Dual socket 771 motherboard that doesn't require FB-DIMM?

[MVR]

I'm curious, is there any solution for building a 2 processor quad-core system that doesn't require FB-DIMMs, or even ECC? I'm hoping for a solution with just everyday DDR2 800Mhz-1066Mhz chips.

Anyone have an idea?

P.S. I've also noticed that most 775 motherboards only accept 2GB dimms (for total of 8GB), don't any support 4GB dimms, or perhaps have 6 to 8 DIMM slots? I'd really like to do 16-32GB for my new system.

 

[Peter]

You'll have to go with a dual-socket Opteron board then - these use no FB-DIMMs, but the considerably less expensive registered ECC DDR2 DIMMs. Also, since each Opteron brings its own pair of RAM controllers, eight DIMM slots are the norm there.

 

[MVR]

Thanks for the info Peter...

Pre-Intel Quad-Core I'd totally done a Opteron system.. a 4x4 would be fun. But until they soup up their solutions, I probably have to go with Intel. Well, I'll assume there is no non-FBDIMM solution for a 2-4 processor quad-core for now. Nore does it seem there will be any solution for a Skulltrail type system that won't be insanely expensive. Sigh...

When will we get modular, nearly linear scaling, clustering technology for the enthusiast..?.. VMWare, IBM, Elvis ... bring us a solution!

 

[Idontcare]

Your wish can be found here: Supermicro X7DCL-i

Processor/Cache

• Dual 771-pin LGA Sockets
  Supports up to Dual Intel® 64-bit Xeon®processor(s) of the same type below:
  Quad-Core Intel®
  Xeon®Processor 5400/5300 sequence (Harpertown/Clovertown processor) up to 3.16 GHz
  Dual-Core Intel®
  Xeon®Processor 5200/5100 sequence (Wolfdale/Woodcrest processor) up to 3.40 GHz

System Memory

• Six 240-pin DIMM sockets
  Supports up to 32GB 667/533MHz DDR2 ECC Register Single Rank memory
  Memory Type - 667/533MHz Register DDR2 ECC Single Rank SDRAM 72-bit, 240-pin gold-plated DIMMs
  DIMM Sizes - 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB**