Processor upgrade for a desktop PC, and specifically a 10th generation Intel i5 10400 fitted in computer that had a Pentium G6400. But as a general guide, the video covers checking motherboard compatibility for a new CPU, cooler removal, CPU exchange, and comparative Passmark tests.
My recent video 'Explaining Motherboard Chipsets', including CPU compatibility information for Intel and AMD CPUs, is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psQa3dSk4JY
The previous video in which I last upgraded the PC is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hXBRQPkDw8
And this was followed by a video installing Ubuntu Studio here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hXBRQPkDw8
The Passmark Performance Test 10 software can be obtained from: https://www.passmark.com/
More videos on computing and related topics can be found at http://www.youtube.com/explainingcomputers
You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at: http://www.youtube.com/explainingthefuture
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Motherboard Compatibility
03:49 The New CPU
06:24 CPU Transplant
11:55 First Boot
13:10 Final Checks
16:54 Coming Soon
#CPU #Upgrade #ExplainingComputers #Intel
Why no thermal paste on the new cpu before installing the cooler? What am I missing?
@marcusllll17 Says:
no1 was here
@kaustubhvanarase136 Says:
Wow great I lost my pc now
@akshayupadhyay5570 Says:
Hi sir i changed my processor from i5 4440s to xeon e3 1246 v3 ( H81 mb) now after changing cpu my stsyem is very laggy
Please help
My window is not genuine
@ajitkaur8358 Says:
Sir please tell your motherboard model
@ROCKFIREGAMING334 Says:
Bro u skiped thermal paste
@mediaprof3943 Says:
My son and I just used this video for guidance in upgrading a Ryzen 3 processor to a Ryzen 5. This upgrade for the same computer I built with my son during Covid when we followed Chris’s budget Ryzen build series from 5 years or so ago. We had to upgrade the motherboard bios to get the new processor recognized, but it’s working great. The advice in the video here is very good, whether Intel or Ryzen. Thanks, Chris, for making videos like this to give people the confidence and knowledge to fix and upgrade computers themselves!
@JohnFekoloid Says:
What happens when you "blindly" stick a CPU on a motherboard? Will it catch fire? What's the danger?
@angelvalenciana9686 Says:
So it’s okay to not have cooking paste with new install?
@ChrisXedits11 Says:
upgrading my cpu. do i have to anything before or can i just pull it out from the pc??
@FartButt518 Says:
people keep telling me to buy a new computer because mine is from 2010. if that old ass computer that looks like it’s from 2004 can run windows 11 i’m not buying a new one
@FatherOfTheFour Says:
Excellent tutorial, Thank you.
@WWIIATTIC Says:
This guy looks like bill gates
@bryanmerel Says:
Thanks teach. This video give me good relief. I was planning on replacing my CPU, and all the other video i watch were all about newly "built" computers and nothing about pre working computers. This video was much clearer and put better details and gave ore answers, like for example, i now know i don't need to open my wallet again to buy a new OS if i replace my cpu. Thanks. A very helpful video.😊
@alro7779 Says:
"Windows is activated with a digital licenCe"? XD
@tokeabout7647 Says:
Great video! thanks a lot! Love your accent btw lol.
@Ukepa Says:
as usual, excellent video and at least 3 questions answered and more questions avoided... thanks again!!!
@mihailvormittag6211 Says:
👍
@MarkyMacaroni Says:
It looks like LGA 1200 socket since it has Intel 10th gen and 11th gen for upgrade intel cpu.
@Castropc Says:
Is it possible to upgrade the processor in a laptop?
@naulapommi666 Says:
Thank you! i am new to computers, this video helped me quite a lot, i had to upgrade from my Ryzen 3 4100 to a Ryzen 5 5500 i got for christmas!
@viberatio Says:
Was it unnecessary to apply thermal compound on the new cpu?
@stevew270 Says:
I love the Dalek mouse pad!
@Mr.GlitchInfinity Says:
I need to know what to do so that I don’t break my pc trying to replace hardware just so that I can update to windows 11
@PVZBlover Says:
When I build My Dream Gaming PC I Will Use An Inter Core i5 12500 or An Intel Core i7 12700
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@Alias_Anybody Says:
That PC is shockingly dust-free.
@briankleinschmidt3664 Says:
I've heard that integrated graphics is going to be standard for all AMD chips. It is a good idea. What if your 1500 dollar GPU goes down? That was a big upgrade. More than triple the cpu score, but I wouldn't notice much difference in my daily use. I was curious about the cooling. A GPU in that case may turn it into an oven.
@jamespassas9441 Says:
Ha ha, I also breathed a sigh of relief when your computer fired up after the upgrade! I kind-of thought it would though, or else you probably wouldn't have uploaded the video!
@richtaylor6039 Says:
Good vid Chris, cheers :-)
@quarteratom Says:
Single-core CPU performance is more important than multi-core CPU performance.
@GMDM32 Says:
Do i need thermal paste?
@bland9876 Says:
Is the BIOS upgrade thing that stupid thing I heard about where you have to buy two CPUs the one you want to use and a shittier one so that you can upgrade it and then put the new one in there? Really dumb you can't just use the better CPU in a limited way fist like how you can use a monitor before your graphics card drivers get installed.
@bland9876 Says:
Before watching this video I'm wondering what's the point of having to buy the CPU separately from the motherboard when you're never going to use the motherboard again so they might as well just have the motherboard come with the CPU built into it.
Every time I go to get a new processor I always have to get a new motherboard.
@atruceforbruce5388 Says:
Chris, how are you liking Windows 11? I myself am resistant to that new Operation system old sport!
@ZTRCTGuy Says:
Windows will magically get unlicensed with a hardware change? what on earth is that about. I've changed my hardware a few times, never got any issues with windows. And that shouldn't happen because changing the hardware has nothing to do with windows... Or is this some stupid Win 11 thing?
@stevesculptor1 Says:
Do you cover replacing/rebedding a processor using thermal paste ?
@somonaahmed5846 Says:
How about a own pc upgrade for you explaining computers like ryzen 5000 or intel 12thgen
@manfredkok6772 Says:
This is the relult whitout a Graffic Card,whit a gf it would be better.
@nocontent592 Says:
So I looked inside my PC and the CPU is attached to the Motherboard and can't be put out. Also there is nothing that holds it since it is attached to the Motherboard. I don't know how to upgrade the CPU. Can anyone help?
@bravobravus Says:
Thanks for the tutorial, very insteresting. Gracias!
@TechNewOld Says:
How to clean the old CPU and fan from thermal paste so that can be prepared to be sold?
@maxout7306 Says:
Two notes for viewers that might get you going if you experience loading/booting problems with new installed CPU? (as Chris states, always check if BIOS update is required while original CPU is still in-place - and make sure you get the right motherboard type and version)
1: If system/Windows fails to load after new CPU installation, continue to relocate/swap RAM modules around and try again.
2: Your system may also fail to load if no signal is present for your monitor after new CPU installation, so relocate graphics card (if discrete) and try again.
@dcc1165 Says:
Awesome tutorial. Fingers excused in favor of extreme close-ups and clarity :). THANKS!
@maxout7306 Says:
Clear instructions and photography evident once again. Thank you for uploading - liked.
@VauxhallViva1975 Says:
Wish I had seen this video BEFORE I built a machine based on an F-suffix i3 CPU, and got nothing but five beeps from the board - CPU error.
Took lots of searching to find out that this beep code was NOT a CPU error per-se', but that the MB could not find a graphics sub-system to start.
Must have removed and replaced the CPU about ten times, trying to find out WHY I had a CPU error, when it really was a GPU error. Sigh....
Gigabyte H510M S2H V2 motherboard. Having FINALLY discovered that it was really the lack of a GPU that was going on - while Gigabyte beep codes kept telling me it was a CPU error, I finally installed a PCIe graphics card and things now work. Tainted my support of GB motherboards though. The beep-code should have been something OTHER then CPU error, to stop me chasing my tail for days on end thinking there was a CPU problem or a dead motherboard...... Sigh.
@leonardneilpage3541 Says:
Have old dell pc that came with windows 7 and intel core i5. This pc won't allow upgrade to windows 11. Will changing out the hard drive to a ssd or the processor to a suitable cpu allow the pc to upgraded to windows 11? Thanks to anyone that can help.
@Chris-op7yt Says:
they still havent worked out a way to be able to mount fans to cpu outside the motherboard. it's nerve wrecking mounting fans, especially bigger third party good blowers, which need to be configured just right for specific cpu. the final mounting is also shocking, as you cant see well how it's going and newest fan mounting gear is new to you.
no cpu paste?
@peter8488 Says:
Sir you are a fountain of information and helpfulness, I just ordered a more powerful cpu for my rig cause I found definitive information.
@coffeepot3123 Says:
Computers are just beautiful machines, i always go back to a video titled "How a cpu is made" to see a basic explanation on how they are made.
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