[SOLVED] Upgrading CPU on an old Aurora ALX

[vellen08]

The computer has the i7 930. I've upgraded the video card and now need to upgrade the cpu. Does anyone know if the i5 is compatible? Thank you for any help.

 

[jay32267]

I doubt it.
What's the motherboard?
I'm running an old board like that with an i7-980.

 

[vellen08]

4VWF2 MS-7591 Motherboard. This is the gaming computer bought in 2011.
If not the I5, which other one would work?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

That is socket 1366, Which supports solely i7 9xx CPUs and Xeons. No i5s are supported.

Best CPU for that socket would he an i7 990x extreme edition, or the Xeon X5690, which is the same CPU but without the branding and without the high cost of the 990x.

These would have 6 cores instead of your 4 cores, and would also run at a higher frequency. Additionally, they are on a shrunken process node, being 32nm versus 45nm. They would perform a fair bit better in games.

 

[vellen08]

That makes sense, thank you so much. I'm glad I asked as canyourunit suggested the i5.

 

[jay32267]

4VWF2 MS-7591 Motherboard. This is the gaming computer bought in 2011.
If not the I5, which other one would work?

Nighthawk pretty much nailed it.
...and just for your information...the 6 core i7-980 runs a GTX 1060 well at 1080p.
It struggles with a GTX1080.

 

[Eximo]

He was likely suggesting that your best bet would be to replace the CPU, Motherboard and Ram to get a late model i5, which would be about twice as fast.

i7-990x = Single thread 1601, multi 7247 (3.7Ghz) 6 cores, 12 threads
i5-11400 = Single thread 3076, multi 17773 (4.4GHz) 6 cores, 12 threads

Not even including the overclockable i5-11600k or the 8 core 16 thread i7-11700k or the AMD alternatives of Ryzen 5 5600X and 5800X which are faster still.

Going from DDR3 to DDR4, and cutting power requirements in half.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I have a 990x overxlocked to 4.4ghz, and it is still about 2000cb in r20 multi core. The 11400f with default power limits on place is ~3300cb, ~3800 without. That is certainly significant, and the difference between something like a Xeon x5680 will be be even larger, probably with the Xeon delivering half the performance of the 11400.

BUT, you can get an X5680 (Identical to i7 980x) for $35, on eBay, which is (not joking) 10 times cheaper than an 11400+b560 board+16gb ddr4.

Up to the op, but I personally would at least try the Xeon/i7 before spending so much on a new everything.

 

[vellen08]

I went ahead and got the Xeon and the thermal paste. i appreciate all of the input and did get the gist of it. At some point, I'll invest in a new computer or rebuild this one if feasible.
Ram will probably be next as far as researching what, if anything, can be added or replaced.
Again, thank you.