I was looking through my garage box-o-parts today, and I came upon a processor. It says INTEL XEON X5690. I'm familiar with Xeons, as they are server processors, but WTH is this thing? And what can I do with it? It doesnt fit in a regular socket 
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That's a bloody good chip! Only came out last year. If you've got the correct model number, this page will have the supported socket(s) somewhere:
ARK | Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690 (12M Cache, 3.46 GHz, 6.40 GT/s Intel® QPI)
ARK | Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690 (12M Cache, 3.46 GHz, 6.40 GT/s Intel® QPI)
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You had that thing just laying around? Dear lord. It's a 6 core beast from yesterday. It is made for the socket 1366 server boards or eVGA's monster SR-2 board (requires 2). Lol just buy a board for that CPU and you'll be set.
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It would be cheaper to use it. All you need is a board and RAM after it.
I dont want a damn server though >
And it turns out it belonged to my dad's friend's company, and he gave it to my dad after they closed down.
You don't have to run a server. You can run Windows 7 on it just fine.
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Why would someone have such a chip just laying around and NOT know it... :-\
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The use of the machine is what designates it as a server. This is pretty much the best kind of CPU you can use for your CADing because Xeon chips are also used for workstations.
You could get this board and save a few hundred by simply using the CPU at your disposal.
Newegg.com - SUPERMICRO MBD-X8STE-O LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Xeon Server Motherboard
It is ATX format and PCI-E as well.
You can also run W7 on it too.
You could get this board and save a few hundred by simply using the CPU at your disposal.
Newegg.com - SUPERMICRO MBD-X8STE-O LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Xeon Server Motherboard
It is ATX format and PCI-E as well.
You can also run W7 on it too.
My dad didnt know what it was, so he threw it in box. Since I'm building a PC, my dad told me we have an old parts box in the garage. So I go and look in it, and I see this box thingy that said Xeon on it. My dad says he thought it was an old PC processor, so he didnt think 2x about it.
