Need a 4-core socket 775 LGA processor ...

[petrusbroder]

Does anybody have a socket 775 LGA Core 2 Quad processor in his/her storage/box/etc to send to a new home in Sweden? ()

My trusty old Q9550 is slowly quitting on my; and this computer is my main back-up server with several terabytes of pics and docs on a RAID-array. I suspect that the CPU will quit within a few days. I don't dare to upgrade to an other mobo/operating system before I've backed up the RAID-array and I don't have sufficient external storage to do so (need at least 8 TB).
I have started but I need to buy one more external HDD and but it takes time through a USB-2 connection ... :biggrin:

If it crashes on me I need to replace the CPU to complete the operation ... The RAID-controller is so old that there are no drivers for Win 7 or Win 8 around and I don't dare to put the controller on an other mobo since there is a very real risk of the raid array being erased and rebuilt. I have all the data on tape --- but that would take a week to restore ...

BTW, the Q9550 has been crunching 24/7 since 2009 - that is for 5 years and 4 months ... for more than 46 000 hours, 8 hours unplanned downtime (PSU-problem) and less than 24 hours planned down time.

Of course I'll pay for any shipping, customs etc ... but I can not find any such processor for sale in Sweden!

 

[geecee]

I think I've got an old P4 socket 775 CPU, but that's not even dual core, and not sure if that will help you.

I see some socket 775 Q6600, Q6700 and Xeon cpus on ebay for $25-30. Can you mb handle any of those? I could always ship to my home and then ship it out to you, assuming they only ship to US addresses.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

I have been giving stuff away like crazy, but I will see what I have left.

 

[petrusbroder]

Thanks team-mates, I am looking around too.
As far as I can see any fitting processor would do, since I only need to make an extra back-up of the RAID-array in case there is a problem when I put it into an other computer.

 

[Assimilator1]

I've got a spare E5200 lying around (it overclocks to 3.6 GHz btw ), it's only dual core but that would be good enough for just doing a backup wouldn't it?
I see on ebay it's only worth £1! So you can have it for just the shipping

Failing that, at least here in the UK their are tons of S775 quad cores on ebay.

Btw how do you know it's the CPU dieing & not the mbrd? Would be unusual......

 

[petrusbroder]

Quite simple:
CPU-z shows that only 2 or 3 cores are working when the computer is idle and at approx 45ºC (should be 4 cores) - depending on situation. When I move the CPU to an other mobo CPU-z shows exactly the same ...
In certain BOINC CPU-projects the CPU throws a lot of computation errors when running on two different mobos.
Stress testing the CPU in two different mobos throws the same errors.

Looks quite logical.

I have 60% of the RAID-array backed up now. The rest will be done by tomorrow evening and then the situation is solved ...

 

[TennesseeTony]

Fingers crossed and wishing you the best on getting everything backed up before the CPU dies!

 

[Assimilator1]

Petrus
Yep you've covered all angles it seems!

LMK if you want my E5200.