So I go a x5650 off ebay had a i7 920, when I put the x5650 in on a fresh install of windows I installed chrome wouldn't open and was getting lines on my screen thought it was the video card tried diff video card same thing change back to my i7 920 and everything is fine again is the xeon I got junk?
What motherboard? Did your bios have proper latest microcodes?
>>55278573
Sabertooth X58 BIOS 1402
And its running fine now with the i7 i didn't think cpus could cause artifacts...
>>55278793
Well it has a built in iGPU right? And you got it off ebay... Possible that just the GPU part of the CPU crapped out?
>>55278806
No no igpu
>>55278913
Liar
Wait that's right, xeons are like i7's without the GPU...
Shit dude dunno what to tell you. Test another mobo if you can