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Modding my computer! Please help? :)
Alright, so I'm trusting that more than one person will reply to me this time -- my last thread had only one reply and it has been up for months. Anyway, I have a Dell Optiplex 755 USFF, and I'm looking to mod it a little. So I know that you can get LGA771-compatible Xeons and mod them with a little sticker thingy to make them work in LGA775 motherboards. Well, that's what I'm looking to do. The computer I have does have an LGA775 motherboard, so I want to buy a Quad Core 3.0GHz 12M L2 Cache processor along with the sticker mod to put in my computer.

Although, I do have a few problems: Will it work with the BIOS I have (I believe it is Dell's A22, if not I will upgrade to that), and will the power supply (the only PSU you can get for this is an external 180 watt, I believe) suffice? If the BIOS won't work, can someone either mod one for me to work with it, or can you tell me a way to mod the BIOS, or download some kind of other BIOS or something? And.. if the PSU won't suffice, it just probably won't. Dunno how I would change that. Also, I don't know if the TDP will work out, although I do know that Xeons aren't supposed to get that hot. It is a fairly small but around average-sized heatsink, although I have been thinking about also adding an extra fan to this (I also am putting an acrylic window in the side panel of this, I already have some purple LEDs in it :lol: ). And I also plan to put Yosemite on it (I would have it double-booted with Windows 7, which I already have on here).

So yeah, I'm modding this thing a lot. But I just want you guys to answer those things about the processor, TDP, PSU, and BIOS (and if you want, tell me how to make it a Hackintosh).

Thanks


UPDATE: I did a PSU calculator thing, and it said that the minimum PSU wattage should be about 166W.
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October 13, 2014 11:19:36 PM

tetsuya23 said:
MU4L said:
Alright, so I'm trusting that more than one person will reply to me this time -- my last thread had only one reply and it has been up for months. Anyway, I have a Dell Optiplex 755 USFF, and I'm looking to mod it a little. So I know that you can get LGA771-compatible Xeons and mod them with a little sticker thingy to make them work in LGA775 motherboards. Well, that's what I'm looking to do. The computer I have does have an LGA775 motherboard, so I want to buy a Quad Core 3.0GHz 12M L2 Cache processor along with the sticker mod to put in my computer.

Although, I do have a few problems: Will it work with the BIOS I have (I believe it is Dell's A22, if not I will upgrade to that), and will the power supply (the only PSU you can get for this is an external 180 watt, I believe) suffice? If the BIOS won't work, can someone either mod one for me to work with it, or can you tell me a way to mod the BIOS, or download some kind of other BIOS or something? And.. if the PSU won't suffice, it just probably won't. Dunno how I would change that. Also, I don't know if the TDP will work out, although I do know that Xeons aren't supposed to get that hot. It is a fairly small but around average-sized heatsink, although I have been thinking about also adding an extra fan to this (I also am putting an acrylic window in the side panel of this, I already have some purple LEDs in it :lol: ). And I also plan to put Yosemite on it (I would have it double-booted with Windows 7, which I already have on here).

So yeah, I'm modding this thing a lot. But I just want you guys to answer those things about the processor, TDP, PSU, and BIOS (and if you want, tell me how to make it a Hackintosh).

Thanks


UPDATE: I did a PSU calculator thing, and it said that the minimum PSU wattage should be about 166W.


Its because the way you talk in the post, sounds like you already know your stuff which end up not getting any replies. And the more obvious which is, with the technology at hand, not much people are in for modding older cpu's :p .

Also you did not seem to use google :p  just saying.

Check : http://www.delidded.com/lga-771-to-775-adapter/ (found it within 1 minute after finishing reading the wall of text. Everything is in there) .

You also have to take into consideration that now a days not alot of people mod the older cpu's specially when they can buy the parts through the money they earn from work. And or they need the latest hardware to play the latest games. Or just have no time to do Mods. Just saying.

Side Panel Mod : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpZoE-zj0-k&feature=plc...

Bios Hack : Try google

Hackintosh: http://www.hackintosh.com/ <--everything you need to know

TDP : you should be able to mod a heatsink or get a Hyper 212 Evo and just mod a bracket for it

I can clearly see what you are trying to do (not related to the actual build :p ).
Normally this type of questions would probably fit a "Modding" section which Toms doesn't have.


YES! Finally an answer! Thank you sir!!

Yes, I did use Google, and I have looked up the bios mod, Hackintosh, and the adapter, what I want is opinions and if these things will work with this specific computer. Also, I ripped a huge heatsink out of a PMG4 that could probably even work without fans.. And, I already got the window cut :) . Looks pretty cool. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply! (BTW enjoy your i5 :D )
October 13, 2014 6:31:41 PM

MU4L said:
Alright, so I'm trusting that more than one person will reply to me this time -- my last thread had only one reply and it has been up for months. Anyway, I have a Dell Optiplex 755 USFF, and I'm looking to mod it a little. So I know that you can get LGA771-compatible Xeons and mod them with a little sticker thingy to make them work in LGA775 motherboards. Well, that's what I'm looking to do. The computer I have does have an LGA775 motherboard, so I want to buy a Quad Core 3.0GHz 12M L2 Cache processor along with the sticker mod to put in my computer.

Although, I do have a few problems: Will it work with the BIOS I have (I believe it is Dell's A22, if not I will upgrade to that), and will the power supply (the only PSU you can get for this is an external 180 watt, I believe) suffice? If the BIOS won't work, can someone either mod one for me to work with it, or can you tell me a way to mod the BIOS, or download some kind of other BIOS or something? And.. if the PSU won't suffice, it just probably won't. Dunno how I would change that. Also, I don't know if the TDP will work out, although I do know that Xeons aren't supposed to get that hot. It is a fairly small but around average-sized heatsink, although I have been thinking about also adding an extra fan to this (I also am putting an acrylic window in the side panel of this, I already have some purple LEDs in it :lol: ). And I also plan to put Yosemite on it (I would have it double-booted with Windows 7, which I already have on here).

So yeah, I'm modding this thing a lot. But I just want you guys to answer those things about the processor, TDP, PSU, and BIOS (and if you want, tell me how to make it a Hackintosh).

Thanks


UPDATE: I did a PSU calculator thing, and it said that the minimum PSU wattage should be about 166W.


Its because the way you talk in the post, sounds like you already know your stuff which end up not getting any replies. And the more obvious which is, with the technology at hand, not much people are in for modding older cpu's :p .

Also you did not seem to use google :p  just saying.

Check : http://www.delidded.com/lga-771-to-775-adapter/ (found it within 1 minute after finishing reading the wall of text. Everything is in there) .

You also have to take into consideration that now a days not alot of people mod the older cpu's specially when they can buy the parts through the money they earn from work. And or they need the latest hardware to play the latest games. Or just have no time to do Mods. Just saying.

Side Panel Mod : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpZoE-zj0-k&feature=plc...

Bios Hack : Try google

Hackintosh: http://www.hackintosh.com/ <--everything you need to know

TDP : you should be able to mod a heatsink or get a Hyper 212 Evo and just mod a bracket for it

I can clearly see what you are trying to do (not related to the actual build :p ).
Normally this type of questions would probably fit a "Modding" section which Toms doesn't have.
October 13, 2014 6:17:19 PM

AND.. almost two weeks, thirteen tags, two bumps, and an organization of the post later, no replies. I'm never going to post on this website again unless I get an answer soon to change my mind. Don't know what the problem is here.
October 11, 2014 2:11:57 AM

sparestuff said:
Have you tried google? Have a long search and THEN bump if no one is answering your question.


Yeah, I've googled this forever. And I bumped twice :( 
October 10, 2014 11:24:41 PM

Have you tried google? Have a long search and THEN bump if no one is answering your question.
October 10, 2014 10:47:32 PM

darkbreeze said:
No problem. I'd offer you some help with your issue but unfortunately I'm not really familiar with the scenario you've got going there so I don't want to give you any bad info. Somebody should be along that knows more on this issue though.


SEE WHAT I MEAN?!? Waited over a week, bumped it twice, tagged the h3ll out of it, and even organized it with paragraphs to make it more readable. No replies.
October 8, 2014 5:07:56 AM

BUMP!
October 5, 2014 6:07:26 PM

Hello, anybody want to help me? :) 
October 4, 2014 1:51:20 AM

darkbreeze said:
No problem. I'd offer you some help with your issue but unfortunately I'm not really familiar with the scenario you've got going there so I don't want to give you any bad info. Somebody should be along that knows more on this issue though.

Yeah, hopefully :pt1cable: 
a b ) Power supply
a b à CPUs
October 4, 2014 1:03:57 AM

No problem. I'd offer you some help with your issue but unfortunately I'm not really familiar with the scenario you've got going there so I don't want to give you any bad info. Somebody should be along that knows more on this issue though.

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