anyone know of some good/decent ones? i have recently come into posession of 6 opteron barcelona quad core chips (we upgraded some esx boxes at work) and need a board to run them on.

need one (hopefully) with desktop-ish features and something that will fit in an atx case

sorta strange, i know... but i'd love to have 8... or even 16 cores

and yes synapse, i'll be running fah.

5/27/2008 11:22:09 PM

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"and yes synapse, i'll be running fah."

thx yo. mr wolf appreciates your efforts.

5/28/2008 12:58:55 AM

Supermicro has server-grade EATX mobos

such as

http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron2000/MCP55/H8DAE-2.cfm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182114

http://www.superwarehouse.com/Super_Micro_Computer_H8DME-2_Motherboard/H8DME-2/p/1502868

5/28/2008 11:04:03 AM

these are barcelona chips though (opteron 8000s) - those only support 2000s.

and yeah, i use a lot of supermicro boards at work, was looking for something more desktop-oriented.

5/28/2008 3:47:42 PM

sorry I'm not well versed on the current AMD server cpus. Does the 8000 series mean that you can put more sockets per motherboard than a 2000 series? Maybe it would still work in a 2000 mobo?

for example when the first generation opterons came out, a 2xx CPU supported 2-way SMP. But you could still run a single 2xx CPU in a 1-way motherboard designed for a single 1xx CPU.

5/28/2008 6:55:40 PM