Dell Optiplex 320 Processor Upgrade

[bunkhorsey1]

e6700 is the Duo Core, its an original Dell processor designed for the Dell Optiplex 320, however, I am lookng for a much greater CPU speed, instead of the 2.6 Ghz. Can I run a much faster speed, other than the e6700 Intel core2 Duo processor's 2.6.

 

[mavroxur]

With the Opti 320, and BIOS 1.1.12 or later, the Q6700 is the fastest CPU the board will officially support. That board will only support Conroe and Allendale family C2D's with an 800/1066FSB with the latest BIOS. A Core 2 Extreme X6800 *may* work, since it's a Conroe-EX and has a 1066FSB, but it's not worth the upgrade in my opinion to only gain 300MHz.

 

[tommybao89]

With the Opti 320, and BIOS 1.1.12 or later, the Q6700 is the fastest CPU the board will officially support. That board will only support Conroe and Allendale family C2D's with an 800/1066FSB with the latest BIOS. A Core 2 Extreme X6800 may work, since it's a Conroe-EX and has a 1066FSB, but it's not worth the upgrade in my opinion to only gain 300MHz.

you wrote this post in 2009,in 2021 a man read your post and buy 2 cpu q6700 and realise that they dont work with dell optiplex,now that man just realise that you misstype e6700 to q6700 ,and i lost like ten dollar for 2 chip, and 6 hours to make it work with the dell optiplex 320 but now i realise that q6700 is just a mistype,your mistype make my day very bad.i wish no one will read this post and do like me (make q6700 work on dell 320) again
thank