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December 21st, 2014 11:00
Upgrade CPU
I have a XPS 8500 (Early 2012)
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Manufacturer Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3350P CPU @ 3.10GHz
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Clock Speed 3.1Ghz
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L2 Cache Size 1024
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I would like to upgrade the CPU, is this possible and what processors would I be able to upgrade to?
Thanks!
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shesagordie
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December 21st, 2014 12:00
smonczka
The following processors are compatible with the XPS 8500:
Intel Core i7 - 3770 Ivy Bridge
Intel Core i5 - 3450 Ivy Bridge
Intel Core i5 - 3550 Ivy Bridge
Intel Core i5 - 2320 Sandy Bridge
Intel Core i7 - 2600 Sandy Bridge
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/p/19585991/20638817.aspx#20638817
Note; Prior to installing the processor, check that you have the latest BIOS version A12 installed.
Bev.
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December 21st, 2014 13:00
Kirk thanks for the recommendation. At the moment I am running at 3.10 gigahertz Intel Core i5-3350P with 8 gigs of mem. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-6.html says just about the same thing when it comes to the i5.
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December 21st, 2014 13:00
Do some research to see if you really want to do this. A higher speed i5 will give you very little real speed improvement. An i7 only adds 4 virtual cores, and most apps will not use all 4 real cores much less the virtual cores. Published speed tests do not use real applications. The i7 will cost a lot.