Can I upgrade my i5-650 CPU

[elmergauthier]

Helllo, 

Can anyone tell me if I can upgrade Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz, 3201 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s) to an i7 processor?  This system is 14 years old.  I have upgraded the PSU to corsair 750w, have installed 16gb ram, and 1tb SSD drive, and gtx1660 Geforce GPU.  Or can I upgrade the motherboard with new processor?    If so, which motherboard would fit in same casing.  Most people tell to just buy a new system, but I feel if can upgrade processor or switch out motherboard to modernize and increase performance.  I believe I can still save a bunch of money by upgrading processor

or switch out motherboard with new processor.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Below is the link to the parts list for your PC.

HP PartSurfer

It has an IONA-GL8E motherboard which supports the following Intel 1st Gen Core processors:

Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:

Intel Core i7-8xx (Lynnfield core)

Intel Core i5-7xx (Lynnfield core)

Intel Core i5-6xx (Clarkdale core)

Intel Core i3-5xx (Clarkdale core)

One disturbing thing I found was this discussion where someone installed an i7-860 and it didn't work for some reason.

(1) Solved: MS-7613 (Iona-GL8E) CPU upgrade problem - HP Support Community - 7634164

But I helped this person several years ago who installed an i7-870 processor in a PC with the same motherboard and that worked fine once he figured out the issue with the graphics card.

Solved: Processor upgrade i3-550 processor in p6730f desktop to i7-8... - HP Support Community - 678...

[elmergauthier]

Thanks so much for the help, going to purchase i7 - 860,  

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

I hope it works and that the i7-860 not working for that other forum member was just a fluke.

[elmergauthier]

Just thought I'd let you know, I decided to go with i7-870 and cancelled the 860.  Better to be safe, than sorry.  I assume I'll have to do a bios update after the install.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

That might be a good idea even though the specs indicate the i7-860 should have worked.

The latest BIOS update is 5.15, and was written to be run on Windows 7, so if you are using Windows 10, I don't know what will happen if you run the update on W10. 

It might not be a good idea to try that.

HP Pavilion Elite HPE-140f Desktop PC Software and Driver Details