Will a Xeon work on a Dell optiplex 9020?

[basedthirst]

Looking to upgrade my gaming PC. It's a Dell optiplex 9020 with an upgraded 500 watt psu, as well as an RX 470. It currently has an i5 4570. 

I play a lot of CPU heavy games and I also plan on starting to stream on twitch eventually.

I was looking to buy the Xeon e3-1230 v3. It runs at 3.3 GHz base with hyperthreading. 

But my only concern is motherboard comparability. I know that the Dell optiplex 9020 motherboard works with devil's cannon. But I can't find any word on Xeon compatibility. 

[NoxiousOdor]

Yes it will work perfectly well

[basedthirst]

2 minutes ago, WhisperingKnickers said:

Yes it will work perfectly well

Thats what I was assuming. I've heard haswell consumer mobos are pretty flexible

[NoxiousOdor]

5 minutes ago, basedthirst said:

Thats what I was assuming. I've heard haswell consumer mobos are pretty flexible

Usually if the socket fits the cpu then it will work. It might be worth getting a second opinion juuussst in cast but if it were my computer I would feel confident that it would work 

[emosun]

No xeon is not listed as being compatible. 

[8uhbbhu8]

3 minutes ago, emosun said:

No xeon is not listed as being compatible. 

Considering what it is, they wouldn't list xeon whether it was compatible or not due to Xeons being in a different category for Dell.

[emosun]

2 minutes ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

Considering what it is, they wouldn't list xeon whether it was compatible or not due to Xeons being in a different category for Dell.

Considering that , dell has no reason to add xeon compatibility to this board....... So buy one at your own risk. I'd sooner just pick a compatible i7.

[basedthirst]

You guys bring up some good points. I may just end up going with a 4790k 

[trevrez]

i'm leaning towards that it won't work.  I have a couple of Dell Precision T3500 workstations that are Xeon's and the spec sheets for those list only types of Xeon's supported.  

 

This guy on youtube is putting a Xeon in a Dell Optiplex 360, if you fast forward to 1:50 he's trimming plastic off the Xeon, at 2:43 he's covering some CPU pins in order to get this to work.  I know you are talking about different models but thought I'd point this out as you might run into issues.  

 

 

[asand1]

1 hour ago, trevrez said:

i'm leaning towards that it won't work.  I have a couple of Dell Precision T3500 workstations that are Xeon's and the spec sheets for those list only types of Xeon's supported.  

 

This guy on youtube is putting a Xeon in a Dell Optiplex 360, if you fast forward to 1:50 he's trimming plastic off the Xeon, at 2:43 he's covering some CPU pins in order to get this to work.  I know you are talking about different models but thought I'd point this out as you might run into issues.  

 

 

That's a socket 771 to 775 mod. Completely different.

[Talonts]

To update this thread, th OP's choice will probably work, as I picked up a 9020 MT a couple of days ago from an auction that is running an E3-1225 v3 just fine. I just finished installing Windows 10 on it without issues.

[AndPeroty]

On 04/06/2018 at 2:56 AM, Talonts said:

To update this thread, th OP's choice will probably work, as I picked up a 9020 MT a couple of days ago from an auction that is running an E3-1225 v3 just fine. I just finished installing Windows 10 on it without issues.

Thanks
I have a 9020 without a processor .... long story
I am looking forward to make a media center with it ...
I think i will get a E3-1220 V3 to make the test

[Coolfrost]

Hi I just upgraded my Dell 9020 mt that came with a i5-4570 to a xeon e3-1231v3. No problems, just remember to enable hyperthreading in the bios.

[The11thDoctor]

On 6/20/2019 at 3:32 AM, Coolfrost said:

Hi I just upgraded my Dell 9020 mt that came with a i5-4570 to a xeon e3-1231v3. No problems, just remember to enable hyperthreading in the bios.

Hi,

 

I just got my hands on a Dell 9020 MT as well but no CPU.  I was able to get a Xeon E3-1231v3 from work and just installed in the motherboard with Windows 10 on a SSD.  I have a really old GT 630 and connected that to my monitor via DVI.  I get nothing on the display through the DVI connection.  Can I connect to the motherboard VGA or maybe connect to video card VGA, to get to BIOS or Windows?