HP 82F1 (U3E1) motherboard upgrade options

[SCREEN_NAME111]

My PC has a HP 82F1 (U3E1) motherboard with LGA 1151 socket.As per hp I can upgrade it to i7-7700.I would like to know if I can upgade my PC to i7-8700 which also compatible with 1151 socket or with i7-7700k?Thank you 

[NonSequitur777 · Accepted solution]

@SCREEN_NAME111,

Welcome to our HP User Forum!

The best performing/most powerful processor for your Odense2-K motherboard with SSID: 82F1 (see: HP Pavilion Power 580-015na Desktop PC Product Specifications | HP® Customer Support), is the i7-7700K as per its Intel H170 chipset compatibility: CPU-Upgrade: Intel H170 chipset processor support.

See also this HP Pavilion Power Desktop - 580-0xxx User Benchmark fitted with an i7-7700K: HP Pavilion Power Desktop 580-0xx Performance Results - UserBenchmark.

Hope this was helpful.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Bill_To]

Hi

The socket is compatible but the chipset is not. You can go I7 six series CPU to I7 seven series CPU but you cannot go to a I7 eight series CPU on this chipset.

HP would have to allow this upgrade if it was possible (it is not possible) by providing a BIOS microcode update.

[SCREEN_NAME111]

Thank you for your kind help

[NonSequitur777]

@SCREEN_NAME111,

You are quite welcome -you'll like the i7-7700K, it is an outstanding gaming processor when paired with sufficient RAM (16GB+) and a decent graphics card.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777