Xeon E5-2670

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Would a Dell Precision T3600 motherboard work with a Xeon E5-2670, or generally speaking, whats the cheapest motherboard that would support 1 or 2 E5-2670's

[Electronics Wizardy]

yes it will work. but its not a atx board and will only work with their case and psu.

 

Id strongly suggest you get a 6600k or a 6700k with a motherboard there are about the same cost and the i7 is faster in almost every work load..

 

You can get x79 boards from ebay for about 300.

 

If you want dual id get a used dell t7810 its about 500 has has a psu and case.

[SLAYR]

54 minutes ago, Malcolm Merlyn said:

Would a Dell Precision T3600 motherboard work with a Xeon E5-2670, or generally speaking, whats the cheapest motherboard that would support 1 or 2 E5-2670's

T3600 is single socket, the t7600 is dual.

 

34 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

yes it will work. but its not a atx board and will only work with their case and psu.

 

Id strongly suggest you get a 6600k or a 6700k with a motherboard there are about the same cost and the i7 is faster in almost every work load..

 

You can get x79 boards from ebay for about 300.

 

If you want dual id get a used dell t7810 its about 500 has has a psu and case.

Newer dell psus aren't proprietary just the old lga 771 workstation had proprietary psus, but the psu needs to have the same of greater amperages for some of the rails for an aftermarket psu to work occasionally. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

7 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

Newer dell psus aren't proprietary just the old lga 771 workstation had proprietary psus,

They are propertiey. They slide in from the back and aren't atx. The connector on the board may be atx, but the psu isn't.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Thanks for your suggestions.