Upgrading CPU on a FRU 41X0436 socket 775. IBM Think Centre

[Derrick Fiddle]

Hi everyone. So I just purchased an IBM Think Centre with motherboard FRU 41X0436 socket 775. I has a 3 GHZ Intel 4 CPU. I want to upgrade my cpu and I've looked at all 775 CPU's. The highest the Pentium 4 series goes is to 3.8. My question is, I've seen dual core CPU's that are also socket 775, but listed as lower GHZ. Being that they're dual core, could I replace my Pentium 4 with a dual core, and if so, would the dual core be faster?

[max3]

i used to have a few thinkcentres and none of them supported anything than P4 cpus...

Whats the exact model number (either bios string or label back/side or bottom of the pc) ? --> hardware maintance manual would tell about available options, very easy for ibm to find one on their web site.

But like i said - none of my thinkcentres supported anything than p4

find your model here, go to support docs - find HMM.

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/tctr-matrix.html

[Marcin]

This motherboard was used in IBM Thinkcentre A52. I have google that is propably Intel i945 so there is a chance to support Core 2 Duo early models.

[max3]

[Derrick Fiddle]

Thanks for all the help guys.