Dual CPU

[MrCoffee]

Are dual CPU boards worth the money and hassle?

Is the EATX H8DC8 with 2 single cores much better than some other ATX board with a dual core?

 

[turtile]

I don't think its worth it unless you want 4 or more cores.

 

[MrCoffee]

what about haveing a certain amount of upgradability i.e. swapping out to 4 cores at a later date?

 

[Brtnboarder495]

As of now, available to the consumer, the most "CPUs" you can have running are four. You can only buy a motherboard with two CPUs that are both dual core, therefor giving you two dual core CPUs.

Dual CPU is a waste of money, get a single CPU slot and get a dual core, it's the most you should ever need unless your trying to launch a shuttle with it

 

[MrCoffee]

there is the fact to concider that 2 single core opeterons are £50 cheaper together than the dual core opteron is.
Plus with the dual CPU board you have the option to upgrade to 2 dual cores a few years down the line presumably fairly cheaply, does it work out economically in the long run?

 

[septoid2]

ITs usually meant for workstations, and the chipset is usually a professionally oriented chipset, whatever that means.

 

[turtile]

Opteron will move onto socket 1207 w/ quad cores by next year and the 64 will have the AM2. So you might be able to have 4 cores on one chip if you wait for these boards.

 

[Nitestick]

As of now, available to the consumer, the most "CPUs" you can have running are four.

quad s940 boards are pretty easily available they just cost a lot. you are better off with a dual core in my opinion because they work more closely together than dual cpu's. dual s940 boards are too expensive and s940 opteron's are impractical for general use because they are really designed for server systems e.g. with the ECC ram.

 

[Curry Viking]

well your thinking in wrong terms with dual cpu's. Having two 64 bit cpu's isn't going to let your pc process information at 128 bit, it doesn't really combine the 2 cpu's. Its just made for workstations, you're much better off buying a single dual core

 

[Nubius]

a lot of consumer based programs aren't set up for a dual CPU board which as most have said are for server workstations.

You really don't want to go that route as it doesn't offer any substantial benefits