852 cpu's on K8nl-dl

[harrysinghk]

I have got two 852 cpu's Opteron, and plan to use them on Asus k8n-dl dual board now i had posted earlier and was informed that these would work on this board but elsewhere i heard that i would need atleast a quad board to use these, can someone please clarify as to if i can use these on this dual board or not . This may be a kinda repeat question but since i am getting this conflicting report i am very concerned since i am ordering that motherboard and dont want to be stuck with it. I know these can be used in upto 8 way but i was made to believe that these would work in a dual cpu Opteron board, like the K8n-dl.
Thanks all i really need this help please help me sort this one out. Thanks a ton in advance.
The link to where i was informed that they will only work on a quad board is here

 

[o1die]

I suggest asus online technical service. They should respond to your request. I couldn't locate a cpu support list for the k8n-dl.

 

[harrysinghk]

yes there is a list but only lists 252 or 2xx chips however i believe all 8xx chips are backward compatible meaning they should run on 2x boards.

 

[Furen]

852s should be compatible with that board, since it supports the 252. Now, let me just point out that having 852s on a board that only has 2 sockets is a bit of a waste since they are much more expensive than the 252s.

 

[harrysinghk]

true but since with dual cores out they are dropping in price and so will the quad boards so i will have the option of getting 2 more at a lower price a year from now and upgrading to 4 with a quad board at that time.