I have been checking out a YouTube site PhilsComputerLab, he reviews modern and retro computer equipment with a focus on gaming. He's getting very good performance from Chinese motherboards using Xeon E5 CPUs with DDR3 ECC Server Ram. These are sold on Aliexpress but I also see some on Ebay and even some Computer chains in North America are now selling them. The main market for this equipment is Russia, Australia and South America. One attraction is pricing. You can buy a complete kit with CPU, 16 GB Ram and the new motherboard for about $100 USD. The other is cheap or free delivery. Phil himself lives in a remote part of Australia. In areas where there are no computer stores this is a real benefit.
Some sellers are offering new Socket 775 boards with jumpers enabling you to run either socket 771 or socket 775 without any CPU mods for $50. These boards run DDR3 memory.
Name brand Used socket 775 boards that will run Quad Core CPUs are expensive in these markets, and judging from Ebay, they are still expensive in North America too.
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Some sellers are offering new Socket 775 boards with jumpers enabling you to run either socket 771 or socket 775 without any CPU mods for $50. These boards run DDR3 memory.
Name brand Used socket 775 boards that will run Quad Core CPUs are expensive in these markets, and judging from Ebay, they are still expensive in North America too.
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