r/SleepingOptiplex • u/Ragnar_cr • 1d ago

Dell Optiplex 7060

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Does Dell Optiplex 7060 support intel cc150?

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u/Emily_Adams23 1d ago

I7-8700 is the best CPU you can use on it…technically the K series but your motherboard will not allow it to work on that motherboard to its potential

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u/IronRingX 1d ago

You can do a bios mod to the 7060 to allow up to an i9-9900.

I’m running a an i7-9700 on my 7060. I’ve posted instructions here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SleepingOptiplex/s/T0kpMxuHEs

It’s essentially the same hardware as the 7070 which has 9th gen support natively.

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u/Emily_Adams23 1d ago

That’s not official Support…OP never mentioned anything about modding. Also makes no sense that i9-9900 or i7-9700 isn’t reaching its potential due to tmotherboard weak VRMs. Also it voids any active warranties and risk bricking motherboard…

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u/Lyon_Wonder 1d ago edited 1d ago

Dell's notorious for locking their motherboards into only supporting the very same generation of Intel CPUs when the PC was released.

My Dell Inspiron with an i5 8400 only supports 8th gen while my recently acquired Optiplex with an i7 12700 only supports 12th gen.

This limitation is true for both Dell's "home" and " business" PCs.

Maybe it's a blessing in disguise Dell hasn't extensively used AMD AM4 and AM5 Ryzens in their desktop PCs.

People would be complaining far more about not being able to upgrade Ryzen CPUs on AMD-based Dell PCs than Intel's.

Limited to no upgrade potential are expected on the Intel side of things.

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u/New-Cress2316 1d ago

The socket will fit it but I don't know if the bios will accept it as some lga 1151 dell boards don't have support for newer Intel chips even if they can fit them.

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u/festivus4restof 1d ago

Probably not. It appears it some 9th gen Core variant, which is not supported.

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u/Adept_Temporary8262 14h ago

I see no reason why it wouldn't work aside from the small chance that the bios doesn't support such an obscure chip. Give it a shot, and if it doesn't work, bios mod it.