Processor update directly from the hell.

[GreenZombie]

Computer less than 50 €. The motherboard is the Asus P8H61 PRO. Bios Version 4101. The processor is i3 2120.
Question. I would get the i5 3350P processor cheap, but will work on that motherboard / bios version.
I tried to find out about Asus' pages and millions of other sites to make sure that this is the case.

[Indus Monk]

It is supported according to the official website. But the BIOS version has to be 4012 or above. Your BIOS is 4101.

 

ALSO, is that i5 a low power model?

[GreenZombie]

8 minutes ago, AmbarChakrabarti said:

It is supported according to the official website. But the BIOS version has to be 4012 or above. Your BIOS is 4101.

 

ALSO, is that i5 a low power model?

Yep and not iGPU. In addition, the processor should be overclocked. Looks like the processor would fit. Asus bios version numbering is a bit confusing some is xxx.cap others while xxx.rom. The motherboard which is on my computer only runs from xxx.rom bios.

[GreenZombie]

Hardly anyone interested, but .......

 

 

[GreenZombie]

To get a "costly" look from the computer, I added a fan adjustment panel. Wow why no such panels were before. The cheap looking computer turned into a "luxury computer". The minus side of the control panel cost 49.90 €.