What is the best mobo for dual CPUs?

WhiteEagle · November 7th, 2006

What in your opinion is the best motherboard for dual CPUs? I'm looking at putting my own hosting PC together in the future, and want some opinions to consider. If you post a link to a board, please let it be a vendor that ships to Canada or is in Canada.

TIA,
WhiteEagle

GV2NIX · November 8th, 2006

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**Hitman** · November 8th, 2006

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Originally Posted by GV2NIX

Do you mean the latest DDR2 dual cores? Or just dual cores in general (including those that still use DDR)?

He said Dual CPUs not Dual core. What CPUs are you thinking about getting, that makes a big diffrence on what MoBo you get.

**stinger608** · November 8th, 2006

By far one of the best dual cpu motherboards on the market for the last decade has been Tyan!!!

The make all of the medium to large server boards. But beware, unless you find a good one, like hitman did, on ebay you are going to pay a premium price for there products.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813151041
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813151148
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813151023
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813151011

GV2NIX · November 8th, 2006

Damn, I misread. He's talking about Dual CPUs, haha! I'm dumb.

**gvblake22** · November 8th, 2006

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Originally Posted by GV2NIX

Damn, I misread. He's talking about Dual CPUs, haha! I'm dumb.

HAHA, that's what I thought too and I was ready to post like what you did until I read a little further

Wish I could give you some advice, but I don't know squat about dual CPU setups...

Quakindude · November 8th, 2006

The most important question up front should be, what type of server duties are you expecting to use this for?

If all you want to do is host files, have a game server or two, there's really no need to go with the expense of a dual CPU, ECC Ram using setup.

WhiteEagle · November 8th, 2006

I'm looking at Intel Woodcrest, since they currently outperform AMD Opterons.

It's going to be a full-blown work server and webpage server. I know it isn't the safest set-up, but for start-up, it's the best option right now.

It'll be folding for my F@H team - team 52482.

Quakindude · November 8th, 2006

Then I'll second the Tyan Boards. Expensive, but so is everything when setting up a server.

Tyan has been making server boards for longer than I can remember. I've not read much about them lately though, but from what I do know, it's the board to go with.

**Hitman** · November 8th, 2006

I will Third Tyan. They are the way to go for server class MoBos, but you better have some deep pockets.

November 7th, 2006	#1
WhiteEagle Call me "BigMac" Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 973	What is the best mobo for dual CPUs? What in your opinion is the best motherboard for dual CPUs? I'm looking at putting my own hosting PC together in the future, and want some opinions to consider. If you post a link to a board, please let it be a vendor that ships to Canada or is in Canada. TIA, WhiteEagle

November 8th, 2006	#2
GV2NIX Official HL Legal Counsel Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 136	<Blank> CPU: Opteron 170 @ 2.70GHz (270x10) Vcore=1.425V Mobo: DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert RAM: 2x 512 OCZ PC-4800 EL Elite CL2.5-4-4-10 2T (1:1) Video: ATi Radeon X1900XT PSU: FSP Group FX700-GLN 700W My Heatware Last edited by GV2NIX; November 8th, 2006 at 07:41.

November 8th, 2006	#5
GV2NIX Official HL Legal Counsel Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 136	Damn, I misread. He's talking about Dual CPUs, haha! I'm dumb. CPU: Opteron 170 @ 2.70GHz (270x10) Vcore=1.425V Mobo: DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert RAM: 2x 512 OCZ PC-4800 EL Elite CL2.5-4-4-10 2T (1:1) Video: ATi Radeon X1900XT PSU: FSP Group FX700-GLN 700W My Heatware

November 8th, 2006	#7
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,737 Blog Entries: 7	The most important question up front should be, what type of server duties are you expecting to use this for? If all you want to do is host files, have a game server or two, there's really no need to go with the expense of a dual CPU, ECC Ram using setup. Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

November 8th, 2006	#9
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,737 Blog Entries: 7	Then I'll second the Tyan Boards. Expensive, but so is everything when setting up a server. Tyan has been making server boards for longer than I can remember. I've not read much about them lately though, but from what I do know, it's the board to go with. Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

November 8th, 2006	#4
stinger608 The Real Final Word Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Zone! Posts: 2,561 Blog Entries: 1	By far one of the best dual cpu motherboards on the market for the last decade has been Tyan!!! The make all of the medium to large server boards. But beware, unless you find a good one, like hitman did, on ebay you are going to pay a premium price for there products. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813151041 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813151148 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813151023 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813151011

November 8th, 2006	#10
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,258 Blog Entries: 2	I will Third Tyan. They are the way to go for server class MoBos, but you better have some deep pockets.

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