Looking for the fastest CPU my system can take

[Bossman]

HELLO
TECHS I AM GOING TO UPGRADE MY SONS PC WITH MY OLD PROCESSOR
AND I WANT TO UPGRADE MINE TO THE FASTEST PROCESSOR IT WILL TAKE THIS IS MY PC SPECS

MY PC SPECS
Operating System- Windows 7 Ultimate
Graphics/Video Card- EVGA Nvidia GTX 260 OVERCLOCKED 896MB of onboard memory
RAM/Memory- 4 Gigabytes PC-2 6400

Q9550= Core2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 1333MHz Socket 775 Quad-Core 45nm Processor"This is the processor that i am going to install into my sons PC
(my sons motherboard :Gigabyte GA-73VM-S2)"

MY Motherboard- Gigabyte EP43-UD3L
Heat Sink- Coolermaster GEMENII with 5 copper heat pipes
Power Supply- Antec ATX 650 watts
Hard Drive- 640 Gigabytes SATA with a hard drive cooling fan

MY QUESTION IS WILL MY
Q9550= Core2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 1333MHz Socket 775 Quad-Core 45nm Processor
FIT IN MY SONS motherboard :Gigabyte GA-73VM-S2

AND WHAT WOULD BE THE FASTEST PROCESSOR
I COULD PUT INTO MY
Motherboard- Gigabyte EP43-UD3L


THANK YOU TO ALL THAT REPLY

 

[dustin_ds3000]

For the Gigabyte GA-73VM-S2 to work with the Q9550 you need to update the BIOS to F4D if it isn't there already, you can find more info about that HERE. The fastest CPU your EP43-UD3L will support is the Core™ 2 Extreme QX9770 which really isn't worth the money. the next step would be the Core™ 2 Quad Q9650 which is just a Q9550 at 3.00GHz 333x9.

 

[klepto12]

um ur better off just buying ur son a q9550 and keeping urs alone there arent really any faster cpus for that system.

 

[Edu78]

um ur better off just buying ur son a q9550 and keeping urs alone there arent really any faster cpus for that system.

I agree: stay with the Q9550. Only a new motherboard and Core i5/7 CPU would make a noticeable difference.