Can my motherboard support the Pentium G630?

[D Will]

So currently I have a single core Pentium 4 2.8ghz with 2 threads and it is holding back my PC a lot. I have a Nvidia 9800GT with I believe a half gig of memory, and a 4GB DDR2 ram, but i am on 32bit W7. So I do have some hope right? I know i really need to upgrade the motherboard to take this old hunk of junk anywhere but I found this CPU (the Pentium G630) and was wondering if I could use it on my motherboard. I feel that any upgrade to the CPU would help a lot. Do keep in mind I am wanting to run games like Gary's Mod, Dragon Age: Origins, Counter Strike etc at 60fps.

This is what I'm working with:

Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Model 0C7195 (Microprocessor)
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model i915P/i915G
Chipset Revision B1
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model 82801FB (ICH6)
Southbridge Revision 03
BIOS
Brand Dell Inc.
Version A04
Date 2/9/2005
PCI Data
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage In Use
Bus Width Unknown
Slot Designation PCI_E_1
Slot Number 0
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage In Use
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI_1
Slot Number 1
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI_2
Slot Number 2
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI_3
Slot Number 3
Slot Unknown
Slot Type Unknown
Slot Usage In Use
Bus Width Unknown
Slot Designation PEG
Slot Number 4

Any help much appreciated!

 

[Tradesman1]

Your mobo is socket 775, so no the G630 won't work, check w/ Dell they should have a list of compatible CPUs for their mobo

 

[Eximo]

Beat me to it.

 

[clutchc]

Unfortunately, no. Your socket is an old LGA 478. The G630 requires a newer 1155 socket. You're pretty much stuck with a single core processor as long as you have that board.

 

[D Will]

ahhh damn thank you... so can anyone recommend a better single core processor? or is this not even worth my time?

 

[Tradesman1]

As mentioned before, Check with Dell, while many will work, Dell doesn't always build support into the BIOS for ALL CPUs that will work - don't want one that should work, and then it doesn't because Dell won't support it

 

[D Will]

As mentioned before, Check with Dell, while many will work, Dell doesn't always build support into the BIOS for ALL CPUs that will work - don't want one that should work, and then it doesn't because Dell won't support it

Yeah I tried looking and couldn't find anything 🙁 so are you saying that even if I do upgrade there's a chance it might not even work? I'm basically better off buying a new mobo

 

[clutchc]

Yeah I tried looking and couldn't find anything 🙁 so are you saying that even if I do upgrade there's a chance it might not even work? I'm basically better off buying a new mobo

That is exactly correct. New MB and new processor, with new memory then too.

 

[Tradesman1]

That's the way I'd go, Dell likes to play and set rigs up so people basically need to come to them for upgrades, i.e. have seen systems where you had to go through them for DRAM because they swould set the BIOS to take an oddball tRC timing so they want say $120 for a pair of $50 sticks

 

[Kisianik]

You have Optiplex GX280 - very old PC.

Dell Optiplex GX280 validated CPU list

D7459 Prescott P4 Kit, 520, 2.80G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T
P8606 Prescott P4 Kit, 520, 2.80G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T, E0
DD517 Prescott P4 64bit Kit, 521, 2.80G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T, E0
RG427 Prescott P4 64bit Kit, 521, 2.80G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T, G1
D7460 Prescott P4 Kit, 530, 3.00G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T
R8419 Prescott P4 Kit, 530, 3.00G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T, E0
D7462 Prescott P4 Kit, 540, 3.20G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T
N8590 Prescott P4 Kit, 540, 3.20G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T, E0
DD519 Prescott P4 64bit Kit, 541, 3.20G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T, E0
D7463 Prescott P4 Kit, 550, 3.40G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T
M8964 Prescott P4 Kit, 550, 3.40G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T, E0
GH035 Prescott P4 64bit Kit, 551, 3.40G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T, G10
D7464 Prescott P4 Kit, 560, 3.60G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T
P8605 Prescott P4 Kit, 560, 3.60G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T, E0
M8965 Prescott P4 Kit, 570, 3.80G, 800FSB, 1MB, Socket-T, E0

Make sure to upgrade BIOS to the latest version prior installation.

Those are very old processors, are you sure you want one of them?