Socket 603?

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Randella

Does anyone know of a motherboard that suits just one socket 603
processor? The reason I ask is because I want to switch from my dual
processor set-up back to 2 single processor computers, yet the
motherboards seem to be no longer avalible. I don't need a server, yet
they are server processors... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!!

-Randy
 
Thanks for the response! But unfortunately that site only has dual
processor boards, not what I had posted above. Thanks for the response
though!
 
As far as I know the socket 603 only works with certain Xeon CPUs. This
means it is very unlikely you'll find desktop boards with this socket. You
can use most dual socket boards with a single CPU. Not sure about Socket 603
though, I've never used any boards that have it.
 
You are right the socket 603 is TYPICALLY, not always, a pair of Xeons.
There is also a socket 604 that is metioned abit. After checking into
a few sites what I have discovered is that the socket 603 was ment to
be stand-alone whereas the socket 604 is 2 paired 603's. Now not all
Xeons are 603's. 603's are probably the weakest Xeon ever produced and
they have the smallest cache. At 256K on chip cache, P2's had more
cache! The problem I have is that I cannot find a decent server
board/mother board for my 603's. I would like to find a modern or
somewhat modern board for this processor. All I can seem to find are
the dual config high end boards that have features that are not
desireable to anyone. I ran into a few boards that support 12 disk
configuration and had no raid support. WTF? I am operating on the
KISS(keep it simple stupid) principal since I will have to get rid of
these one day... Anyone that can find a single processor 603 board
with USEABLE features would be greatly appreciated!!!

-Randy
MS-MVP Windows user
 
Randella

You may have to use a dummy processor in one of the slots, but just because
two slots exist does not necessarily mean that two processors have to be
used..

For the cost of some 603 boards, one could buy a full XP system.. you may
want to consider that and leave the present computers configuration as it
is..
 
This is definately true...

Just thought I could find a better board for these processors and
divide them up because the whole dual processer thing is definately not
worth the effort.

-Randy
 
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