Upgrading my processor

[limop9830]

I have a intel pentium e5300, gt 1030, 4gb of rams, msi boston 1.0 motherboard and window 10 64bit. The web hp support show that my motherboard can only support pentium e2xxx series of processor but I got a pentium e5300. Is it a miracle that it actually supported it?? And also I wanna to upgrade my processor to other better lga 775 processor Is it possible to upgrade and can gimme some advice?

 

[ragnar-gd]

I've seen instances of that exact board running an E7500, and yes, on socket 775 very often more modern CPUs just run, even though BIOS does not indicate that. Mainly the FSB should be the same as that of known-working CPUs.
The problem, is, this is a pure OEM-board, with no official help from MSI, so you can only try.
There is no indication Core 2 Quads run here, so unless you are up for an adventure, i'd stay with C2D 1000FSB CPUs. They will very likely work, all of them.

 

[The Paladin]

maybe, maybe not. could you identify the HP Model (look on label for complete model number) for us.
Also if your capable of looking inside your case at the motherboard, is there a make/model you can see on its labels/markings?

Remember HP doesn't make motherboards, they OEM them from MSI, Asus and Foxconn and many other through the years.
finding what TDP your system motherboard can handle will "dictate" what you can or should not try to "drop into " to see.
setting proper expectation of what your motherboard can do, will permit you to trial 775 cpus, now know that because it handles a E5300 it doesn't mean I can handle a Duo Core 2 Quad. it might.. but first I need the model of your system

 

[limop9830]

https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c01386897 this is the main page of my motherboard. Its pretty old and the question I meant to asked is can I upgrade my cpu to some better cpu with my low end motherboard.

 

[spdragoo]

https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c01386897 this is the main page of my motherboard. Its pretty old and the question I meant to asked is can I upgrade my cpu to some better cpu with my low end motherboard.

It's in the "Processor upgrade information" section:

Socket type: 775
Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:

• 
  ■ Core 2 Duo E7xxx (Wolfdale-M)
  ■ Core 2 Duo E4x00 (Conroe)
  ■ Pentium E2xxx series (Conroe)
  ■ Celeron Dual Core E1xx0 series (Conroe)
  ■ Celeron 4xx series (Conroe)

Based on that list, & where your Pentium E5300 sits on the hierarchy (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html), your best bet for upgrade is a Core 2 Duo E7400/E7500/E7600. The FSB will increase (from current 800MT/s to 1066MT/s), they have more L2 cache (2MIB current vs. 3MiB on the Core 2 Duos), & they'd be faster (2.6GHz current vs. 2.8/2.93/3.07GHz with Core 2 Duo). Plus, that gives you a 2-tier improvement (3-tier for the E7600).

I wouldn't expect a whole lot from it, but it'd at least be an improvement.