HP P7-1414 Processor Upgrade

[greatsquiggy]

Hi there! 

I have been searching on this topic for a few hours now, and with my powers of Google-Fu, I have given up on finding a solution for this option on my own.  I have a HP P7-1414 computer, and I am looking to take out that stock CPU and put in the best thing that I can buy for this rig.  On the chart thingie that pops up on the specs page, that's the Trinity Quad-Core A10-5800K.

I've been popping online looking to purchase one of these things, and more often than not, when I try to buy one, instead, they are trying to sell me a, "OS2358YAL4BGH AMD OPTERON QUAD CORE 2358 SE 2.40GHZ 2MB PROCESSOR." I don't know if these are the same, but I think maybe they aren't.

So, if I want to upgrade my CPU, what should I be looking for?  Are these two processors the same?  Is the Opteron the off-brand of the A-Series? Is one better than the other?  Are there other Processors that I should be looking into that work for this motherboard that work way better?

[old_geekster]

@greatsquiggy , welcome to the forum.

The Trinity Quad-Core A10-5800K is the best CPU that is compatible with your motherboard.  The Opteron is not the same.

Here is a short version of what Opteron is: 

Opteron is the name of a family of CPUs within the AMD64 line. Designed by AMD for the server market, it competed with Intel's Xeon. The Opteron family is succeeded by the Zen-based Epyc series. For Socket 940 and Socket 939 Opterons, each chip has a three-digit model number, in the form Opteron XYY.

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