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Hello people!
I am upgrading an old optiplex 3010. I installed an SSD drive, I am about to install an R7 340X graphics card, and I have an old Intel XEON E3-1220 that I want to install as well. The BIOS is the A10 version. Is the XEON upgrade possible- with or without the BIOS upgrade?
Thank you in advance for any thoughts you might have
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Posted September 22nd, 2023 04:17
If you have a Xeon E3-1220 Sandy Bridge CPU, it will not work.
If you have a Xeon E3-1220 v2 Ivy Bridge CPU, it will work.
Whenever upgrading a later released compatible CPU to an earlier release system, update BIOS to the latest version would help with compatibility.
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Posted September 21st, 2023 20:38
I can't comment on the R7 340X without knowing what form factor/size your 3010 is.
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Posted September 21st, 2023 13:06
According to this forum post and this spec sheet, the Xeon CPUs are not compatible. However the i7-3770 has been used successfully. Having said that this YouTube video shows a Xeon upgrade so I would say a big maybe.
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