Help with my CPU

InfamousSolid

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Jul 30, 2014
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I need to upgrade my PC to get better performance, at the moment I have a HP 500B and it has an E5500 Dual Core locked cpu clocked at 2.8ghz, I would really like to upgrade this so anyone know what the best upgrade is for it? I'm looking for under £55.

I want to be playing games like Splinter Cell: Blacklist and Splinter Cell : Conviction as they are one of my favourite games.

ATM my specs are :

DDR3 Ram 4GB's
350GB Hard Drive
500 PSU (forgot the brand but bought it online and had awesome reviews, so it wasn't stock)
GT 630 2GB Low profile Overclocked

Thank you guys, I'd really appreciate it if someone took the time to research it and find one for me, if you can, could you find a processor on Ebay/Amazon because my dad has an account on those websites, thank you :)
Update : My Bus Speed is 800 Mhz
 
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Hello,

As rdizz81 said, the easiest way is to go for other video card (GeForce 750Ti should be OK).

If you really want to upgrade the CPU, you must go to HP support, enter the PC's Service Tag and find out what CPU is compatible with the motherboard; normally, any 45nm CPU should work, but if the mobo is limited to 1066 FSB, you are out of luck (on HP page, for 500B it seems only E5xxx and E6xxx series CPU are supported).

Cristi72

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Hello,

As rdizz81 said, the easiest way is to go for other video card (GeForce 750Ti should be OK).

If you really want to upgrade the CPU, you must go to HP support, enter the PC's Service Tag and find out what CPU is compatible with the motherboard; normally, any 45nm CPU should work, but if the mobo is limited to 1066 FSB, you are out of luck (on HP page, for 500B it seems only E5xxx and E6xxx series CPU are supported).
 
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