How can you tell if your 775 motherboard will support a 95w processor

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Hello, I'm thinking of upgrading my CPU from a core 2 Duo (65W) to a 95W Quad core and I'm not sure if my motherboard can handle it. The board is an ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard. Thanks.

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Reply to Auberon381

According to the ASUS website the only quad core you can use is a Q6600 or Q6700

Reply to SAAIELLO

Just be sure to upgrade your Bios, its likely that you need at least a certain Bios version to support those C2Q chips.

Reply to dassox

nVidia said that the 680i chipset will not support Yorkfield CPU's. It won't matter what BIOS version you use.

Reply to jsc

Auberon381 wrote :

You should check the Asus forums, the Q9450 and 9550 aren't "officially" supported on the P5N32-E, but do work according to several members there.
http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.as [...] uage=en-us

Reply to delluser1

Auberon381 wrote :

It can support 95W 65nm LGA775 quad core CPUs according to the CPU support list from the official link of the MB.

P5N32-E SLI official ASUS link

Message edited by andy5174 on 02-23-2010 at 03:39:26 AM

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