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| cjl wrote : No. The i7 only has one QPI link enabled, while you need 2 for the dual socket boards. Get the Xeon 5500 series CPUs instead. They are more expensive, but they do perform, and unlike the i7, they work with the multi-socket systems. |
Thats what I thought, thanks. $2000 vs $600 is a big difference though 
Are there any benchmarks out there that compare dual CPU configs vs. single CPU? I see a lot of benchmarks for desktop cpus under 3D rendering loads but none for server configs using dual Xeons.
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