Opteron 144 (Socket 940) What mobo? :S Stuck...

Solarius · 21 Oct 2008 at 12:59

Hey guys,

I have an Opteron 144 (But the 940 pin socket version)
and to start off with have bought just 512mb ECC Registered Ram.....

Problem is.... I cant find a single socket motherboard that will take
this single opteron...

I can find a wealth of DUAL socket motherboards intended for the (246, 248 opterons etc) which are designed to work aside each other but cannot find myself a board which will suit my processor.

Please can you help

Will VERY VERY much appreciate it....
(p.s, I realise I will be looking at 2nd hand stuff most likely due to age of parts, but any info or help would be grand)

Sol

nightmare99 · 21 Oct 2008 at 13:15

Are you sure its not a 939? Thought the 1xx were for single socket only.

Solarius · 21 Oct 2008 at 13:18

100% Sure it is a Opteron 144 (Socket 940) mate

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The info about my processor is here:
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD-Opteron 144 - OSA144CEP5AT (OSA144ATBOX).html

Just need to find a mobo to work with it now

Emlyn_Dewar · 21 Oct 2008 at 16:00

I think you'll have to ebay to find what you're looking for... Unfortunately plenty of listings have AM2 boards down as S940.

Some competitors have recent 940 boards but for the price you're paying, you could build a complete base unit that would demolish a 144.

Solarius · 21 Oct 2008 at 19:31

Thanks for the replies guys.
Looks like I will have to continue hunting then on the 'bay.

Did think that I could have bought a faster machine than what I will create with this 144 for the money... Oh well

. Bought the sodding thing now... :S

Cheers

ns400r · 21 Oct 2008 at 19:48

Wasn't the 940 pin CPU originally destined for servers only, hence the dual motherboards you've seen. later altered to 939 and used the desktop CPU cores.