lga

Hi. I'm building a hackintosh for the first time and I'm planning to use a motherboard that has a 2011 CPU socket. I was wondering if a LGA 2011 socket and a LGA 2011-v3 CPU socket is the same thing or not? Can a LGA 2011-v3 CPU go in a LGA 2011 socket?

Hi all, I've got an old Blue Orb 2 lying around gathering dust. My hackintosh shopping has dried up my budget so buying a new cooler is out of question. I thought if it fits into my i5 3550 CPU with minimal or no modifications, then why not! It was used for my old AMD 939 socket CPU and it's...