Intel and AMD don’t want you to know this… (but your old computer is still fine)

[MaverickMP]

36 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

Is that an EATX board in that case? Impressive!

Nope.... Standard atx. Z8na-d6 was the first ATX form factor dual socket mobo for the consumer market. Super micro released one shortly after.

 

 

[CommanderAlex]

10 minutes ago, MaverickMP said:

Nope.... Standard atx. Z8na-d6 was the first ATX form factor dual socket mobo for the consumer market. Super micro released one shortly after.

 

 

Damn, that's surprising that they were able to fit two sockets on that board. 

[MaverickMP]

10 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

Damn, that's surprising that they were able to fit two sockets on that board. 

Only drawback is tdp limit. On the ATX boards you're capped at 95w. So the fastest Xeon you can put in it is x5675... Which is was I have. You have to step up to the EATX board to run the 130w x5690's.

[CommanderAlex]

Just now, MaverickMP said:

Only drawback is tdp limit. On the ATX boards you're capped at 95w. So the fastest Xeon you can put in it is x5675... Which is was I have. You have to step up to the EATX board to run the 130w x5690's.

That's pretty neat though. I got a Mac Pro 4,1 with a pair of X5680s that I delidded myself. Scary doing that for your first time and on a small portable vise. 

[MaverickMP]

4 hours ago, CommanderAlex said:

That's pretty neat though. I got a Mac Pro 4,1 with a pair of X5680s that I delidded myself. Scary doing that for your first time and on a small portable vise. 

Nice. I'm a big fan of these 1366 xeons... Building a rig tonight for our living room that has a w3690 oc'd to 4.3. and it plays Valhalla at 90+ fps on max settings...