Dell Inspiron 530 with G33M02

It looks like you will be able to run dual core wolfdale's and some quad cores, such as the q8200, but foxconn made 2 versions of this board, so you may want to post your concerns in the dell forums to be safe.

The G33M02 motherboard only supports core 2 duo. It supports any Wolfdale up to E8500 according to Dell.

Thaks for the replies!

A day after posting this a Dell techless support rep called me on the phone at home. He said he was tier2 support and had reviewed my questions from the day before. I told him I still didnt have any answers.

He said any G33 motherboard will support core 2 duo cpu's up to E8500 and select quad core cpu's including the Q6600 provided the power supply is upgraded to atleast 350watt.

He went on to say he would be glad to transfer me to the Dell parts division to order the parts but if i installed any of the parts I would void the Dell warranty. I asked him why would I want to buy the parts if I cant install them. He said he was just offering to help if I wanted to buy the parts.

He said the first upgrade anybody should make on the inspiron 530 is the power supply whether u want a better video card or faster cpu, you need to upgrade the power supply. Failure to do so usually blows the motherboard.

I am not even going to try to put a Q6600 on this machine and recommend that nobody does. I'm just passing along what Dell "tier2" support told me. I am upgrading the power supply 1st to a 450watt. I will make further upgrades from there.

The tier2 tech failed to mention that the Inspiron 530 comes with two different motherboards. A G33M02 that supports Core 2 Duo and a G33M03 that supports Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad. He's right as long as you got the G33M03 motherboard. Inspiron 530's that came with a G33M03 also had a 350w PSU.

I completely understand the 530 comes with 2 different motherboards. That's why in my post I specifically state my machine has the G33M02 motherboard. I also specified this to every dell techless support person I spoke with.

For the record I upgraded the power supply to a ultra 450w power supply and I installed a xfx geforce 9800 gt. With the E8500 cpu and 4gig of ram I am very happy with the result.

The Inspiron 530 with a Foxconn G33M02 motherboard, supports the following Socket LGA775 processors :-
Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2140 (1.6 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2160 (1.8 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200(2.5 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 (1.8 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 (2.0 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
Wolfdale Core 2 Duo, E5200, 2.5GHz, 2MB, 65W, M0
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 (1.86 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) 65nm
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 (2.13 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 (2.33 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 (2.80 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)
Wolfdale Core 2 Duo, E8400, 3.0GHz, 6MB, 1333FSB, 65W, E0 45nm
Wolfdale Core 2 Duo, E8500, 3.16GHz, 6MB, 1333FSB, 65W, C0
Wolfdale Core 2 Duo, E8600, 3.33GHz, 6MB, 1333FSB, 65W, E0
Conroe E6850, 3.0G, 4MB, 1333FSB, G0
Conroe E6700, 2.66G, 4MB, 1066FSB, B2
Conroe E6600, 2.4G, 4MB, 1066FSB, B2
Wolfdale E5700 3.0GHz 65W Dual-Core

Prior to installing the processor, check that you have BIOS Version 1.0.15, or higher installed, when support for new Intel CPU's was added.
G33M02 motherboards do not support any Core 2 Quad processors.