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    EU WTB: Socket F motherboard

    Hi guys, I'm looking for an Opteron socket F motherboard for a pet project with the following specifications: - two CPU sockets - support for 2400 series Opterons - ATX, EATX or SSI CEB/EEB formfactor - at least one physical PCIe x16 slot - AMD or Nvidia chipset - BIOS support for "node...
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    Xeons with an open multiplier

    Multiplier-unlocked Xeons according to overclocking results from HWBOT: Bloomfield: W3570 (source) W3580 (uncertain) Gulftown: W3680 W3690 Gainestown: W5580 (most probably not unlocked, despite of one CPU-Z validation; please see also...
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    Xeon E5-1680 v2: force maximum turbo multiplier

    Here I have a Xeon E5-1680 v2 on an Asrock Rack EPC602D8A mainboard. This Xeon has an open CPU frequency multiplier, so I set an all core turbo multiplier of 40. Once Windows is booted, I really have 4000 MHz on all cores. But as soon as I start Prim95 28.10 with small FFTs, the frequency goes...
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    Opteron socket F memory speed

    I'm searching for documentation about the supported memory speeds for socket F Opterons (Istanbul, 2400 series). They support up to DDR2-800 - but the memory speed is reduced when all memory slots are populated. There must be some documentation about it, but more than this info I couldn't found...
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    Where to get old Opteron Socket F mainboards?

    I'm searching for Dual Opteron boards with 2x Socket F which should support 2400 series Opterons (Istanbul). On Ebay I can't find useful material, because the boards are either MSI K9ND Speedster2 which don't support 2400 series Opterons, or they are OEM boards where I can't find any...