Possible to build 2 process i7? (8 physical cores)

[theheresy]

Hi guys..I'm new to all this tech stuff...is there an existing motherboard that can socket two i7 860's (or any other i7's for that matter) to make an 8core PC machine equivalent to a macpro 8core nehalem, etc?

How would I go about building such a bare bones system?

Thanks...

 

[Hefemeister]

Yes you can. The relevant question is what would you need this for?

 

[theheresy]

I do music production/film composition where the NORM is for numerous quadcore i7's slaved to a master 8core..so believe me I need the power/speed if that's what you're questioning, the question is how to do this?

 

[Ste]

The real question is your budget..

 

[Hefemeister]

board like this:
Newegg.com - ASUS Z8NA-D6 (ASMB4-IKVM) Dual LGA 1366 Intel 5500 ATX Dual Intel Xeon 5500 Series Server Motherboard - Server Motherboards

2 of these:
Newegg.com - Intel Xeon X5550 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 95W Quad-Core Server Processor - Processors - Servers

or take a peek at your options for different boards. I would talk to the manufacturers of the software you use to ask their recommendations for a setup.

Newegg.com - Server Motherboards,Dual LGA 1366,dual zeon motherboard

 

[theheresy]

The real question is your budget..

Budget is as cheap as possible. Preferably 1000 or lower for pure bare bones (no OS, stock, cheap graphics card as I don't need any graphics at all) etc...is it possible to do this for 1000 or how about 1500 or a little less?

Can I take the motherboard hefemeister just posted and stick two i7 860's on there? That should be roughly what 800-900 for just the mobo and the chips...is this doable guys?

 

[patonb]

Theres cheaper xeon chips, but i think you'd really want to stick with a xeon line as they are more of the brute force type chip, compared to the i7s

Newegg.com - Intel/Processors - Servers

 

[bkolk]

Can I take the motherboard hefemeister just posted and stick two i7 860's on there?

From the mobo specification page.

Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type: Dual LGA 1366
CPU Type: Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5500 Series (95W)
Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5500 Series (80W)
Quad-Core Intel Xeon L5500 Series (60W/38W)

So no, core-i7 860 wont work.

 

[Yami]

The mobo hefe posted will not take i7 860s the i7 8** series are LGA1156 socket, while i7 9** series are LGA1366 socket. The one hefe posted is the latter.

And yes, this is doable. Shouldn't cost more than... 1200-1300?

 

[Hefemeister]

Calling kmote. Server builder man.