muchhal.sandeep@gmail.com

Hi all,

I m planning to go for a dual Q6600.

actually intel person i visited him personally is saying that thr is no intel board which supports 2 q6600. I cant understand him and i cant find anything on intel site as well .

can anyone advice me a Board in intel or Gigabyte or Asus .

I know AJlynn will be really angry by this kind of question but i need an urgent help so please

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kippu

of course theres no board which will support dual quad 6600, of course you can get a mobo for dual quad core xeons ...which will require ecc ram which will cost quite a bit..so its not really really worth it ..

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AJLynn

Well now I'm just going to have to mock you, because as you said the question has been asked and answered. Not surprisingly, the Intel person was correct. And you can guess, I am sure, the reason you can find no information on dual socket MBs for Core 2 Quad chips.

It's because... ready for this?... can you guess what's coming?... There is no such thing as a dual Core 2 Quad system. Only CPUs that use the 771 socket, such as Xeons and some Extremes, can go dual; socket 775 CPUs, such as Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo and Pentium 4, can not.

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so if I am planning for a dual processor i shall move on to xeon

but as i have found that although the processor cost being the same appx for xeon 5405 (2 GHZ) and Q6600 (2.4 GHZ) the complete Machine will be on higher side due to a server board and ECC ram when i move to xeon.

is thr some way out or should i go for dual xeons.

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AJLynn

No, you must choose - the higher cost is the tradeoff for the higher end hardware.

muchhal.sandeep@gmail.com

I have got this config then :

2 x Xeon 5405
intel 5000 VSA motherboard
4 GB DDR II ecc
500 GB sata HDD

55000 INR (42 INR = 1 USD)

all the further details and rest all the things i will post by a day more after collection some information for the final feedback.


thanks AJLYnn and Maria

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Slinger

Skulltrail and QX9770...and the QX9770 is a socket775 cpu btw! With that said, it is no way worth the price on those chips.

AJLynn

Are you sure? If I search Newegg for a Skulltrail board I find the Intel 5400XS which has this in the specs:

Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type Dual LGA 771
CPU Type Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme in LGA771 package, Intel Xeon in LGA771 package

kippu

skulltrail is 771 socket , you would probably need a q9775 ,

good luck sandeep

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Macer

If you go with dual processors its worth considering paying extra to get a motherboard based on the 5400 chipset (designed for the xeon 54xx series).

They can support faster ram (FB DDR2 800) and a faster FSB (1600). Not only will this provide you with better upgrade options in the future, with a speck of electrical tape and the faster memory, a E5405 should overclock from 2.00G at 1333fsb to 2.4G at 1600fsb. More power for less! You'll have to do you research first to make sure you get the right components, but its worth the effort.