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Thanks Dave - will find the next best upgrade for that socket then.
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It is not only the socket you have to worry about.<br />
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It is also what the motherboard and chipset are designed to support. &nbsp;Your motherboard manufacturer will most likely have documentation describing what CPUs are supported. &nbsp;Check that before anything else.
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In many cases you get more bang for buck by adding RAM than by upgrading your CPU. <br />
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In EVERY case, you'll get a huge performance boost by replacing your HDD with an SSD.<br />
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Hi Alan - yeah i did all that already - its got 16GB at the and an SSD - i think i may go down the route of a new pc because the motherboard doesn't offer that many options for later generation processors - Thanks for your tips nonetheless.
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Hi - <br />
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Please forgive the simplicity of the question - Back in 2011 i had my pc custom built. Its starting to show its age and wanted to work out whether its worth updating the processor or whether i have to change motherboard as well - I have an Intel Core i7 2600 CPU 3.4GHz - Mobo is an MSI MS-7672 - <br />
I am struggling to find out what's the best processor i could upgrade to on it. Could someone offer some tips?<br />
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Thanks<br />
D
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Hi - 

Please forgive the simplicity of the question - Back in 2011 i had my pc custom built. Its starting to show its age and wanted to work out whether its worth updating the processor or whether i have to change motherboard as well - I have an Intel Core i7 2600 CPU 3.4GHz - Mobo is an MSI MS-7672 - 
I am struggling to find out what's the best processor i could upgrade to on it. Could someone offer some tips?

Thanks
D

Upgrading my processor

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