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I was scouring eBay for some stickers and I had come across a Xeon inside sticker, but it also curiously came with a LGA 771 socket to LGA 775 socket "adapter" in order to xeon mod it. Is this a real thing that people do? Is it a load of bunk or would that actually work? Listing I am talking about. There are plenty of listings like this, offering both a sticker badge and an adapter. Seems super strange. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-LGA-771-to-775-Adapters-for-Xeon-Mod-with-one-Intel-Xeon-Inside-sticker/331590180430?hash=item4d34509e4e:g:BN0AAOSw9N1ViuGs

BLUF: I need to know whether whether it’s worth it to scrounge a second compatible CPU to fully optimize a dual-CPU mobo from yesteryear (read: it uses DDR2) in order to turn a donated board into a backup dc-/dhcp-server for a small non-profit, and (more importantly) what said scrounging will entail. Background: A local businessman donated a collection of retired towers from his office to my church; I’m the head of IT. One of the “gems” in the mix is an old HP XW6600 workstation; it currently has all working HW including 16GB DDR2, except the WinVista boot drive may be either corrupt or shot (oh darn). What it does not have is a second CPU to populate it’s second processor socket. The present config is a single Xeon E5405. Meanwhile, I have a plethora of Core2 Duo and Core2 Quad chips just laying around, thanks to this donation. Assuming I do get this machine refurbed back to full function, I’d plan to load it with Ubuntu Server 22.x and remote-manage it with the cockpit package. My question is (questions are?): Is it possible to load the second LGA771 socket with an LGA775 chip? (If so, what mods might be required?) Assuming LGA775 chips would fit and function in an LGA771 slot, would I be better off populating both sockets with Core2-something rather than mixing the two socket types? Would I ultimately be better off spending the paltry asking price from newegg/ebay for a second LGA771 xeon chip? (I know if budget weren’t an object, I’d be better off not bothering and get something that can handle 128G of DDR4/5, but this is a small non-profit outfit, so cheap/freebie options are awesome) Any tips/insights appreciated.

Hello, I am wanting to watercool my Early 2008 3,1 Mac Pro. The problem I am running into is the CPU socket its self. The 3,1 Mac Pro has two (2) LGA 771 sockets on its motherboard. Seeing as the LGA 771 socket is mostly used for servers and workstations, there aren't any CPU water blocks in sight on any websites I have looked at specifically for the socket. I got to brainstorming and am wondering if AM3 is compatible with LGA 771. Also, could I cool two (2) CPUs off of the same radiator safely? Thanks, MajesticUnipig

Im building a vm server/freenas, and i got a Supermicro Super x7dvl-e Dual lga 771, since i got those noisy stock fans i want to buy 2 Noctua NH-U9DX. Problem is that the ones I find on ebay is I4 edition and it says if fits narrow lga 2011, will these cooler fit on my supermicro board?

If i mod cpu 771 to fit 775 mobo, or other way around will i lose any server benefits?

Hello. so i recently bought 2 DSBV DX motherboards for 15$ CAD and they came with the non fan cpu coolers. where can i get a very cheap lga 771 cooler. looking to build my own 3u Server case and would like to be able to use the systems until the case is done. thanks!

So I have an old DFI DK LANPARTY X48-T2RS motherboard, (https://www.cnet.com/products/dfi-dk-x48-t2rs-lanparty-motherboard-atx-lga775-socket-x48/) And I found this cheap CPU on e-bay, which is surprisingly good for its price, 3.16GHz, 12MB Cache (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-X5460-3-16-GHz-Quad-Core-SLANP-EU80574KJ087N-Processor-w-Grease-/222327806610?hash=item33c3c51a92:g:sqwAAOSwMmBVxZWp) And I found out that you can mod a LGA 775 mobo that will be able to accept LGA 771 CPUs. Now I did some research and because of my motherboard being so old, I couldn't find any information of this specific CPU (Xeon X5460) working on this motherboard. I'm new into this modding method and I don't know much about it, it would be nice of any of you people on this site replying back with an answer, Will it work on my motherboard or not? Thanks!

I do not plan on getting an updated motherboard anytime soon. I like LGA 775/771 and plan to stick with it until it is completely obsolete in another 5-10 years. Right now I'm running an Intel Xeon X5460 via BIOS mod and mod sticker. This is the first time I have exceeded 3GHz in any computer (my old i7 laptop had a turbo of 3.1GHz, turbo doesn't count). I know I can get "better for cheaper" but right now $200 for a motherboard/CPU combo is way out of range for me. I can front around $85 for a new CPU, not a problem. Please don't tell me to buy "updated" or "newer" parts. I'm looking for the absolute best processor my motherboard can support. It supports all Xeon CPUs that are not 1600mhz. So far my research has been inconclusive, and I am afraid that I have already reached the fastest CPU this board can handle without crapping its pants. I am getting two more 2GB sticks of unbuffered ECC memory because in another thread I concluded it's supported and is 20-40% cheaper than non ECC memory, for a total of 8GB. Any CPUs that aren't ridiculously overpriced that you guys would recommend?

Hi all, I'm new to LTT forums but have watched Linus' videos on Youtube and I'm inspired by his budget system build from server parts. I'm sure quite a number of you are familiar with his video and I have done quite a bit of research. Although the video's budget is under 150USD for the server motherboard, CPU, and ram if I'm correct. I'm not able to achieve that price point but maybe 300USD. After reading some threads about the video, I have chosen LGA771 as LGA1150 is overbudget for me as I have to include shipping fees as well. I have tried to find SuperMicro as my main motherboard but I prefer to have PCI-E 16X instead of 8X slots. These are my parts and I have not yet purchase them Motherboard: Dell RW203 Precision T5400 Dual LGA 771/Socket J Motherboard CPU:Intel Xeon X5460 (EU80574KJ087N) RAM: Samsung PC2-5300F 4GB 2Rx4 DDR2 Server Memory M395T5160CZ4-CE66 (32GB) STORAGE: Preferably a cheap 120/240GB SSD for OS and Application and cheap HDD for extras (Recommend and advise please) PSU: Dell Precision T5400 Workstation 875W OS: Windows 10 / Linux GPU: Preferably 780Ti | 750Ti | 750 | 1060 | 1050 | 1050Ti | or any cheap used GPU CASE: Corsair Obsidian Series® 750D Full Tower ATX Case or Corsair Carbide Series® Clear 600C Inverse ATX Full-Tower Case Extra Network Card: Broadcom BCM5704 Dual Port Network LAN PCI-E 1x Expansion USB 3.0 PCI-E Soundcard USB3.0 PCI-X Note: The storage option can be ignored for now. The GPU, originally I was going for a used 780Ti but I couldn't find and good deals on used unit as they are still very expensive, but I would prefer to get cheap ones that will run GTA 5, watchdogs, Project Cars just fine about 60fps at medium to low settings. Would the motherboard and PSU fit into those case just fine or it will need a little modding or it needs a completely different case or test-bench? Is the network card listed on top going to be compatible with the motherboard, performance wise? Would the PCI-E expansion unit work with the components listed? Lastly, I could not find any suitable Fan+Heatsink for the CPU and I need guidance here! So far these are my specs and concern. Most important question will be are all these parts are gonna work? Cheaper Alternative? Reliability? Thanks and I will be looking forward to any help with my project!

Hello I have a Super X7DBR-I+ motherboard with a Intel Xeon 5160 (which i might switch to a 5450 or higher if i want to do the lga 775 to lga 771 trick but whatever!), I still got only one CPU but i'll have eventually 2. I wanted to know if it was possible to watercool that kind of socket (lga771)? I have a 4U case with a 650 Watt PSU but it seems like i only have the backplate on the motherboard.. anyone has an idea on how i can watercool that? I've watched the linus tech tips videos but it's enought detailed so i couldnt get answer that way. And here another question, do both cpu has the be the same model in order to work or i could go with a Xeon 5160 and like a 5450 (both lga771)? Thanks !

I'm putting two builds together one for next and my cousin I bought two vostro 220s on eBay and two Xeon x5450s I followed a guide and my pc would boot up show the dell logo then hit off after awhile my pc wouldn't boot at all so I put together the build with same specs and it won't boot either I have two psu units and still no boot anyone know how I dan fix this?

Hello, I have a server with 2x socket LGA771. I wanted to remove the coolers to replace the CPUs with another. I’m using the standard cooler from Intel (E30325). I can untighten 3 screws completely. But on every cooler I can’t untighten the 4th screw completely. Do you know how to remove the cooler correct? Can you please help me? I haven’t found anything in the internet yet. And the manual describes only the assembly. I hope you can understand my problem. I thought I can simply untighten all screws and remove the cooler. Sorry for my bad English, I'm German.

i have been searching online for literally months and i can NOT find an answer.... current build is a dual socket j Xeon X5450. lga 771. socket j. same thing. teh issue is that the ONLY cooling i could find for this socket was the stock heatsinks that came with dell precision t5400 computers. they are passively cooled. and my cooling situation works fine as it is now. but it will only work in the case i currently have and i want to upgrade my case.. but if i do thta, ill no longer have the channel in the case that directs air from the huge front fan through the case, through the dual heatsinks, and out the back of the case.. i would be fine with good active cooling heatsinks, but i prefer watercooling.. I can not find a complete system, a waterblock, or even an adapter, or even an equivalent solution.. NOTHING fits with this socket... does anyone know of anything i can use to get a waterblock on this system? preferably 2 seperate loops for the 2 seperate cpu's, but ill take a single loop if i have to.. other than me machining something, what are my options here?? any help would be amazing.. i have to be up in an hour for work. lol. not sleeping all night is GREEEAAAATTTTTT.. Hopefully i wake up to some good news.. goodnight my fellow geeks.

I am just wondering if anyone has ever overclocked a CPU on this board before and if there is more than just a .15 increase. As of right now I have overclocked my xeon x5460 from 3.16ghz to 3.31ghz but I feel as though I can overclock it more I just don't know what I am doing. I looked for threads and other forums but nothing with this specific board and especially not with xeons. My specs are as follows: CPU: Xeon x5460 GPU: GTX 970 4GB RAM: 2 x 4GB G.SKILL DDR2 800 PSU: 700B EVGA Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Thank you so much, I understand that this is an old board and I super old CPU but I just want to push it to the limit.

Hey guys, just got my hands on this old server with dual 5110s @1.6 and I see some of the quad core X54xx and similar are running around 3.0 with twice as many cores. Just wondering which, if any of the quad core Xeons on the LGA771 socket would work.

I have Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 rev-1 motherboard with Pentium 4 Prescott CPU lying around. And i want to know if i could use Xeon X5450 (or similar spec) CPU with it. Motherboard have Award BIOS and microcode adding is explained in this article https://www.delidded.com/how-to-update-cpu-microcode-in-award-or-phoenix-bios/ Maybe someone is tried these type of mods themselves and could share experience (and someone can tell if this motherboard will support this)? Is this mod worth it?

My wife needs a new PC ...coz her old i5 3570 rig is showing some issues....I think it's a bad Mobo....I currently don't have much time to troubleshoot it (troubleshooting is boring).....so I m planning to build a new PC fr her fr cheap.. I got a deal fr a core2duo e8400 + gigabyte g41m combo + 8gb ram fr $15 I m thinking of purchasing a Xeon x5460 or x5482.....those r lga771 CPUs.... but with some modding they fit into lga 775 socket ND with a bios update ...they start working.. I'll chuck in my old 780ti And assemble it in her old case.... What do u guy's think about my plan.. I know going with ryzen apus is a better choice....but here I built an equally powerful rig fr below $50 I HV a spare 6800k...which I m planning to use fr a further build fr my youngest son.

I have been wanting to build a personal server for quite some time. I have a HTPC currently filling both roles for me. I started a PC Part Picker list to keep track of what I have and how much I paid. FOUND HERE I forgot about heatsinks when I ordered the processors so that is my current issue. I have not decided if I will settle for a 1u or 2u server case because I really want a workstation case (to look like a desktop). Does anyone have any advice on this? I believe the mobo is the standard E-ATX size but I haven't verified and can't find any remotely cheap. The only decently priced heatsinks I can find are around $20 for 2 passively cooled ones. Does anyone know of a good way to cool these if they are not in a server case specifically designed for that? I have heard some people mention zipties but no pictures of their setups.

Hi so today on craigslist i got a free computer and when i brought it home and opened the side panel i was surprised to see a high end p45 LGA 775 motherboard, high end radeon GPU of its time, high tier PSU, good CPU cooler, and 4gb of high speed DDR2 memory. so now the only thing missing is the HDD which i have plenty of. so my question now is should i buy a cheap X5460 Xeon and do the Xeon mod on this board? ive done the mod once and it worked this is a high end board so i should be able to get really high overclocks with the xeon cpu. plus the whole point of this is so i can sell the PC back at a higher profit like maybe $200 or $300. the only thing i have to pay for is the Xeon cpu. i already have the mod stickers so should i do the mod?

Hi so i just recently built a fuck around system using spare parts, CPU: q9300 OC 3.0ghz Motherboard: Asus p5ke RAM: 8GB DDR2 800mhz GPU: nvidia quadro fx 3800 PSU: rosewell green 430w Storage: 250GB Seagate Barracuda HDD OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit Case: Thermaltake soprano RS Cooler: Thermalright venomus x the total cost of this build was essentially free since i found some of the parts in my school's edump and the other parts i had lying around at home. when i try to play games like minecraft the cpu sometimes bottlenecks the GPU and my question is would spending roughly $25 on a old xeon x5460 and the adapter be worth it for this build? i heard and read around that the Xeon X5460 is a faster cpu than the q9300 and that it can overclock much higher than the q9300. i know that i would have to risk damaging my motherboard or bricking my motherboard if i do this incorrectly but still the system is essentially free and its only $25. so my question is is it worth it. i mean it would make a good spare system to have sitting in the closet as a backup system. Im also aware that I would have to make a custom BIOS to support the Xeon but i dont really mind taking risks right now since everything was essentially free except for the cpu and adapter that i have to buy if I were to do this. Attachments: Custom Modded BIOS version 1305 for ASUS P5K-E. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK, I WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE/ACCOUNTABLE FOR DAMAGES DONE TO YOUR MOTHERBOARD AND OR OTHER COMPONENTS. p5keXeonmoddedbios1305.rom XEON X5460 SLANP Confirmed WORKING in ASUS P5K-E Motherboard.

Hello, just came across this little weird little mod " Intel CPU LGA 771 to 775 socket Adapter MOD". Considering the video you made for the cheap gaming rig with dual q6600 (if i remember correctly) this might be worth taking a loot at, as an easy follow up. Messing with the bottom of a cpu will make most people cringe. Here is a link to a search for it on ebay http://goo.gl/UD7IGd i've also attached images.

Hello everyone! Linus' dirt cheap 8-core pc build on the Xeon 5400-series platform has inspired me to go down the same road. On a really, really tight budget of about 100€, I was able to score a Supermicro dual-cpu board, a couple of Xeon E5430's, 16GB FB-DIMM ram, a case, a 650W sweex PSU, and a 500g Seagate harddrive. I've also got an MSI R7950 that may be resurectable, and a bunch of casefans that were donated by a friend. Having all of this, I was set... or so I thought. Getting my hands on coolers for the LGA771 platform where I live (Belgium) has proven to be a very hard task, if I don't want to spend more than I did on the rest of the build. Amazon isn't really an option here, and ebay seemed a quite expensive option, especially with most of the offers coming from the US, which would add quite a bit of shipping. Now, does anyone have any ideas/tips towards getting two cheap ones? I'd be quite happy to get the 1U passive heatsinks, and putting a casefan on them, but even this seems to be best-case scenario at this point. I can get my hands on 775 coolers and the like, but they seem much too bulky, and the cooler legs aren't even close to lining up. Is there another socket type which has compatible coolers/heatsinks, perhaps? They way my motherboard is laid out, those dell poweredge heatsinks wouldn't fit in my (Mid-tower ATX) case. Thanks in advance.

Hi guys! I'm currently running a Q9400 but it isn't able to keep up with my R9 270. Many people reccomended me to buy a Xeon X5460 CPU. I've done some reasearch and I don't think the performance gain will be enough to spend 30€ + the risk of doing the mod. However I keep coming across people who have done the mod and think that it is worth it. Anyone has an opinion on this?

(Warning: Not the actual project name. I can't think of one really..) Background So I'm a very inquisitive person who wants to try and toy around with anything and everything that peaks my interest. When it comes to the "personal computer", I like to broaden the intended use of the computer and push its limits to the next level. My first ever personal computer that I've built for myself was an old Core 2 Duo E4500 machine (which was back in 2008). I can talk days about this machine because its lasted me till end of 2013 until I upgraded to an 8-core FX 8350. But throughout the years upgrading my socket LGA775 machine, I've accumulated many spare parts. I thought about tossing them or selling them on craigslist/ebay, but I recently found out about a LGA771 to LGA775 mod. Now this mod takes cheap, yet powerful LGA771 Xeon processors (that some happen to be more cheaper and powerful than Core 2 Quads) and converts their use to a compatible LGA775 motherboard. Incidentally, I happen to have 3 (possibly 4) compatible motherboards for this mod. I've done my research and found out that this mod is usually successful if done following the guide, but I wanted to take it a step further. I wanted to see a price to performance advantage over this mod if this mod were to be used today. Now Ebay has recently become my best friend, though I still speculate on ordering stuff through Ebay, my recent experience has over turned my view on the website. A detailed guide of the mod can be found here (LTT version by harrynowl can be found here as well). Project Objective This project was intended to first see if the mod will work, but I've been given a more practical objective with this project. My plan is too see how much of a price to performance advantage I can gain with the cheap used parts I plan on utilizing, and (if possible) see if this mod is an option for an alternate personal computer. Project Plan First Phase of this project is getting it to actually work. Here are this list of essential computer parts I will use to test this project: Xeon e5420 (bought used from third party seller on amazon for ~$11) LGA771 to 775 Sticker (bought from ebay for $5, includes 4 mod stickers and 4 Xeon stickers which is pretty cool) Motherboards: ECS GF7100PVT-M3 (v1.0) MSI G31TM-P21 MSI P43 Neo Patriot G Series DDR2 2x2gb PC2-6400 800mhz (PGS24G6400ELK) NVIDIA Geforce GTX 550 ti (EVGA) I will be doing some hard mods, like cutting up my motherboard sockets, and soft mods which require me to add some microcode. NOTE: Some parts will might change in the future to better adapt the project Second Phase is testing phase. The setup will be inside a Thermaltake WingRS 201, and not an open air test-bench, to simulate real-world use. I will benchmark the computer parts individually (except graphics card) and measure usage as well as temps. The programs I will use are: Cinebench 7-zip Compression Benchmark Aida64 (trial) PassMark (trial) Adobe CS6 After Effects Rendering Adobe CS6 Premiere Rendering Adobe CS6 Encoder Encoding City Skylines Team Fortress 2 Minecraft Planetside 2 I plan on getting results from multiple control builds before testing the xeon mod. So before the xeon mod, the boards I use will run the tests using a Pentium E6300 (unfortunately I sold my e4500 already, which I am sadden about). I will also create some theoretical control builds on PCPartPicker and other benchmark websites Third Phase is crunching the numbers. All the results I get from the testing will be written down on a spreadsheet and carefully calculated to match a performance to price ratio. My plan is to create a point-based system for each individual test. The points will be compared and see how much of an advantage the xeon mod has over the control build and theoretical builds on PcPartPicker. But to be clear, I am still finalizing a practical way of rendering a point system into this part of the project. I haven't exactly finished this step of the project. I was actually going to make a post on how I should do this part. So if you have any suggestions, please comment or pm me. Fourth Phase (Project Part 2, if successful) I hope to find this project a success. Again, my objective is to see if utilizing cheap xeon processors is an option for building a computer. If this is more of a success than I hope to imagine, I want to see if I can create builds utilizing this mod. This is all theoretical, and I maybe overthinking all of this, but this fourth phase is more of personal understanding of the results of the project. Conclusion Since I am but a mere-college student who runs on low allowance and financial aid (currently unemployed), this project will be in the point of view of a person with little to no money. The process of the project will be documented and later submitted to LTT build log forum. This project is mainly a hobby of mine and I wish to broaden my strategies of computer building. Though this will not be as much as a financial gain, I hope to learn at least a thing or two about computers. Even if I don't learn as much as I already know, I hope to gain more experience with building projects (since this will kind of be my first big project). I also hope to interact more in the LTT community for I have never done this before. I hope you all would enjoy this project that I am doing and maybe be inspired. But if you don't like it, that's cool, I accept constructive criticism. So what do I guys think of my project? Any comments about anything, suggestions you can make to contribute to this project, or questions about things I didn't make clear (I'm sure I missed a lot), please comment below. Thank you for reading through this long and painstaking post!

So I'm building a cheap gaming and multi tasking machine. I'm wondering if the older stuff I use will work almost as good as the new. I have two Xeon 5460 (3.16ghz) quad CPUs and will use 32gb ddr2 ecc ram total. The motherboard is lga771 eATX server board and I need a good graphics card. (Any recommendations will be well received.) my psu is 500 watt. I'm just wondering will this work as good as I want it to? What modern technology can I compare this to, to see if it's worth the bang for buck. All in all I spent a little less than $250.