Per the online specs for the SC430, <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> it's indeed limited to Pentium D, Pentium 4 or Celeron D.
This does mean that you can upgrade to a Pentium D if you can find one (try Ebay).
what about upgrading to the e5700? It has a bus speed of 800mhz like the sc430. Am i limited to cpu's that are 90nm or does that not matter? Because the pentium D 800 series is 90nm but the 900 series is 65nm. What else needs to be considered when looking for a cpu upgrade? Thanks for your help!
I was actually asking if the e5700 would work in the sc430. I am not suggesting you try it. I have the same machine as you and would like to upgrade mine as well. I dont think my sc430 has a 604 socket. According to CPU-Z my sc430 shows to have a socket 775. The processor in my sc430 shows to be a socket 775 also. It is a Prescott 521. According to the previous post a Pentium D cpu is an available upgrade. I have a Dell XPS w/Pentium D 820 in my office and it also shows to be a socket 775 with CPU-Z. Could CPU-Z be wrong? But when I have looked at the specs for the Prescott 521 and Pentium D 820 they seem to be a socket 775 so I dont think they could all be wrong.
Jea, ik thought so too and bought a X3220 socket 775. It's about the same socket, but it didn't work :-( Fortunately i could buy a T110 with socket 775, my Dell account manager & co told me. Ofcourse the T110 came with a different socket. I ended up with a new system with a new processor and a lot of adminstration hassle to get it right.
Summary: the SC430 came with both socket 604 and 775, probably a generation change or so.
rsinj
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May 27th, 2011 09:00
The E5700 will not work.
Just because a CPU is 775 does not mean it will work.
I've just upgraded my SC430 and the entire process was quite uneventful - I expected some kind of problem, but had none whatsoever.
Originally came with the 521 Pentium 4 @ 2.8 GHz.
I bought a 945 Pentium D @ 3.4GHz on eBay for $32
I first upgraded the BIOS to A04.
Switched the chips and rebooted.
nietsze
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February 20th, 2010 03:00
Never mind, seems that the SC 430 has a socket 604 when i take a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Xeon_microprocessors and look for Xeon 2.8...
Dev Mgr
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February 20th, 2010 16:00
Per the online specs for the SC430, <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> it's indeed limited to Pentium D, Pentium 4 or Celeron D.
This does mean that you can upgrade to a Pentium D if you can find one (try Ebay).
nietsze
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February 21st, 2010 00:00
Hi Dev Mgr,
Thanks for the link and suggestion.
Regards, Hans
bswallace1000
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August 10th, 2010 09:00
what about upgrading to the e5700? It has a bus speed of 800mhz like the sc430. Am i limited to cpu's that are 90nm or does that not matter? Because the pentium D 800 series is 90nm but the 900 series is 65nm. What else needs to be considered when looking for a cpu upgrade? Thanks for your help!
nietsze
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August 10th, 2010 09:00
Hi BSwallace1000,
It seems to me that the E5700 has a socket 775:
Other CPU's seem so expensive, that it would be cheaper to buy a new system:
If you know a cheaper place to check these processors in or if you know where to find faster socket 604 processors, please let me know!
Regards, Hans.
bswallace1000
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August 10th, 2010 10:00
Hanz,
I was actually asking if the e5700 would work in the sc430. I am not suggesting you try it. I have the same machine as you and would like to upgrade mine as well. I dont think my sc430 has a 604 socket. According to CPU-Z my sc430 shows to have a socket 775. The processor in my sc430 shows to be a socket 775 also. It is a Prescott 521. According to the previous post a Pentium D cpu is an available upgrade. I have a Dell XPS w/Pentium D 820 in my office and it also shows to be a socket 775 with CPU-Z. Could CPU-Z be wrong? But when I have looked at the specs for the Prescott 521 and Pentium D 820 they seem to be a socket 775 so I dont think they could all be wrong.
nietsze
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August 10th, 2010 11:00
Jea, ik thought so too and bought a X3220 socket 775. It's about the same socket, but it didn't work :-( Fortunately i could buy a T110 with socket 775, my Dell account manager & co told me. Ofcourse the T110 came with a different socket. I ended up with a new system with a new processor and a lot of adminstration hassle to get it right.
Summary: the SC430 came with both socket 604 and 775, probably a generation change or so.
Loren.Davies
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February 13th, 2011 16:00
Now I got it, It is exactly what I need, Thanks for your effort! It's comprehensive.
nietsze
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May 27th, 2011 10:00
Thanks for the answer, Rsinj! I'll give it a shot :-)