I need to read more, the guy listed the CPU under lga1156, but it says 1366 in the title.
So for my birthday my uncle is giving me his old computer, which I plan on upgrading. I have looked for many CPUs, mostly i7s, but then I noticed cheap Intel Xeons. I don't know whether they require a special type of server motherboard or what. My current specs are as follow:
Cpu: Intel Core i3-550
Graphics card: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6570
I do not know any other important specs (motherboard etc), for all he told me when I asked were the CPU, graphics, ram, hard drive, and disk drive. I do know that the motherboard is LGA 1156, for that's the socket of the i3 550.
Here is a link to the CPU I'm looking at:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-X5660-2-8GHz-12M-LGA1366-SLBV6-95watt-Six-Core-CPU-/192188869020?hash=item2cbf59699c:g:0XEAAOSwlMFZKIB2
I am also looking at this i7:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i7-860-2-8GHz-Quad-Core-Desktop-CPU-Processor-8M-2-5GT-LGA1156-SLBJJ-/332237979944?hash=item4d5aed4128:g:I7UAAOSwEHpZKJOw

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