Do HP use "special" versions of Intel Xeons? I.e do they have a microcode in there meaning that only "HP" CPU's can be used in their servers? Or is it possible to purchase an off the shelf Xeon X3450 ...

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Thanks for the question. I'll do my best to help! Looking into your HP Pavilion P6000, it appears to be model P6523 with the Athlon 220, as you mentioned above. With that, the upgrade to AMD Ryzen 5 ...