Is it possible to put an 8000 series socket-F Opteron into a dual-socket motherboard?
- by René Kåbis
Exactly what it says on the Tin.
I have a dual-socket, socket-F motherboard in which I am looking to put two high-end quad-core Opterons, but the 2000 series are nearly double the price of the 8000 series on eBay. Can I just drop in a pair of 8000 series processors and be done with it, or are there processor-critical motherboard features that…