AMD Opteron 6128 and Motherboard LGA values

[chemjeff]

Hi all,
So I am looking at building a quad-processor server, with each processor having 8 cores (32 cores total). Right now I'm looking at an AMD Opteron 6128 processor mainly for price reasons, the Intel option is too pricey. I read the specs on the Opteron 6128 that it has an LGA pin count of 1974 ( http://www.compsource.com/pn/OS6128WKT8EGO/Amd_34/ ) but the quad-socket motherboards that I'm finding that are available for this chip have LGA pin counts of 1944 (http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron6100/SR56x0/H8QGi_-F.cfm). Is this something to worry about? Why is there an LGA pin count mismatch?

 

[bogmali]

Should be compatible as both are socket G34. More info on CPU here:

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Opteron 6128 HE - OS6128VAT8EGO.html

Should be a beast

 

[chemjeff]

Thanks

Thanks for the info! Now that is strange. How come this site, and AMD's site, say the processor is LGA 1944 but the compsource site says it's LGA 1974?

 

[JF-AMD]

The interwebs are full of typos if you look hard enough. any G34 processor fits in any G34 socket. 2P or 4P. Period.

 

[jagd]

7 is over 4 at numpad , someone pressed 7 instead 4 and didnot control i guess

Thanks for the info! Now that is strange. How come this site, and AMD's site, say the processor is LGA 1944 but the compsource site says it's LGA 1974?