E8400 > Q9650 on Optiplex 755 SFF

need to know.

currently running E8400 (which is 1333FSB,6MB,45nm) on Optiplex 755

looking forward for Q9650 (which is 1333FSB,12MB,45nm)

bios is up to date...09 release i guess.

should i spend bucks ?

already switched from E6750 (a 65nm proc) to E8400 (a 45nm proc)

case is Small Form Factor.

links to processor details.

http://processorfinder.intel.com/d [...] Spec=SLA9V E6750

http://processorfinder.intel.com/d [...] Spec=SLAPL E8400

http://processorfinder.intel.com/d [...] Spec=SLB8W Q9650

gaming obviously....furthermore i am looking forward to upgrade to max the MB can support.


my question remains same.will the board support q9650 as it is already running e8400.

intending to switch to quadcore.and what i see q9650 is the only option i guess my MB can support !!!

Update BIOS to A14.

i hve used E8400 with A12 bios but dont know about Q9650

my temperature idles at 49-51 and at load 58-61 just because my room temperature is above 35c.so dont consider it as a problem.


if you live in cool area.there is no problem in upgrading to E8400.


P.S. IF YOU FIND SOMEHOW SOMEONE USING OR EVER USED TO PUT Q9650 please tell.thx

Hey guys thanks for the timely responces. Ya we finally figured out that we needed to update the BIOS after talking to 4 different dell Tech's. but thanks for the heads up. also the dell tech said we could use both the E8400 and the Q9550 but idk about the customer service dudes in India. haha. but anyway we are wanting to try the Q9550 because its a quad core so... not sure we need it but if we get it and it works then we wont need to upgrade for a while. but let me explain our problem a little more in detail see if anyone has any ideas.

K so.... we have Quick Books Point of Sale then newest version out i will have to report back on the exact version next time i am into work but... we have 3 computers. the way quick books POS is setup one computer has to act as the (sever) in a way by just storing all the company data. this is the computer we are having problems with. its weird the scanner works great if you open up like notepad and scan UPC's it pops them up with almost NO delay but then every once in a while when your in quickbooks you scan in the UPC and it has a delay the scanner beeps then 20 seconds later the item comes up and if you were to enter the same UPC in manual with the number pad there is NO delay. The weirdest part to me is none of the other remote workstations (other 2 comps on the same WIRED network) NEVER have this problem and the one we are using as the server is by far the best comp on the system.. the server aka Main register and backroom computer are running vista and the 2nd register is running something prior to XP.

Sorry for the length but if anyone has any ideas PLEASE let me know we are really thinking about going to the QUAD core Q9550 because we are pretty confident we saw an improvement when we went to the E6300 but were not sure that is our problem?

Thanks again

ya he said it would work i would just need to do a BIOS update again. but ya were not 100 percent sure what it could be because we did notice a difference when we upgraded the first time. I think i forgot to mention he put 2 gigs of ram in too so... i think we are up to 2.5 or 3 gigs of ram. but do you really think it could be the hard drive because i just think it is crazy that both the other remote computers are NEVER having this problem. i think we are going to try the processer and maybe max out the ram to 4 GBs but idk.

Thanks Anyway

By redoing the OS..... are you meaning switch the sever to another computer? or are you saying we should change the Operating System?

Thanks Again

Jantzen