Hey, /g/. Can a 10 year old computer handle an i7 upgrade? Is

>>60684220
You can only upgrade to a CPU which is pin compatible with the board you have now and which there is a BIOS update which can handle it else you'll get POST errors.

Get a cheap as fuck thinkpad x220 or x200 from ebay and install linux mint on it.

>>60684220
I found you can pop in the best CPU which was available in the day, new video card, max the RAM and add a SSD or better a PCIe board to boot off.
My old Core 2 was upgraded as such and is able to play bf4 on 3 screens though CPU is about maxed (quad core 2 extreme).

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>>60684220
yes anon, as long as you have an intel processor in there right now it should work.

if you want to make sure its good by todays standards just upgrade the ram and storage. if your ram

if you need to put more ram in there than slots simply daisy chain the ram together into the bus

Also, assuming you run windows, check out the C:\$MFT\socket\cpu directory to see what the device info file says

>>60684220
>i7
Pleb detected. Get a Ryzen 1700.

>>60684523
It came with an amd processor. would a ryzen even function?

>>60685725
yes ofc if u feel like the cpu wont fit u just need to push harder to get it in there

What about this?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterogeneous_computing

>>60685725
AMD and Intel haven't been pin-compatible since Socket 7.

>>60685725
of course, they're made by the same company dumbass

>>60684220
I have a 9 year old computer with an i7