Opterons and 1207FX based mother boards

[bunbun]

A quick question: do the 22xx line of Opterons work in motherboards designed to use FX-7x line of Athlons? An example: could I use 2xOpteron 2210s in the L1N64 SLI Asus motherboard?

Regards

 

[NXIL]

Dear Bun,

I think no:

Socket L1 support:

http://support.asus.com/cpusup...s&model=L1N64-SLI%20WS

L1N64-SLI WS
The following table shows the support for CPU / Motherboard

Athlon 64 FX-70(DI) 1MBX2, rev.F3, 125W, SocketL1 All

Athlon 64 FX-72(DI) 1MBX2, rev.F3, 125W, SocketL1 All

Athlon 64 FX-74(DI) 1MBX2, rev.F3, 125W, SocketL1 All


Looks like they work in matched pairs:

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Proce...5E14602,00.html#114395

I think the memory that the FX uses (regular DDR2) is different than that of the other Opterons:

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/...wxMSwsaGVudGh1c2lhc3Q=

The 4 x 4 FX system slurps power, and I would guess would be noisy, with two CPU fans maxing out....

I would guess at this moment you are wondering if our numbers are correct or if you read correctly. Let me reassure you that this power consumption data is in fact correct. The FX-74 equipped Quad FX system uses approximately 100% more power than the comparable Intel QX6700 quad-core system at both full CPU load and at an idle state.

Quite simply put, the AMD 4X4 system is using two times the power to achieve comparable multithreaded results.

Conclusion:

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/...wxMiwsaGVudGh1c2lhc3Q=

It looks like regular socket 1207 boards need ECC/Registered Ram:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813151088

Here is the mobo manual:

http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/AS...e3014_l1n64-sli_ws.pdf

So, I think the 1207FX is different than standard 1207: different memory.

HTH

NXIL

PS: if you want a quad core system: the single socket quad core are more efficient, take less power/space....Q6600 or better, or, wait for Barcelona or its desktop equivalent from AMD.

 

[bunbun]

Thank you, you seem to have good points. I have heard claims that people have run opterons in the 1207FX boards but I didn't immediately trust them. My thoughts are to get a qad core 4x4 system soon, then upgrade a few months after the Barcelons come out; once they have a price drop or two.

Regards

 

[NXIL]

Dear B,

in reading some of these Newegg reviews, it does look like people have been able to run Opteron 22XX CPUs in this board:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131146

HTH

NXIL

 

[renethx]

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