Intel Xeon Question

[Aaron]

Right, so I am starting to work out the details of my upcoming workstation build and this being my first venture out of the pre-built workstations and into the building world I'm sure I'll have a bunch of noob questions... so I apologize in advance.

I am wanting to use the ASUS Z9PE-D8 ws motherboard but I just need to know how future proof this board is. It says that it supports the current Intel Xeon E5-2600 series and that's all good but will I be able to use this board with the Xeon Ivy Bridge replacements for the 2600 line. (both are LGA 2011)

Basically I would like to run this in a single processor configuration using a lower end 2600 series processor (which will still be way more powerful than my current rig) and then when the ivy bridge replacements for the 2600 line come out get 2 of the high end processors to make a workstation that really screams.

Will this work or do I need to wait for new motherboards to come out and limp by on my current rig?

Thanks, Aaron

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

It should. Unless ASUS made it not to.

All that needs to match is the socket.

 

[Goldskis45]

This^

Just a side note, when I build workstations I think it is always good to have a graphics card backup, Xeons have NO built in graphics, but with the 1155 socket series any Xeon that ends with a 5 not a 0 will have built in graphics because it is designated as a workstation processor... Keep an eye out for that

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

http://legitreviews.com/images/news/2012/Xeon_Phi_PCIe_Card.jpg

For GPU just so you have something to connect a monitor too. http://images.nvidia.com/products/geforce_gts_250/GeForce_GTS_250_med_3qtr.png

 

[Aaron]

Thanks guys... I figured that I could but I didn't want to risk that it wouldn't support the processors.

I'm planning on either getting a NVIDIA Quadro 5000 GPU or multiple high end GeForce cards with lots of CUDA cores. Not sure which yet...

 

[Goldskis45]

Just don't try what a lot of people do and get multiple Quadros thinking you will SLI them. there are only 6 supported motherboards that will SLI them, and they all suck...

 

[Aaron]

Yeah, I wouldn't SLI if I go down the Quadro route anyway... at nearly $2,000 USD for a single card 1 is enough.

 

[Goldskis45]

For the big ones... The little ones are getting way cheaper because people have learned to soft mod old Geforces into Quadros, doesn't work on new ones sadly

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

I would wait to see what the Phi cards offer, they are the competition to Nvidia Cuda Cards.

 

[Aaron]

Thanks for all the replies... they are greatly appreciated.