Xeon processor?

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 by Richard Mohler | Discussion: Personal Computing

Just curious.. What has to be done to computer to be able to run Xeon processor?

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kryo
Reply #1 Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:36 PM
AFAIK the current ones are basically just Core2 chips with more cache and some additions to support multiprocessor systems, so I'd imagine all you really need is a LGA775 board with appropriate BIOS support. As they're designed for servers though, there's not really much point using one in a desktop system (you're highly unlikely to need that much multiprocessing power outside of a server context).

Edit: looking further, it appears that the newer ones are moving off of LGA 775 to a LGA 771, so you'd need a special server board in that case.

Astyanax
Reply #2 Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:46 PM
You need a server class motherboard. Tad more expensive than your average desktop motherboard.

Richard Mohler
Reply #3 Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:59 PM
Thanks guys, that's all I really wanted to know...  

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