Upgrading to a 3rd Gen Intel Processor

[Real_Jack_B]

Could I use a xeon e3 1245 or am I limited to 2nd gen core processors

[Grzwacz]

Greetings,

Welcome to the forum.

I am not a HP employee.

It is not possible to answer your question without knowing the HP product you have.

Then we can check motherboard specifications.

Regards

[Real_Jack_B]

I have a hp elite 8200 mid tower 

[Grzwacz · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I can't find a HP Elite 8200 Midtower PC

HP (Link) has validated the following processors on a 8200 Convertible Minitower, socket 1155 and the Q67 chipset:

• Intel Core i7-2600 (3.40 GHz, 8MB cache, 4 cores)
• Intel Core i5-2500 (3.30 GHz, 6MB cache, 4 cores)
• Intel Core i5-2400 (3.10 GHz, 6MB cache, 4 cores)
• Intel Core i3-2120 (3.30 GHz, 3MB cache, 2 cores)
• Intel Core i3-2100 (3.10 GHz, 3MB cache, 2 cores)

The following site (Link) lists a bunch of compatible processors, including two Xeon chips.

This (Link) lists additional Xeon processors which may be compatible with your motherboard. All of these processors are based on Sandy Bridge.

Regards

[Real_Jack_B]

Thanks! this helped a lot!

[Grzwacz]

Hi,

You're very welcome.

Regards