Posted June 13, 2018 why is it that i've never seen a motherboard with more than 2 cpu's. i'm currently studying for my electronics exam tomorrow, about the inner workings of ram and cpu's and i don't see why it would'nt be possible to have more than 2 CPU's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, EndorOS299 said: why is it that i've never seen a motherboard with more than 2 cpu's. Probably because you haven't bothered looking Spoiler Quad-socket motherboards aren't scarce in the server market (which is where you would find the dual socket motherboards anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 13, 2018 Xeon CPU's support it, Multi CPU motherboards. Consumer grade it doesnt make sense, its added cost for no additional performance for MOST people. My Gaming and Editing Rig : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/500716-red-gaming-build/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 13, 2018 Yep, go look at server products. 4P setups though are pretty sweet. Use to be the big deal when bigadv in F@H was around. Know a few chaps that run 2P setups for BOINC still. 2023 BOINC Pentathlon Event F@H & BOINC Installation on Linux Guide My CPU Army: 5800X, E5-2670V3, 1950X, 5960X J Batch, 10750H *lappy My GPU Army:3080Ti, 960 FTW @ 1551MHz, RTX 2070 Max-Q *lappy My Console Brigade: Gamecube, Wii, Wii U, Switch, PS2 Fatty, Xbox One S, Xbox One X My Tablet Squad: iPad Air 5th Gen, Samsung Tab S, Nexus 7 (1st gen) 3D Printer Unit: Prusa MK3S, Prusa Mini, EPAX E10 VR Headset: Quest 2 Hardware lost to Kevdog's Law of Folding OG Titan, 5960X, ThermalTake BlackWidow 850 Watt PSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 13, 2018 Where have you been looking? Just search on google you'll get tons of results Dual CPU was brought to consumer hardware when multi core cpu wasn't a thing yet, since dual core is popular dual cpu isn't practical for home user, they just need a better processor with more cores rather than more cpu (altough that would work too), dual cpu has been always aimed for server market rather than regular home usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 13, 2018 Pcpartpicker wont bring you these multi socket boards, but they are plenty in the server market and used sites like ebay.... CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1 Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync Desktop benching: Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 13, 2018 something you'll want to learn about when youre looking at more than simple dual processor systems is NUMA. tons of guides out there explaining how it works better than i can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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