Matt Haughn

Okay thanks! Just curious to know if the i7 would still work with the ECC RAM but not harness the ECC.

I can't find anything online about this subject. I also understand that this is a mostly Windows site but I thought I might ask since its a hardware thing. Is it possible to put a i7-4930K processor in a Mac Pro late 2013? (Yes I know the trash can.) It has all the same specs (LGA-2011, 40 PCIe lanes, PCIe 3.0, 22nm, TDP 130W, even the same release date) that come with the Mac Pro but is just labeled as an i7. The only topic I saw was with the older Mac Pro towers is that the firmware needs to be updated. If thats the case then where would I find such a thing? I have seen almost every hacintosh builds only use an i7 over xeon's because of the cost. I'm new to the insides of computers so any info will help! I have been watching a lot of Linus' videos on PC's and am trying to understand more of the guts of a computer then the software. Thanks, Matt