Server Motherboards

[Sedorian]

Greetings everyone, 

 

Recently a group of my friends and I purchased two older model Xeon CPU's, the x5450, which run on a socket 771 motherboard. We were wondering if it would be more beneficial to use the required MOBO, or mod a 775 MOBO, which I've observed is a very simple process. Thank you for your input!

[Coaxialgamer]

2 minutes ago, Sedorian said:

Greetings everyone, 

 

Recently a group of my friends and I purchased two older model Xeon CPU's, the x5450, which run on a socket 771 motherboard. We were wondering if it would be more beneficial to use the required MOBO, or mod a 775 MOBO, which I've observed is a very simple process. Thank you for your input!

mod a 775 mobo . That way you can overclock !

[glitchmaster0001]

id say mod a 775 board, specifically a P45 chipset board if you can get your hands on one. Those boards overclock very well with Xeon CPUs. 

[Sedorian]

Thank you guys, it has been very helpful. Are there any 775 socket boards that support 2 CPU's? 

[glitchmaster0001]

1 hour ago, Sedorian said:

Thank you guys, it has been very helpful. Are there any 775 socket boards that support 2 CPU's? 

no if you want to run 2 processors then you have to get a 771 server board. those thing are not worth it as you would be paying more in power bill than anything else. if you want a dual xeon system then you should save up and buy one of those dual socket 1366 server boards, then put in 2 e5640s or 2 L series Xeons.