Wisdom of a 771/775 LGA adapter

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Norm X

Hi,

I've been lusting after an Intel quad core upgrade for my Win7-64 PC. I have
not seen any downward price change for new or used parts. However, on eBay,
now I see marketers selling "better & cheaper" LGA 771 quads with an 771/775
adapter for the desktop market. Any ideas regarding potential problems? I
have no idea of height or board or if it will impact cooler/fan. Intel makes
the adapter. There seem to be tiny capacitors everywhere. See:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-Core-2...1050360386?pt=CPUs&hash=item43c3f40e42&_uhb=1
 
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Jon Danniken

Hi,

I've been lusting after an Intel quad core upgrade for my Win7-64 PC. I have
not seen any downward price change for new or used parts. However, on eBay,
now I see marketers selling "better & cheaper" LGA 771 quads with an 771/775
adapter for the desktop market. Any ideas regarding potential problems? I
have no idea of height or board or if it will impact cooler/fan. Intel makes
the adapter. There seem to be tiny capacitors everywhere. See:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-Core-2...1050360386?pt=CPUs&hash=item43c3f40e42&_uhb=1
Click to expand...

I haven't done it (yet?) myself, but a good number of people have had
success with it. Here's one long thread on oc/net detailing some of
their experiences:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1431723/mod-lga775-support-for-lga771-xeon-cpus

I think my main concern would be how to cool a chip with twice the TDP
of the chip it is replacing, which I would assume would require a better
heatsink/fan.

Jon
 
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