dual socket i7 mobo?

kerrgreg

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im looking for a i7 dual cpu mobo what options do i have? idealy i want to be able to overclock with it and run 2-4 gpus from it

ive had a quick look and found that asus may have released one and i remeber reading about a non overclocking one in cpc i cant search properly at the min cos im at work but that options do i have please

thanks
 
Dual socket boards will almost all be server boards. So ecc ram and no overclocking for you. The Asus atx one is the only thing I've seen, but I don't think it's available yet.

What on earth do you have in mind for this? Nothing I can think of that would benefit from two i7 chips would want multiple graphics cards, unless folding in which case this is about the worst ppd per £ possible
 
Dual cpu systems can offer the best bang for buck at the higher end.

That Z8NA-D6 board can run standard memory or eec, however it cant use i7 processors it must use the newer Xeon 5500 series chips, which luckily are not too far off the equivalent i7 prices, at least at the cheaper end.

OC'ing will be very limited or not possible with the asus Z8NA, it is available now and costs around the same as a enthusiast i7 board.

Any graphical / 3d / video / mathematical / engineering users will happily use the power.
 
the asus is the only oc ing board i have seen, there are a few server boards avaliable that have two x16 pcie slots unlike the asus whitch i think is one x16 and one at x 8.
 
Intel's effort, it's not atx and you won't be overclocking this one either.

As an engineering user I would love one, the problem I hit was that a 4ghz i7 probably isn't far off the speed of two 2.66ghz nehalem chips. I don't think the price justifies the performance improvement when overclocking a single chip is thrown into the mix
 
most are etx not atx asus has the only atx offering. Got to say for the home user-gamer dual socket i7 seams a bit point less unless you are a serious cruncher. Not to mention the cooling that would be required to oc two i7 they do throw out a lot of heat.
 
well i use the pc for lots of bit including VM's network nad internet simulation via opnet and gaming and everything else inbetween

ETX isnt an issue as i think my case can take etx i will check

thanks for your input so far i will go looking over those links now.
 
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or get this already
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32 slots ddr3 ;D
 
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