Mobo to support Dual Core 2 Quads??

[INTELCRAZY]

Is there a mobo that will support two Quad cores, Xeon or Core 2 Quad. I just thought it might be cool to build a server with.

Thanks

 

[Geoff]

They have server boards on Newegg that will support two quad core processors, but the motherboards start at around a $250 price tag.

 

[INTELCRAZY]

They have server boards on Newegg that will support two quad core processors, but the motherboards start at around a $250 price tag.

In some cases, I guess you get what you pay for. I just wanna see this action

 

[Geoff]

Here are some:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...E&N=2010200302 1071321504&bop=And&Order=PRICE

And my bad, they start at $310.



Also, here are some quad-core Xeon's: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...343 1389627503 1302825342&bop=And&Order=PRICE

 

[INTELCRAZY]

What is the difference in Active and Passive

 

[elitehacker]

You mean active and passive cooling? Well in short, active cooling have moving parts while passive don't.

 

[INTELCRAZY]

Oh, so for better temps, go with active but, sacrificing noise

 

[Geoff]

Active just means that it uses a fan, while passive is a fanless design. I would recommend active if you have any intention to overclock.

 

[madtownidiot]

unless you plan on writing your own software you'd be wasting your money.

 

[JamesBart]

unless you plan on writing your own software you'd be wasting your money.

how come?

 

[Geoff]

Having dual quad-cores would also be good for stuff other then server work. Games will run well, but granted most games are only single or dual threaded at the most right now. But you would have a high 3DMark06 score

 

[Kornowski]

There aren't that many games that use both cores are there? I mean, It's kind of new technology still.

 

[JamesBart]

when do you's think that it'll be the norm? are there plans for it?

 

[INTELCRAZY]

when do you's think that it'll be the norm? are there plans for it?

Why do I want to be the norm?

 

[madtownidiot]

You could build it but theres not much out there right now that will use all 8 cores.

 

[holdenssx]

it doesn't seem like any of the Mobos support SLI either, all I saw was one pci-e x16 slot on them

 

[Jet]

Gaming won't be great, and overclocking will be horrible. Server motherboards are just that--for servers. They aren't designed for gaming nor for tweaking.