XEON old school BUILD

[Guest]

hello all  i am building a htpc for living room and i have some old stuff that i will use
my motherboard is an asus p5n e-sli and my cpu is a e6600 dual core, i want to upgrade to xeon cpu ( it will be some gaming on thic htpc.steamgames etc)

i find today a XEON  x5460, will this cpu will work with my motherboard? 

 

[TheCherryKing]

2 minutes ago, rog1 said:

hello all  i am building a htpc for living room and i have some old stuff that i will use
my motherboard is an asus p5n e-sli and my cpu is a e6600 dual core, i want to upgrade to xeon cpu ( it will be some gaming on thic htpc.steamgames etc)

i find today a XEON  x5460, will this cpu will work with my motherboard? 

 

It will work if you do the 775 to 771 mod. 

 

[EPPHO]

No it won't unless you do the 775-771 socket mod.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, frozeNNN said:

No it won't unless you do the 775-771 socket mod.

thnx for the reply,the cpu is modded already it dont need the modd, my question is, will it post..

[TheCherryKing]

Just now, rog1 said:

thnx for the reply,the cpu is modded already it dont need the modd, my question is, will it post..

Assuming the BIOS is updated.

[EPPHO]

1 minute ago, rog1 said:

thnx for the reply,the cpu is modded already it dont need the modd, my question is, will it post..

If the mod is done properly and you have updated bios on it then it should (as long as that motherboard is the right one for that mod)

[Guest]

1 minute ago, frozeNNN said:

If the mod is done properly and you have updated bios on it then it should (as long as that motherboard is the right one for that mod)

thats the problem, cant find nothing about if my motherboard will work with the xeon for sure..

[EPPHO]

2 minutes ago, rog1 said:

thats the problem, cant find nothing about if my motherboard will work with the xeon for sure..

Well the CPU is not that much expensive so you won't lose too much if it doesn't work

[G27Racer_188]

The motherboard will probably work with it, but if I recall correctly you need to mod the motherboard as well for the xeon to fit in.

 

If you are that concerned about loosing few bucks, just but Q6600 and call it a day.

[Guest]

no its ready from what i see, q6600 is a good idea, but i belive with the xeon the perfomance will be much better. i will buy it and we see 

[Guest]

thnx all for the help 

[G27Racer_188]

17 minutes ago, rog1 said:

no its ready from what i see, q6600 is a good idea, but i belive with the xeon the perfomance will be much better. i will buy it and we see 

That is an interesting way to do the mod. Most times I've seen they said to cut away the plastic notches in the socket, rather than cutting them into the CPU, but I guess that can work too. Also CPU needs a small sticker that swaps around positions of two contacts on the bottom.

 

Out of interest, how much is for that particular xeon?

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, G27Racer_188 said:

That is an interesting way to do the mod. Most times I've seen they said to cut away the plastic notches in the socket, rather than cutting them into the CPU, but I guess that can work too. Also CPU needs a small sticker that swaps around positions of two contacts on the bottom.

 

Out of interest, how much is for that particular xeon?

am in europe so they ask me 30 euro, i belive its around 26 -28 dollars if not mistaken. i did order it before some minutes and they did say on the back of cpu its already install the sticker on the pins. olso intresting to see the perfomance but dunno if what i see its true...

[G27Racer_188]

5 minutes ago, rog1 said:

am in europe so they ask me 30 euro, i belive its around 26 -28 dollars if not mistaken. i did order it before some minutes and they did say on the back of cpu its already install the sticker on the pins. olso intresting to see the perfomance but dunno if what i see its true...

Well the performance difference comes from higher frequency on xeon, but that can be reduced by overclocking. On the other hand, maybe you could push the xeon even higher.

 

Also keep your e6600 on hand. If xeon doesn't work immediately, try updating the bios.

[Guest]

Just now, G27Racer_188 said:

Well the performance difference comes from higher frequency on xeon, but that can be reduced by overclocking. On the other hand, maybe you could push the xeon even higher.

 

Also keep your e6600 on hand. If xeon doesn't work immediately, try updating the bios.

yea you right. i will keep the old cpu just in case

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, rog1 said:

yea you right. i will keep the old cpu just in case

if all go ok, i was thinking  2 gtx 550ti. it seems i can buy both for 30 euro and put them in sli with the mobo. ofc they will run x8 both but is just htpc...

[Reem1k]

 

6 hours ago, rog1 said:

am in europe so they ask me 30 euro, i belive its around 26 -28 dollars if not mistaken. i did order it before some minutes and they did say on the back of cpu its already install the sticker on the pins. olso intresting to see the perfomance but dunno if what i see its true...

Same cpu, 15 eur to me with shipping

 

https://m.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-X5460-3-16-GHz-Quad-Core-SLANP-EU80574KJ087N-Processor-w-Grease/222713784797?epid=74093793&hash=item33dac6a9dd:g:sqwAAOSwMmBVxZWp

[Reem1k]

7 hours ago, rog1 said:

hello all  i am building a htpc for living room and i have some old stuff that i will use
my motherboard is an asus p5n e-sli and my cpu is a e6600 dual core, i want to upgrade to xeon cpu ( it will be some gaming on thic htpc.steamgames etc)

i find today a XEON  x5460, will this cpu will work with my motherboard? 

 

Similar setup

 

[IsaacThePooper]

wtf this is all insane

[Guest]

well i did instal the xeon 5460,, pc powers up with black screen no signal etc, so i did put the old cpu i download the last bios drivers when i go to az flash i did get error 

Downgraded ROM file was not suitable for the system, so i redownload  nothing, try another bios nothing, after some search i read that i need to clear cmos, did that and now i get black screen with the old cpu too   ..... asus lol axxaaxaxaxaxxa check every cables, i did try with one stick of ram , all rams etc etcany help here....

[Guest]

any1 can help here???

[ApolloX75]

11 minutes ago, rog1 said:

any1 can help here???

Any beep codes?

[Guest]

no beep codes after cmos was clear, before pc was working fine

[Guest]

is it possible the ram values set to 533mhrz after cmos clear? and thats the reason i cant post? i run 667

[Guest]

so i confirm that xeon 5460 work fine with motherboard asus p5n e-sli with the latest motherboard bios. for the forum

 

damm that  xeon is realy fast 

 

some restoration with a old case from 2000 and a total build pics

 

restoration ftw