dell e520 processor

chenzosmith · Jan 27, 2015

I have a dell e520 tower that i'm trying to beef up alittle. right now it has a e4300 1.8 core 2 duo in it for a processor. I was considering bumping it up to the e6600 which I believe is a 2.4 core 2 duo. I was just wondering A. will it work and B. is it something thats worth doing?

I assume the Q6600 or Q6700 would be the "best" options I would have but I worry about them running too hot on stock fan and heat sync. I would rather go middle of the road performance and be stable then go for highest I could possibly get and blow the mobo.

Sandstorm3000 · Feb 2, 2015

The E6600 will significantly boost your PC since its clock speed is a bit higher and it has twice as much L2 Cache. Although i would recommend buying an Q6600, i am also still running one. It won't run to hot if you just let it run at its normal clock speed with stock fan and heat sync. And even if it would you could buy a cheap aftermarket CPU cooler. The Q6600 is much and much better than your current E4300 or even the E6600

(http://www.game-debate.com/cpu/index.php?pid=431&pid2=19&compare=core-2-duo-e4300-1-8ghz-vs-core-2-quad-q6600-2-4ghz)

If you want to buy the Q6600 than you should keep in mind that it uses 105 Watts, your current CPU uses 65.
Oh, and by the way the best CPU you could get is an Q9650, Q9700

JohnKau · Feb 5, 2015

If you're adventurous enough you could consider putting modifying one of those all-in-one water cooling kits from CoolerMaster or Corsair and mounting it on your processor. The e520 has a totally unique (or some might say, stupid) cooling design which means that none of the aftermarket cooling solutions work. With some modding you could get the cooling kit on the processor though. And if you get the Q6600, you can definitely reach up to 3.4 ghz with good cooling. But you will also need to put some heatsinks on your mofsets.

You really don't have to worry about the Q6600 blowing up your mobo. It runs at slightly over 60 degrees celsius for me at full load. I don't have any problems with it overheating. If you're concerned, you could replace the stock 120mm intake fan, add two 80mm fans to the back of the case (pulling air out of the case) and lap the base of your stock heatsink (which I have found to be really coarse). Then clean out the dust, put some nice thermal paste with one small dot and then clamp it back down hard (but not too hard).

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