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Is it possible to have 2 CPU?

Submitted by InjoyVan, , Thread ID: 178789

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16-08-2020, 07:29 PM
#1
Just Wondering.

Also would it make your computer way faster if you did.

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#2
Yes


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#3
usually the multi cpu system is used on some server boards..
not good in gaming configuration :D

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#4
Yeah like the two above me stated. Totally possible but often either server or workstation setups. Servers can have up to 4 CPUs on board, afaik, probably even more :D Workstations tend to have max two, mostly due to the amount of heat that has to be dissipated. Again usually used in data centers.

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#5
You would need a motherboard which has two CPU sockets to accomplish this. I wouldn't recommend doing this for things like gaming though... stick to using dual-CPUs on servers.
QuinNull

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#6
Yes, you can even have 4-CPU motherboards. I built a server using a Tyan, dual-Xeon motherboard, and it has been very responsive for years. When you build a dual-cpu computer, you need to make sure that the "stepping" of the CPU's is the same, and also, of course that the CPU's are multiprocessor capable. It's challenging, but a lot of fun to build a multiprocessor computer (it's really called a workstation or a server, when you're creating such a build). Here's a tip: Try to get a case that allows the motherboard to lie horizontally. The heatsinks on dual-CPU configurations are best when they are big and copper. That means that they're heavy. If you have a vertically-oriented motherboard, that can put a lot of stress on the CPU mounts. Keeping things horizontal spreads the weight of the heatsinks, and puts a lot less stress on the motherboard.

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16-08-2020, 07:29 PM
InjoyVan Wrote:
Just Wondering.

Also would it make your computer way faster if you did.
In some server pcs yes

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#8
there actually ARE Motherboards with multiple CPU slots. its just hard to get a compatible CPU that fits in one of these sockets.

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#9
If you have a 4 sockets mother board you can mount also 4 CPU. Please consider Tyan mobo if you want to assemble a multi-cpu system.

Please note that not all the CPU's can be installed in superscalar mobo.

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#10
yeah and modern processors have multiple processor cores so you are probably actually running multi processors without even knowing it

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