I just finished a long email to HP. Don’t wanna go into details about it but for what we need here, I sent two request, in the first I asked about the processor upgrade (i3-3245) because it was launched after this machine was built, but according to its nomenclature it is included in the possible upgrades. In the second one I resend the same but added just a line regarding to BIOS update after processor installation.
I got two reply from the same person (2 hr gap), in the first one is stated that it supports this processor upgrades
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...tegory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=5358032#N60
where as
we know are the specs full list and upgrades. (Thanks for your time/links, that’s where I have been looking for to post my shots, but the real conclusion/help came from you guys)
In the second one he narrows my choices to:
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Intel Core i5-3xxxT (Ivy Bridge) Dual Core up to 35W
Intel Core i5-3xxxT (Ivy Bridge) Quad Core up to 45W
Intel Core i5-3xxxS (Ivy Bridge) Quad Core up to 65W
Intel Core i5-3xxxP (Ivy Bridge) Quad Core (onboard graphics not supported) up to 69W
Intel Core i5-3xxx (Ivy Bridge) Quad Core up to 77W
Intel Core i5-2xxx (Sandy Bridge) Quad Core up to 95W
Intel Core i7-2xxx (Sandy Bridge) Quad Core up to 95W
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No i3 included whatsoever.
And to the BIOS question (I guess) the answer is:
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“Once you upgrade the processor if you feel any issue then please inform us so that we can assist you accordingly.
I would also like to provide you a link to view the procedure to upgrade the processor:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...foCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=5358032
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So, what I can gather is that I should first decide which processor to upgrade to and install it to see how the BIOS behave. Once up and running on windows 8 should be easy (?) to move to OSX. I know that’s no warranty it’s gonna work but then at least I tried it. The “procedure to upgrade the processor” has no BIOS mention, it ends with “Turn on the computer and test for functionality”.
Thanks a lot guys for your support, as I said I am not a PC/Windows guy and not actually into OSX as OS neither, but iMac is my platform of choice. Have forgot how life is outside Mac world. And some times even when we can’t judge a whole company because of one person instinctively that’s difficult in practice. Now I understand why more and more people prefer build their own machines, I guess that’s where tech future leads to, opens systems, open OS’s, own built machines, and that’s where sites like this fall right into place. (I feel like an intruder as I am not into building a PC but an OEM owner which can annoys users over here) This PC is less than a month old, built date is Q1’13, and at this point I have had a honest support here... don’t wanna talk about HP.
OK! Too much philosophy for a Saturday afternoon!
Well, based on your post I think my choice is i3-2125 (this is my list: i3-2105, i3-2125, i3-3225, i3-3245, i5-3475S, all HD3000/HD4000 and supported for this motherboard, there are no more outside this list as they are HD2000/HD2500; from this list I have to pick based on availability) and on that last email I asked HP give me a final answer about what’s supported. Again, to me that's a candidate list, but HP's (that one person) excluded i3 from it, if that's correct I am just screwed up for this project.
I hope to have the processor not later than a month from now. I’ll post back when ready, in the mean time if you have any thoughts post them. I don't know if I said Any.
p.s. I have an XL file with Intel specs for each processor, but I don't wanna post more images.