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Has anyone tried running E7 Xeons on regular Dual Socket 2011 boards that support E5?

Looking at things like E7-4890v2, but I don't have the funds for the huge quad socket boards. I assume it won't work, but if anyone has experience, please let me know.

On 12/8/2018 at 5:47 AM, Apfelkuchen said:

Has anyone tried running E7 Xeons on regular Dual Socket 2011 boards that support E5?

Looking at things like E7-4890v2, but I don't have the funds for the huge quad socket boards. I assume it won't work, but if anyone has experience, please let me know.

It physically a different socket lga 2011 vs lga 2011-1

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Thank you, I did some research and realized my foolishness. It seems there are some decent Dual Socket 2011-1 boards, but all of them cost around three times as much as the old 2011. RIP my cheap dreams.

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