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Please help, I want to know...

Jango

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I am quite sure that my Asus P5N-E SLI motherboard can support a Q6600 LGA775 65nm Core 2 Quad processor but I am not sure whether my PSU would be able to handle the upgrade, or whether I will need to upgrade the heatsink or not.

Here are the details on my PSU sticker:


(H.E.C) HIGH-QUALITY EVOLUTION COMMITMENT

HEC-550TD-PTE
__________________________________________________ _______
AC INPUT:..|...230Vac 50Hz 7A................................................ .|
__________|_______________________________________ _______|
DC OUTPUT:|.+3.3V..|..+5V..|...+12V1..|..+12V2.|..-12V...|..+5Vsb.|
__________|_______|______|________|_______|_______ |_______|
MAX.A:......|..30A....|.38A....|....18A....|..17A. ...|...0.3A..|...2A.....|
__________|_______|______|________|_______|_______ |_______|
....+5V8+3.3V COMBINED 185W...........TOTAL OUTPUT 550W..........|
__________________________________________________ _______|


Is my PSU good enough for the new processor? Would I need to upgrade the heatsink? My current processor is a E6550 Core 2 Duo 2.33Ghz.

NB: I know I have already posted a thread about this but no one seems to be responding. I am sorry to moderators who will see this as spam but I am just trying to get an answer.
 
PSU should be fine I would expect, but does it have an 8-pin CPU power connector? Tbh I forget whether the P5N-E even has an 8-pin socket so it may not be an issue.

As for the heatsink, depends what you've got really.
 
My graphics card is a GeForce GTX 260 896Mb.

I would send a pic of my heatsink, but when it says to type the URL of the picture I don't know what to put. :confused: I have tried putting the file location in there but it still doesn't work. :(
 
Thx for your help :) Here is a pic of my heatsink, would it be good enough for the Q6600 without overclocking?

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Resize the picture :eek:

That's a normal Intel retail heatsink, if you're buying the quad as a retail package you will get another heatsink with it anyway. I should imagine your current cpu is getting quite toasty at the moment judging by the amount of dust in there ;)

It could be a close call with your current psu, as your GTX260 really requires a minimum of 38 amps on the 12v rails, and I notice yours only has 35. The only thing you can do is try it and see. I think I'd probably invest in a better psu before thinking about new cpus though.
 
My graphics card seems to work fine despite what you said, and I have cleaned out my CPU so now it is pretty much dust-free.

If I do try the processor, is there any risk it will break my PSU or any other components?

If there isn't, I may as well give it a go, I can get one on eBay for around £60. ;)
 
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I think a lot of dual cores are supplied with a lighter low profile cooler compared to the one supplied with quads, so its possible that the E5300's cooler wont be as good as the retail cooler for a Q9450. I'd get an aftermarket cooler if going for an oem processor.

As for the PSU, it's an older design with a heavy 5v rail, and only 35amps at 12V. (My Corsair 650W has 52amps @ 12v). However if your not running SLI, its probably going to be "ok". Corsair for example say its ok to run a GTX260 + Core 2 Quad + 2 Hard disks on their VX450 PSU and it only has 33amps @ 12v. At full load the GTX260 uses less power than the older 8800GTX and that runs on the VX450 with ease.

Pretty sure it will work, but to be honest I would upgrade to a more modern PSU model as they have better 12V rails, and are more power efficient anyway.
 
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What would be wrong with keeping my current one? Would there be any risk of it breaking?
 
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