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    What motherboard for a number crunching PC?

    Thanks for the reply. A supplier recommended a server board (Supermicro X7DAE) which used the Intel 5000X northbridge, as opposed to the 5400 used on the Asus you recommend and the Skulltrail. Any idea of the difference/advantages/disadvantages of these two chipsets? I read a rather disparaging...
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    What motherboard for a number crunching PC?

    Looking to have up to 2 quad core processors, probably Xeon E5430/40/50, depending on how budget negotiations turn out. Must be able to use XP 64bit OS I'm intending to start with 8GB of RAM, and sneak more in as money allows I have no need at all of fast graphics Can anyone help me...
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    Skulltrail Preview up at [H]ard|OCP

    I am looking to upgrade an existing PC for number crunching (FE analysis using Ansoft, which has to use XP 64bit), and was considering Skulltrail on the grounds that it would let me have two fast quad core processors and as much RAM as I could eat (well, 16GB anyway). I was thinking of a...