Xeon Motherboards

[ctk1981]

I recently came across a pair of 733Mhz PIII Xeon processors really cheap. I believe they are slot 2? Im not that knowledgable about Pentium stuff, especially the Xeon line of things. Can anyone recommend a good motherboard for these? Are these things even cheap, seems like they wouldnt be. Give me some pointers on things I need to know about them, special motherboards, power supply, heatsinks, etc etc. Like I said, im ignorant when it comes to the Xeon line.


Thanks in advance. Not really sure what Im going to do with a dual Xeon computer anyways, if nothing else I'll sell the darn thing.

 

[AndyHui]

While XEON processors themselves seem cheap, the motherboards are usually prohibitively expensive.

Unless those processors come with large cache, ie 1MB or more, don't bother.

You need Dual Slot 2 motherboards, MONSTER heat sinks, voltage retention modules....more trouble than it is worth for casual usage.

 

[ctk1981]

Thanks, think I'll just pass along these processors to someone else. They were just 866mhz 256K cache Xeon's. I got to looking around and it seems like your right, processor cheap....motherboard outrageous.