CPU UPGRADE

[Samuel751]

Hello! I am looking to upgrade my project pc’s cpu. It is a HP compaq 6005 sff with an athlon II b28 dual core. I picked it up working with windows 10 pro for 5 dollars. I searched up specs my my pc and the phenom II x6 1065t 95 watt. My motherboard has a limit of a 95 watt cpu and an am3 socket. On paper it seems this upgrade should work? Am I missing something? I’m a bit new to pc building and this website. I’m eager to learn more and carry on with this! 

[Faiyaz777]

How much ram does it have? I'm assuming it does not come with dedicated graphics. And how much are you looking to spend? 

[Samuel751]

Thank you for the reply! I have 12 gigs of 1333mhz ddr3. I've installed a graphics card. I wouldn't want to spend more than $50 on a decent cpu but if I can guarantee that the phenom would work, I would spend more. I've seen some online upwards to about $80. 

[Faiyaz777]

1 hour ago, Samuel751 said:

Thank you for the reply! I have 12 gigs of 1333mhz ddr3. I've installed a graphics card. I wouldn't want to spend more than $50 on a decent cpu but if I can guarantee that the phenom would work, I would spend more. I've seen some online upwards to about $80. 

Yup if the max limit on the mobo is 95w it should be perfectly fine with a 95w cpu. Basically you shouldn’t have problems unless you exceed the limit by a significant amount although on some motherboards u can actually exceed the rates tdp limit by 15W pretty. You might want to consider a better motherboard too if you can afford it. You can get an am4 motherboard for very cheap even if you buy it new and even less(<$30) if you opt for something used. If you indeed do so I will recommend that you change your CPU choice to a Ryzen 5 1600 AF which is almost 4x faster then the phantom which you could probably get for $<60 used and $85 brand new(comes with a cooler too). 

[Faiyaz777]

Also make sure ur psu can handle it. If u got it for $5 chances are the psu might not work at all or can’t support an upgrade. 

[Dr0y]

I have a similar ssf hp that came with an athlon 2 x2 b24 cpu ... I swapped it for a phenom 2 x4 b95 and it work really good for the 15 $ I spent.  I was afraid of compatibility issue with the phenom 2 x6 that's why I went with the b95 instead. 

[Samuel751]

Thanks for your guys input! Dr0y, what compatibility issues could there be with the x6? And how did the b95 turn out? I’ll take a look at AM4 motherboards too

[Dr0y]

3 hours ago, Samuel751 said:

Thanks for your guys input! Dr0y, what compatibility issues could there be with the x6? And how did the b95 turn out? I’ll take a look at AM4 motherboards too

I was afraid that the hp being a business computer it might restrict cpu support to business ones only.  I checked the compatibility list on hp and the b95 was the most powerful it would be compatible with but when I checked the chipset compatibility list the phenom2 x6 was in there so I went the safe way and got the b95.  It's a good cpu and does what I want really well.  Paired with an ssd the system is quite fast for web browsing and youtube stuff. 

[Samuel751]

Do you think now that the x6 would have worked? 

[Dr0y]

no idea about it ... should test it to see if it works.  When I checked the x6 was close to 50$ cad and the b95 was about 15$ cad so I did not want to risk buying a 50$ cpu that might not work on my motherboard.  If the x6 had been also 15$ I would have tried it.