| JEMC said: Your i3-2120 CPU is from the Sandy Bridge family, socket 1155. It will be a bit hard to find a new processor, but you should be able to find used ones. This is a list of compatible Sandy Bridge CPUs: http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Core_i3/i3-2120.html Your best options are the i7-2600 and i5-2500, because I'm going to assume that your motherboard won't let you overclock, which is the main reason to get a "K" processor. But if you can find one of them for cheap, go for it! |
OK. Cool. What about the wattage? The current CPU is 65w. Should I stick with that wattage? Because for both of those listed above, there is a "s" version that is 65w.
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