Can i upgrade a Dell Dimension XPS Gen3 CPU

Roy-Al

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Can I upgrade a dell dimension xps gen3 Pentium 4 with Intel Core i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz Clock Speed 2.8Ghz L2 Cache of 1024?

I should add that I am trying to salvage the cpu from my failed Studio XPS 8000 by upgrading the Dimension XPS. I also have the heatsink from the Studio XPS. Will be using original PSU that came with Dimension. It has 3 SATA hard drives 250, 149 and 149gb. 4gb ram. Everything else, all original parts.

Right now running MS flight simulator 9, using Win Xp. Cleaned dust out and noticed a slight decrease in noise level but still on the loud end.
 
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it all depends on the socket set and if your current motherboard supports that cpu. check with your motherboards support site
 

Roy-Al

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Thanks for your quick response. I had to download an app call Speccy to determine all the stuff you asked about. It's quite good for a number of diagnostic concerns; hardware performance, temperature reading, etc. Anyway, here is what I got.

Motherboard
Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Model 0DH686 (Microprocessor)
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model i925X
Chipset Revision B1
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model 82801FB (ICH6)
Southbridge Revision 03
BIOS
Brand Dell Inc.
Version A07 Date 7/15/2005

Let me know if this helps you or anyone else to answer my query. Again, thanks for your replay. Roy