Easy (i hope) CPU compatibility question

[kangaroo4321]

I know for sure the dell optiplex gx620's motherboard's latest bios (a11) supports pentium d up to d 960, but i cant find out if it will support the pentium d extreme editions, which go up to 965.

any help?

 

[scottiemedic]

Nope, even if Dell put out a BIOS update, the chipset doesn't take the Extremes:

http://ark.intel.com/products/chipsets/8765 (Click Compatible Products on the left).

It does however take some of the Core 2 Duos if Dell put out BIOS support for them. That might be the way to look/go. Good luck.

 

[Crossfire newb]

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/p/19329296/20076993.aspx this should give you the answer you are looking for

 

[kangaroo4321]

Thanks, perfect. Ignore that other topic I just made, thought this one didn't go through. As you can tell, crap computer.