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    CPU Upgrade HP Pavilion 500-214

    Since I upgraded the memory and swapped to an SSD and i have been using this as my main computer, I've noticed that web pages load slowly. In watching performance monitor, memory, disk and network are not showing any unusual activity spikes but the CPU is showing high spikes especially when I...
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    CPU Upgrade HP Pavilion 500-214

    Thanks for the information and suggestions. It shows my system board as 2AE0 1.0 with Bios of 80.46. Will that work with the recommended CPU's that you listed?
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    CPU Upgrade HP Pavilion 500-214

    Hi! I'd like to upgrade the CPU on my HP Pavilion 500-214. I've migrated to an SSD for the OS (using the original HD for storage, files, pictures) and increased memory to 16GB, running Win10 (free upgrade). I don't want to swap out power supply if I can avoid it. General use PC, email, web...