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Dual Socket Motherboard Recommendations Please

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DelusionalJJJ

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I am looking at upgrading a high end PC used for professional video editing.

I was contemplating using a dual or quad CPU board to try and maximize performance (Rendering video is a system crippler). It seems that Tyan, Supermicro, and Asus are the main players in this group.

Two high end PCI-Express video cards are being used currently to run three displays with the intension of adding an SDI PCI-Express card to run a large screen HD display, so I need decent PCI-Express support.

I have become a fan of Asus for a few gaming PCs I have built but don't have any experience with multiple CPUs so was hoping someone might shed some light on the subject...

Thank You in advance! 🙂
 
Here's an EVGA Dual LGA1366: More info

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The problem is not the cost but that there is barely any case that board would fit in.
There could be a hand full or so but you don't really have a choice...

So Chenbros are not an option, Antec doesn't have anything, silverstone may have one or two, what's left??

PS: Compucase has one, but that's really nothing special, except that an E-XL ATX board fits...
 
Would it make more sense to go with a high end single CPU board and get the i7-975? I have up to around $3000 budget for the upgrade and have the video cards already and a nice case. Maybe I should consider a solid state drive?
 
Stefan Payne said:
No it isn't.
Count the slots, you'll need about 8-9, your TJ06 has just 7, so it wouldn't fit.

here is a list of cases that could be used

And it's pretty short -> Lianli PC80, HEC 98R9BB, Thermaltake Xaser VI, Armor Plus, Xigmatek CPC-T75UB-U01.
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Clearly you see the world with different rose colored glasses than I. The fact that you found ten cases to fit that MB and the component list will likely exceed $3000, could easily approach $10K. Spending $350 on a case would be for me a non-issue.

You see it otherwise.
 
Look closer, the HEC 98R9B isn't that expensive, should be under 200$, so that's not the problem.

But take a closer look on those cases.
Does any one of them seem like a server case?
Or what does make those cases special?!

For me it seems that that are all just pretty standard cases, the only difference from a standard case is that you can put an 'XL-ATX' Board in it - great...
 
SolMiester said:
?? Slots?, PCIe?, looks like 7 to me, unless I'm missing something...isnt that an E-ATX board?, which the TJ06 caters for...
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I know someone would come with something like this...

Yes there are 7 slots on the board but it wouldn't fit in a normal case.
The reason for that is that the first slot usually is right under the I/O space.
Take a look at this board and you'll see what I mean.

Or just count the holes for the screws on the board, I count 5 on the outer left side of the board, at least one more than a normal ATX Board has.
So the lower two slots are violating the ATX spec, so it can not be an ATX board.
 
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