Motherboard/Processor

[Joker]

Hey. me and my father are re-building our computer. we ordered a processor online ( Intel Xeon Quad Core E5345 2.33Ghz Processor CPU Socket 771 ) and we are now looking for a motherboard to support it. The mother boards he have been looking into Nvidia 780i and 790i. The question i have is if the motherboard supports LGA 775 socket will it be compatable with my processor LGA 771. if not could some one suggest a good motherboard to support my chip.

[SpAzErMaN]

First off: The Xeon processors are designed for servers. So if you are looking to use this computer for gaming or normal daily tasks: Sell it and get a C2D (Core 2 duo).

Second, No those motherboards will not support it. Both are Socket LGA775, not socket 771

Here is a lovely list of possible motherboards. Because they seem to be designed more for servers, they tend to be... expensive.

http://shopping.aol.com/computers-offic ... 771-6:278/

Hope that helps!

[Joker]

Hell if we do get the Quad core fck it i dont care if its for servers ill rock that sh*t anyways

[SpAzErMaN]

Well for that money, you could easily get something far better for gaming... but that's up to you.

Keep in mind that not a whole lot of games support quad core right now, so half the processor will essentially be useless. Not a lot of games even support Dual Core

There also could be issues with Drivers... Compatability problems... anything could happen, and if there is, good luck getting support for it. If a motherboard isnt very widely used, then (generally) the less help there is. If its a home-build, then that should be a big consideration.

Just trying to save you some grief down the road!

[Crazyme99]

Quad core pwn man i got one and i can run almost any game but my video card is a bit sucky