Looking for QUAD LGA1366 server board

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richinsc

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Does anyone know where I can find a QUAD LGA1366 motherboard. I have found a QUAD 1207(F) for AMD Opterton CPU's on Newegg. But I want to see if there is an equivalent Intel board with QUAD CPU sockets. Server class quality not desktop class.

Looking to build a QUAD Six-Core system if I can. Or maybe a Quad Quad-Core system. :eek:

Any links would be appreciated.
 
Doesn't exist. Intel's current quad socket solution uses 1567 (though you can still get 6 core chips in socket 604 as well). The processors go to 8 cores. It's not really for you and if you have to ask, you probably can't afford it either.
 
Danny Bui said:
There isn't any quad-intel socket mobos AFAIK.
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QFT. In fact, the only quad-socket Intel processor-based motherboards on the market all use Socket LGA1567 (I didn't include the now-outdated Socket 604) - and a typical processor for that socket costs $3,000 or more a piece.
 
Systems and components are fairly OEM specific.System priced is like a new car I hear.
 
Well I guess if I can't do the QUAD intel I could at least do a DUAL LGA1366 Six-Core giving me a total of 12 cores. So my choices for my new system are Dual-Six or Quad-Six. 12 Core Intel or 24 Core AMD.

I do like the new Intel chips just wish someone had a board that could give me 24 cores using 4 Six-Core Intel Chips.
 
richinsc said:
Well I guess if I can't do the QUAD intel I could at least do a DUAL LGA1366 Six-Core giving me a total of 12 cores. So my choices for my new system are Dual-Six or Quad-Six. 12 Core Intel or 24 Core AMD.

I do like the new Intel chips just wish someone had a board that could give me 24 cores using 4 Six-Core Intel Chips.
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If you do choose a dual-1366 Intel system, your processor choices will be limited to the Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 series CPUs, which have two QPI links. The i7 and the Xeon 3500 series CPUs are limited to one CPU per motherboard due to their single QPI link.
 
Someone has to ask.... What do you plan on doing with this beast?
 
E4g1e said:
If you do choose a dual-1366 Intel system, your processor choices will be limited to the Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 series CPUs, which have two QPI links. The i7 and the Xeon 3500 series CPUs are limited to one CPU per motherboard due to their single QPI link.
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Thanks for letting me know. I was thinking about using the Intel Xeon X5680 (Westmere) but hadn't got far enough yet in my research to see what processors were compatible with the DUAL LGA1366 boards. Only just started researching the parts I am going to get for building this system.

I am wanting to build a system that has a massive amount of cores but still economically future proof. Ie. I don't want to have to upgrade 3 years down the road. I want this system to last me at least 10 years if I can, hence the mult-cpu/multi-core system.
 
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richinsc said:
Well I guess if I can't do the QUAD intel I could at least do a DUAL LGA1366 Six-Core giving me a total of 12 cores. So my choices for my new system are Dual-Six or Quad-Six. 12 Core Intel or 24 Core AMD.

I do like the new Intel chips just wish someone had a board that could give me 24 cores using 4 Six-Core Intel Chips.
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There are boards out there for it. A 24 core Intel setup will set you back approximately $14000 for the board, processors, case, and power supply. A 32 core setup will run you about $20000 for the same components. I'm not just making these numbers up either.

richinsc said:
Thanks for letting me know. I was thinking about using the Intel Xeon X5680 (Westmere) but hadn't got far enough yet in my research to see what processors were compatible with the DUAL LGA1366 boards. Only just started researching the parts I am going to get for building this system.

I am wanting to build a system that has a massive amount of cores but still economically future proof. Ie. I don't want to have to upgrade 3 years down the road. I want this system to last me at least 10 years if I can, hence the mult-cpu/multi-core system.
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Uh huh...10 years out of this. Not going to happen. "Economically future proof?" You should maybe reconsider buying top of the line hardware as you're looking at a 5 figure system even with 2 processors if you actually pick out some decent parts (and at this point, you should not be building it yourself anyway).
 
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