no, you can expect it a lot more than only a
could be sometimes a higher frequencies mono proc be faster than a multicore with lower frequencies...
rdunnill
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February 4th, 2014 08:00
I paid $5 for my E6300, and it will outperform any P4. And you're right that an SSD would eliminate the IO bottleneck caused by slow hard drives.
joestpaul
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July 5th, 2014 22:00
Can someone suggest steps to take to get the bios 1.1.12 or newer to put the duo 2 core E6700 processor in my dell optiplex 320 CU395 motherboard........can I do a bios flash or update over the operating system Xp may upgrade that also.
I'm going to dells web site for driver downloads........maybe there'll be step by step instruction on flashing the bios.
joestpaul
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July 8th, 2014 11:00
I was able to get the current bios update, and the flash part was a breeze.......worked just fine
jontitanic
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October 27th, 2014 00:00
I have The e6400 2.14ghz for my optiplex 320 and it runs amazing good, I going upgrade to Intel Core 2 Duo E6850. And the bios are update
wxbit
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January 4th, 2016 09:00
hov do u folks manage to owerclock cpus on del 320 .9, it cant be done via bios... some ideas
wxbit
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January 4th, 2016 09:00
great. how did u achieve this fsb raise - overclock ?
Misojogi
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August 16th, 2016 04:00
I think that you propably have optiplex 330 not 320
optiplex 320 ISNT optiplex 330
they have a different chipset !!! (AIT versus Intel)
Misojogi
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August 16th, 2016 04:00
I have Optiplex 320 with e4400 and it works normally
I have used C2D E6600 (conroe)
it works and in BIOS OK
but i tested it inWXP with CPUZ and i found that FSB is ONLY 800MHZ
How can i solve my problem? is there a newer BIO then 1.1.12 ?
Is there a newer BIOS from ATI direct ?