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WILL A CORE 2 QUAD Q8400@2.66GHZ WORK WITH A 250 WATT PSU

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hey guys i have a core 2 duo e7200 @2.53 ghz a gt 610 2gb ddr3 asus one and 4gb ddr2 kington ram   

I  HAVE  a cheap atx power supply  of 250 WATTS RATED and my system is working properly even if i overclock the cpu to 3.4 or 3.5 ghz 

i am planning to buy a refurbished core 2 quad q8400  @2.66ghz  

i want ot know whether it will work or not  i have a gigabyte ga g31m s2l motherboard lga 775 socket/t  i think it should work fine

nut i want to know from the experts i have also updated my bios to F10f of my motherboard 

 

IS 250 WATT ENOUGH CAUZE i dont have money to buy both cpu and a new psu i can jst buy the cpu 

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Think so.

PC SPECS: CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k @4.4GHz - Mobo: Asrock Extreme 4 (Z77) - GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 680 Twin Frozr 2GB - RAM: Crucial Ballistix 2x4GB (8GB) 1600MHz CL8 + 1x8GB - Storage: SSD: Sandisk Extreme II 120GB. HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - PSU: be quiet! Pure Power L8 630W semi modular  - Case: Corsair Obsidian 450D  - OS: Windows 7

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umm. I guess so.

Intel Core i3 2100 @ 3.10GHz - Intel Stock Cooler - Zotac Geforce GT 610 2GB Synergy Edition

Intel DH61WW - Corsair® Value Select 4GBx1 DDR3 1600 MHz - Antec BP-300P PSU

WD Green 1TB - Seagate 2.5" HDD 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 500GB - Antec X1 E.

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What GPU do you plan to use?

Main Rig:-

Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS |

 

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Intel NUC running Server 2019 + Synology DSM218+ with 2 x 4TB Toshiba NAS Ready HDDs (RAID0)

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