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Veriton X270-ED5300C - CPU Upgrade
Scutu
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Hi everyone,
I have an old Veriton X270-ED5300C with nForce630i and I was wondering if I can upgrade the CPU to an Q9650 soket 775.
As I knwo the mainboard supports all soket 775 cpus, but did Acer included suport for new CPUs in the BIOS?
Thanks,
Scutu
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laurent_14
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Hello,
For information, here are the original processors of Veriton X270:
SpoilerKC.12001.CDE CPU.CEL-DUAL.E1200/1.6G/512K KC.14001.CDE CPU.CEL-DUAL.E1400/2G/512/800 KC.15001.CDE CPU.CEL-DUAL.E1500/2.2G/512k/800 KC.21801.DEM CPU.DUALCORE.2.0GHz/1M/800/M0 KC.22001.DEM CPU.DUO-2.20GHz/1MB/800/M0 KC.22201.DEM CPU.DUO-2.40GHz/1MB/800/M0 KC.47001.DE0 CPU.DUO-2.60GHz/2MB/800/G0 KC.52001.DEM CPU.DUO-2.50GHz/2MB/800/M0 KC.53001.DEM CPU P-DUO.E5300/2.6G/2M/800/M0 (yours-65W) KC.66001.QQG CPU.QUAD/2.40GHz/8MB/1066/G0 KC.67001.QQG CPU.QUAD/2.66GHz/8MB/1066/G0 KC.72001.DE0 CPU.DUO-2.53G/3MB/1066/M0/LGA KC.73001.DE0 CPU.DUO.E7300.2.66/3M/1066/C2 KC.74001.DE0 CPU.DUO.E7400/2.8G/3M/1066/R0 KC.82001.QQ0 CPU.QUAD/2.33GHz/4MB/1333/M1 KC.83001.QQ0 CPU QUAD.Q8300/2.5G/4M/1333 KC.84001.DE0 CPU.DUO-3.00G/6M/1333/C0/LGA KC.93001.QQ0 CPU.QUAD/2.50GHz/6MB/1333/M1 KC.94001.QQ0 CPU.QUAD.Q9400/2.66G/2*3M/1333 KC.94501.QQ0 CPU.Q9450/2.66G/2*6M/1333/C1 KC.95501.QQ0 CPU.Q9550/2.83G/2*6M/1333/C1 (95W-new heatsink needed) KC.D0001.450 CPU-CEL-2.20GHz/512KB/800/A1 0
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Hello,
For information, here are the original processors of Veriton X270:
Thank you so much!
So, basicaly the Q9550 (with a better heatsink) is the fastes I can go on this machine.
Hello,
Good news!
Aspire X1700 has the same motherboard than yours and one of original processors is:
Do you have this heatsink?
hmm ... so I should be able to go with the Q9650 too.
Well that's amazing news.
Do I have to get a new heatsink too, or the one that's on the E5300 should be ok?
I'm not sure if I have that specific heatsink but it looks the same.
I don't play games, this is for my linving room PC - so what it does is internet surfing, and blu-ray movies, but I need more speed.
Thanks again for your help.
Hello,
You'll find a white sticker on the CPU fan where is stated the part number.
Do I have to get a new heatsink too, or the one that's on the E5300 should be ok?
If it isn't an HI.10800.028 (95W), you'll have to replace it otherwise the CPU will overheat.
E5300: 65 Watts
Q9650: 95 Watts
Don't forget also to replace the thermal paste.
I think that's the one I have installed. Yey!
Here's a photo of the sticker.
Is this motherboard limited at only 4Gb of RAM and only 2 SATA plugs?
Hello,
About the heatsink, that's good news!
Is this motherboard limited at only 4Gb of RAM and only 2 SATA plugs?
Official specifications:
Hmm, I understand. In this case I'm done with it, I already have 4Gb of memory and both SATA plugs are in used (HDD and a Blu-ray Player).
Should I upgrade to Windows 10 - is this pc compatible?
Thanks again for all your help!
Hello,
Sorry I don't know. I'm not yet an expert of Windows 10.
I suggest you to create a new topic for this question.
I will see if I'll get the win10, I'm not crazy about it anyway.
From the provided list with the compatible CPU is the Q9650 the most powerfull I can get?
Hello,
From the provided list with the compatible CPU is the Q9650 the most powerfull I can get?
That's the official list of the original processors so yes.
Thank you again for your help.
Stefan