Well I popped in the X5690 processor and it worked like a charm! Still need to go through the BIOS settings to make sure they are optimal, but I was lucky enough to have it be just plug and play.
This is a great way to get some life out of an older system.
My son has turned the Z400 I gave him a couple years ago into a gaming rig. He basically wants to upgrade it as much as possible. So next in the sights is to max out RAM which I believe on these can take up to 24GB. He currently has 14GB. Then of course lastly he wants to put in a much better video card. I had got him a Radeon HD7700 a while back, but that card now struggles a bit with high end games. The Z400 has two video card slots so hopefully running SLI or Crossfire won't be too difficult.
Unfortunately with the way cryptocurrency mining has driven up video card prices lately the card upgrade will have to wait for a bit.
So for anyone considering putting this processor into their Z400, take the plunge, it does work and works quite well!
Thank you SDH for all your help. The BIOS notes you sent are great!
This is a great way to get some life out of an older system.
My son has turned the Z400 I gave him a couple years ago into a gaming rig. He basically wants to upgrade it as much as possible. So next in the sights is to max out RAM which I believe on these can take up to 24GB. He currently has 14GB. Then of course lastly he wants to put in a much better video card. I had got him a Radeon HD7700 a while back, but that card now struggles a bit with high end games. The Z400 has two video card slots so hopefully running SLI or Crossfire won't be too difficult.
Unfortunately with the way cryptocurrency mining has driven up video card prices lately the card upgrade will have to wait for a bit.
So for anyone considering putting this processor into their Z400, take the plunge, it does work and works quite well!
Thank you SDH for all your help. The BIOS notes you sent are great!