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boehm742

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Hello all. I’m hoping someone can confirm what I’ve researched. I currently have a intel i5-2300 @2.8ghz which I believe to see as being LGA 1155 socket. Motherboard MB.GBL01.002 . recently our work computer upgraded and was told I can take anything I would like off it. The only item that interests me that is fine to add to my setup is the i7-3770 @3.40 ghz. Which from my research is also the lga1155 socket. Can anyone confirm this? Also, would you go through with it as well for the gains?
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If you are running P01.A3 BIOS then this may be a limitation imposed by Gateway which prevents you from upgrading to a 3rd gen CPU. I do not see a single DX4850 benchmark on Userbenchmark with that system/motherboard and a 3rd gen Intel CPU. As you cannot get the system to POST with a 3rd gen CPU it probably will never work. You could try contacting Gateway but I thinkthey will tell you that Ivy Bridge is not supported with that system. If that is so the best you could hope for is an overclocked i7 2600k.
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im sorry what u mean?my english isnt really good,not native language
u have i7 in hand,so just plug n play to your mobo then
 
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boehm742

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Went ahead and swapped the processors today except I’m getting four beeps on startup with the i7, if I put the i5 back in starts up fine ... any suggestions? Current bios is p01-a3 which is the most recent on gateways site for my pc
 
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If you are running P01.A3 BIOS then this may be a limitation imposed by Gateway which prevents you from upgrading to a 3rd gen CPU. I do not see a single DX4850 benchmark on Userbenchmark with that system/motherboard and a 3rd gen Intel CPU. As you cannot get the system to POST with a 3rd gen CPU it probably will never work. You could try contacting Gateway but I thinkthey will tell you that Ivy Bridge is not supported with that system. If that is so the best you could hope for is an overclocked i7 2600k.
 
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You're not going to want to use a "2600k variant" but rather a standard non-K I7 2600 as there is also no guarantee that a K variant will work due to OEM specific BIOS codes, but there is certainty that a normal I7 2600 will work. There is nothing with that Gateway OEM system that you can associate with "overclocked" other than an add-in GPU. You also have the option of either finding the motherboard of a more advanced gateway that uses an actual 3rd gen Intel processor by default, or a non OEM mobo (asus, msi, gigabyte) where you can then use your I7 3770 that you have in hand. Issue with those solutions would be that you would likely need a new copy of Windows.
 
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