CPU riser

jetblade545 · September 4, 2019

so i found this cpu riser

https://www.itcreations.com/view_product.asp?product_id=45169&gclid=CjwKCAjwnrjrBRAMEiwAXsCc4yPRiQNqNynAHgK4mKv3vyfPSCUhfUE0mzXiW5xfJKBFrccBbR9KkxoCoeEQAvD_BwE

and was wondering if there was one that can be used on a normal home pc

and ive found ram risers as well anyone have an idea?

Enderman · September 4, 2019

No.

Bishop Crane · September 4, 2019

3 minutes ago, Enderman said:

No.

Basically this.
But in more detail, in the server environment you only have a set space to work in (19inches to fit a standard rack)
So to fit 8 CPU's on a single motherboard the CPU and RAM are put onto daughter boards, so the "motherboard" just has chipsets and IO, and the CPU's/Memory are run from these expansion boards.

If you want a good example to look at the Sun X4600 has some good pictures to see how it all ties together.

The one you picked out is a slight deviation from the norm in that it runs the CPU from a PCI slot, I believe that's just for power which limits the maximum size CPU you can use.
The real thing to be aware of is that the QPI link (the black block on the back) would have a special slot on the motherboard to connect to. The QPI is how the CPU's intercommunicate, which is why you can't run a CPU from a PCI slot.