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HOCATKA
Nov 8 2007, 12:35 AM
I am looking to build OSx86 system that would outperform a MacPro.
Anyone had a good results with a dual-cpu motherboard? Any recommendations?

Thank you!
strangedaze
Nov 8 2007, 01:08 AM
Badaxe 2. Gigabyte ds3l.
HOCATKA
Nov 8 2007, 05:10 PM
QUOTE(strangedaze @ Nov 8 2007, 01:08 AM) *
Badaxe 2. Gigabyte ds3l.


Thank you for your reply!

I looked at these motherboards, but they are not dual-CPU.
Any experience with dual-CPU motherboards to build a dual-CPU/eight cores (dual-quad-core) system?

Thank you!
SquidCombo
Nov 8 2007, 07:56 PM
Only Xeon boards + CPU can support dual CPU and you would have to use FBDIMM RAM. It's possibly easier to just get a Mac Pro since there would be only a few OSX86ers with dual CPU config.
vbetts
Nov 8 2007, 08:44 PM
Xeons are EXSPENSIVE as hell. You're better off buying a quad core cpu.
bofors
Nov 8 2007, 09:01 PM
QUOTE(SquidCombo @ Nov 8 2007, 02:56 PM) *
Only Xeon boards + CPU can support dual CPU and you would have to use FBDIMM RAM. It's possibly easier to just get a Mac Pro since there would be only a few OSX86ers with dual CPU config.
It is not clear if the poster means dual core or dual socket.Otherwise, I agree with you.
QUOTE(vbetts @ Nov 8 2007, 03:44 PM) *
Xeons are EXSPENSIVE as hell. You're better off buying a quad core cpu.
You can get cheap dual-socket, the biggest problem is that the last time I check, there were no overclocking dual-socket motherboards.FB-DIMMs were like twice the price for the half the performance too.
HOCATKA
Nov 11 2007, 01:59 AM
QUOTE(bofors @ Nov 8 2007, 09:01 PM) *
It is not clear if the poster means dual core or dual socket.Otherwise, I agree with you.You can get cheap dual-socket, the biggest problem is that the last time I check, there were no overclocking dual-socket motherboards.FB-DIMMs were like twice the price for the half the performance too.


Sorry if I was not very clear. I meant dual-socket (two-way) board that supports quad core CPUs. The idea is to pick higher performing components to beat top of the line MacPro for rendering/video editing applications.

Thanks everyone who responeded!
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