i7 920 Upgrade

[I3o0M]

Hello,

 

I have an old prebuilt with an i7 920. (Acer Aspire M7720 i7 920 Quad Core 2.66GHz 12GB)

Now I need a light gaming pc so I want to upgrade the CPU.

I checked CPU list and found that the i7-995X should be the best CPU for that socket. But it is too expensive.

So I found the Xeon® X5690. Would this chip work in the same motherboard? 

 

Thanks for the help guys 

 

[Zando_]

Some OEMs lock down chip compatibility so... maybe. If Acer didn't lock it down, the X5690 should work. If they did then it will not. Would have to find someone who's tried it already, or take the gamble yourself. Aaand looks like it won't work with X56xx Xeons: https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-CPU-SUPPORT-XEON-FOR-M7720.

[YoungBlade]

Another option that would be very comparable to the X5690 would be the i7 980 - there's only a 4% difference in clockspeed. It looks like it's selling for basically the same price on eBay.

[Needfuldoer]

If you can get the CPU for little more than the cost of shipping, go for it.

 

Just remember that platform is well over a decade old, and temper your expectations accordingly. Sandy Bridge and Haswell were each big steps forward. If you can, keep saving up for a whole system upgrade. I don't think it's worth investing a significant amount of money into.

 

2 hours ago, YoungBlade said:

Another option that would be very comparable to the X5690 would be the i7 960 - there's only a 4% difference in clockspeed. It looks like it's selling for basically the same price on eBay.

The X5690 has two additional cores over the i7 960.

 

[YoungBlade]

Just now, Needfuldoer said:

The X5690 has two additional cores over the i7 960.

My bad. I meant to type i7 980 - I even looked up the i7 980 to make sure it was the one that had 6 cores.

 

My brain probably typed a "6" because I was thinking about 6 cores...