Dual CPU mobo with 800MHz FSB?

[PontiusPilate]

I am looking to buy a dual CPU system. As far as I've seen, the fastest FSB on a dual CPU mobo is 533MHz. Am I wrong? Are there any out there that have an 800MHz FSB and support Dual Channel DDR400? Please let me know, thanks

 

[ad_rach]

You are right to an extent.There are no dual xeons as yet with more than 533MHz (effective) bus.However, if you have the money, you could go for a dual opteron 24X system(you didn't specifically say you wanted intel).Opteron's don't have an FSB really because they use a hypertransport link but they perform damn well and can use dual DDR400(AFAIK- i think they have made dual boards compatible with DDR400 too(?)-it was initially just DDR333).

no matter how hard you try, you can't polish a turd. :]<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by ad_rach on 11/06/03 03:40 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[sjonnie]

Will depend to some extent on whether registered DDR400 is available yet. Oh yes, I see Kingston is marketing registered DDR400 HyperX for the Athlon FX, nice. Not sure what happened to the 800MHz Xeons, think they are waiting for the Nocona B core on 0.09microns which should be released in H1 2004 along with the corresponding Lindenhurst chipset complete with PCI Express, DDR-II etc.

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