What to do with dual cpu motherboard...

[dalewakelin]

So i have this dual cpu motherboard out of my old workstation, i dont know what to do with it, whether i should sell it, re use it etc. Would it be any good for folding? Or rendering? All i have is the motherboard, the cpus and the 2 daughter boards. I would need to get hold of some ram and a gpu. I am working on a case just now to fit it in, despite it being a large motherboard of unknown form factor it can fit snug-ley in a matx case. The pci daughter board needs a pci riser ribbon and it fits on the floor of the case but it still fits. Anyways any suggestions on what to do with this kit would be appreciated.

Inside are 2 Opterons, not sure which kind.

 

[alpenwasser]

Large pic of CPU? That should enable somebody to ID the CPUs I'd think.

 

[dalewakelin]

Large pic of CPU? That should enable somebody to ID the CPUs I'd think.

Here you go

 

[alpenwasser]

If I read the top line correctly (OSA252FAA5BL) this could be an Opteron 252 (link).

It came out in 2005. Do you know how old these parts are? If it really is that CPU I don't think
you'll get a lot for it, but you could still give it a shot. I don't think they would do you much good
for computing (folding, BOINC etc.), since performance/watt would be pretty low compared to
modern standards imo.

 

[dalewakelin]

Interesting, thanks.