B bowmanjc Distinguished Mar 10, 2010 1 0 18,510 Mar 10, 2010 #1 I have a dell e510 with a smithfield Pentium d 820 2.8ghz processor. Can I upgrade to a core 2 processor in this machine?
I have a dell e510 with a smithfield Pentium d 820 2.8ghz processor. Can I upgrade to a core 2 processor in this machine?
mister g Distinguished Mar 6, 2010 1,469 0 19,360 Mar 11, 2010 #2 I have an E520, but the E510 is an older model with an older chipset. You may or may not beleive its true but your mobo is a modified 945G. You can't upgrade past a Presler Pentium D. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Dimension http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Pentium_D_microprocessors Upvote 0 Downvote
I have an E520, but the E510 is an older model with an older chipset. You may or may not beleive its true but your mobo is a modified 945G. You can't upgrade past a Presler Pentium D. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Dimension http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Pentium_D_microprocessors