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Originally Posted by gleem
Sounds like I should just upgrade my chip instead of buying a whole new system. I haven't swapped in a new CPU in a motherboard since 1995 though... is it even possible to do anymore since I got this giant heatsink (Thermaltake CL-P0114) mounted by some sort of glue on it.
Also the system runs at 75 - 79 Celsius at max load as it is with the 2.66 INTEL i7-920 and that's not overclocked or in turbo mode even.
Would you swap in a new i7 like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115071
Is this even compatable with my MB (ASUS X58 P6T SLI)
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It's not compatible, you need a 1155 socket motherboard to put in the Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge you wanted. Switching out a CPU is really easy nowadays and you should have no trouble with it at all.