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Upgrade cpu on precision 3660
I have a Dell Precision 3660 with a 500w psu and would like to upgrade my CPU from an I7 12700 now to either an I9 14900 or an I7 14700 Parts I have in it are also a Geforce 4060Ti with 16 gb ram and 3 SSD nvme disks and 2 In addition to Sata SSD disks, I use 3 5 USB devices on it at a time, my PSU has enough power to drive an i7 14700 or an i9 4900.you can upgrade to 13th but given the recent Intel fiasco with 13/14, I would not recommend
The following table lists the details of the processors supported by your Precision 3660 Tower.
Table 1. Processors
Processors Wattage Core count Thread count Speed Cache 13th Generation Intel Core i9-13900K, vPro
125 W
24
32
3.0 GHz to 5.8 GHz
36 MB
13th Generation Intel Core i9-13900, vPro
65 W
24
32
2.0 GHz to 5.6 GHz
36 MB
13th Generation Intel Core i7-13700K, vPro
125 W
16
24
3.4 GHz to 5.4 GHz
30 MB
13th Generation Intel Core i7-13700, vPro
65 W
16
24
2.1 GHz to 5.2 GHz
30 MB
13th Generation Intel Core i5-13600K, vPro
125 W
14
20
3.5 GHz to 5.1 GHz
24 MB
13th Generation Intel Core i5-13600, vPro
65 W
14
20
2.7 GHz to 5.0 GHz
24 MB
13th Generation Intel Core i5-13500, vPro
65 W
14
20
2.5 GHz to 4.8 GHz
24 MB
13th Generation Intel Core i5-13400
65 W
10
16
2.5 GHz to 4.6 GHz
20 MB
13th Generation Intel Core i3-13100
60 W
4
8
3.4 GHz to 4.5 GHz
12 MB
12th Generation Intel Core i9-12900K, vPro
125 W
16
24
3.2 GHz to 5.2 GHz
30 MB
12th Generation Intel Core i9-12900, vPro
65 W
16
24
2.4 GHz to 5.1 GHz
30 MB
12th Generation Intel Core i7-12700K, vPro
125 W
12
20
3.6 GHz to 5.0 GHz
25 MB
12th Generation Intel Core i7-12700, vPro
65 W
12
20
2.1 GHz to 4.9 GHz
25 MB
12th Generation Intel Core i5-12600K, vPro
125 W
10
16
3.7 GHz to 4.9 GHz
20 MB
12th Generation Intel Core i5-12600, vPro
65 W
6
12
3.3 GHz to 4.8 GHz
18 MB
12th Generation Intel Core i5-12500, vPro
65 W
6
12
3.0 GHz to 4.6 GHz
18 MB
12th Generation Intel Core i3-12100
60 W
4
8
3.3 GHz to 4.3 GHz
12 MB
Chino de Oro
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Posted September 11th, 2024 05:07
Take note that some earlier boards were shipped with 12th gen CPU can not be upgraded to 13th gen CPU. See my earlier research for board ID that will support 13th gen CPU at this discussion.
lightpixel
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Posted March 13th, 2025 07:05
This on ONE reason I will never buy again Dell Workstations. The CPU upgrade restrictions is pure rip off force people
to buy a new workstation... No Us products for me anymore in the next 4 years.
Vanadiel
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Posted September 10th, 2024 23:53
14 series is not supported by that workstation.