[SOLVED] Dell Optiplex XE2 : CPU upgrade

[julien.dal.col]

Hi

I own an XE2 (mainboard = 0jj7yg) running BIOS v. A12 (not the latest).
It currently has an i7-4770s.
I was wondering if I could upgrade to a 4770k. Or maybe a 4790k (after BIOS update?).

Does anyone know where I could find this information?

Tx a lot in advance for your help.
Best,
Joul

 

[krzyimprt]

Hi

I own an XE2 (mainboard = 0jj7yg) running BIOS v. A12 (not the latest).
It currently has an i7-4770s.
I was wondering if I could upgrade to a 4770k. Or maybe a 4790k (after BIOS update?).

Does anyone know where I could find this information?

Tx a lot in advance for your help.
Best,
Joul

I'm looking at the bios updates. 4790K was released in may of 2014. Update A07 lists CPU microcode update which is most likely for the haswell refresh chips. Hard to say. I'd contact dell and see which cpu's are supported.

 

[william p]

Here are the builds for that. You can see what others are using and the relative performance. Sometimes you can discover some unofficial setups.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Dell-OptiPlex-XE2/10876
Not a very large sample group on that system though.
There is an i7 4790K running there scoring 94% CPU ranking.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/5223422