Need a dual processor motherboard..

[djtech2k]

I would like to build a dual cpu athlon64 socket 754 motherboard. I have an Abit KV8-MAX3 with Athlon64 3000+ now. I am looking for an A64 dual board. Anyone know of any?

If not, I am considering a dual P4, dual AthlonXP, or single A64 socket 939.

Any ideas to find any of these? Or any suggestions about which route to take?


-DJ

 

[hippotautamus]

Far be it from me to tell you what you do and don't need, but unless you're building a workstation or server, you don't want to touch dual CPU - a) you would need a s940 motherboard, since s754 does not support dual CPU to my knowledge...and b) for that you need registered ram (slower, more expensive, no OC potential at all).

In addition, you would have to use Opterons or MAYBE FX processors, but I believe opterons only...which are expensive. So think long and hard if this is for a desktop, but if not look into a Dual opteron (s940) setup.

 

[moretoys]

If you have a good use for a multithreading system and can hold off for a couple of months, it may be cheaper to get one of the new dual cpu processors than get a dual socket board now. I also have never heard of a dual 754 board, AthlonXP, nor a 939 either.

 

[bjc112]

Unless your REALLY, REALLY need dual processors, get a fast single A64. in a 939 mobo.

When Dual core arrvies you will be able to upgrade. via BIOS update.

I would not build a dual processor machine at this time.

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: moretoys
If you have a good use for a multithreading system and can hold off for a couple of months, it may be cheaper to get one of the new dual cpu processors than get a dual socket board now. I also have never heard of a dual 754 board, AthlonXP, nor a 939 either.

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[moretoys]

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[moretoys]

I can't see you getting a worthwhile performance jump going to 939 today with what you have now. But hey, what does worthwhile have to do with it
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[Chaotic42]

They don't have dual socket-754 motherboards.

Your options are Opterons, which are expensive and fast, Xeons which are somewhat less expensive and slower, or Althon MPs which are cheap and slow.

Finding motherboards for the latter seems to be getting harder and harder, but it's far from impossible.

You will need an OS that supports SMP. This will be Windows XP Pro, Linux, etc.

Check out 2cpu.com forums

 

[imported_Kensai]

No such thing as dual proc P4s, Dual AMD XPs or dual A64s. Your only choices are:
AMD MP
Intel Xeon
Intel Itaniums
AMD Opterons
Cell proccessors.

 

[DaFinn]

Originally posted by: Kensai
No such thing as dual proc P4s, Dual AMD XPs or dual A64s. Your only choices are:
AMD MP
Intel Xeon
Intel Itaniums
AMD Opterons
Cell proccessors.

Hey, you forgot P3. I have 1 dual p3 board and 2x p3-450Mhz somewhere...

 

[stevty2889]

IF you want a modern dual cpu system, your only options are opteron or xeon, or for a much more cost effective solution just wait for the dual cores..but you wont' get any for socket 754..

 

[djtech2k]

OK, thanks guys. I just want to really upgrade my processing power and thought a dual proc would be best. Honestly, in the A64 line it doesnt seem worth it now. If I go to like a 3800 or something, I only gain like .5Ghz and have to spend like $450 or more. I would consider an Intel dual proc, but I want the busspeed to be a minimum of 800.

This all comes because my A64 3000 has started to overheat or run high temps on a regular basis. I have made no drastic changes to the system and it all of a sudden started beeping at me all the time. It was overheating. So, I took out the cpu, heatsink, and fan. The heatsink and fan were caked with dirt, so I cleaned it. The thermal grease was so thick it was difficult to seperate it from the processor. In the process, a couple pins got bent on the cpu because the heatsink was so attached to the cpu. I managed to straighten them out and get it back in. I replaced with the white grease, but I heard it was not correct. It cooled down a couple degrees, but the system was still idling at 55-58c and still occasionally overheating when I was gaming and it was a warm day. So, I bought the grease AMD recommends and bought a Thermaltake Silent Boost cooler. It is installed and is getting me a few more degrees cooler. I am now idling aroud 51-53c oin a cool day. For some reason, this all started all of a sudden. The only system change I made about a month before it started overheating was I changed the system to load the hive into memory and disable it from loading into virtual memory. I have 1GB of DDR400, so that shouldnt make a difference. Just FYI, my case has 6 fans, board has 3 fans, and power-supply has 2 fans. Cooling should not be an issue and my cpu should be running cooler!

Any suggestions welcomed!

-DJ

 

[imported_Kensai]

I know, I had a quad pentium pro once.... But that isn't current anymore.

Do not use the white stuff. It sucks for thermal transfer. Get some AS5 or AS Ceramique. (I ordered 15 ceramique and 5 AS5 tubes.)

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Kensai
No such thing as dual proc P4s, Dual AMD XPs or dual A64s. Your only choices are:
AMD MP
Intel Xeon
Intel Itaniums
AMD Opterons
Cell proccessors.

You could modify some Athlons and Durons to run in SMP setups.

Since you mentioned Cell:
Alpha
PA-RISC
SPARC (4m and 4u at least)
Motorola 88k
Motorola 68k
MIPS
PowerPC