Itanium 2

[slabside]

Im looking for some advice. I recently picked up two Itanium 2 processors. I am looking to build a system with these. I have no idea where to start. I have not been able to locate a motherboard, so i am starting to wonder if its possible to homebuild a system. If anyone has any advice or experiance in this situation, please help!

 

[FadingTheory]

Itaniums are server processors. Its gonna be expensive.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=0

Good luck.

 

[Codeine]

What are you going to do with this computer? I hope your not going to play games.. It will probably be very expensive to find a mobo for that chip witch supports AGP or PCI Express.

 

[slabside]

No games

No games.

My goal was to use it to crunch Seti@Home units. While doubling as a file print server.

I would like to find a mobo that has at the least SATA for the file storage, onboard video and audio will be fine. USB is a must.

 

[slabside]

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[Apokalipse]

are you sure they are Itanium 2's? I thought they were specifically designed to be used in supercomputers
I've seen some Itanium 1's being sold with computers though