CPU swap i5 2400, i5 2400, or i7. Dell Vostro 260

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randy.rogers66

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I have a Dell vostro 260. 8 gigs of ram. 2 tb of HDD. GTX 1050 ti 4 gig gpu. i3 2120 3.30. Bios Ao2. Im 52 and still play games. GTA V is fine with this. Would like an i7. Doubt it. Still hoping. So i5 2500! or at least the 2400. Bios needs to be upgraded to right? Never done that. Has anyone by this time did this with the i5 2400, 2500, or even a i7. Oh. How about more Ram?
Bios. How to update it.
 
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I would update the bios first. Usually with Dell you download the bios file and click on it. You'll be prompted to restart. The only potential danger, assuming you have the right bios, is if you lose power as the bios is updating. Don't do this during a thunderstorm or any other situation where power might go out.

I think you could put up to an i5 in there. A 2400 is enough, not much sense in getting an unlocked processor(a 'K') since Dells aren't really great for overclocking. When you install the CPU you will need to clean the thermal paste off the heatsink/fan and apply new thermal paste to the new CPU. I'm not sure about the heatsink/fan, if the i3 uses the same as the i5. I'd test the i3 in a game, see how high temps get, then...
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Typically no, the bios does not need to be updated to move from one CPU to another of the same generation. They are all 2nd-gen. So unless you wanted to go to an i5-3470 or 3570 (which I would actually recommend instead of the 2nd-gen) you would only need to update the bios then.
 
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I would update the bios first. Usually with Dell you download the bios file and click on it. You'll be prompted to restart. The only potential danger, assuming you have the right bios, is if you lose power as the bios is updating. Don't do this during a thunderstorm or any other situation where power might go out.

I think you could put up to an i5 in there. A 2400 is enough, not much sense in getting an unlocked processor(a 'K') since Dells aren't really great for overclocking. When you install the CPU you will need to clean the thermal paste off the heatsink/fan and apply new thermal paste to the new CPU. I'm not sure about the heatsink/fan, if the i3 uses the same as the i5. I'd test the i3 in a game, see how high temps get, then test the i5 in the same game after you install it, just to make sure temps haven't gone wildly out of control.
 
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randy.rogers66

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I think the i5 2400 will work. Just hope Dell has the right Bios update for the Dell vostro 260. I got it for free but bought the video card. Got a free GTX 660 to. Not using that one. The GTX 1050ti is in. All of it runs on win 7 to 10. The scary part is updating the bios. What got my attention was battlefield 1. It can play it but will lose some FPS with multiplayer. Rarely went multiplayer anyway.
 
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