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Best CPU for mobo

Faisal A
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12 minutes ago, Faisal A said:

Whats the best under £20 CPU I can put in this mobo ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/G41-Motherboard-LGA-775-DDR3-Support-Dual-Quad-Core-CPU-for-Desktop-Computer-/143019222765?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l4275.c10

i'm absolutely confused if thats lga 1366 or 775

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You could probably do the 771 Xeon mod, you'd probably need to patch microcodes into the bios to support the cpus though. Although, china really loves doing those and those motherboards might actually be made with that in mind.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/intel-Xeon-X5460-3-1GHZ-quad-core-Processor-Compatible-LGA-775-Ultra-Q9650-Q9550/153475027531

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Xeon-X5450-3GHz-Quad-Core-SLBBE-AT80574KJ080NT-Processor-w-Grease/223337890057

 

Otherwise, maybe a Q9xxx series cpu should work.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q9550-2-83GHz-Quad-Core-SLB8V-AT80569PJ073N-CPU-w-Grease/222695126486

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27 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

i'm absolutely confused if thats lga 1366 or 775

Yea dude, same here

 

Also @Faisal A you have the board already?

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Apparently people list motherboards specifically under LGA771, if you don't have your motherboard already maybe one of these might be a better choice for better cpus.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jia-Huayu-Professional-Mainboard-P45-Socket-LGA-771-DDR3-Memory-8GB-Compute-M9/323713630382

 

It's also P45 chipset, which is better than G41 and cheaper. Just make sure if you buy a "pre-modded" cpu to remove the sticker on the bottom bridging contacts. You might want to try to find one that isn't modded if these are a proper LGA771 socket which they seem to be.

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