Intel Xeon X3430

Genki PhD

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Im trying to do a build with a Xeon X3430 but not sure what mother board im suppose to use, on ebay it states that the cpu uses LGA 1156 socket, but i went to pc-specs.com and it only displayed LGA 1366 socket motherboards (I had compatibilityfilter on/also pcpartpicker didnt have
the information i needed) I did find this motherboard http://www.ebay.com/itm/282102413753 im not sure if that would work. If not can someone find me a compatible motherboard around the same price range, im trying to do a build similar to the one in this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lL-qgZvVbs
 


unless you already have the cpu, I would suggest just going with a newer platform as mother boards cost at least 100$ usally for that socket and your cpu uses socket lga 1156. which honestly isn't worth it as you could spend 150-180 and just get an lga 1150 mother and a i5 cpu together for that price.
 


http://www.ebay.com/itm/282102413753 this motherboard is less than 30, im not really looking to do any other fancy things, im just gonna have a basic build with a 950 or maybe 1050 ti, my questions is if that mobo i linked is gonna work for that xeon, it is lga 1156 but not sure if i need a server mobo or if this one is fine.