Question Upgrades: w3530 to x5675 using the same board

Omakebon

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Hi, this is my first time dabbling on an x58/1366 platform.


A friend recently upgraded his set up from a w3530 to a Ryzen and gave me the old one; I am using it now as of the moment.
I'am planning to do a litte bit of an upgrade as to change the CPU to an x5675 which can be bought for a bargain on Aliexp.

Problem is, I know that its running on 1366 and x58 platform but the board included that my friend has was under an Acer g7710- as suggested by Aida64 bench. Would the x5675 work with the same board as its running still on the same socket, or do I need to get a new x58 board? I haven't found any deals locally which is under a low cost and I'm under a tight budget as well.

I don't plan to have any oveclocking as well as I think the 3.06ghz the x5675 has is sufficient to what I do- I work at home and do just some light gaming from time to time.

Anyone, please help?
 
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