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Subject: Upgrade ASUS P5B-E Motherbord

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Name: Kay Tee Pren Tiss
Date: November 17, 2007 at 17:26:14 Pacific
Subject: Upgrade ASUS P5B-E Motherbord
OS: Windows XP Professional
CPU/Ram: Pentium D 3.4 GHz
Model/Manufacturer: ASUS P5B-E

Comment:

Hello, Last Year, I bought this barebones kit from MagicMicro.
I have this case:
http://images.magicmicro.com/images...
It has an ASUS P5B-F Motherboard. Now, I am planning to upgrade the processor to a Quad Core Q6600 Processor. What will I need to do to perform this upgrade? Will my CPU fan still work with it or must I need a higher CPU fan? I am not sure what fan I got, but it came with my pentium d processor.
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Response Number 1

Name: jam
Date: November 17, 2007 at 19:18:34 Pacific
Subject: Upgrade ASUS P5B-E Motherbord

Reply: (edit)

You'll have to update the BIOS before you install the quad...other than that, just make sure to get the retail CPU version & use the HSF that's packaged with it.
http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l...

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Response Number 2

Name: Kay Tee Pren Tiss
Date: November 18, 2007 at 17:40:22 Pacific
Subject: Upgrade ASUS P5B-E Motherbord

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So, I upgraded my BIOS to 1601. Now, is the Q6600 uses a lot of heat?
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Response Number 3

Name: jam
Date: November 18, 2007 at 18:05:00 Pacific
Subject: Upgrade ASUS P5B-E Motherbord

Reply: (edit)

Why 1601? Version 1702 adds the newest CPUs. Once that's done, all you'll need to do is install the Q6600 & it will be atuo-recognized & configured.
Why are you so concerned about heat? Are you buying an OEM CPU (no fan included) & you wanna reuse your old one?

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Response Number 4

Name: Kay Tee Pren Tiss
Date: November 26, 2007 at 12:48:06 Pacific
Subject: Upgrade ASUS P5B-E Motherbord

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I am getting the retail one. I also didn't go for the Version 1702 because isn't that beta?
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