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June 17th, 2020 06:00
9th gen i7 in a 2012 Vostro 470?
I have an old vostro and would like to put an unused i7 9700 cpu from an xps 8930 in it, is that possible, compatibility wise, i mean?
The pc has 16gb of ddr3 ram.
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fireberd
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June 17th, 2020 13:00
Short answer NO. the 9th gen i7 needs a specific Intel chipset motherboard. And FWIW the old Vostro case will not accept a new motherboard either. If you want to create a new PC with the i7, you will need new motherboard, new case, new CPU heatsink, new power supply and new memory, at a minimum.
godzillaatemyhomework
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June 18th, 2020 03:00
@fireberd
Thanks. What about putting an RTX 2060 from a Dell XPS 8930 in to the Vostro? The bottleneck comparison checker says their will be a +10% bottleneck with the CPU is that a no go?
fireberd
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June 18th, 2020 06:00
Anything recent in that "old" hardware system is iffy at best. Another issue may be the required power supply power.
godzillaatemyhomework
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June 18th, 2020 07:00
@fireberd
Yeah, I was intending to put the PSU from the 8930 in the Vostro.