Published on August 26, 2008 By Richard Mohler In Personal Computing

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


Comments
on Aug 26, 2008
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.
on Aug 26, 2008
You need a server class motherboard. Tad more expensive than your average desktop motherboard.
on Aug 26, 2008
Thanks guys, that's all I really wanted to know...