Will Alienware 07JNH0 support xeon E5 2690 v1 or even a 2690 v2?

[HitManHey]

Wanting to swap out my i7 3930K for the best cpu my motherboard can take (Alienware 07JNH0 LGA 2011) as I can't be bothered, and afford, a brand new build so wanting to keep everything in my current build but upgrade the cpu. I was thinking of the E5 2690 v1 or even E5 2690 v2.
I mostly use my pc for rendering and video editing with Vegas Pro. I do a moderate amount of gaming @ 1080 but gaming is not my priority.
Any help or advice much appreciated.
Build:
i7 3930K
GTX 690
32 gig ram
Samsung evo SSD (250gb)
Kingstone 750 SSD
3x1 gb hard drives
Alienware 07JNH0 Motherboard (07 bio version)

 

[COLGeek]

While I can't confirm, I would imagine that Dell's very locked down BIOS will not support any Xeon CPUs. Have you posed this question directly to Dell?

 

[rgd1101]

Dell support have this
https://community.dell.com/message/60604

 

[delaro]

i7-4960X Six Core Extreme Edition and Xeon CPU E5-2680 are the highest I have seen any benchmarks on, you may want to call and find out what the max is since finding a support list or complete service manual is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

 

[HitManHey]

While I can't confirm, I would imagine that Dell's very locked down BIOS will not support any Xeon CPUs. Have you posed this question directly to Dell?

Thanks. Yeah Dells BIOS is what is worrying me. I can't even overclock my 3930K due to Dell gimping the BIOS. The only option to overclock is to pay Dell $100 to do it for me.

 

[HitManHey]

i7-4960X Six Core Extreme Edition and Xeon CPU E5-2680 are the highest I have seen any benchmarks on, you may want to call and find out what the max is since finding a support list or complete service manual is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"finding a support list or complete service manual is like looking for a needle in a haystack." Yeah, that's pretty much why I resorted to Toms Hardware. And Youtube is virtually useless if you want anything other than gaming performance regarding cpu performance.
3930k to a 4960x isn't the big upgrade I was looking for but might play it safe and just shove a 4960x in, but it's a bit of a waste seeing as I can't overclock the 4960x on the mobo I have.
The E5 2680 is virtually the same as the 2690 (both 8 core) but slightly under clocked. Should be able to use a 2690 if people have used 2680's.
Just not sure if the Xeon 2690 is better than the 4960x... Xeon 2690=2 extra cores but 2.9GHz compaired to 4960x 6 cores but @3.6 Ghz.
The Xeon 2690 v2 (10 cores @3.0GHz) looks promising and have seen them for as low as $450... might try that, buy a new mobo for it and gut my Alienware Aurora R4.
Thanks.

 

[HitManHey]

Dell support have this
https://community.dell.com/message/60604

Thanks.
Doesn't mention Xeons in that list... doesn't mention the i7 3970x either, which I find strange.

 

[gamay_utin]

I can confirm that the motherboard Alienware 07JNH0 (Aurora R4) does support the xeon E5-2690 v1.

With turbo boost on, it does 3.2-3.3 ghz on all 8 cores at full load (Cruncher or Intelburn).
Lighter loads are from 3.5-3.7 ghz.

CINEBENCH R15 : 1154 to 1163
Temps are < 60 Celsius using intelburn @ very high RAM settings x 15 cycles ((Scythe Ninja 4 heatsink)
Bios A11