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[dave_graham]

@DaveGraham ........Good Morning Dave whats the verdict on this ATM will Barcelona be dampered in performance on the current boards?
I really want to get away from Overclocking for a while "no time" lately because of work and life so what would be my best bet if I choose not to wait for middle or late 2008 for new board from SM a Dual Dual socket F or what?

if by "current" you mean Socket L1, then, yes, i think your overall performance will have a damper on it. If you mean Socket L1-SP, then, i think you'll be in much better position for next year.

dave

[Brother Esau]

if by "current" you mean Socket L1, then, yes, i think your overall performance will have a damper on it. If you mean Socket L1-SP, then, i think you'll be in much better position for next year.

dave

Ok let me simplify this maybe I guess so I can understand this better!
Is a current Dual Socket F board with say 2 ~ 2220's going to be faster than a Dual Barcelona on the same board due to the memory latency with Barcelona due to Motherboard limitations?

If I elect to set up a Dual Socket F Super Micro Work station/ Server now instead of waiting for the new boards in half a year or longer will the 2 dual cores be better for my needs in over all speed currently?

[dave_graham]

Ok let me simplify this maybe I guess so I can understand this better!
Is a current Dual Socket F board with say 2 ~ 2220's going to be faster than a Dual Barcelona on the same board due to the memory latency with Barcelona due to Motherboard limitations?

depends on your workload and application set. i obviously have the opinion that a synchronously clocked MC is better than a down-clocked one, but...whatever. that's just a specs thing...

I'd personally wait for B2s, but...that's me.

If I elect to set up a Dual Socket F Super Micro Work station/ Server now instead of waiting for the new boards in half a year or longer will the 2 dual cores be better for my needs in over all speed currently?

get a split-plane board now

dave

[Brother Esau]

depends on your workload and application set. i obviously have the opinion that a synchronously clocked MC is better than a down-clocked one, but...whatever. that's just a specs thing...

I'd personally wait for B2s, but...that's me.



get a split-plane board now

dave

David, who has the split plane boards currently available that would house all of my hardware in my sig comfortably?

Less the RAM and Processor of course