Can the EVGA X79 FTW use the Intel XEON CPU for LGA2011 socket ?

tonschk · 27 Aug 2012 at 10:45

Can somebody please tell me if the EVGA X79 FTW motherboard can use the Intel XEON CPU for LGA2011 socket ? , thank you for the answer .

Mr. May · 27 Aug 2012 at 11:43

It should do but would be totally pointless as the xeon 2011 chips dont support overclocking at all.

8 Pack · 27 Aug 2012 at 11:53

Pointless?? 8 Cores 16 threads at around 4ghz for video etc is not pointless.

tonschk · 27 Aug 2012 at 12:00

Thank you for the answer, (I never overclock CPU or GPU) , I am asking this because apparently there are a much wider range of XEON (LGA2011 socket) processors available in comparison with the few (three) available Sandy-bridge-E CPU

8 Pack · 27 Aug 2012 at 12:24

Xeons that offer better performance without clocking are very expensive. Just so you know.

tonschk · 28 Aug 2012 at 20:48

After consider the different possibilities, I think I will go with the cheapest Intel SandyBridge-E , thank you very much for your help .

8 Pack · 29 Aug 2012 at 09:27

The 3820 is a great chip I am sure you will build a great system based around it on X79.