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‎11-02-2011 12:03 AM

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I have an Compaq presario CQ5300Y Desktop pc and was wantning to upgrade my cpu to an Athlon x2 7750 cpu but when I looked at the motherboard spects it says AMD Athlon X2 (B) (AM2+) the reason I am asking this is idk what the B stands for and was afraid to buy the cpu and it wouldnt work. is this supported still?

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‎11-02-2011 11:05 AM - last edited on ‎02-21-2017 03:36 PM by HP Administrator

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Hi,

 

The CQ5300Y PC has a AM2+ socket rated for 95 watts.  These are the motherboard specifications for your PC.  Review the processor upgrade section.   The AMD processors on this list should work.

 

HP ENVY 6055, HP Deskjet 1112
HP Envy 17", i7-8550u,16GB, 512GB NVMe, 4K screen, Windows 11 x64
Custom PC - Z690, i9-12900K, 32GB DDR5 5600, dual 512 GB NVMe, gen4 2 TB m.2 SSD, 4K screen, OC'd to 5 Ghz, NVIDIA 3080 10GB

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‎11-02-2011 11:05 AM - last edited on ‎02-21-2017 03:36 PM by HP Administrator

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Hi,

 

The CQ5300Y PC has a AM2+ socket rated for 95 watts.  These are the motherboard specifications for your PC.  Review the processor upgrade section.   The AMD processors on this list should work.

 

HP ENVY 6055, HP Deskjet 1112
HP Envy 17", i7-8550u,16GB, 512GB NVMe, 4K screen, Windows 11 x64
Custom PC - Z690, i9-12900K, 32GB DDR5 5600, dual 512 GB NVMe, gen4 2 TB m.2 SSD, 4K screen, OC'd to 5 Ghz, NVIDIA 3080 10GB
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‎11-02-2011 04:59 PM

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Thank you for the help big dave! 😄

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‎10-07-2016 09:34 AM

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I know this is old, but I have the same question, and the link provided in the answer is a dead link.

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‎10-07-2016 10:38 AM

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