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7/26/12 at 7:08pm
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This is a major deciding factor for me, because I don't know what the difference is. I'm looking at my next build revolving around a Mini ITX MoBo with a Xeon 1230V2 in it. I know the Xeon's don't OC and I'm ok with that. So I'm wondering if I should go with the H77 or Z77 purely based on the pin count of the EPS connector. Unfortunately google searching isn't finding the information so I'm feeling like a dunce asking a question I probably should know the answer to.

Edit: I should clarify. What are the additional pins used for specifically, and will 4 pin feed enough power to that processor.
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7/26/12 at 7:15pm
If you won't be overclocking, it should be fine, as the motherboard has been tested with all compatible CPUs and at stock they should all have almost the same TDP.

One thing to check on though: don't Xeons have their own chipset? (as in they have the same socket as the Core i3, i5, and i7 processors, but don't they have a chipset other than z77 ,h77 or h71? Might wanna check that first thumb.gif
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7/26/12 at 7:42pm
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I've definitely looked into it. I'm waiting to see what EVGA's ITX's support, but I know that ASRock has the Xeons supported on their motherboards and know for fact it will work on the B75 chipset. Co-worker and I nerd fest it up with random trivial things and he bought the B75 micro with the 1230V2 and he's saying that CPU is massive overkill for what he wanted.

Edit: I really suck at linear thinking.... but also the 1230V2 is an 1155 socket Xeon as well.
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