Upgrading CPU From Pentium On A Pre Made PC

[Baserunner]

What CPUS would support an dell inspiron 20 one 3048 motherboard (0HD5K4)

Budget 0-225 usd

 

[Petrossa]

Hi there
According to Dell, that system only supports up to an i3.
See this link: http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-20-3048-aio_Reference%20Guide_en-us.pdf

 

[Baserunner]

Hi there
According to Dell, that system only supports up to an i3.
See this link: http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-20-3048-aio_Reference%20Guide_en-us.pdf

Is that just the official cpus supported or by the software and BIOS

 

[bmacsys]

Hi there
According to Dell, that system only supports up to an i3.
See this link: http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-20-3048-aio_Reference%20Guide_en-us.pdf

Is that just the official cpus supported or by the software and BIOS

Undoubtedly both.

 

[Petrossa]

According to the reading material, it is the official CPU support.
No doubt the cooling system cannot handle anything more than the i3 with no chance of a 3rd party solution due to the unique chassis.

Hi there
According to Dell, that system only supports up to an i3.
See this link: http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-20-3048-aio_Reference%20Guide_en-us.pdf

Is that just the official cpus supported or by the software and BIOS