On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Gian-Carlo Pascutto <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday 14 June 2010 14:25:29 Don Dailey wrote: > > > I'm putting it together on a budget - shopping for the best prices and > > using parts from an older computer. For about $1100 I purchased a dual > > socket motherboard, 2 i7-920 chips, 12 gig DDR3 memory and 2 cpu > > coolers. > > Can you really put i7-920's in SMP? I think you need the much more > expensive > Xeon's for that. > I was told that they are compatible, but after poking around on the web a bit I have my doubts that this is going to work. If not, I will either have to replace the chips, or send back the motherboard and build 2 quads instead. For my usage 2 quads are probably better than an octal. I have heard hints that someone has (or is making) motherboards that will support dual i7 but it may not be quite as efficient. I will look into that too. Don > > -- > GCP > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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