Hello     Yes, you will need to make sure the iDRAC and system BIOS are up-to-date to support the 5600 series CPUs. Your system will support 5600 series CPUs that are less than 130w. You can find out more information in the Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processors--Information Update in the manual section of the R610 support page. www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/poweredge-r610/manuals Thanks
Sorry if it's around and I missed it but I have not been able to find a 100% definite answer to my question. I have a Revision 1 R610 with a single E5502. I want to jump it up as far as I can (within price reason...) I know the V1 mobo can't run any of the 130W Xeons, but I find conflicting documentation as to whether it can run 80/95W 6-core X56's. Can I use a couple of X5675's or X5670's? if not, what ARE the best processors I can jam into a V1 mobo? X5667's?*EDITED* sry, botched some nomenclature.
Best Processors for PE-R610 Gen1?