Sanjula

I recently bought a x3440 to upgrade my pc from and i3 550. It works fine with its stock frequency at 2.53Ghz. But i've found out that it can be overclocked as far as 3.8Ghz .So in order to maximize performance i tried Overclocking it via bios and found out that my bios was locked. My machine is a OLD Samsung machine with OEM locked bios. I've heard about software overclocking.So Can anyone help with get with it. I would really appreciate any help. Thanks

Found these things on speccy Motherboard SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.LTD Samsung DeskTop System (LGA 1160) CPU Intel Core i3 550 Cores 2 Threads 4 Name Intel Core i3 550 Code Name Clarkdale Package Socket 1156 LGA Technology 32nm Specification Intel Core i3 CPU 550 @ 3.20GHz Family 6 Extended Family 6 Model 5 Extended Model 25 Stepping 5 Revision K0 Instructions MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Intel 64, NX, VMX Virtualization Supported, Enabled Hyperthreading Supported, Enabled Fan Speed 1097 RPM Rated Bus Speed 2926.3 MHz Stock Core Speed 3200 MHz Stock Bus Speed 133 MHz Average Temperature 42 °C Caches L1 Data Cache Size 2 x 32 KBytes L1 Instructions Cache Size 2 x 32 KBytes L2 Unified Cache Size 2 x 256 KBytes L3 Unified Cache Size 4096 KBytes Cores Core 0 Core Speed 1197.1 MHz Multiplier x 9.0 Bus Speed 133.0 MHz Rated Bus Speed 2926.3 MHz Temperature 40 °C Threads APIC ID: 0, 1 Core 1 Core Speed 1197.1 MHz Multiplier x 9.0 Bus Speed 133.0 MHz Rated Bus Speed 2926.3 MHz Temperature 43 °C Threads APIC ID: 4, 5 Motherboard Manufacturer SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.LTD Model Samsung DeskTop System (LGA 1160) Version None Chipset Vendor Intel Chipset Model Havendale/Clarkdale Host Bridge Chipset Revision 02 Southbridge Vendor Intel Southbridge Model H55 Southbridge Revision 06 BIOS Brand SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.LTD Version 03OC Date 11/11/2010 Voltage +12V 9.531 V +5V 4.781 V CPU CORE 2.988 V VIN3 2.436 V VIN4 3.012 V +3.3V 3.507 V VIN6 1.308 V VIN7 1.644 V Hope this helps. Thank u in advance for looking this up to me

I have a i3 550 on my machine which is based on Clarkdale architechture. But i hope to upgrade to i7 860 which is on Lynfield architecture. Since both architectures are made for a 1156 motherboard, will the lynfield processor work on my mobo. PS - Dont know the brand of the motherboard since its a samsung OEM machine

So that means i cant go for a x3440?

Can i get some help?

I have this old oem samsung machine with me which have a i3 550 cpu. I currently have $30 with me and i hope to upgrade it to a x3440 which goes around $23 used. I want to know if the cpu will be compatible with my PC . Thanks. PS. I'll upload my spec sheet from speccy. DESKTOP-G3PM8S0.txt

I'm confused bout the RAM type. ECC or Non-ECC

I recently got an used computer shop and there was an i3 550 and 4 Gigs of ram in it. I have a gtx 1050 for a GPU. After some gamin g with it i found out that the cpu is bottle-necking the GPU. So i did some research and found out an i7 870 would be great for me. Upon searching eBay for used parts. I found out there are Xeon X3470 cpus for $60 while an used i7 870 is $100. After some further researching i'm confused whether it will fit in my MB. Also i'm confused whether i have to change my ram type. Any help is appreciated !!! P.S. I didn't posted this in this forum to see "i7 870 is so old. Change to a new system" type of comments. That was all i could buy. ( I'm Poor) System; i3 550 2 x 2GB Ram 1033Mhz MSI 2A9C(Motherboard Info ( its not in MSI official site)) Windows 10 x64 (FYI this system is a HP Micro Tower which has locked bios) I attached a INFO file from speccy if needed Thanks. INFO.txt