computer question

1800 · Post by **1800** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:26 am

will a socket 771 (chip) work in a 775 board? if not, where is a good place to look for socket 771 boards. they all look like server boards to me on egg.

Quester115 · Post by **Quester115** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:44 pm

yeah...not gonna work (or fit, but i had a friend who put DDR2 ram in backwards...), but heres the newegg page for 771 boards with 2 PCI-E though your going to spend some money on 'em. you may be better off just buying a 775 mobo with a Q6600 for the price tags on these things

as for them all being server boards the 771 socket and chips where designed to allow for a dual CPU config, and only server chipsets support it

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... rchInDesc=

edit: ... two quad core 771's (running with a 1600 fsb of course) with SLI'ed 8800GTX's and 16GB ram (DDR3 at >2GHz as it becomes stable), and lets throw in a 5TB 15,000RPM RAID5 config ... almost as much as the family car, but hey party on! server IT guys get all the fun

1800 · Post by **1800** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:16 pm

thats gay that only socket 771 is available in 1333FSB quad core...you can get socket 775, but its typically not gonna be 1333 fsb

Ortega · Post by **Ortega** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:24 pm

That is the tough thing with building new machines also. Make sure that they are going to stick with that socket for awhile or move on in 3 months. Intel 775 is to be around I do believe alittle while and is a good choice. Future is still in 775 I do believe for maybe 2-3 years, maybe! Could change tomorrow

clnk_I.N.S. · Post by **clnk_I.N.S.** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:05 am

I guess in the end it all comes down to personal preference. I like AMD over INTEL any day. My AMD Dual Core is rated at 1000+ H/T FSB for each cpu installed. That's not bad considering they only cost like $60 each.

1800 · Post by **1800** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:37 pm

to me, intel has always been the choice. my p4 has never had a problem and been a hell of a chip. when my new system arrives (tomorrow woot), it will be powered intel as well..