Can I buy 8-way motherboard or do I have to build it myself ?

[Aiox]

Hi,

I need a motherboard with 8 CPU Sockets, becouse I have 8 CPUs which can work together. I have no idea where to find it. I was looking for it on the internet for a few days now. This situation is rather hopeless. I saw this kind of motherboards by myself in other supercomputers, but I don't know where to get it. Do I have to build it by myself ? How do those people who have 8-way motherboards buy it ? Its for eight processors Intel Xeon E7 - 8870. I have bought them recently. I also have those :

- four Intel Xeon Phi 7120X
- three RME HDSPe MADI
- Kingston 128 GB 1333 MHz DDR3L CL9 LRDIMM
- Fujitsu HDD 2.5 (SFF) SATA/SAS Hotplug HD SATA 6G 1TB
- Crucial 512 GB m4 SATA III 2.5''

Please help me or at least give me some contact details to the people who can help me in this situation.

Aiox

 

[betwixt]

You don't need a 'normal' motherboard, there are special ones made for high end servers that use multiple Xeon processors. They are VERY expensive. Unless you are an expert in a team of PCB designers, forget any notion of building your own board, designing for a single processor is an expert job, designing for 8 is a nightmare even for a team of experts!

Also bear in mind you need a PSU capable of maybe 1KW or more continuous rating and a lot of cooling fans!

Brian.

 

[Aiox]

I still don't know WHERE can I buy this motherboard. I have a relatively big budget for this motherboard, which is £7.000. but where.... where.... By the way I live in Perth, United Kingdom.

 

[betwixt]

I have no connection with them but this might be worth following up: http://www.supermicro.co.uk/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/
or try calling "Novatech" in Portsmouth for advice, they are importers of motherboards for various systems.

Brian.