Xeon X3450 Overclock

[Samtan 117]

i have a Xeon X3450 lying around and want to know if there is a motherboard for it somewhere that i can use for overclocking for gaming? i have tried a search around and haven't found anything

(UK links please)

[Skiiwee29]

Xeons are a locked processor and can not be overclocked to my knowledge. 

[Samtan 117]

2 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

Xeons are a locked processor and can not be overclocked to my knowledge. 

Ohh, ok then

 

Edit: this website http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-X3450-vs-AMD-FX-4350/m10439vs2880 suggests it can be overclocked as it says "peaked overclock bench"

[dantayy]

8 minutes ago, Samtan 117 said:

Ohh, ok then

 

Edit: this website http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-X3450-vs-AMD-FX-4350/m10439vs2880 suggests it can be overclocked as it says "peaked overclock bench"

Even if they can be overclocked the maximum overclock probably won't make too much of a difference, they are not designed for overclocking at all

[Samtan 117]

4 minutes ago, Ernest_L said:

Even if they can be overclocked the maximum overclock probably won't make too much of a difference, they are not designed for overclocking at all

Quick question: If I didn't overclock it, would it be good for gaming?

[vorticalbox]

2 minutes ago, Samtan 117 said:

Quick question: If I didn't overclock it, would it be good for gaming?

no reason you can't. If a game can use all the threads you can get the same performance as an i7.

[dantayy]

The X3450 can run modern 1080p games at low-medium settings, you can get a LGA 1156 motherboard off eBay, make sure it supports the xeon before buying, not all motherboards support xeons using the same socket