is this cpu a compatible upgrade: Intel Core i7 9th Gen - Core i7-9700F Coffee Lake 8-Core 3.0 GHz (

[Jake288]

Is this cpu a compatible upgrade and if so, is the upgrade worth doing?

Intel Core i7 9th Gen - Core i7-9700F Coffee Lake 8-Core 3.0 GHz;

The desktop model is HP Pavilion 590-p0066

The motherboard is HP 843B,

the current CPU is Intel I-5-8400, Coffee Lake-S,

socket LGA 1151,

65W, 14 nm. 

[resistencia]

Hi  @Jake288 

Yes, we're talking about a more powerful CPU, and it's definitely a better option than the one you currently have.

HP Desktop PCs - motherboard specifications, Lincs | HP® Support

• Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:

  Processor	TDP
  Intel Core i5+ 8400 (2.8 GHz base frequency, up to 4 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 9 MB cache, 6 cores)	65 W
  Intel Core i5-8400 (2.8 GHz base frequency, up to 4 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 9 MB cache, 6 cores)	65 W
  Intel Core i7+ 8700 (3.2 GHz base frequency, up to 4.6 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 12 MB cache, 6 cores)	65 W
  Intel Core i7-8700 (3.2 GHz base frequency, up to 4.6 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 12 MB cache, 6 cores)	65 W
  Intel Core i3-8100 (3.6 GHz base frequency, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)	65 W
  Intel Pentium Gold G5400 (3.7 GHz base frequency, 4 MB cache, 2 cores)	54 W - 58 W
  Intel Pentium Gold G5420 3.8 GHz base frequency, 4 MB cache, 2 cores	54 W
  Intel Celeron G4900 3.1 GHz, 2 MB cache, 2 cores	54 W
  Intel Celeron G4930 (3.2 GHz base frequency, 2 MB cache, 2 cores)	54 W
  Intel Core i7-9700 (3 GHz base frequency, up to 4.7 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 12 MB cache, 8 cores	65 W
  Intel Core i7-9700F 3 GHz base frequency, up to 4.7 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 12 MB cache, 8 cores	65 W
  Intel Core i5-9400 2.9 GHz base frequency, up to 4.1 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 9 MB cache, 6 cores	65 W
  Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9 GHz base frequency, up to 4.1 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 9 MB cache, 6 cores	65 W
  Intel Core i3-9100 3.6 GHz base frequency, up to 4.2 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 6 MB cache, 4 cores	65 W

[NonSequitur777]

@Jake288,

Welcome to our HP Community forum!

What my fellow Community Expert @resistencia mentioned is all true and by the book, kudos to him.

Given the fact that one of my more recent upgrade projects is almost identical to your PC, an HP Pavilion Desktop 590-p0030 -also fitted with the Lincs motherboard (SSID: 843B), I can give you, let's say, more of an 'insider's POV what you can do potentially with your system.

My current 590-p0030 config is an Intel Core i5-9600KF (yes: the "K" versions are compatible with your system and perform beautifully!), a smaller-sized RTX 5070 12GB, 2x16GB of Kingston HyperX RAM running at 2666 MHz, a fast Netac M.2 NVMe SSD 500GB primary drive plus various secondary SATA storage drives: HP Pavilion Desktop 590-p0xxx Performance Results - UserBenchmark.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777