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FluxMaven

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Nov 16, 2011
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Is it possible to just swap one dual core woodcrest for a X5355 Clovertown and run the machine as a 6 core? I was just wondering because I saw a seller on eBay with a single X5355 for cheap and thought maybe it would work...
 
Is it possible to just swap one dual core woodcrest for a X5355 Clovertown and run the machine as a 6 core? I was just wondering because I saw a seller on eBay with a single X5355 for cheap and thought maybe it would work...

No, the processors have to be a matched pair.
 
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