What's the best processor for my motherboard? Acer Veriton M264

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Hi there. My question is simple.
I have an older machine that I got for free from a friend and am looking to hopefully do some light minor upgrades just to get a little bit more performance from it.

My motherboard is an Acer Veriton M264 motherboard which is an LGA775 socket. Now from what I know this socket type only supports the Core2 and Pentium Dual Core series chips.

Now I've read on the acer site that it supports Core2 Duo and Pentium Dual Core which means that it will only support dual core chips. I know that the socket itself is used by quad core chips like the Q6600 but as me and you know not all motherboards are created equal.

So my question is can this motherboard support something like the Q6600?
more generally what is the best processor do you think that this motherboard will support?
I do hope that I can go quad core on this mobo as that would be tons better than a dual core chip. But I'll take what I can get.

here is a link to the motherboard specs on acer website.
https://acersupport.com/acerpanam/desktop/0000/Acer/VeritonM264/VeritonM264sp2.shtml
 
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It is hard to tell precisely, as this old board is not well documented, and lacks support.

I were able to find this page, though, which apparently claims that Q6600 is an option:

https://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/2746756

But your BIOS had to be upgraded to at least version R02-B3 prior to installing new CPU.

No guarantees, though. Personally, I would still do it, simply because you can't lose much - only a couple of dozen bucks at most. CPU is still reusable in other 775 board or can be sold again. It is up to you to decide if you are willing to take this minor risk.
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It is hard to tell precisely, as this old board is not well documented, and lacks support.

I were able to find this page, though, which apparently claims that Q6600 is an option:

https://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/2746756

But your BIOS had to be upgraded to at least version R02-B3 prior to installing new CPU.

No guarantees, though. Personally, I would still do it, simply because you can't lose much - only a couple of dozen bucks at most. CPU is still reusable in other 775 board or can be sold again. It is up to you to decide if you are willing to take this minor risk.
 
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Thanks for the reply. You're right. Can't hurt. The only thing that'll really happen is my PC won't boot. Found some Q8400 on Ebay for around $15 with free shipping. will try out one of those. I'm gonna look around for a used LGA775 board that will support overclocking that I can hopefully get on the cheap as well. That way I can get the most out of the CPU.

Any old but good for the time recommendations on an OC capable board that I could look around for?
Or what is the best chipset for OC on the q8400? Will anything in the G31 to the G45 range work? or does it have to be a specific one?
 
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You almost certainly won't be able to use Q8 series, as your chipset is too old to support it, and even BIOS upgrade won't help. You only stand a chance with Q6 series, preferably Q6600 which is most common.

EDIT: G31 and G45 will both work with Q8 series, so if you get a new board, no problem.
 
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thanks. I'll look into finding whatever is the cheapest.
 
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Any LGA 775 board can and will support Quad Core CPU for that platform with absolutely no problem. Indifference, no matter the spec suggests you. DDR3 or DDR2, doesn't matter.

Recommended search for you: Q9650, Q9550 and Q9450. Those 3 are pretty much the top tier for that platform. Any higher are rare chips. Any lesser, not very interesting stuff.
Don't opt to Q8000 series. This series, despite also a quad core chip, has less cache than the Q9000 series. This further reflect on performance by noticeable margin. Despite having the same clockspeed and the same core count.

Also, if you feel lucky, try to find any Quad Core with a 'QX' suffix. For example; QX6700, QX6800, QX6850, QX9650 and lastly the QX9700. Those are the Extreme Edition. Fully unlocked. Can be overclocked much easier.
Even for second hand stuff, expect those to be a bit more expensive than any other model due to its nature. Get whichever cheapest among those and accommodate with decent cooler would get you near 4Ghz stable, easy.
Ignore X6800. This particular chip, despite also an EE chip, are a mere dual core.

All that said, any chip you choose combined with the GPU you also choose on other thread you started, would net you comparable performance, perhaps as today's Pentium G4400 in most cases. Even OC won't change much.
Considering the expense, not too shabby.
But bear in mind, do not expect too much of it. It is an old tech after all.
 
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