Upgrading a Core 2 Duo Optiplex to a Quad Core Xeon E5450 

you could also clean the machine..

I have the same xeon processor and i buyed it for 5€ here in France

That was straight forward. I saw somewhere they had to change the microcode in the BIOS but yours seemed to work fine. Most importantly - what differences did you see in operation?

Awesome. I scored a free Optiplex 755 and will try to upgrade to the very same processor. My form factor has 4 RAM slots supporting up to 8GB so between that and a quad CPU, it should be a pretty decent system.

its very nice how we can revive this old PCS with low coast.

hello sir will this pc support intel xeon E5-2620 processor.please tell sir.i am so confuse. plz reply

Thank you! It is very helpful.

I have the XPS 420 from Dell and did a BSEL pin mod to take the Q6600 (2.4Ghz stock) to 3.0Ghz. I bumped it to 3.1Ghz with the SetFSB software OC. The Pin mod tricks the locked BIOS into going from 1066Mhz FSB stock to 1333Mhz. The 8GB RAM is DDR2 PC-6400 800Mz 6-6-6-18 and it's now running at 406Mhz (x2 double data rate). The DELL motherboard is rated for up to 1333Mhz..so no issues there. I noticed your HEATSINK is not nearly as large as the one on my XPS420. The plastic shroud, integrated fan and mounting system look the same, but the metallic sink is much smaller I would suggest you look into buying a used XPS 420 (2 copper loop) or XPS 720 (3 copper loop) heatsink on eBay. I actually picked up a XPS720 fan/shorud/heat sink combo for $7 delivered, recently. I did this to see if I can reduce my idle CPU temp by 3-4C back to stock like levels (42C). It's not imperative...just something I wanted to try. Apparently, the cooler on the 420 and the 720 fit the very same shroud, though I would have to drill three more holes in the top of my 420 shroud to accommodate the extra loop penetration on the 720 cooler. Luckily my 720 cooler came with its own shroud. It looks like the small unit on your machine uses the very same shroud (420 type) and proprietary hinged mounting system, too. Keep an eye on your temps with CoreTemp and/or Speecy. If it's above 50C at idle I'd try the above with the bigger DELL cooler. Else at least throw on a rear case fan for $5-$10. Lastly, your DELL will most likely recognize up to 8GB of RAM if you had a 64Bit WIndows OS and 4 ram slots on the motherboard. I did the Vista HP (32Bit) to 8.0/8.1 64Bit upgrade years ago for like $40. I did a clean install on a new SSD...wow...big improvement there!!!! Maybe you might be eligible to go to Windows 10 64 bit before the deadline (end June)? If you stay on a 32bit OS you will be limited to no more than ~3.6GB physical RAM recognition. If the old drivers are not supported by Win 10...you should be able to downgrade to 8.1 64 bit thereafter. Just an idea.

Nice vid mate,i have dell 380 I want to update to xeon L5420 ,does it need a bios upgrade ? thanks is advance.

I'm upgrading my Optiplex 380 to Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHZ GHz 12M Cache 1333 MHz and 8Gbytes RAM which is the true max, not 4G as stated in this video. This chip is also available in 3.0MHz, but with overheating issues which is why I went with 2.83 instead.

I have a Dell Optiplex 780 SFF that I upgraded to 12 g of RAM. I was hoping to upgrade to a quad core so I can go from Win 7 Pro to Win 10 Pro. Do you have any recommendation on what options for upgrading? I plan on taking the components apart so to get a good cleaning before any other upgrading. I hope to replace the 500 g hard drive to SSD too.

its necessary to modify mobo bios or its just plug and play?

Great video, did you do the codes also?

Got a Xeon E5450 instead of Q9650, might be a good choice I've made, only cons is if want to install windows 10, gotta update the microcode to BIOS.

I bought the E5440 (2.83GHz) instead, which was way cheaper, and overclocked it to 3.4GHz stable at 1.12v. Temps have been surprisingly cool even with the stock Core 2 cooler. But I have a DIY rig, though, not a prebuilt PC.

@JP Duffy. I have a G41 mobo with Q9500 Quad and GT 1030 GDDR5. My question is.. did you do a bios update to use the Xeon? This is my backup pc with Windows 7, using it for playing games that won't work in my Windows 10 pc.

A newbie here. @JP Duffy Could you please explain that sticker thing? TIA

Hi man, nice to watch your project! I have a question for you, can I put a x5460 on a Dell optiplex 755? (Tower version) thanks!

optiplex 360 supports any 4-core processor?

How did that work? i thought the 5xxx series xeon processors don't work with q45's?

Where are the benchmarks and gaming tests?

I have a Dell Optiplex 760 DT and was looking to go for a Q9650 Until i came across this, will an X5460 work in my motherboard? (ofcourse with the pin adaptor sticker)

+JP Duffy what is the difference between SLANQ and SLBBM for this Xeon model. Will either work in the O780?

Awesome, I'm thinking about doing the same thing to my optiplex 360. How's the performance been since upgrading?

i oicked a dell inspiron 545 desktop up for 25 dollars and swapped a e5450 in it, and it works great!! with ssd, otherwise it's kinda slow tbh

for the optiplex 780 what are all the xeon cpu that can be used?

I had optiplex 380 and gtx750ti dual slot and its problematic to install the gpu 😢

what about the microcodes for the bios ?? its not gonna work properly without them

What u put on xenon processor like jelly ..what is that black jell

Just picked up a 755 optiplex from a buddy, pretty sure it has the same chipset, if I upgrade the pcu to this xeon, toss an extra 2 2gb ddr2s to make it 8 gigs ram which graphics card would u recommend, I know it has to be low prol and only 75 watts to work with what the pci slot power gives off

what cna i do i made a scratch on the square thing u opend and my pc fail to show the green light... i mean its not starting

What CPU stepping do you have? E0, C0?

I have an optiplex 755 sd (small desktop) q35 can i put a xeon e5450?

JP Duffy, how are you? This procedure that you performed on the desktop dell did not need to update the bios?

Hello, Thanks for your video. I have 2 technical information to ask you please: With an optiplex MT 780 mini tower, To upgrade an e7500 core duo to a q8300 quad cores going to q9650 depending on the availability of available second-hand processors. Hard to find.... I have original 8gb ddr3 1066, i want to upgrade to 8gb or 16gb ddr3 1333 I will add an NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 basic 2gb ram integrated graphics card. There was no card. I am going to change 7200trs / min HDD disk against a 256 GB SSD to gain speed and lower consumption. With this configuration, is it necessary or not to change the heat sink placed on the processor? Is the original one sufficient? Will the original 305w power supply be sufficient? Thank you

So, you can only use 4gigs of ram only or can you bump it up to 16 gigs of ram by using two 8gig sticks? This is interesting a relative asked if they can upgrade their optiplex 745 but aonther has same optiplex as you.

Hi man! Do you using Mod Bios? What is processor degree on load? What is you Cpu Cooler?

Sir!. I have intel pentium dual core E6600 . .how can i upgade ? Can i upgrade i3, i5 or. . Or like your video . .asap sir!!

Hi what version of bios are you running? If it's stock which version or revision A01 A02 etc?

can i upgrade from core2duo e7500 to core2quad q8200 for my optiplex 360? thanks for answering me

Will I need to use thermal paste on the core?

oh you have a 360 is it the noscope version ?

what kind of motherboard does a Xeon E5450 need?

Will this processor work on a 780 MT with a Q45 Chip-set mobo?

Do SSE4.1 and VT-x work?

will it make more fan noise?

If i'm insert optiplex 330 cpu xeon 5430 work him 1333 Mhz bus or 1066 Mhz?

Hey..i have a P5G41C-M LX motherboard and im planning to get this cpu is the microcode thing necessary to get this processor working with the board?

My motherboard 0R230R it's compatible with a Intel xeon?

Can the quad cores work on 800mhz bus speed? I wish i could do this to my 7,1 imac!!!

is optiplex 755 compitable with this cpu????

Awesome!

Can I do the same with my HP Pavillion?

I have a Dell optiplex 760 DT and i wanted to know if this quad core processor would work for me?

Nice job.

hey, i just bought a dell vostro 220s and it comes with a e8400 and 4gb ram, do you know if i can upgrade the cpu to a 4 core? can you tell me some compatible cpus? thanks

Hi, JP Duffy ! Do you using Mod Bios from China ( by Genius) ?

Is the sticker mandatory?

Is it possible for now

Can I use this in a Dell optiplex 780 mini tower

Does Dell Optiplex 755 support Xeon X5450...please fast reply

Will this work on Optiplex 760? (Tower)

What chipset inside your motherboard? Can you text specific, I need to know, thanks man

Will this cpu work on a sff optiplex 580?

i have same optiplex and did this exact same mod. the bios does show the xeon. i do get a message saying processor is NOT supported. but it still boots into windows but windows still shows the old core 2 duo. when i run Intel processor ID it does show the xeon. I have the latest bios update on the motherboard. What am i missing? computer does run faster btw.

saludos amigo tengo una optiplex gx620 con un prosesador pentium 4 esta pc soportara un prosesador core 2 quad q9650 espero que puedas responderme

Doesn’t the sticker melt?

dell optiplex 745 can be upgrade with xeon E5450 kindly answer ................

"You can't upgrade it", but then you just upgraded it. I'm confused. I have a Dell Optiplex 760. I don't know the exact terms for the different types of towers, but I have one that can either stand vertical or lay down(since that's best for the CD drive, that's how it is☺). I got it because it was the best I could afford from the options I had(referbished, with a goot rating). It came with Windows 10, and a 32bit cpu(page made it seem 64bit, but it is referbished), I have an unopened 64bit cpu in my desk. I'm gonna try to get two 4gb memory sticks when I can, but the hardest part(financially), is getting a good gaming gpu(I only have $36 free cash a month, took me three months saving up to get the Dell). The pc I had before, the tower was from 2005 I think(got down to only two usable USB slots, a dying audio port, and the CD drives were dying, no reading at all). The motherboard had been changed once sometime in 2009 I think. The memory and graphics card I have in the old won't fit in the Dell, so I'll need new ones. So it'll be a while before I can try to upgrade.

I have optiplex 760 core 2 duo 3.0 e8400 Can i upgrade it to Core 2 quad q6600 .....!

Bro dell 780 support i3?

2:33 wow look at all that dust on the motherboard

works in 780 sff?

Is it suport x3040

Can I upgrade my Optiplex 780's CPU which is core 2 duo 3.0 GHZ to Xeon E5450?

if i have an optiplex 760, can i install a core 2 quad or a Xeon E5450?

but i have a x5450 is it the procesor?

Bro i have dell optilex 760 (E6750) pro And lga 755 socket can i upgrade it to c2q plss replyy? "

Potatoe is what this machine is. Runs on Kool aid

friend you changed the bios to run the xeon?

can I use it in Dell Optiplex 755 with 8gb ram and graphics card

someone can pls tell me what cpu can i get for a Dell optiplex 760? what cpu's

I have a optiplex 780 Sff can I upgrade to any core 2 quad please let me know

Will I be able to do this with the optiplex 320

I have an Optiplex 780 DT can I put a xeon E5450 in it?

Hello guys, i have an optiplex 760 (mini tower) and i want to upgrade my pc with a q9550 quadcore . i know optiplex 760 has two motherboards, but i don't know which one is supports it. currently i have an e8400 3ghz, lc power 500w psu. my motherboard is OM858N, q45/q43, southbridge 82801jd (ich10d) please guys help me!

CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME!? I bought this processor for My optiplex 755 and everrything is good except When i boot IT up, My CPU fan goes to constant 100% speed and i get no signal on the monitor and everything is spinning at normal speed except the CPU fan, PLEASE HELP SOMEONE!!

will this work with a duo quad in a 755 dell a22 bios sff

can this be done with the dell optiplex 755?

es compatible con optiplex 760 ?

Can anyone confirm that this CPU is compatible with a dell 780 model?

Hello,i just upgraded my optiplex 780 mini tower to a core 2 quad q9550 from a core 2 duo but the computer still says thati have a core 2 duo,help anyone?

saludos amigo le puedo poner ese Xeon a una optiplex Gx620

What version of bios version do you have?

Thx

Can it be done to a hp 8500

My computer is error is an operating system was, nt found fix plies

do you need ECC ram with this CPU

I upgrade mine recently, work fine on windows, but when i start any game, the bsod come through

hi i have a optiplex 780 and i did it like him but the pc dosent work what to do pls help