cheap quad cores! E5310: $335 + ship

[d94]

socket 771... https://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=XEON5310BX
save $3 with froogle ;) http://froogle.google.com/froogle_url?q=http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php%3Fp%3DXEON5310BX%26c%3Dfr%26pid%3De9e1a 6301c88ef67c0582be55b4d71cba33870de3a24e0316c3fc81 1949c96f1&fr=ABMvSBBr97ibP-k5XmQroLDovgQVyhPiN77c8p_evx_0YxbvLAvWqm0AAAAAAAAA AA&gl=us&hl=en
771 boards - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Property&Subcategory=302&Description=&Type=&srchInDesc=&MinPrice=&MaxPrice=&PropertyCodeValue=713%3A21504

[natewildes]

cheap cpu.....expensive as heck mobos. well, considering you can have 4 cores running at once...ok, good deal ;)

[d94]

cheap cpu.....expensive as heck mobos. well, considering you can have 4 cores running at once...ok, good deal ;)
dontchya mean 8? :D
these boards take upto 2 chips

[mcoleg]

are any of those motherboards overclockable at all?

[Adragontattoo]

are any of those motherboards overclockable at all?

would you REALLY need to?

[mcoleg]

well dahh :P

[tech9]

Do you have to fill both cpu sockets?

hmm... interesting!

[ShadowPho]

how does this compare to 4x4?

[Xenocide]

how does this compare to 4x4?

:bday:

[Mr. Perfect]

That's one hellava cheap quad core, even if the clock is low. O_o There must be some catch I'm not seeing here. They'd have to be Woodcrest, right?

[Gautam]

Cloverton. Woodcrest is the server variant of Conroe.