Upgrading My Desktop Processor from a AMD ATHLON II X2

[Pedro10]

Can Someone help me with my Processor Upgrade.... 

At the present time, I have a AMD ATHLON II X 2 IN MY HP COMPAQ CQ5222UK DESKTOP & I Would like to upgraded my Desktop Procressor from a AMD ATHLON Il X2 to one more prowerful than what I have A present

My Computer Desktop is the - HP COMPANQ CQ5222UK DESKTOP 

I have read several article's saying I can do this but my problem is that I keep reading Conflicting information. 

I.E. One Company says,  You can upgrade to a Intel Core Processor but some other Companies Say, I could upgrade to a AMD ATHLON X4 860K.

I would very much appreciate some help & advice upgrading my HP Compaq CQ5222UK Processor from a Expert.........

Kindest Regards 

Pedro 10

[TheOldMan]

On the support page for that model, it states:

Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:

Socket type: AM3

TDP: 95 watt

• AMD Phenom II X4 9xx/9xxe/8xx Quad-Core (Deneb)
• AMD Phenom II X3 7xx/7xxe Triple-Core (Heka)
• AMD Phenom II X2 5xx (Callisto)
• AMD II Athlon X4 6xx/6xxe (Propus)
• AMD II Athlon X3 4xx/4xxe (Rana)
• AMD II Athlon X2 2xx/2xxe (Regor)
• AMD Sempron 1xx (Sargas)

As for the statement "One Company says,  You can upgrade to a Intel Core Processor" 

Processor upgrades cannot cross from AMD to Intel.  The motherboards are completely different as well as the processor sockets.  As to the Athlon X4 processor stated, NO.  But the motherboard does support the AMD Phenom II X4 9xx/9xxe/8xx Quad-Core (Deneb) or the AMD II Athlon X4 6xx/6xxe (Propus)