Cpu Upgrade?

http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/Intel2/WMEOEMD945...

http://www.chiptec.net/index.php?catid=15&subcat=347&pa...

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/779/xx/xx/103/9/critere...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=E...

seems to be INTEL Core 2 Quad Q9550S

Btw, I cant find the processor list for your motherboard, so I cant tell you for sure if it can work with any 775 processor.

I am pretty sure you are limited to very early LGA 775 chips. That would be Pentium 4 5xx and 6xx series and Pentium D 8xx chips and 9xx chips. You could go with a faster clock speed Pentium D but in my opinion that is a waste of money. You would be spending money on obsolete tech that was not even very good when it was new.

To specifically answer your question a Pentium D 960 is probably the fastest chip that board will support.

http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/Intel2/WMEOEMD945...

to lcp1109I don't think it supports Core 2 CPUs
http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/778516-can-i-change-...
I think the fastest CPU supported is Pentium D 960

Upgrading to a dead socket..!! Not a very bright idea (even if it is less than 100$)..

Thanks everyone. This is what I pretty much was thinking but wasn't 100% certain. I guess the best thing to do is to just de-brand the computer? I'd much rather do this than get old upgrades but I wasn't sure if my recovery discs would work on the new set up. I don't have the actual OS disk and I would hate to shell out 100$+ for win 7 right now. I'd go with Linux but I'm not that tech savvy. Any suggestions?

I think there are programs that can show you what serial you are using on your OS (search on google  ), that is the only thing you need to do a fresh installation on a new PC. I dont think it whould be iligal for your to download a new DVD with your OS when you have a valid serial, just make sure you are not sharing while downloading.