Jorge Yort Rosal asks:
What do I need to know when choosing a new processor for my desktop?
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Jan Fritsch
December 2, 2012Most importantly you’ll need to know your motherboards manufacturer and model. Usually it’s printed on the board itself or you may have luck getting the information via a system information utility e.g. SIW http://www.gtopala.com/
With that information you can simply go to the manufacturers site and look into the specifications of your model. This will give information about the required socket layout (e.g. LGA 1055, AM2, …) and supported CPUs.
Jim Chambers
December 2, 2012If your motherboard is 2-3 years old, it will be difficult to find a new CPU that is compatible. Check motherboard webpage for compatible processors including if a Bios update is required. Even if CPU uses same socket that motherboard has doesn’t assure that it will work.
Shankar C
December 2, 2012pinned or pinless
pinned processors are almost extinct…..
December 5, 2012Nikhil Chandak
December 2, 2012check these links
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/processor-upgrade-how-to-choose-the-right-cpu-951553
http://voices.yahoo.com/things-consider-upgrading-processor-or-3293798.html
Junil Maharjan
December 2, 2012First thing is to check whether a processor is supported by your motherboard. to know that you need to check the make and manufacturer of your motherboard.
Ahmad Wafiuddin
December 2, 20121. Cheak ur motherboard socket.
2. When u know wht socket u use, just find a processor with that socket, example, 1155.
3. Find ur processor based on that socket, example for socket 1155 is intel pentium g630, or i3-2100, i5-2400, i7-2600 n more..
4. for more speed, find a processor with more cache n GHz.
Rakesh Mishra
December 2, 2012heyy you can follow this link
http://www.computerhope.com/btips/cpu.htm
ha14
December 2, 2012more cache it has better will be so will be more expensive; check overclocking capabilities if your are int it. Heat generation…
Alan Wade
December 2, 2012You should consider, funds available of course, a new motherboard that supports a minimum of 6 cores then buy the best processor you can afford that is compatible with the M/B.
LordMikal
December 2, 2012The only thing that you have to make sure of is that your motherboard supports the processor.
1) First you get the manufacturer and model of your motherboard and then go online to their website and check to see what processors it supports.
2) Check to make sure your BIOS is up to date – should be in the same area of the website.
3) Now you have to decide if any of the supported processors are one you want – if so you are fairly good to go – if not, you will have to look at upgrading other portions of your system (like at least the motherboard).
Zoe
December 2, 2012Belarc is useful also. http://www.belarc.com/
Jurmy Chris
December 2, 2012Compatibility with motherboard and what ur aiming for.
Peter Hall
December 2, 2012not just about the type of CPU your board supports,You must ensure it is the correct type of CPU, and not just Intel and AMD. There are many different types for sac manufacturer. if you are doing a laptop upgrade you have to consider how much wattage it consumes. Mobile processors run cooler with less wattage. you could put a desk top processor in a laptop but it will run your battery down very fast not to mention run hot.
Alex Perkins
December 2, 2012The number of cores mainly, then the speed of those cores, higher is better but will need better cooling.
James Graham
December 2, 2012Along with the great suggestions to first check your motherboard and compatibility… I look at the prices. You’ll see jumps between the processors. You look at one, but the next one up is only $30-40 more…then then next one up is again about $40 more…then the next one up jumps to $120 more. It’s the processor before the sudden price jump that I save up for.
Also take a deep breath and realize that as soon as you buy it…that more expensive one will drop in a few months.
rohit pandey
December 3, 2012first off all u have to choose the brand .
brand need s to be trusted like amd or intel.
choose the no. of cores along with the processing speed.the main thing is that you have to choose the best processor parallel to the your hardware.
Arun Vishnu
December 3, 2012you may consider these things-
clock speed
socket layout
power usage
brand
Saumyakanta Sahoo
December 5, 2012first check for compatibility with motherboard then the no.of cores, frequency, features such as hardware supported virtualization etc , cache memory , power usage(if u r concerned about electric bills) …
Sashi Peiris
December 6, 2012Mainly speed (gigahertz) i would recommend the Intel core i7
Giggity Goebbels
December 10, 2012Clock speed,socket,cache,and the obvious numbers like i5 is better than i3.
Giggity Goebbels
December 10, 2012Good bang for buck processors in the lga1155 family will be the xeon e3-12XX V2 ivy bridge,they are priced at i5 but performs at i7 speed.yes must have V2 or else is sandy bridge
luis donis
December 11, 2012intel core i7
Alison Gent
December 14, 2012Mostly your motherboard, but I also find then when shopping for a new part make shore it integrates into the other parts that you already have. Also consider the use of the processor. What will you be using it for, regular internet surfing and word? gaming? or graphic design? Get one that fits your needs and your components.
Prashant Mirjankar
March 12, 2013Step 1. Know your needs
Step 2. Know your budget
Step 3. Now the list of processor is small select one
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