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    Russian, with the way things are moving I think you will be able to use non-server specific CPU's with this board, its what Jake seems to suggest. He did say entirely different cpu models, not different speed cpus within the same series..

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    Quote Originally Posted by individual View Post
    Russian, with the way things are moving I think you will be able to use non-server specific CPU's with this board, its what Jake seems to suggest. He did say entirely different cpu models, not different speed cpus within the same series..
    In a word: no.

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    Quote Originally Posted by individual View Post
    Russian, with the way things are moving I think you will be able to use non-server specific CPU's with this board, its what Jake seems to suggest. He did say entirely different cpu models, not different speed cpus within the same series..
    Xeons only, i quess he ment non matching cpus = different stepping, but that has never been problem...
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    Quote Originally Posted by individual View Post
    Russian, with the way things are moving I think you will be able to use non-server specific CPU's with this board, its what Jake seems to suggest. He did say entirely different cpu models, not different speed cpus within the same series..
    Xeons are the only chips with enough QPIs to make it work...
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