Dual processor mother board with socket 939

[TanisHalfElven]

i've been looking into buying a low-mid class computer that has high updrage potential.
iu have 2 question.
1. is there a dual processor mother board in socket 939.
2. if i buy a dual proccossor mother board (any socket ) can i intall only 1 processor now and install another later.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Dual-core cpu = dual processors

 

[Puffnstuff]

You must go socket 940 to run two or more sockets on a mb.

 

[Wentelteefje]

Doesn't Tyan make a mobo that supports two S939 Opterons...?

EDIT: Nope, I was wrong... Socket 940 indeed...

 

[Peter]

Does not exist. Reason: Socket-939 and its processors lack the extra HyperTransport link needed for CPU interconnection.

You can however outfit most of the "workstation" type socket-940 boards with a single processor, and add the 2nd one later. Check mainboard specifications.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

ok then is there a socket 940 version of opteron x2 165

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: tanishalfelven
ok then is there a socket 940 version of opteron x2 165

Yes, the Opteron 265. Or 865, but that's ridiculously expensive and only needed for >2 socket systems.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

well i liked te opteron 165 or it low price so that out.

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Dual-core cpu = dual processors

 

[TanisHalfElven]

i know that du core is similar to dual cpu but i wanted a mainboard that in which i could now install a single opteron 165 and later install another opteron 165 to get 4 cores

 

[Steve]

No can do, does not exist. Reason: Read Peter's post.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

yeah i read it. i just thought i'd state what i was going for.

 

[NicColt]

Originally posted by: tanishalfelven
i know that du core is similar to dual cpu but i wanted a mainboard that in which i could now install a single opteron 165 and later install another opteron 165 to get 4 cores

I just saw over at Iwill that they have two SFF dual Opteron workstations and one comes with PCI express.


Preview here It's dual core dual opterons.

 

[Peter]

Originally posted by: tanishalfelven
i know that du core is similar to dual cpu but i wanted a mainboard that in which i could now install a single opteron 165 and later install another opteron 165 to get 4 cores

That's another layer of "forget it".

No Opteron 1xx, be it socket-939 or -940, can be put into a dual-CPU mainboard. You need Opteron 2xx for that.