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Hi I have a dell optiplex 980 sff I have a core i5 650 8gb ram I want a better CPU for gaming but don't know what one will fit and what one is good for gaming?
 
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but why? are you getting lag in game right now? remember one thing if you play games on your computer without lag or frame drop on setting you like. no matter how much upgrade you put in it you still won't see much of a different.

are you running your os and games on an SSD? if not that should be the next thing to upgrade. not the CPU.
more like the last thing you should upgrade is the CPU.
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Contact Dell tech support and ask what the highest clocked i7 processor they sold in the optiplex 980 was or Google that model Dell and see what the old reviews had listed for components.

In general, any system that can run an i5 can run an i7 of the same socket type...the i7 will give you a boost in some games, but not all, as long as the clock speed is the same or faster.
 
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but why? are you getting lag in game right now? remember one thing if you play games on your computer without lag or frame drop on setting you like. no matter how much upgrade you put in it you still won't see much of a different.

are you running your os and games on an SSD? if not that should be the next thing to upgrade. not the CPU.
more like the last thing you should upgrade is the CPU.
 
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OptiPlex 980 is designed with support for Nehalem architecture processors including Clarkdale dual-core and Lynnfield quad-core (i3, i5 and i7).It supports the following i7 Quad Core processors:

i7-975 3.33 GHz
i7-965 3.20 GHz
i7-950 3.06 GHz
i7-940 2.93 GHz
i7-920 2.66 GHz
i7-870 2.93 GHz
i7-860 2.80 GHz
i7-860s 2.53 GHz


You will need to have the last known bios from Dell flashed before you swap out the cpu or run the risk of incompatibility. Any of the top 3x will show a decent improvement over the dual core you currently have, I'd not go any lower or you'll loose performance as that dual core is currently 2.8GHz. Ideally, the top dog would be the i7-975 if you can find one. Best source would be ebay.
 
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That hard drive to SSD swap depends. If the the amount of space being used on the hard drive is less than the size of the SSD, you can 'clone' the hard drive. This will make the SSD into a copy of your hard drive.

If you have more data, like 1tb, than the SSD can hold, you can't clone it since all that data won't fit on the smaller SSD.

Personally, I always do a clean Windows install on a new boot drive. This minimizes potential problems. Then you will manually reinstall your programs, and bring over other necessary files. It's more work but I like the results you get doing it this way.
 
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