Ordinarily_Greater Herman Mcpootis How good is X79 Platform's Support for newer Xeons? i am getting a E5-2650 v1 with X79 ITX Board from Power Xtreme and the total parts PC Price is $765.30 Herman Mcpootis the 2650 is an older sandy bridge xeon, should work just fine with any x79 motherboard. October 18, 2017