- Intel Xeon 5140 series Socket LGA771 Original CPU Cooler Only.

today we're going to take a look at how you can make an LGA 771 CPU fitting an LGA 775 motherboard welcome back to tech yet City this is Bryan coming to you guys today with an interesting video this is called the LGA 771 mod and it's essentially where you cut off two little things in your motherboard pin socket and then you also put some tape over the CPU and then you can now have a cheap LGA 771 Xeon CPU working in your LGA 775 motherboard and now the benefits that come out of this is obviously you're getting a good xeon bin chip it's going to overclock really well and in most cases is going to be a lot cheaper than the q95 50 or 96 50 so quickly going through the components and equipment needed in this mod you'll need your Zeon 771 chip you'll also need some little stickers which will allow this mod to be possible these costs around a dollar each I managed to pick up five of them for