Will a Xeon X5560 CPU work with an ASUS Rampage II motherboard?

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I have some spare parts laying around and wanted to build something for a friend. I have an ASUS rampage II motherboard from a CG5290 desktop. It has a 1366 socket, the same as the Xeon X5560 2.8 ghz, which I also sourced for really cheap. But the CPU is a server CPU, and the computer is going to be used for gaming. Will the CPU still function as it's rated? Any bottlenecking issues?

MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131352
CPU: http://www.amazon.com/2-8GHz-Intel-Socket-LGA1366-SLBF4/dp/B003EI1ZG8

I already have both components so please do not suggest something better for cheaper, I need to work with what I have. Thanks!!
 
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I check the asus MB site, they don't list the Xeon X5560 in the cpu support list. https://www.asus.com/ROG-Republic-Of-Gamers/RAMPAGE_II_EXTREME/HelpDesk_CPU/ Usually you can use the server CPU on the desktop MB with the supported BIOS, you can find people use Xeon e3-1230 v3 with H97 or Z97 too.
Because both of them have the lga1366 socket, and you had both too, it does not hurt to try it out, the worst-case scenario is the pc will not boot, and nothing more. But if it can boot you will have the PC for your friend.
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In short it should work fine. The CPU uses a FCLGA 1366 socket and the motherboard uses LGA 1366. Thus the CPU will work in the motherboard. There is a change that the motherboard might not recognize the CPU, but it should still run fine. The CPU should run just fine in that motherboard and I do not think that it will bottleneck anything. I don't think you can overclock a server CPU tho if you wanted to do that.

Hope this helps :)
 
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I check the asus MB site, they don't list the Xeon X5560 in the cpu support list. https://www.asus.com/ROG-Republic-Of-Gamers/RAMPAGE_II_EXTREME/HelpDesk_CPU/ Usually you can use the server CPU on the desktop MB with the supported BIOS, you can find people use Xeon e3-1230 v3 with H97 or Z97 too.
Because both of them have the lga1366 socket, and you had both too, it does not hurt to try it out, the worst-case scenario is the pc will not boot, and nothing more. But if it can boot you will have the PC for your friend.
 
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