Dell Inspiron 3847 cpu help

[stuck quail]

Why no help 😭

[proud wind]

Because you are asking about hardware that is over 10 years old on a proprietary platform.

[stuck quail]

I can get a regular psu since it’s not proprietary cables for the 4 pin cpu and 24pin motherboard cable

[proud wind]

Probably

[wooden walrus]

You likely cannot overclock in that computer's motherboard, but it should take a 4th gen i7 processor. I don't recommend upgrading a computer that's almost 12 years old, but if you had to... I guess the i7-4790 non-K would be the way to go?
https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/inspiron-desktops/inspiron-3847-cpu-upgrade-intel-core-i7-4790-or-4790k/647fa0bff4ccf8a8de5d10fb

[wooden walrus]

As for the PSU, it appears this is one of Dell's rare models that indeed uses a PSU with standard power connectors. (See page 11 of the Owner's Manual.)
https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-3847-desktop_owner's manual_en-us.pdf

[stuck quail]

It also has a 300w psu which is enough for now until I get a gpu for it

[stuck quail]

But if I get the i7 4790k will it be able to hit that 4.4ghz speed if the CPU can reach that GHz stock without any overclocking

[wooden walrus]

In theory, it should, however, I have no idea if Dell implemented any sort of power limiting on that system, so the only way you'd know is by trying yourself or finding someone else who did this with that exact system.

[stuck quail]

I’ve gotten it to eat 80w idk if that helps

Ignore the 90c I was just testing something with the cpu cooler

[gritty creek]

Be carefull while upgrading HW in those old dell machines. Tried to upgrade one at work and got no luck at all. I had to update the BIOS so it could support the CPU in few machines

[stuck quail]

My bios is already up to date