Dual-Socket Motherboards for Intel CPUs

Summary History

year	process	codename(s)	socket
2006	65nm	Clovertown	LGA 771
2007	45nm	Harpertown	LGA-771
2009	45nm	Nehalem, Gainestown	LGA 1366
2010	32nm	Westmere-EP	LGA-1366
2012	32nm	Romley-EP	LGA 2011
2013?	22nm	(Ivy Bridge dual-socket Xeon)	LGA 2011
2015?	22nm	(Haswell dual-socket Xeon)	?

Main Table

make and model	date	links and notes
LGA-771 :
SuperMicro MBD-X7DWA-N		X-ATX
SuperMicro MBD-X7DAL-E-O
SuperMicro MBD-X7DCA-L-O		u-ATX

LGA-1366 :
ASUS Z8NA-D6	20090306	ATX TomH example build
ASUS Z8NA-D6C	20090511	ATX Anand
ASUS Z8NR-D12		EEB
ASUS Z8PE-D12		EEB
ASUS Z8PE-D12X		EEB
ASUS Z8PE-D18		EEB
EVGA SR-2		HPTX
Intel S5500BCR		CEB
Intel S5520URT
Intel S5520SCR		EEB
Intel S5520HCR		EEB
Intel S5500HCVR		EEB
Intel S5520HCT		EEB
Intel S5520URT
SuperMicro MBD-X8DTL-i-O		ATX
SuperMicro MBD-X8DAL-i-O		ATX
SuperMicro MBD-X8DT6-O		X-ATX
SuperMicro MBD-X8DTE-F-O		X-ATX
SuperMicro MBD-X8DTi-LN4F-O		X-ATX
SuperMicro MBD-X8DAH+-F-O		X-ATX
Supermicro X8DTU-F		12.075 x 13.05
TYAN S7002GM2NR-LE		CEB
TYAN S7002WGM2NR-LE		CEB
TYAN S7002WGM2NR		CEB
TYAN S7025WAGM2NR		EEB
TYAN S7025AGM2NR		EEB
TYAN S7002G2NR-LE		CEB
TYAN S7002WGM2NR		CEB
TYAN S7025WAGM2NR		EEB

LGA-2011 :
ASUS Z9PE-D8		EEB
ASUS Z9PE-D16		EEB
EVGA 270-SE-W888-KR (aka "Classified SR-X")		HPTX
Intel S2600CP2		EEB
Intel W2600CR		14.2 x 15.0
SuperMicro MBD-X9DA7-O		EATX
SuperMicro MBD-X9DR3-F-O		EATX
SuperMicro MBD-X9DRD-IF-O		EATX
SuperMicro MBD-X9DRI-F-O		EATX
TYAN S7053WGM2NR		EEB

Example 8-core Nehalem-EP build

This build by sda3 (video here) uses the same Xeon CPUs as in my "early 2009" Mac Pro. These were the first "Nehalem" Xeons, and used the LGA-1366 socket.

Case: Lian Li PC-A71F Full Tower Case

Power supply: Corsair HX1000 (later replaced with an Antec 550)

Motherboard: ASUS Z8NA-D6 (ASMB4-IKVM)

CPUs: 2× Intel Xeon E5520

Memory: 24 GiB (6× 4 GiB) Wintec Registered ECC DDR3 1333hz Ram (all RAM slots full)

Video: NVIDIA Quadro FX3800 Graphics

SSD: 2x Kingston SSDNow V series 128GB SSD drives in Raid 0

Hard drive: 1 TB Western Digital Caviar Black HDD

Optical: Lite-on 24x DVD-RW drive

Example 12-core Westmere-EP build

This is a dual X5650 build by claytonjones006 (video here). It is unique in being an overclocked dual Xeon system. The Xeon X5650s and memory have both been overclocked, and by different amounts. The CPUs are overclocked by increasing the QPI frequency, in this case going from the normal 133.333 MHz up to 200 MHz, which raises the Xeon's base clock speed from the normal 2.66 GHz up to 4.0 GHz.

Case: LianLi PC-P80

Power supply: unknown, 1200 Watts

Motherboard: EVGA SR-2

CPUs: 2× Xeon X5650 @ 4.0 GHz

CPU Coolers: Thermaltake Frio

Memory: 24GiB (6× 4 GiB) OCZ Reaper DDR3-1333 @ 1520 (6 RAM slots left open)

Video: HIS ATi 5870 1GB

SSD: OCZ Vetex LE 100GB SSD

Example 16-core Sandy Bridge-EP build

These builds are by GamePC and are shown on their Facebook page.

A 16-core system by GamePC from 2012 Apr 4:

Case: unknown 2U rackmount case, with custom-modified fan bulkhead

Power supply: unknown 800W

Motherboard: Super Micro X9DAI Intel 602 E-ATX

(later changed to ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS C602)

CPUs: 2× Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.9 GHz

CPU Coolers: 2× GPC-W180 80mm Liquid Cooling

Memory: 64 GiB (8× 8 GiB) Samsung DDR3-1600 ECC/Reg (CL11)

(later changed to Crucial DDR3-1600 CL9 RAM)

Video: EVGA GT430 1GB Low Profile

SSD: Intel 520 Series 240GB SATAIII

A 16-core system by GamePC from 2012 May 17:

Case: Lian Li PC-Z70B HPTX

Power supply: unknown

Motherboard: ASUS Z9PE D8 WS

CPUs: 2× Xeon E5-2687 @ 3.1 GHz

CPU Coolers: unknown

Memory: 4x 1600MHz (4 slots filled, 4 empty)

Video: 4x EVGA GTX 680 SC 2GiB

SSD: Intel 520 Series 240GB

A 16-core system by GamePC from 2012 July 2::

Case: unknown

Power supply: unknown

Motherboard: ASUS Z9PE D8 WS

CPUs: 2× Xeon E5-2687 @ 3.1 GHz

CPU Coolers:

Memory: 64GiB (8× 8GiB) Crucial 1600MHz ECC/REG RAM

Video: 2x EVGA GTX 690 with SLI

SSD: 2× Intel 520-series 240GB

This page was written in the "embarrassingly readable" markup language RHTF, and was last updated on 2012 Aug 26.

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