Hi everyone,
I got a pretty old system running here and unfortunately I can't afford new one at the moment. So I was thinking to do just a small refresh until I manage to get a new PC. I mostly play games and most demanding one is Battlefield 3 where my overclocked Core2Duo E8500 doesn't do very well. I started to look for an Core2Quad and then I saw that you can mod 771 Xeon CPUs to LGA775 fairly easy. My G41M-VS3 R2.0 should support the Xeon as it supports 1333MHz FSB. Is Xeon worth the trouble of modifying the socket? Core2Quad Q9550 costs so much more than Xeon E5440 but yet both have same specs. Which one would overclock better? I would really appreciate some enlightenment here.