First post, by wbahnassi
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Hi guys, I have an HP Z400 workstation with a Xeon W3520 installed. I want to juice it out a bit more, so I found that the Xeon W3690 seems to be the most powerful LGA1366 processor. But I'm not sure the mobo could take it. I mean the socket is correct, but what about power/heat/BIOS? Especially that according to the HP z400 official specs, it was not one of the options:
https://support.hp.com/ca-en/document/c01709672
I don't know if they didn't list it because it wasn't out at the time or because the machine can't handle it. Any insights on whether I should take the chance or even better alternatives? I don't mind buying it anyways as long as it doesn't burn my mobo during testing 😀 As I like this machine a lot thanks to its ability to run a fully native DOS setup with sound card and floppy drives, while it is still able to push Windows 11!
Cheers!