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PsychoSaysDie   05-14-2009 at 08:10:46 PM

Do i NEED to run ECC memory in this Mobo? I'm ordering today and i just want to make sure. Going to be teamed up with 2 Xeon 5520's :ouch:

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Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   05-14-2009 at 11:23:54 PM
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Not according to the specs:

Total Slots: 6 (3-channel per CPU, 3-DIMM per CPU)
Capacity: Maximum up to 48GB (RDIMM), Maximum up to 24GB (UDIMM)
Memory Type: DDR3 800/1066/1333 Reg DIMM/ Unbuffered DIMM with ECC/ non ECC
Memory Size: 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB (RDIMM); 1GB 2GB 4GB (UDIMM)

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YGDRASSIL   05-15-2009 at 02:06:19 PM
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ECC memory not required, but allowed.

Do you plan on overclocking the 5520's?

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PsychoSaysDie   05-17-2009 at 06:19:01 AM
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YGDRASSIL wrote :

ECC memory not required, but allowed.

Do you plan on overclocking the 5520's?




IF the board will allow it i sure as hell will. Would like atleast 3ghz. :)

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YGDRASSIL   05-17-2009 at 09:49:22 AM
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PsychoSaysDie wrote :

IF the board will allow it i sure as hell will. Would like atleast 3ghz. :)



Please post here whether you succeeded. I intent on buying the same setup, but only if I can OC the cheaper XEON's to good speeds.

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PsychoSaysDie   05-17-2009 at 10:36:36 AM
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YGDRASSIL wrote :

Please post here whether you succeeded. I intent on buying the same setup, but only if I can OC the cheaper XEON's to good speeds.




YG,

It's going to have 8 cores and 16 HT's. Even at stock speeds it will decimate all. :lol:

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YGDRASSIL   05-17-2009 at 11:55:14 AM
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PsychoSaysDie wrote :

YG,

It's going to have 8 cores and 16 HT's. Even at stock speeds it will decimate all. :lol:



5520 stock speed is only 2.26 Ghz. So for programs (like most games) that do not use more as 4 cores a setup with one Core i7 at 3.2 Ghz will probably be a lot faster.

Everything that really uses multicore will run a lot faster on this machine.

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psybert   05-18-2009 at 06:02:32 PM
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Can you run this board with one processor (with the intent of adding one later as prices drop)?

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KEVING   05-23-2009 at 06:59:03 AM
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psybert wrote :

Can you run this board with one processor (with the intent of adding one later as prices drop)?



Yes, runs O.K. with one CPU but you can install only 3 DIMMS. That's not much of a limitation if you use 4GB DIMMS.

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Raviolissimo   05-24-2009 at 09:42:54 PM
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i heard some of the less expensive Xeon socket 1366's don't have hyper-threading, but the 5520 does have HT.

i was looking at the 5520. apparently there's an 80 watt version and a 60 watt version. i wonder if the 60 watt version OC's better.

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jazzop   05-26-2009 at 02:22:15 AM
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If any of you are capable of overclocking Nehalem XEONS, please let me know. ;)

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jdathela   06-10-2009 at 05:45:53 PM
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jazzop wrote :

If any of you are capable of overclocking Nehalem XEONS, please let me know. ;)



I second this notion. I would like to know if anyone is able to overclock dual Nahalem Xeons.


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