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bgolds99   06-22-2009 at 03:11:39 AM

Hi there,
I'm finally decided to upgrade my Athlon X2 4200+ and i agreed upon the Athlon X2 6000+. Since I will have to keep my old heatsink (I have a Dell E521), I figured I can just buy a OEM CPU. I found two eBay buy it nows for what I think are the exact same CPU's. Now I am not too sure since one of them says L2: 1MB, and the other L2: 2 x 512kb, as well as one being 30 dollars cheapers. The eBay pages are here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d [...] 0351898346

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d [...] 0410769816

Are there any major differences between the two that I should know? Also, can I put a a 65nm Manufactioning Tech CPU, like one of these, in the same socket as my current 90 nm Manufact. Tech? Thanks for your help!

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jaydeejohn   06-22-2009 at 03:23:24 AM
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Check your mobo maker for cpu compatibility.
As to the cache, theyre the same, 2 cores, each having 512 kb ram, or a total of 1 MB on the L2 cache

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ct1615   06-22-2009 at 03:59:57 AM
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they are the same cpu

I upgraded my x2 4200 in my Dell E521 to a athlon x2 6000 windsor. Check on the dell forum if the brisbane can go in there. it should be able to, also update your Bios to Dell latest (1.1.11 I believe)

Edit; I checked my previous posts, it will work just update your Bios.

http://support.dell.com/support/do [...] id=&impid=


Message edited by ct1615 on 06-22-2009 at 04:07:08 AM
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AKM880   06-22-2009 at 04:08:24 AM
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It should since the Windsor is a 125W CPU and the Brisbane is a 89W CPU

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bgolds99   06-23-2009 at 02:16:07 AM
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Thanks for the replies guys. One last question: When I take out my old processor and put in my new one, do I have to apply new thermal compound on the new processor and then put the heatsink on?

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Shadow703793   06-23-2009 at 03:38:45 AM
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^ Clean old CPU past from the HSF (if using the old HSF). Then put on new paste and you should be good to go. If using stock cooler that comes with the retail CPU box you should NOT need to apply paste as the HSF already has it pre applied.

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bgolds99   06-23-2009 at 03:46:13 AM
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Ok, I'm getting my new CPU OEM so I'll put some new paste on. Thanks for all your help!

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