Posted: 4/26/2016 8:00:15 AM EDT
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I have this mother board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131623 Its about 4 years old, still runs good. I want to upgrade it to an i7 processor. I was looking at this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-i7-2600S-SR00E-2-80GHz-to-3-80-8MB-LGA1155-Sandy-Bridge-Processor-CPU-/351713150884?hash=item51e3bcc7a4%3Ag%3AJdoAAOSwbwlXB9-n Are they compatible with each other? |
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I have this mother board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131623 Its about 4 years old, still runs good. I want to upgrade it to an i7 processor. I was looking at this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-i7-2600S-SR00E-2-80GHz-to-3-80-8MB-LGA1155-Sandy-Bridge-Processor-CPU-/351713150884?hash=item51e3bcc7a4%3Ag%3AJdoAAOSwbwlXB9-n Are they compatible with each other? Rather than asking GD, perhaps you can go to your MB manufacturer's website, and download their CPU compatibility list? All board manufacturers who are worth a shit have one. If yours doesn't, you most likely bought the cheapest shit board that you could find at the time, and should just get a new one accordingly. 
ETA: From Wikipedia, because you can't google for some reason.
The first sentence, even. 
"LGA 1156, also known as Socket H or H1, is an Intel desktop CPU socket. LGA stands for land grid array. Its incompatible successor is LGA 1155." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1156 |
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http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-ASUS/P7H55-M_PRO.html
Intel Core i7 i7-860 - BV80605001908AK / BX80605I7860 / BXC80605I7860 i7-860, 2.80G, L3:8M, rev.B1, 95W0401Any i7-860S - BV80605003210AD / BX80605I7860S i7-860S, 2.53G, L3:8M, rev.B1, 82W0505Any i7-870 - BV80605001905AI / BX80605I7870 / BXC80605I7870 i7-870, 2.93G, L3:8M, rev.B1, 95W0401Any i7-870S - BV80605004494AB / BX80605I7870S i7-870S, 2.66G, L3:8M, rev.B10901Any i7-875K - BV80605001905AM / BX80605I7875K i7-875K, 2.93G, L3:8M, rev.B1,0901Any i7-880 - BV80605002505AG / BX80605I7880 i7-880, 3.06G, L3:8M, rev.B10901Any |
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If you're planning on a new hot shit cpu buy a new mobo and memory for a real improvement.
This is my plan once my current setup fails to keep up with what I need out of it. I'm still running my overclocked i5 since the best i7 that would fit my motherboard wouldn't give me a discernible upgrade. |