[mrgaryd]

I have a fairly old Dell inspiron 530 desktop and would like to get a faster processor than what it has,2.53 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
3072 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded, is it possible if so what can I get and where can I get it. TIA

GaryD

 

[bassfisher6522]

You'll need to go to Dell's website and input your service tag number and then search your model for hardware upgrades and see what that Dell recommends.

Product Support | Dell US

 

[mrgaryd]

They were not a lot of help, I was hoping someone here could advise me as to what I could or could not do myself. TIA
GaryD

 

[bassfisher6522]

This is why I hate OEM PC's especially Dell's....they make it so hard for hardware upgrades.

With most OEM PC's, especially Dell, upgrading the CPU is very limited and if there is a viable CPU upgrade the performance gain if any isn't worth the time/effort/money for doing the upgrade.

Your best option would be to buy newer OEM PC or I strongly recommend building one.

 

[mrgaryd]

Thank you for the response that is just about what I was expecting, but not able to do so at this time but will keep that in my mind...Thank you very much.
GaryD

 

[Rich-M]

If I remember right that C2D cpu topped out at 3.0 Ghz so even if you could make such a move, you would see almost no negligible difference. How much memory do you have in there? Either that or moving to an Ssd drive would give you a lot more responsive pc, but most here would advise you to upgrade your system at this point and not spend the money on this old one.

 

[mrgaryd]

Thank you again my thoughts exactly.

GaryD

 

[Rich-M]

Welcome glad to help.