Processor Compatibility & Upgradability of Acer Aspire TC-605

[Zaphkiel]

Budget (including currency): 999999

Country: 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: E-sport Titles, A few AAA games

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Can i upgrade my TC-605 with an Intel Xeon e3 1230v2? Will it recognize the CPU? bc i think the MB is OEM Acer one and i dont know if it'll be a compatibility issues with it like with HP, lenovo etc, whats the best cpu for this MB 

[Average Nerd]

What CPU do you currently have?

[Zaphkiel]

38 minutes ago, Average Nerd said:

What CPU do you currently have?

Pentium G320

[Average Nerd]

9 minutes ago, Zaphkiel said:

Pentium G320

You can upgrade to Core ix 4xxx (4th gen Haswell) or Xeon E3 12xxv3 (requires a dedicated GPU due to the lack of integrated graphics)

Examples that will likely work:

i5 4460

i7 4770(k)

i7 7790(k)

Xeon E3 1230v3

Xeon E3 1240v3

 

[jaslion]

Its not going to play any new aaa games. A 4770k doesnt have the performance to keep em at 60fps or even a stable 30fps anymore. Even some esports games of today wont run well.

 

Also fyi its lga 1150 needs a xeon v3 for consumer desktop not v2.

Either way there is NO guarantee it will work.

 

Id avoid wasting money on a 11 year old pc. Haswell has stayed too expensive for what it is.

 

 

[manikyath]

i have a tc-603, and from experience i can say:

- acer locks their bios in terms of cpu support. not exactly one model, but they're not as universal as a normal board.

- if you're gonna spend money on upgrading.. just go all the way, you'll end up needing to anyways.

[Zaphkiel]

4 hours ago, manikyath said:

i have a tc-603, and from experience i can say:

- acer locks their bios in terms of cpu support. not exactly one model, but they're not as universal as a normal board.

- if you're gonna spend money on upgrading.. just go all the way, you'll end up needing to anyways.

got it, so locked bios. propriatary upgrade that only accepts specific cpus, on their documents and site. i was only planning this for my budget friendy setup for my friend for sub 100$ and maybe the xeon could, but probably locked bios so no go + the 4770 still scalped going for 30-40 bucks, i got nitro 5 and a tower so im set. Thankyou

[Zaphkiel]

but is it possible to change the PSU & GPU for upgrades?

 

[manikyath]

3 hours ago, Zaphkiel said:

got it, so locked bios. propriatary upgrade that only accepts specific cpus

not so much locked and proprietary, but they just didnt bother adding the necessary code to make ALL the cpu's run on the board, when they'll never ship that board with anything other than the handful of options on their own roadmap.