Any Chance of Dual Socket 775 Boards??

[Elfear]

A buddy of mine is building a Maya workhorse and I'm wondering if you guys have heard of any dual socket 775 boards in the works? Am I correct in thinking that the 775 chipset can handle two separate processors? The new 775 Xeons are giving me hope of this possibility.

 

[harpoon84]

Why not just wait for Kentsfield or get a 2P Woodcrest system?

 

[Elfear]

Originally posted by: harpoon84
Why not just wait for Kentsfield or get a 2P Woodcrest system?

Well the thought is to get dual Kentsfield processors for a real mule. He's thinking of going dual Woodcrest or Clovertown but server grade stuff requires a lot of $$$$ and it has no overclocking features (not sure if dual socket desktop boards usually do either I guess). He could save some serious cash if there were a dual socket 775 board so I'm hoping something is in the works.

 

[dexvx]

S775 will never be dual.

Xeon 3000 series is only 1 socket systems.

 

[Elfear]

Originally posted by: dexvx
S775 will never be dual.

Xeon 3000 series is only 1 socket systems.

Is that because the chipset will only support one processor or because Intel doesn't want to take any sales away from it's 5000 series chips??

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: Elfear

Originally posted by: dexvx
S775 will never be dual.

Xeon 3000 series is only 1 socket systems.

Is that because the chipset will only support one processor or because Intel doesn't want to take any sales away from it's 5000 series chips??

Chipset I suspect will support it, although I cannot be sure. However, the 3000 and other L775 chips are hardwired to not support SMP.