Upgrading to a 3rd Gen Intel Processor

[Zero-X-Saber]

Is 3rd gen Intel Processors compatible on the Elite 8200 CMT motherboard?

[iomare]

Hi,

Your system and chipset will not support 3rd gen. CPUs.

According to manual for your PC here are the supported CPUs:

• 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)

Hope it helps,

David

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, @Zero-X-Saber :

I have always wondered about that myself, as I have two 8200 Elite CMT's.

While I agree that the specs only list Intel 2nd generation core processors as supported, there is one thing that has always had me thinking...

BIOS v2.06 added a microcode update for Intel processors, but it doesn't give any further info.

And my 8200 Elite came with the best processor available...the i7-2600 with an older BIOS revision than 2.06.

You can see that from the BIOS revision history link below...

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/swdetails/hp-compaq-8200-elite-microtower-pc/503794...

The Intel H61 chipset supports 3rd generation core processors, and the Q67 chipset our PC's have is better--providing such improvements such as sata 6.0 GBPS support on SATA ports 0 and 1.

However this document clearly states that:  For desktop boards based on the Intel® Q67 Express Chipset, Intel® Q65 Express Chipset, or Intel® B65 Express Chipset, upgrading to a 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ Processor is not possible.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/processors/000006050.html

So, thanks for asking the question, which caused me to look into this matter more thoroughly.