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Anything out there?
Was wondering if there are any motherboards available which will house 2 Xeon woodcrest core cpus. Really looking for the most cpu-intensive setup for my CAD workstation without having to resort to buying a mac-Pro.
Anything out there?
Why not just grab a Kentsfield?
Workstation 1: Intel i7 950 @ 3.8Ghz / X58 / 12GB DDR3-1600 / HD4870 512MB / Antec P180
Workstation 2: Intel C2Q Q9550 @ 3.6Ghz / X38 / 4GB DDR2-800 / 8400GS 512MB / Open Air
Workstation 3: Intel Xeon X3350 @ 3.2Ghz / P35 / 4GB DDR2-800 / HD4770 512MB / Shuttle SP35P2
HTPC: AMD Athlon X4 620 @ 2.6Ghz / 780G / 4GB DDR2-1000 / Antec Mini P180 White
Mobile Workstation: Intel C2D T8300 @ 2.4Ghz / GM965 / 3GB DDR2-667 / DELL Inspiron 1525 / 6+6+9 Cell Battery
Display (Monitor): DELL Ultrasharp 2709W + DELL Ultrasharp 2001FP
Display (Projector): Epson TW-3500 1080p
Speakers: Creative Megaworks THX550 5.1
Headphones: Etymotic hf2 / Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 Pro
Storage: 8x2TB Hitachi @ DELL PERC 6/i RAID6 / 13TB Non-RAID Across 12 HDDs
Consoles: PS3 Slim 120GB / Xbox 360 Arcade 20GB / PS2
you mean 771 not 775, right?
then there's http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...=132&OrderBy=1
but i would strongly, strongly, STRONGLY recommend buying from a vendor, with a support contract, if you need a high-end workstation for work. consider companies like armari.
Intel are releasing Xeons based on the Core 2 Duo (memrom) architecture on the LGA775 platform - which I'm guessing he's referring to...
Bingo.Originally Posted by dave87
are releasing?
xeon 51xx chips (woodcrest core, based on core 2 duo) have been out for yonks
they use lga771, as per http://www.intel.com/products/proces...kprodbrief.htm
deskop chips & server chips don't use the same sockets.
The key difference being LGA775 platform versus 771. Think Opty/Athlon divide and you get the general idea.
The problem I can see is that 775 (correct me if I'm wrong) won't allow the use of ECC Ram, and as such would be nigh on useless in a Dual Processor environment?
Yeah I actually hadn't thought about that Dave. Well spotted. I was hoping to save a few bob by going down the LGA775 route. I might aswell just go with my original idea and get a conroe instead.
xeon 3xxx (lga775) is specifically designed to not do dual cpuing - much like the opteron 1xx chips
the mac pro uses woodcrest (51xx) on lga771
and as i said, nobody should build their own dual cpu machine - given the cost of bits, it's not worth having a machine without a robust support contract
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