HP Z240 Tower Workstation - HP 802F Motherboard / CPU upgrade compatibility

[tenorbarbershop]

I'd really like to upgrade my cpu but I can't find any information on compatibility online. Thoughts?

[NonSequitur777]

@tenorbarbershop,

Welcome to our peer-to-peer HP Community Forum!

You can upgrade your HP Z240 Tower Workstation up to an i7-7700K (4-Cores, 8-Threads, 4.20 GHz up to 4.50 GHz) such as this User: HP Z240 Tower Workstation Performance Results - UserBenchmark, or a Xeon E3-1280 v6  (4-Cores, 8-Threads, 3.90 GHz up to 4.20 GHz) like I did in my upgrade project: Solved: Upgrading an HP Z240 Tower Workstation - Page 2 - HP Support Community - 8620343.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[tenorbarbershop]

would a Intel Core i7-9700K fit?

[NonSequitur777]

@tenorbarbershop,

No.  The C236 chipset in your HP Z240 Tower Workstation only allows 6th and 7th gen Intel (Xeon) processors.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[tenorbarbershop]

Okay then I'll look for a good  i7-7700K. Thank you so much for your help. 

If you will indulge me. Do you know if it will be very hard to switch the CPU? 

I've never done one myself...

[NonSequitur777 · Accepted solution]

@tenorbarbershop,

Take a look and familiarize yourself with YouTube DIY instructional videos such as this one: (239) HP Z240 Gaming Upgrades CPU SSD Video Card RAM - YouTube.  Btw, I would choose "Arctic MX-4" thermal paste: Amazon.com: ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste for All Processors (CPU, GPU - PC,....

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777