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8x Xeon Motherboard

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Where can I find a motherboard that supports 8x P3 Xeons?
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Largest I ever heard of such a system is in a quad (Thats four processors, in-case you're reading this post Mobius. Wouldn't want you to get confused with strange words after all. ;)) config. To my knowlege, there are no motherboards that support eight processors.
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IBM and Compaq both offer systems using the profusion chipset that allow for 8 xeons, I dont want an entire system, just a board
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what on earth are you going to do with a system like that, and how much money do you have? Send me some money while you are wasting it on xeons. lol!
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Xeons are pretty cheap when they are only 667MHz
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What the hell are you going to do on an 8x Xeon machine? The only thing I can see would be rendering/folding/number crunching.

If it's for realtime rendering (gaming, etc) then it's not worth it cause you don't have SSE2 instructions or fast enough memory access.

If it's for a server, you're better off getting two machines and load-balancing them.
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Im hoping to use it as a space warmer right now
(seriously)
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Post by fliptw »

electric floor heaters are much cheaper than an 8-way Xeon rig.
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Post by KompresZor »

This should keep your toes warm :)
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I just want the motherboard
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fliptw wrote:electric floor heaters are much cheaper than an 8-way Xeon rig.
Not to mention FAR more efficient.
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Post by Aggressor Prime »

If you want a heater, Prescotts are your best bet.
Why do you want more CPUs? You already have 2 2800s.
If you want them for SETI, don't waste your money on a MP board. They cost $1000 and up. And MP chips cost even more. Plus, if they are not AMD, they will be very slow when it comes to memory bandwidth. Get a DP board with dual core 1.8GHz Opteron CPUs for only $1655 in all.

Oh, and AMD has the only 8-way consumer solution right now. They are moving to 32-way for 2006.

I see you have already ordered 2 Xeon Slot2 667MHz from eBay. If that is all you ordered, may I recommend this motherboard.

If you have ordered 4, get this one.

If you have ordered 8, get those 2 and this one.

Buying old or used parts lowers the probability that those products will still work or will work much longer.
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