Upgrading a Dell Dimension 5000 CPU

Dylzan · Nov 13, 2013

Hi, I have convinced my completely non tech savvy father to upgrade at least the CPU of his ancient Dell Dimension 5000 PC, it has a socket 775 motherboard and 2GB RAM. I would like to know what a decent enough dual core CPU would be, and whether there is any risk of upgrading it. Thanks.

Dylzan · Nov 13, 2013

His current CPU is an Intel Pentium 4 HT @ 2.7 Ghz, so preferably I'd like it to be at least a dual core at that clock.
*edit* I found this http://ark.intel.com/products/27512/ would that work?

Snipergod87 · Nov 13, 2013

Dylzan :

You will NOT be able to upgrade that to a Pentium D,
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/19245951.aspx

"Intel Socket LGA-775 Pentium 4, 2.8 520, 3.0 530, 3.6 560 and 3.8 570 are compatible with the Dimension 5000."

Dylzan · Nov 15, 2013

Snipergod87 :

Damn I didn't notice the 'NOT' (or it wasn't there) and went ahead with ordering a Pentium D, well at least it has a 14 day returns policy.

Dylzan · Nov 15, 2013

Snipergod87 :

What about this? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/S189-Intel-Pentium-4-Processor-560-560J-SL7Q2-1M-Cache-3-60-GHz-800-MHz-FSB-/350903363649?pt=UK_Computing_CPUs_Processors&hash=item51b3786841#ht_1092wt_934

Snipergod87 · Nov 15, 2013

Dylzan :

That should work, wont be a big performance increase but at that price you might as well.
You should upgrade the Dell's BIOS before changing the CPU, Some CPU's require a BIOS update in order to function properly.

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