Will my motherboard support an Intel Xeon E5450?

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Hi, i have a Dell Inspiron 545, and i wanted to buy a new CPU to replace my Pentium Dual Core E5400. I was wondering if my motherboard will support an Intel Xeon E5450. I dont know my exact motherboard, and cant really figure out how to find it. Hopefully someone can help me. Thanks!
 
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I doubt an OEM Dell motherboard will support a Xeon processor.

On top of that, the Xeon E5450 belongs in an LGA 771 socket. The Pentium E5400 is LGA 775. These sockets are not compatible and you couldn't use the Xeon on the motherboard anyway.


You could try modding, you can alter socket and processor easily to fit LGA 771 chips.