Can i replace a intel pentium with a better cpu

[iamadarlek]

Hi i have an intel pentium at 2.80hz and was wondering if i could upgrade it to a i3 onwards without replacing my motherboard

 

[Barty1884]

Depends on the specific chip.

The only 2.8GHz Pentiums I can think of would be P4's or PentiumD? If that's the case; no. They predate the "Core" lineups, and are not socket compatible.

*EDIT* My bad, there's a SandyBridge era Pentium clocked at 2.8GHz also, the G640.
https://ark.intel.com/products/53486/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G640-3M-Cache-2_80-GHz

If that's the chip you have, Sandy/IvyBridge i3/i5/i7 chips *should* be compatible with your board..


If you don't know what CPU you have specifically, you should be able to find it easily enough.
In Windows 10, Settings>About>Processor

You should be able to identify the CPU in the BIOS of any system..... or could download CPU-Z and run it and the first tab will tell you what you have.
https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html