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 Post subject: xeon Motherboards
PostPosted: Sat Apr 18, 2026 7:37 pm 

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I am prepping a very large shipment of lower value motherboards and have run into a conundrum. I have a number of motherboards from workstations and specialized networking equipment that had Xeon processors. They look more like I-series boards as far as the quality and density of chips, but they do have the candy cane lever and a lot more gold plated slots (ram etc). In the spirit of the category and based on Chris' videos explaining why I-series are lower value, I was about to toss them in I-series but, there are two posts in the "what is it" forum regarding this and the responants concluded that they are the higher value non-Iseries metal socket, but also noted that the same motherboard can have an I-series or Xeon series socket, and indeed I have seen this. I am not interested in cheating or sneaking something through, but also want to get highest value, so my Question:

Do we have a firm opinion on what category for Xeon socket Mobos go?


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 Post subject: Re: xeon Motherboards
PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2026 1:04 am 

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Pictures? if you want to be certain.

Xeon are not I series CPUS.
Xeon as you've pointed out tend to be on higher end systems with more gold.
Candy cane lever on them?

All this sounds like metal socket not I series to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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 Post subject: Re: xeon Motherboards
PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2026 2:45 pm 
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Slot sockets are large socket
Pin sockets are small plastic socket

The metal ones are both metal and I series
Metal sockets need a photo to know for sure

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2026 9:59 am 
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Multi would be the same as above just multi.

Laptop boards would go as such.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 7:20 pm 

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Lost, single socket motherboard with Xeon CPU?

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2026 12:09 am 

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Candy cane lever, perfect square = Metal Socket No I-Series MB
Fish hook lever or AM/FM = I-Series and AMD AM/FM Socket MB

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