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Arktos   07-31-2008 at 01:29:15 PM


Hi,

Is it at all possible to build a home pc which has multiple cpu chips - 2 or
4 (more?) ?


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Kari   07-31-2008 at 01:37:00 PM
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well intel skulltrail platform has 2 quadcores... expensive stuff though

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outlw6669   07-31-2008 at 01:50:09 PM
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Yes.
If you have way to much cash laying around, you can.
Unless you are running some high powered professional software, you will have very little performance increases from a single physical CPU.

Intel's Skulltrail, FYI

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evongugg   07-31-2008 at 02:26:59 PM
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Get a Intel Core 2 Quad. Quad core CPU.
A Quad core might even be faster than 2 dual cores.


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Arktos   07-31-2008 at 03:29:54 PM
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Thanks to both. That much I already knew.

I would like to have 2 or 4 quad cores working on a single computation
- a C program which I have written. 2 or 4 Phenoms would be nice.

Graphics are unimportant.

Memory needed ~ 4Gb.

Cost, power consumption and noise are of concern.

Anything going in this case?




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rubix_1011   07-31-2008 at 03:40:13 PM
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Order yourself a server chassis and run them all in a clustered environment; it might cost you $150,000, but if it's as hard core as you seem to make it seem...good luck.

You need tremendous CPU power, but only 4gb of RAM??


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Arktos   07-31-2008 at 04:02:54 PM
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For a home pc the answer seems to be "Not doable".

Thanks.

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reddozen   07-31-2008 at 04:29:42 PM
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your other option would be a 2p server board. you'd be looking at roughly $1,500 for a good 2P AMD board for dual barcy's and a PCI- E x16 slot. you wont be able to get a crossfire setup though sadly (at least not that I've seen)

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rammar16   07-31-2008 at 04:39:06 PM
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i have noticed that no one has mentioned the AMD FX 70 72 and 74 platforms although you might as well go with a C2Q or a phenom X4. i just wanted to note their is another....

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TwoDigital   07-31-2008 at 04:54:39 PM
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You're looking for a server motherboard... if you're considering Core2Quad processors, look at the quad-core Xeon motherboards like an Asus DSEB-DG/SAS. Once you get the expensive motherboard, your next hurdle is the expensive Xeon 5100 processors. After that you have registered ECC DIMMs to purchase for memory.

As mentioned above, you may save a bit of $$$ with Skulltrail. What you're asking for isn't cheap, but it's doable if you have a budget.

As a cheaper option, if you can live with two or 4 dual-core processors, you can check ebay for used Compaq DL380 (G4/G5) servers. Datacenters retire the one-generation-old servers all the time as hardware cost is not generally so much an issue for them as operating costs for the newer 45nm systems with quad-cores.

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Sailer   07-31-2008 at 06:32:50 PM
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rammar16 wrote :

i have noticed that no one has mentioned the AMD FX 70 72 and 74 platforms although you might as well go with a C2Q or a phenom X4. i just wanted to note their is another....



There are reasons that nobody mentioned the QFX. It was a failure from the time it was made, its old technology, and its not supported by AMD. The worst and slowest Phenom is probably better than the best of the QFX chips.

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