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<blockquote data-quote="nclr11111" data-source="post: 602768" data-attributes="member: 51">As long as you have the 1366 mobo i can´t see why you couldn´t? You live in europe and so do i. I ordered the CPU from UK for ~$105 and had some luck with the PSU which i got for a good price from a dude who had´nt read the specs before buying on discount (no refund).The rest is, as stated, closet stuff. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite116" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />But the real upgrade was from an I7 950 to the Xeon X5680. The 2500 system i gave to my son...There are &quot;cheap&quot; Xeons on Ebay for almost any socket from s775-s2011 V3, just do a bit of research to make sure your mobo supports it (might need a BIOS upgrade though) and your good to go. But don´t check the manufactors HP. Use <a href="http://www.pc-specs.com/pc-custom-builder/mobo" target="_blank">this site</a> instead since many supported cpu´s are not officially listed.My mobo doesn´t support any Xeon´s......officially..... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite110" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="nclr11111, post: 602768, member: 51"] As long as you have the 1366 mobo i can´t see why you couldn´t? You live in europe and so do i. I ordered the CPU from UK for ~$105 and had some luck with the PSU which i got for a good price from a dude who had´nt read the specs before buying on discount (no refund). The rest is, as stated, closet stuff. :D But the real upgrade was from an I7 950 to the Xeon X5680. The 2500 system i gave to my son... There are "cheap" Xeons on Ebay for almost any socket from s775-s2011 V3, just do a bit of research to make sure your mobo supports it (might need a BIOS upgrade though) and your good to go. But don´t check the manufactors HP. Use [URL='http://www.pc-specs.com/pc-custom-builder/mobo']this site[/URL] instead since many supported cpu´s are not officially listed. My mobo doesn´t support any Xeon´s......officially..... ;) [/QUOTE]

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