Can an Athlon FX-51 be used dual processor?

[JimStapleton]

I.E. on an Optern 24x board? How well do they work? Worth it? (I mean 2 processors, not 1 on a dual board).

-Sig-

nVidia didn't make me an nVidia fanboy, ATi, and lack of other serious competition made me an nVidia fanboy.

 

[pIII_Man]

Probably not some hypertransport links may be disabled so i doubt it will be able to smp. You would be better off with an opteron 2XX.


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[juin]

Athlon FX do not support SMP.

I dont like french test

 

[pitsi]

Nope, FX-51 can not work in dual CPU configurations. You'll need two 2xx Opterons for that:

AMD Opteron Model 246 2.0GHz Retail $802
AMD Opteron Model 244 1.8GHz Retail $464

 

[raretech]

Just an FYI:

Pricewatch has the 246 for 708...

<i>SCO is to Linux what a flea is to a dog.</i>

 

[darko21]

Re: Athlon FX do not support SMP.

I'm not saying they do or they don't.. BUT as I remember the athlonxp does not support smp yet as I remember you could cut or connect a couple of bridges and it worked. Still it sounds like a bad idea to me.

If I glanced at a spilt box of tooth picks on the floor, could I tell you how many are in the pile. Not a chance, But then again I don't have to buy my underware at Kmart.

 

[JimStapleton]

Yeah, that's why I was asking.

Thanks for the info everyone.

-Sig-

nVidia didn't make me an nVidia fanboy, ATi, and lack of other serious competition made me an nVidia fanboy.

 

[juin]

Opteron use socket 940 vs 939 that is not compatible.Market segmentation.

I dont like french test

 

[darko21]

I thought the fx51 (right now anyway) use socket 940.

If I glanced at a spilt box of tooth picks on the floor, could I tell you how many are in the pile. Not a chance, But then again I don't have to buy my underware at Kmart.

 

[juin]

Soory it use socket 940.I dont look much at FX and EE they cost way to much for nothing

I dont like french test