i think i know a few people on the XS forums that might have this build already, i'll ask around.Pwolf wrote:Yea, I haven't decided on which mb to get yet. I was looking at ASUS: either Z8PE-D12x or Z8PE-D18x (more ram). Haven't been able to find a lot of articles out there where people have built and tested dual Nahalem Xeons for reference. Its a lot of money to shell out as the cpu's are $1700 already so its nice to have something to look at for reference when trying to buy parts. I'm not big on OCing so I don't plan on it. I'm mostly worried about fitting everything into a standard ATX case and having enough clearance between the ram/peripherals/hsf.
Oh yeah, you might need to consider getting a bigger case for this set up. A standard case might not have the correct holes and space to even hold the motherboard you are considering.
It is very very rare they will make a server/workstation board in ATX form factor. too much hardware that needs to go on.
But then again most of the bigger cases can handle 13"x12", but thats up to you.
If you want a nice case with lots of space and good air flow i recommend 'mountain mods'. They house workstation builds all the time.
If you saw from my video, i had a huge ass case, the mobo was bigger than your average ATX. :\ 12x10.5 SSI CEB form factor.
The skulltrail is the only dual cpu slot board out there that is standard eATX size.
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or you could wait around for Intel to release another skulltrail type motherboard for the Nahalems.
