How to upgrade your CPU

In order to upgrade your CPU you will need to know two things about your motherboard: its CPU socket and its maximum external clock rate. These two data are written on the motherboard manual.
You can only replace your CPU with another CPU that uses the same socket. Otherwise you will need to replace also your motherboard.

Before replacing your CPU we strongly recommend you to perform a BIOS upgrade on your motherboard to update your motherboard with the latest available BIOS. This will assure you that your motherboard will recognize your new CPU. Several times when you install a new CPU that you know that your motherboard supports your motherboard won’t turn on because it needs a BIOS upgrade, and you will have to install back your old CPU in order to do this. Avoid this hassle by performing a BIOS upgrade before replacing your CPU.
After replacing your CPU you will need to run a hardware identification utility like Sandra, Hwinfo or CPU-Z to check whether your new CPU is running at its correct clock rate or not. Depending on the socket number you can distinguished the type of proccesor your computer uses.
Like all other CPUs you can only replace one CPU by another that uses the same socket type used by your motherboard. If you want to replace your CPU by another that uses a different socket, you will need to replace your motherboard as well (and sometimes also other devices, such as the RAM memory).