If 6800k, then 6850k 6900k 6950x are your final choices
R2 owners still on Haswell / Hotwell can user higher 5xxx from the 1st list &/or move to 6xxx when using Bios A08 or newer (Hwell/Bwell share same socket 2011-v3 & X99 chipset) --> Give my regards to Broadwell
replace the paste they put on the CPU with Graphite reusable pad and overclick to 4.3-4.4. Works great! Dell, stop using paste! graphite pads rock. My 13R3 laptop until i dumped that you attempted to put on the CPU. You charge all this money for your system you might as well spend 10 bucks for a good pad.
Good afternoon. And tell me, I have a question for you, If you say that this motherboard supports Haswell processors and represented by Core i7. So it must AND support xeon e5-1650v3, e5-1660v3. And after the BIOS update and e5-1650v4, 1660v4. Am I understanding this correctly? The architecture is the same for Zeon and i7.
I don't know if Xeon's work or if the micro-code is injected into the Bios update to make them work, I never looked into it > Google may help, or Area-51 R2, Intel CPU compatibility?
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If 6800k, then 6850k 6900k 6950x are your final choices
R2 owners still on Haswell / Hotwell can user higher 5xxx from the 1st list &/or move to 6xxx when using Bios A08 or newer (Hwell/Bwell share same socket 2011-v3 & X99 chipset) --> Give my regards to Broadwell
zarcov
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thanks seems like this is the end of this mother board
Tesla1856
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March 10th, 2019 14:00
I don't know ... some of those CPU look pretty nice, especially if you can find a 100% functioning one for cheap.
Yeah, but MB, new CPU, new ram is gonna be pricey. Also, a lot of work and no guarantee the lights and cooling will still work.
I think my advice is the same as this:
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/Area-51-R2-upgrades-Z390-9900K-2080-Ti/m-p/7256570/highlight/true#M9091
Mainly because it's all working 100% and Intel i7-6800k is still a nice chip.
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replace the paste they put on the CPU with Graphite reusable pad and overclick to 4.3-4.4. Works great! Dell, stop using paste! graphite pads rock. My 13R3 laptop until i dumped that you attempted to put on the CPU. You charge all this money for your system you might as well spend 10 bucks for a good pad.
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Good afternoon. And tell me, I have a question for you, If you say that this motherboard supports Haswell processors and represented by Core i7. So it must AND support xeon e5-1650v3, e5-1660v3. And after the BIOS update and e5-1650v4, 1660v4. Am I understanding this correctly? The architecture is the same for Zeon and i7.
Vanadiel
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May 30th, 2023 15:00
Xeon is not supported. Requires a different socket.
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I don't know if Xeon's work or if the micro-code is injected into the Bios update to make them work, I never looked into it > Google may help, or Area-51 R2, Intel CPU compatibility?
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May 30th, 2023 22:00
Users validated Xeon cpu in Area-51 R2
Vanadiel
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May 31st, 2023 05:00
I guess they are the same sockets. I thought they were different.