A co-worker (Intel Brainwashed) was asking me some things about dually opteron board a couple days ago and I couldn't really answer much. Seeing as 2 socket board were never much of a real option (for me anyway I only game). So he wants to build a multipurpose rig for encoding,gaming, you name it. Well after some debating and proof via multiple reviews of AMD64/opteron vs P4 he saw the light. Well now he wants to build a 2P system and seeing as how I have never looked at those other than a few basics most enthusiats could figure out without must trouble I'm at a loss for the detailed answers (man I hate not having the answers). Could you guys point me in the direction maybe some reviews of 2P systems as home system not a server setup . Maybe a few mobo options that aren't all pci-x. Even Intel systems that might be conroe/woodcrest compatible. I have always liked AMD for they're price to performance and current reigning supremecy but I would hate to overlook something Intel may have up there sleeve in the Core 2 architecture.