Any cheap reasonable Skylake single or dual cpu MB you can recommend?

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wildpig1234

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Gold 6140 18c seems to be fairly reasonably priced now at $40 each. Wondering if there are some cheap single or dual cpu MB i can get? Woud like it to have 6 channel ram of course.
 

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Outside of proprietary? Depends on what your definition of inexpensive is. They're still generally in the $250-400 range on the secondary market.
 

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Just going by completed listings on eBay for motherboards with that sockey. I'm not seeing anything readily available under $300 currently, though I have not searched much.

Same thing happened years ago with 2011-3. First generation CPUs for the socket were cheap, but motherboards were not.
 

RolloZ170

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Wondering if there are some cheap single or dual cpu MB i can get?
proprietary if you are a DIY men.
intel s2600BP (with adapter work with ATX PSU) got two for under $99usd each.
they run Fabric ones and second gens.
 

wildpig1234

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if you need them you need Riser cards, one has add. M.2 on it.
VGA is onboard from ASPEED(BMC IPMI)
or check S2600WF(T)
intel dual socket, but you need intel PSU.
S2600WF price is not really much cheaper than a regular MB and still have odd shape...lol..
 

RolloZ170

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S2600WF price is not really much cheaper than a regular MB and still have odd shape...lol..
sure maybe in your area...
here they sell cx2550m4(refurb) blade for $35usd.
its in the nature of humans, themore people wants/needs the higher the prices.
But don't worry, I'll keep my mouth shut now.
 

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It comes with a pile of compromises, but the X11DPL can occasionally be had cheap, I got one for $200 and periodically see 1U systems with that board and some Xeon Bronze CPUs installed on ebay that go for under $250 including shipping.
 

wildpig1234

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It comes with a pile of compromises, but the X11DPL can occasionally be had cheap, I got one for $200 and periodically see 1U systems with that board and some Xeon Bronze CPUs installed on ebay that go for under $250 including shipping.
Def quite a lot of compromise with only 4 dimm slots per cpu ;(. And i am not seeing a whole lot for less than $450 ;(. guess my experiment with AVX-512 will have to wait a bit longer ;(...
 

nexox

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Yeah you have to wait for a deal, and those 1U systems don't have the motherboard model listed, I identify them by the unique rear IO layout.
 

RolloZ170

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x11dph-t $300 ???
another $289
 
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wildpig1234

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Gold 6140 18c at $40 each. Is this the fastest bang for the buck or is there anything else better?

Is there an even better bang for the buck cascade lake cpu i can get?
 
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zachj

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Hp z6 g4

don’t bother buying a naked motherboard; you need adapters for fans, front panel, power supply, etc.. but if you buy a complete barebones or a low-end working unit they’re a great deal.

as long as you don’t need things like ipmi or the ability to edit “server class” bios settings.

I still need to go have a mess around with changing hidden bios settings with ru.efi
 

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Hp z6 g4

don’t bother buying a naked motherboard; you need adapters for fans, front panel, power supply, etc.. but if you buy a complete barebones or a low-end working unit they’re a great deal.

as long as you don’t need things like ipmi or the ability to edit “server class” bios settings.

I still need to go have a mess around with changing hidden bios settings with ru.efi
HP Z6 G4 is only 1 cpu WS, cheapest on ebay right now is about $250 - 300. The X11 MB is a dual socket MB which is what i want. Also, HP may not allow usage of OEM cpu, etc. And their WS doesn't use standardized psu either. At least the supermicro board use a reg psu
 

zachj

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Hp z6 g4 supports two cpus

your post title explicitly says you are looking for single *or* dual cpu motherboards.

hp z6 g4 supports oem processors. I’m using one right now.