Dell Dimension e520 CPU upgrade?

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So the only modification I made on this computer about a year ago was adding 2 gigs of ram, totaling 3, and an 8400gs. Cost about 40 bucks total for slight improvement in performance. I'm thinking of buying a Core 2 Quad q6600 processor, and a radeon hd 5670, but i'm wondering if this is possible with a 305W power supply?

I realize ill be spending well over 200 bucks for this upgrade, but will everything be compatible? I upgraded bios and everything, so i know the q6600 should work, but i'm really worried about the power supply.

P.S. Does anyone know where I can buy a q6600 for a reasonable price? Newegg doesn't sell these anymore, and you can find em used for about a 100 on eBay. Would you recommend buying a used processor off eBay?

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atomzdan wrote :

What motherboard does that model come with. It's probably best if you go onto Dell's website, find your model and look at the CPU support list. For pre-built computers you usually can't overclock and and support list for upgrades is very limited.

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I am interested in any updates to this upgrade path.

Here is what CPUZ reports.

Chipset
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Northbridge Intel P965/G965 rev. C2
Southbridge Intel 82801HH (ICH8DH) rev. B0
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 3072 MBytes

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