Installing a Xeon dual or quad spec CPU into a single CPU system

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Dave McCave

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Hello all!
This is my first post. Forgive me if this has been covered before:

Can I install a Xeon processor from a dual or quad CPU server into a single processor workstation? For example, I have obtained a server with a pair of Xeon e5-2697v2 12-core cpus and I'd like to install just one of them into a single processor workstation that has a 6-core Xeon e5-1650v2 to double the core count.

Please let me know if you think this should work.

Thanks!
 
Yes. Multi-processor capable CPU's have no requirement to be run in pairs or in groups.
 
The opposite isn't always true though. That is, if your "system" has dual sockets, sometimes you can't just merrily add the 2nd processor without something extra (like a VRM module). Just adding info for those that wonder about such things.
 
Some of the 4-socket CPUs have a different package so they won't work but the dual and single socket ones are the same so it will work.
 
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