Intel Xeon 5150 is now $8

For those in the UK (where this offer is unavailable), the below may be of interest.<p><a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Xeon-Processor-5150-4M-Cache-2-66-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB-771-PRO-SL9RU-/300894015125?pt=UK_Computing_CPUs_Processors&#38;hash=item460eae4e95" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Xeon-Processor-5150-4M-Cache...</a><p>£1.99 + £1.50 P+P UK mainland.

well its 7 years old and has quite a massive power consumption compared to its speed by todays standards.

Bought two (from another seller as the ones linked weren't available). I have a 2006 2GHz Mac Pro; These will drop right in and extend its life a bit more. I mostly use it as a Boot Camp machine for Windows games these days so it'll make a big difference. Thanks for posting.

Price mistakes happen all the time and your orders get cancelled...

I never thought about upgrading the CPU in an old machine... That's the main bottleneck in my gaming machine. <i>trawls eBay for cheap LGA775s</i>

They're (almost) half that on eBay[0].<p>0. <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/271196427487" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/271196427487</a>

Bought two! One for me and one for my homies.