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‎11-23-2020 04:59 PM

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Product: HP pavilion 690-00xx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Starting to improve my desktop and upgraded the RAM by another 8gb (it's now 16gb altogether). I'm wanting to know if I can upgrade the processor myself on the motherboard so it goes from i5 to i7?

 

Main specs are:

Linc's 843b motherboard

Intel core i5-8400

CPU @ 2.80ghz

16gb RAM 

Windows 10 64-bit

Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050Ti

 

Any help is appreciated, I'm competent enough with tinkering just want more expert advice before going all in.

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