You can but its a waste of money if cpu costs more than $20 Better investment is an XE2 [URL]   AND some versions of 760 DO NOT support Quads. [NAME]-Chris M  would have more information. [URL] core 2 quad 9650 is supported on all models except USFF but only with the copper heatsink. [URL] The Optiplex 760MT and SFF uses two motherboards -T674K Non-Quad core CPU motherboardU562N Quad core CPU motherboard  MT M863N Quad core CPU motherboard SFF If you have the 1st one you cannot use a quad core CPU on it. SFF power supply is too small to support 95W processor. 38G73 E7400, 2.8GHz, 3MB, WFD, R0, (With VT)F31F5 E7500, 2.93GHz, 3MB, WFD, R0, (With VT)06YMG Wolfdale Dual Core E7600, 3.06GHz, 3MB, 65W, R0, (With VT)H399J Wolfdale Dual Core E8400, 3.0GHz, 6MB, 65W, E0, 1333FSBD923J Wolfdale Dual Core E8500, 3.16GHz, 6MB, 65W, E0, 1333FSBN654J Wolfdale Processor E8600, 3.33GHz     Intel Core2 Quad Intel Core2 Duo Intel Pentium Dual-Core Intel Celeron Dual-Core Intel Celeron Model Q9550 Q9650 Q9400 Q8300 Q8200 E8600 E8500 E8400 E8300 E7300 E7200 E6550 E4700 E2220 E2200 E1400 440  Cores 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1  FSB speed 1333 MHz 1333 MHz 1066 MHz 1333 MHz 800 MHz 800 MHz 800 MHz 800 MHz  L2 Cache size 12 MB4 MB 6 MB 3 MB 4 MB 2 MB 1 MB 512 KB 512 KB
I have a Optiplex 760 Mid Tower, my motherboard is 0G214D, i have a Core 2 Duo E8500, can i upgrade to Core 2 Quad? I need a pc for my school and gaming (gta v, cs 1.6 because i love it, gta sa, low requirement games) for that i need upgrade my CPU
Can i upgrade to Core 2 Quad my Optiplex 760?