Dell M6300 quad core?

Question

Is it possible to use the Intel QX9300 CPU on an M6300? If not, is the X9000 the best I can put into the CPU socket?

Bay Wolf · Answer

The M6300 can use an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor or Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Extreme Edition Processor

Dell says that you can use the Core 2 Duo as well as the Core 2 Extreme processors but they need to be for the 800mhz front side bus.

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor X9000 (6M L2 Cache, 2.80 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 44W

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor X7900 (4M L2 Cache, 2.80 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 44W

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor X7800 (4M L2 Cache, 2.60 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 44W

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T9500 (6M L2 Cache, 2.60 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 35W

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T9300 (6M L2 Cache, 2.50 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 35W

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T8300 (3M L2 Cache, 2.40 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 35W

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T8100 (3M L2 Cache, 2.10 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 35W

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7800 (4M L2 Cache, 2.60 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 35W

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7700 (4M L2 Cache, 2.40 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 35W

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7500 (4M L2 Cache, 2.20 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 35W

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7300 (4M L2 Cache, 2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 35W

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7250 (2M L2 Cache, 2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 35W

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7100 (2M L2 Cache, 1.80 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 35W

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