- Jan 9, 2014
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I have been in the market for a new processor for a few months now, after being fed up with the performance of my current i5 2300. I have spent the last few months making absolutely sure that the 3570k is compatible with my motherboard, and I have hit a wall here.
I use an Alienware 046MHW mobo, (everything else, save the HDD I put in myself) and according to a few sites, as long as the chip set and the socket types match, which according to CPU-Z, they do (LGA 1155) then the processor would work. However, my current CPU uses Sandy Bridge while the 3570k uses Ivy Bridge. I've been told that a simple BIOS update would make them compatible, but after doing some searching, it seems that there are no updates for it past some time in 2011, which is actually stock.
One major question I have is will the 3570k be compatible out of the box? The other being if I do end up needing a BIOS update, will using updates from other Dell motherboards brick my motherboard? For example, my rig was an Aurora R3, and those computers came exclusively with the 046MHW boards. If I were to use a BIOS update made for, say, an Aurora R4, would it brick my motherboard?
Thanks for any help I could get.
I use an Alienware 046MHW mobo, (everything else, save the HDD I put in myself) and according to a few sites, as long as the chip set and the socket types match, which according to CPU-Z, they do (LGA 1155) then the processor would work. However, my current CPU uses Sandy Bridge while the 3570k uses Ivy Bridge. I've been told that a simple BIOS update would make them compatible, but after doing some searching, it seems that there are no updates for it past some time in 2011, which is actually stock.
One major question I have is will the 3570k be compatible out of the box? The other being if I do end up needing a BIOS update, will using updates from other Dell motherboards brick my motherboard? For example, my rig was an Aurora R3, and those computers came exclusively with the 046MHW boards. If I were to use a BIOS update made for, say, an Aurora R4, would it brick my motherboard?
Thanks for any help I could get.
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