How do I find out what CPU my MoBo will take?

[Kimmy]

Hi guys,

I need some help and guidance.

I’d like to upgrade my CPU. At the moment I have an E6700 running at stock speed. I have tried to overclock using easytune, but every time it locks up my computer. I’m not doing that again!

How can I find out what CPUs my motherboard can take? My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R.

Thanks.

 

[Kimmy]

Thanks for the reply,

What do you mean?

“You should save urself some cash by reading the overclocking sticky and jumping in the bios”.

Can you provide a link? I don’t understand.

Thanks.

 

[Kimmy]

Thanks for explaining that..

I’ve just read the sticky and I have to be honest, I don’t understand 90% of it. At the moment I have the ‘F10’ BIOS. According to the above list, if I update the BIOS to F12, I can either install a E8600 (which runs at 3.33) or a Q9650 (which runs at 3.00). I know the Q CPU runs slower, but it has two extra cores. It might run games faster.

Thanks.

 

[Kimmy]

I don’t think I want to overclock a new CPU. According to the sticky, overclocking voids your warranty and increases the risk of premature death of you're hardware.

The E8600 has a faster speed, so it should play games better. I don’t know of many games that actually makes use of quad cores. None of the games I have mention playing better/faster on quad cores.

Merthyr sucx..