Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > General Motherboard > Are there any quad core q6600 motherboards? only find dual quad xeon!

Are there any quad core q6600 motherboards? only find dual quad xeon!

Forum Motherboards & Memory : General Motherboard - Are there any quad core q6600 motherboards? only find dual quad xeon!

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
gossen   07-10-2007 at 08:20:37 PM

I'm interested in building a dual quad-core system. 2 x Intel Q6600 CPUS @ 3.0 GHz.

When I use Newegg + others I only find dual motherboards for Xeon CPUs. Did any manufacturer put together a dual Quad-core Q6600?? Or am I missing something?

By the way it's impossible to do a search on dual motherborads these days. Everything's dual: LAN ports, cores, graphic cards, screens...

Thanks!!

Message quoted 1 times
Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
mapex   07-10-2007 at 08:55:20 PM
- 0 +

I'm not aware of any current consumer motherboards that allow for 2 cpus on an Intel platform. If you're going to actually need 8 cores, you'd have to be building a high end professional workstation, where you'd probably be better off with a server board anyway.

Reply to mapex
gossen   07-10-2007 at 09:22:12 PM
- 0 +

Yes I need 8 cores. My rendertime is 48h + / image, which would be reduced to 4h with all those cores thinking for me.
I could buy a 8-core mac pro, and have considered it, but it's more expensive than building your own, as you pay for a lot of bundled software including os X. So...

Reply to gossen
emp   07-10-2007 at 09:28:01 PM
- 0 +

server board + Dual Quad-core xeons, that's your answer. Xeon is just the name for the Core 2 Duo chips for servers, the difference is that they are handpicked upon production to get the most stable, "better" products for servers and the rest for desktops.

 

TYAN S5372G2NR-LC Dual Socket 771 Intel 5000V SSI CEB Server Motherboard - Retail

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813151084

 

Intel Xeon E5320 Clovertown 1.86GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache Socket 771 Active or 1U Processor - Retail

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819117115

 

(You could always look for a faster CPU)


Message edited by emp on 07-10-2007 at 09:35:00 PM
Reply to emp
gossen   07-10-2007 at 09:34:53 PM
- 0 +

Ok thanks guys. I'm going over to Xeon then. Any my money goes xeeooon gone. well I'll check the prices. Thanks again!

Reply to gossen
mapex   07-10-2007 at 10:43:47 PM
- 0 +

btw are you sure that the rendering software you're using can utilize multiple cores? Emp brings up a good point with looking for a faster cpu, what's your current setup specs?

Message quoted 1 times
Reply to mapex
SuicideSilence   07-10-2007 at 10:46:00 PM
- 0 +

you might want to wait untill july 22nd.

Message quoted 1 times
Reply to SuicideSilence
Zorg   07-10-2007 at 10:57:17 PM
- 0 +

gossen wrote :

I'm interested in building a dual quad-core system. 2 x Intel Q6600 CPUS @ 3.0 GHz.

When I use Newegg + others I only find dual motherboards for Xeon CPUs. Did any manufacturer put together a dual Quad-core Q6600?? Or am I missing something?

By the way it's impossible to do a search on dual motherborads these days. Everything's dual: LAN ports, cores, graphic cards, screens...

Thanks!!

Well I hear a lot of talk, but I don't think it will be available soon enough, or at all for that matter.

Quote :

"Skulltrail"

Building on the success of their recently launched QX6800 processor, Intel also unveiled Skulltrail. Does anyone care what the technology is when the codename is that cool? Everyone? Ok then! Think AMD QuadFX, but for Intel Quad-Core processors. Yes, 8-Cores in your own personal rig, without it being a Xeon!

Current Q6600/Q6700 processor are not dual-socket capable, like high-end Xeons. Intel hasn't confirmed that the QX6800 processor is at this point, but it's assumed to be since they directly wrapped it into their announcement. This is bad for those who want to "low-end" Quad-Core processors to throw in their machines, but it's the same way with AMD and their FX-74 processors. Be prepared to open your wallet should you want an 8-core system.



http://techgage.com/article/beijin [...] kulltrail/

Reply to Zorg
gossen   07-11-2007 at 10:48:09 PM
- 0 +

mapex wrote :

btw are you sure that the rendering software you're using can utilize multiple cores? Emp brings up a good point with looking for a faster cpu, what's your current setup specs?



Yes! I render interior scenes w/ natural daylight, blurred reflections in parquet flooring etc. It's in Maxwell. If you don't know about it and you do render, this'll change your perspective!

There's a benchmarking site for it: the 8-core Macs are in the lead with 13 min./scene.
My old P4 would do the same scene in 4 hours! So the new 8-core machines are about 20 times faster!!
:pt1cable:

http://www.benchwell.com/


Message edited by gossen on 07-11-2007 at 11:03:37 PM
Reply to gossen
gossen   07-11-2007 at 11:06:34 PM
- 0 +

SuicideSilence wrote :

you might want to wait untill july 22nd.



Why? Is there a buy-1-get-1-free sale on Xeons then? ;)

Reply to gossen
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > General Motherboard > Are there any quad core q6600 motherboards? only find dual quad xeon!
Go to:

There are 1158 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.693 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
  • 01:00 vishnuvamp won the Freshman badge
  • 01:00 whiz won the Freshman badge
  • 01:00 jconline won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 qiaoda won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 sykohedd won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 jundja won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 cnsftci won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 VistaVendetta won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 batuchka won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 Nick_C won the Uniformed badge