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Dell 260s Processor Upgrade
I have a Dell Vostro 260S i`m looking to upgrade from a i3-2120 to a i5 I was told that whats compatible with the 260 wont be with the 260S so what i5 is compatible with a Vostro 260S?
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I have a Dell Vostro 260S i`m looking to upgrade from a i3-2120 to a i5 I was told that whats compatible with the 260 wont be with the 260S so what i5 is compatible with a Vostro 260S?
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redxps630
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April 19th, 2020 10:00
That does not sound true. 260 and 260s use same Dell bios. with the latest bios update you should be able to run i5 ivy bridge cpu from i5-3330 to i5-3570.
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May 18th, 2020 17:00
The limitation has to do with the power supply.
260S has less power than the 260 tower.
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September 18th, 2021 05:00
for what it's worth [and for the community]. i was trying upgrades Dell Vostro 260s as well, below results.
i am not sure about IVY CPU's (3xxx) in a Sandy Bridge (2xxx) motherboard. i was successful installing an Intel SR00Q Processor i5-2400 3.10 GHz in two different 260s units (BIOS A-08) using the stock 250w PSU (CN-OCYY97-70163-17F-04A8-A00) and stock CPU cooler.
Today, i upgraded another one from G620 to a i7-2600 CPU, works fine (using A-10 BIOS, go to: valid.x86.fr/tkh0iu to see results). Running Core Temp now to see if it gets hot.
Dell 260s, 8GB GSkill DDR3, Crucial 240GB SSD, PNY GeoForce 8400GS, Win10, Intel i7-2600 (LGA1155, Socket H2, H61 Sandy Chipset)
rtebeau10
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September 18th, 2021 11:00
i7-2600 P/N is SR00B (Sandy Bridge)
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September 18th, 2021 11:00
i7-2600 CPU P/N is SR00B (Sandy Bridge)
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June 5th, 2023 18:00
I know this is an old thread, but I just came across it and have a question. I'm trying to upgrade a Vostro 260 to a PCIe graphics card. The computer will not make the card the primary graphics card with the legacy BIOS as far as I can tell. Will upgrading the processor to the Intel i7-2600 enable me to convert it to UEFI from legacy BIOS? Presently I have an i5 in it and there are no UEFI options enabled in the BIOS. I am thinking that possibly with the i7 disabled options for UEFI would be enabled.
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October 31st, 2023 09:45
@rtebeau10 oh i have a dell vostro 260 as my main machine and that i3-2120 with 2 cores isn't doing me well especially with editing-gaming (its doing ok but its always at 100% usage) i have upgraded this pc to windows 10, SP 256GB SSD, Nvidia GeForce GT 710 and 6 GB ram, i'd like to upgrade it to an i5 and don't know where i can find an i5 2400, found a lot on ebay but they have suspiciously low prices and im asking where you got your i5 2400 SR00Q proccesors. (im also looking forward to upgrade ram to 8GB and GPU to a GeForce GTX 1660)