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Originally Posted by JU_88
I think the Tyrant is suggesting you 'cheat' a little, by plonking a 1155 Xeon into a Xeon uncertified 1155 board - designed for i series chips.
If it works (and proves to be solid long term) then he may well be on to a winner, but I personally wouldnt want to chance it until it becomes a well established 'tried and tested' practice. Until it does, Im not going to be a test subject 
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I'm not cheating man, the motherboard officially supports Xeon:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Pro4/?cat=CPU
what many people fail to realize, is that workstations (especially on the "lower end" under 5000$ category) usually just use standard desktop parts.