Dual socket motherboard

[Cosmin1]

Hey guys, 

 

I'm searching for a dual socket motherboard that will support two xeon x5470 cpus,

but haven't got much luck so far, btw long shipping times aren't a problem, so if you 

guys got any ideas I would highly appreciate it.

 

Thank you

[Jonathan Lemmens]

5 minutes ago, Cosmin1 said:

Hey guys, 

 

I'm searching for a dual socket motherboard that will support two xeon x5470 cpus,

but haven't got much luck so far, btw long shipping times aren't a problem, so if you 

guys got any ideas I would highly appreciate it.

 

Thank you

here is one:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-X7DBR-I-REV-1-21-2x-771-Sockets-Server-EEATX-Motherboard-Intel-5000P-/361192468743?hash=item5418bfb107:g:dTkAAOSwc3ZUojQz

[Jonathan Lemmens]

This one is even cheaper and has 2 pci-e slots:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Precision-Workstation-T5400-Intel-XEON-MotherBoard-LGA771-RW203-Tested-/361500100537?hash=item542b15c7b9:g:-gYAAOSwUuFW00sE

 

What do you want to use it for?

[Aereldor]

1 minute ago, Jonathan Lemmens said:

What do you want to use it for?

On a hunch, I'd say he's going with the 'cheap 8-core server setup' that Linus showed off a while ago as a method of getting great performance on a budget.

[Jonathan Lemmens]

Just now, Aereldor said:

On a hunch, I'd say he's going with the 'cheap 8-core server setup' that Linus showed off a while ago as a method of getting great performance on a budget.

lol, I was thinking the same

[SLAYR]

2 hours ago, Jonathan Lemmens said:

This one is even cheaper and has 2 pci-e slots:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Precision-Workstation-T5400-Intel-XEON-MotherBoard-LGA771-RW203-Tested-/361500100537?hash=item542b15c7b9:g:-gYAAOSwUuFW00sE

 

What do you want to use it for?

I would avoid that mobo since you need the proprietary psu that dell made for it since it has a 24pin connector and a 20pin connector but they are not standard pinouts.

[NumLock21]

Get a new build.

[Cosmin1]

22 hours ago, Aereldor said:

On a hunch, I'd say he's going with the 'cheap 8-core server setup' that Linus showed off a while ago as a method of getting great performance on a budget.

Exactly lol

 

I think I'll be going with the dell one and also a dell psu.

 

Thanks a lot guys

[Jonathan Lemmens]

19 minutes ago, Cosmin1 said:

Exactly lol

 

I think I'll be going with the dell one and also a dell psu.

 

Thanks a lot guys

Good Luck!

[Aereldor]

57 minutes ago, Cosmin1 said:

Exactly lol

 

I think I'll be going with the dell one and also a dell psu.

 

Thanks a lot guys

Careful- It might not have sufficient wattage or power efficiency if you're looking to build a gaming rig with a high-end graphics card.

[Jonathan Lemmens]

6 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

Careful- It might not have sufficient wattage or power efficiency if you're looking to build a gaming rig with a high-end graphics card.

According to this site this board has two PCI-e 16x gen2 slots for GPU's up to 150W (so the GTX 980 Ti is not an option)

http://kamcom.com/cn-0rw203/

 

It seems like it was rather a workstation board rather than a server board. e.g.: it has onboard audio (no mic. jack though), better rear I/O and I believe support for both regular and ECC memory. (Check to make sure)

On the downside, it doesn't seem to have any fan headers, and you may have difficulty mounting this board in a regular pc case, if it fits at all.

 

Again: good luck! And keep us posted on your progress  

[Jonathan Lemmens]

You may have trouble with mounting the CPU heatsinks as well (just like Linus had in the video). This board was designed to have the heatsinks bolted directly to the case the board came with.  

 

Like Linus said: "This is not the magic bullet that kills all your problems"  

[Aereldor]

50 minutes ago, Jonathan Lemmens said:

According to this site this board has two PCI-e 16x gen2 slots for GPU's up to 150W (so the GTX 980 Ti is not an option)

http://kamcom.com/cn-0rw203/

I was talking about the dell power supply he intends to use. In case this is news- motherboards don't have wattage or power efficiency ratings.

[Jonathan Lemmens]

Just now, Aereldor said:

I was talking about the dell power supply he intends to use. In case this is news- motherboards don't have wattage or power efficiency ratings.

You're right. good call.

[Technic77]

I built a dual x5560 build for like, $250 bucks. I would totally suggest trying to go LGA 1366 if you can. It's just a tad more modern. Then you can just order LGA 1366 server heatsinks and a good number of the motherboards have standard(ish) layouts.

[SLAYR]

6 minutes ago, Technic77 said:

I built a dual x5560 build for like, $250 bucks. I would totally suggest trying to go LGA 1366 if you can. It's just a tad more modern. Then you can just order LGA 1366 server heatsinks and a good number of the motherboards have standard(ish) layouts.

The point of an old 771 server though is that the parts are going for really cheap on ebay and such so that you can build most of a computer for about $100.

 

For $250 you would be better off going for an lga 2011 mobo which you can find for $100-150 and something like the e5 2670 which go for like $70.