Greetings,
I'm giving serious consideration to upgrading my 6 year old Intel Core 3 540 processor to a Intel Core 5 6600k. I use my computer mostly for playing new and older PC games and since I upgraded my video card to a EVGA GTX 960 SC 2GB only a year or so ago, I figured it was time to upgrade the CPU alone if possible. However, my motherboard is a Gateway SX 2850-01 and I don't know if it will support the new processor.
If that is the case, which motherboard would you recommend purchasing if I do need to replace it? I'm not planning to overclock it as I'm hoping to make it last for at least another five years if possible. Also, I currently have 8 GB of Ram, use Windows 7 Home Premium 64 (I have NO desire to upgrade to Windows 10 if I don't have to) and my PSU is a XFX TS 550 80 Plus Gold.
Any advice you can give me on this will be greatly appreciated as always.
I'm giving serious consideration to upgrading my 6 year old Intel Core 3 540 processor to a Intel Core 5 6600k. I use my computer mostly for playing new and older PC games and since I upgraded my video card to a EVGA GTX 960 SC 2GB only a year or so ago, I figured it was time to upgrade the CPU alone if possible. However, my motherboard is a Gateway SX 2850-01 and I don't know if it will support the new processor.
If that is the case, which motherboard would you recommend purchasing if I do need to replace it? I'm not planning to overclock it as I'm hoping to make it last for at least another five years if possible. Also, I currently have 8 GB of Ram, use Windows 7 Home Premium 64 (I have NO desire to upgrade to Windows 10 if I don't have to) and my PSU is a XFX TS 550 80 Plus Gold.
Any advice you can give me on this will be greatly appreciated as always.
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