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tecolote
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 Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:12 pm Post subject: Upgrading a Dell Optiplex 960MT? |
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| Recently bought a 960MT, and wanting to upgrade its E8000 Series Core 2 Duo to a Q9000 series Intel Core 2 Quad CPU. Which model should I try to buy? |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Any 1333 FSB Core 2 Quad should work. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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Q9650 (or QX9650 if you want to overclock) with give you the best performance for the money. Q9650 can be bought for under $30 if you are patient and don't buy the first you see 
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If the prices are lower, the Xeon X33xx series chips are identical to the Q9xxx quads and should run on your system.
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tecolote
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| Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| debs3759 wrote: | | Q9650 (or QX9650 if you want to overclock) with give you the best performance for the money. Q9650 can be bought for under $30 if you are patient and don't buy the first you see |
Thanks for the info. Will this require a cooler? The Dell OptiPlex series seem short on spare space and power connectors...could not even get Scythe SCIT-1000 in to cool the hard disk! |
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debs3759
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As far as I am aware, all socket 775 need coolers.
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tecolote
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| Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| debs3759 wrote: | | As far as I am aware, all socket 775 need coolers. |
Neither the previous OptiPlex 755 nor the current model 966 came with a CPU cooler. When I tried to install a Scythe SCIT-1000 hard disk cooler in the 755, I could find no power connector, nor was there really room for it. Any idea what CPU cooler would fit the Optiplex 960MT, if I was to upgrade its CPU to the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650? |
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svmlegacy
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| Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| You definitely need a cooler for any LGA775 chip. I don't think any aftermarket coolers would would, I'm pretty sure these utilized the case fan and a heat sink to cool the chip. Pretty specific to the individual model of optiplex. |
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crazybubba64
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| Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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960MT has a BTX board layout, and uses a BTX-style cooler.
From pictures, it looks like it would be compatible with the XPS 410's cooler, which has proper heatpipes and would handle the quad-core parts much better than the solid cast aluminum heatsink that ships by default.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/252711333597
You shouldn't need to add any additional cooling fans (unless the main intake is missing).
Be sure to get some decent thermal compound as well.
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tecolote
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| Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| crazybubba64 wrote: | 960MT has a BTX board layout, and uses a BTX-style cooler.
From pictures, it looks like it would be compatible with the XPS 410's cooler, which has proper heatpipes and would handle the quad-core parts much better than the solid cast aluminum heatsink that ships by default.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/252711333597
You shouldn't need to add any additional cooling fans (unless the main intake is missing).
Be sure to get some decent thermal compound as well. |
Thanks a lot! It's cheap, so worth the gamble it will work. Fingers crossed.... |
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