Retro 775 build

[Durvelle27]

A member here took it off my hands



It was my first too I would buy at least two (they're cheap) in case you bungle the first try. Make sure you have a good pair of tweezers, a very good magnifying glass and take a few Zanax first, lol.

Here's a video... I like the technique of getting one end placed right and rotating the other before tacking it down. It's a lot smaller than appears in the video, and not a lot of room for error.

Google socket 775 to 771 adapter and there's a ton more info and videos.

I have a guide pulled up on my phone but of course nothing is as good as having it in your actual hands.

I have some $1 tweezers not sure if that’s considered good or not

Audigy2 ZS, my favourite soundcard ever.

Yea it’s a great sound card and I love that it supports DTS and Dolby 7.1 via Optical which is what I use. I’ve had that sound card close to 7 years now and it still works great.

If you're going to do cpu mods, perhaps the under $10 q6600 with the tape mod(BSEL) would work? 1.6GHz on that xeon seems a little low.

Your pictures are dark, but that ASUS motherboard looks like an IPIBL-LA or LB, those were actually some pretty strong runners. Although, back when I was playing with them...one of the varieties wasn't compatible with the newer quads so I had to use a QX6800 instead of a Q9550.

It was a very solid board...never gave me trouble.

Back when that GTX 260 came out...I bought the XFX version...I loved that card. I'm subbing to your thread to see what happens next!

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Liquid Cool

I assumed the Xeon would be the cheaper route as I already have it and the adapters are only about $1 a piece or so on eBay. Well it is a lower end model Xeon unlike the X series and it’s intended to be low power.

Sorry about that. I’m a very bad photographer using a iPhone 6S Plus for pictures but yes it’s a ASUS IPIBL-LB motherboard. Had it for a while now. Think I pulled it from a HP machine some years ago and it does support the Q9xxxx series

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Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:

• Intel Core 2 Quad (Y) Q9xxxx
• Intel Core 2 Duo (W) E8xxx
• Intel Core 2 Quad (K) up to Q6600
• Core 2 Duo E6x00 (C) up to E6700
• Core 2 Duo E4x00 (C) up to E4400

 

[Sasqui]

I forgot to mention, the 771 Xeon X5xxx series aren't supported by enthusiast 775 boards like the X48 and X38.

You're good to go, you have the G33 chipset. See the guide here: https://www.delidded.com/lga-771-to-775-adapter/2/

 

[Durvelle27]

I forgot to mention, the 771 Xeon X5xxx series aren't supported by enthusiast 775 boards like the X48 and X38.

You're good to go, you have the G33 chipset. See the guide here: https://www.delidded.com/lga-771-to-775-adapter/2/

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I had already checked compatibility before hand

 

[Liquid Cool]

Good to know, maybe it was the IPIBL-LA that I had. I haven't looked it up...it's been years since I had the board.

Best,

Liquid Cool

 

[Durvelle27]

Good to know, maybe it was the IPIBL-LA that I had. I haven't looked it up...it's been years since I had the board.

Best,

Liquid Cool

Possibly

Haven’t found to many downsides to this board honestly. Love that it also supports 8GB of RAM as well

 

[Liquid Cool]

...and it has 4 ram slots.

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LC

 

[Komshija]

He just replied me that he doesnt want a dualcore.

Figure out which one is faster - a higher clocked dual core or a lower clocked quadcore:
1. https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-E5310-vs-Intel-Core2-Duo-E8600/m21579vsm124 (E8600=X5260)
2. https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-E5310-vs-Intel-Core2-Duo-E8400/m21579vs2720
3. https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-E5310-vs-Intel-Core2-Duo-E7600/m21579vsm4924

I would recommend a higher clocked dual core over lower clocked quad core. Better solution would be a higher clocked quad core like C2Q Q8400, Q9400, Q9505 or Xeon X5460, X5742 etc. They are anywhere between 13-25 $ with shipping and they will be a lot faster than Xeon E5310. Example: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-X5460-vs-Intel-Xeon-E5310/m5754vsm21579

 

[Durvelle27]

Figure out which one is faster - a higher clocked dual core or a lower clocked quadcore:
1. https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-E5310-vs-Intel-Core2-Duo-E8600/m21579vsm124 (E8600=X5260)
2. https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-E5310-vs-Intel-Core2-Duo-E8400/m21579vs2720
3. https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-E5310-vs-Intel-Core2-Duo-E7600/m21579vsm4924

I would recommend a higher clocked dual core over lower clocked quad core. Better solution would be a higher clocked quad core like C2Q Q8400, Q9400, Q9505 or Xeon X5460, X5742 etc. They are anywhere between 13-25 $ with shipping and they will be a lot faster than Xeon E5310. Example: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-X5460-vs-Intel-Xeon-E5310/m5754vsm21579

I ultimately need the 4 cores for what I plan to do but the Xeon seemed like the cheaper route since I already have 4 on hand

 

[Durvelle27]

...and it has 4 ram slots.

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LC

True but I’ve also had boards that have 4 Slots and still only support 4GB

 

[Durvelle27]

So it’s kind of on hold now as I had to leave out of town

But the PSU sucked and need to order a new one

I actually ended up killing the power PSU