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Hey all. I'm taking an old Dell Optiplex 755 and modding it into a gaming machine. I wanted to know what the absolute best lga755 socket processor is. I'm looking at the Xeon X3220 or the Core2 X6800. I'm taking all suggestions.

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3 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

et ahold of a Xeon x5650 and perform the LGA 771 socket mod on it

Is the mod hard?

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I'm not looking to mod the socket or anything, I just want to know the best processor (on a budget)

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You're going to be limiting yourself with that motherboard. What size OptiPlex is it? I'm curious. 

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22 hours ago, Jamiec1130 said:

You're going to be limiting yourself with that motherboard. What size OptiPlex is it? I'm curious. 

Sorry about the late reply. It's a desktop (not the mini tower) 755

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11 hours ago, boltoflightning said:

Sorry about the late reply. It's a desktop (not the mini tower) 755

You're going to need a low profile GPU then. Get the best CPU you can and the best GPU you can. It will do, but probably not the best. 

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On 6/10/2017 at 6:10 PM, CUDA_Cores said:

Best LGA 775 CPU is the core 2 Quad Q9650. 

 

Problem is it's expensive. 

 

If you can get ahold of a Xeon x5650 and perform the LGA 771 socket mod on it, it will perform just as well as a Q9650 for much less smoney.

Don't you mean Xeon x5450? 5650 is lga1366. You are referring to the 775 to 771 mod.

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