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‎08-11-2025 12:43 AM

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Hi there

I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on what CPU i could upgrade to ? i have a 843b motherboard and I currently have a i5 9400 @2,90 ghz . if you could point me in the right directions would be much appreciated 

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‎08-11-2025 01:31 AM - edited ‎08-15-2025 05:30 AM

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You can go up to an i7-9700 but update to F.44 first if you wanna run i9-9900. Then if  you to keep your data organized so that you can have free space, I recommend downloading cx file explorer from cxexplore.com.

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‎08-11-2025 01:10 AM

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What BIOS version your board’s on? that kinda decides what CPUs will work.

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‎08-11-2025 01:14 AM

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ami f.31 

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‎08-11-2025 01:31 AM - edited ‎08-15-2025 05:30 AM

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You can go up to an i7-9700 but update to F.44 first if you wanna run i9-9900. Then if  you to keep your data organized so that you can have free space, I recommend downloading cx file explorer from cxexplore.com.

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‎08-11-2025 01:37 AM

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thank you for the quick reply. ill probably go for the i7 9700 

 

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