Decent Dual socket 771 ?

[Rastalovich]

Thinking of a working project, something along the lines of twin xeons.

Would of course like the mobo to be clockable to a fair extent, and would like pcie2.0 (not 1.1) - and a UK purchase.

No special ram requirements please.

How the heck to u oc with 2 physical cpus anyway ?

Meh, appreciate any links and discussions.

 

[Rastalovich]

Is it cos they`re a bit of an unknown entity to enthusiasts as they`re mainly server boards ?

Was wondering also with the sockets. Does a 771 work in a 775 or vice-versa (guess I could wiki that tbh) ?

Also do the 2 cpus have to be the same ?

 

[Mr. Smith]

771 won't work in 775 even though the pins are pretty much the same.

From what I see you need 2 identical cpu's... TBH, XS will have all the answers...

PM Movieman, he'll be happy to help, I think you don't even have to be a member...

 

[Rastalovich]

I`ll check em out.

I mean u don`t necessarily need to break the bank to buy a xeon, that tbh *look* like it`d clock decently (obviously having not tried one of these mobos, I don`t know for sure)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117151

 

[Ham]

Skull taril is pretty much the only real option isn't it? Few OC features built in to that.

As for OCing it works the same as normal as far as i can remember. Read something on it a while ago.

Just watch out for FB-Dimm needing mobos when it comes to modern dual CPU boards.

 

[Mr. Smith]

Other dual mobos OC iirc, and yup, skulltrail uses fb dims = uber expensive!

 

[Rastalovich]

Yeah I seen an intel one with pcie 1.1 and not the memory I want to use, for obvious reasons.

 

[Rastalovich]

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/productinfo.asp?WebProductID=813394

This with regular memory ?

 

[Pseudonym]

That is one sexy board. Do i read that it will take two quads? That would be sweet. Takes x-fore and SLI as well, you could double up everything.

Oh, it has a warning for overclockers,

"Please note this motherboard has 2 x 8 pin ATX connections. If you intend to do some overclocking, it is recommended to connect both of these for stability"

 

[Rastalovich]

Sounds good doesn`t it.

What problems are the memory going to cause anyways ? (1g ~ £35, cheapo @ Scan)