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01-09-2019 10:37 AM
I would like to upgrade the CPU for this computer.
The processor that I have right now is Intel Core 2 6320. When I search the web for that, one search result is Intel's website and I was able to find the E6320. I am not sure if that's the same thing as mine.
This page seems to indicate that I have a 64 bit processor. I always thought I had a 32 bit processor because I think I originally had 32 bit Vista and then I installed 32 bit Windows 8.1.
In the user manual for the motherboard, it says, "The motherboard comes with a surface mount LGA775 socket designed for
the Intel ® Pentium ® 4 and Conroe processor in the 775-land package."
I searched the web and found a page on toms hardware that said that the best processor that the motherboard will support is the E6700. This, too, looks like a 64 bit processor.
I see that on Ebay, there are a lot of these processors available from China. Are those processors maybe counterfeit or that's highly unlikely?
If I can switch to 64 bit, are there other things that I have to do beside install a 64 bit operating system? For example, any changes to/with the BIOS?
01-09-2019 12:10 PM
Your system OS is 32bit. A 64 bit processor does not matter.
CPU chips per your board does support the E6x00 chip.
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