Motherboards?

[TheYankees1903]

I am trying to build a new computer (my first built computer ever) and I am trying to make it with the newset parts. I have decided I will use 1 or probably 2 Quad Core Xeon Harpertown processors but I am having a problem finding a good extreme motherboard. The only one I could find was the Intel D5400XS...

Can someone please point me in the direction of some other alternative (new) motherboards I could use.

Please Help,
TheYankees1903

 

[dukebound85]

if you wanted the possibility of a hackintosh, research compatibility lists and such on osx86

other than that, its pretty open to what you get. just make sure the sockets line up and such. go by newegg reviews for sure

 

[TheYankees1903]

if you wanted the possibility of a hackintosh, research compatibility lists and such on osx86

other than that, its pretty open to what you get. just make sure the sockets line up and such. go by newegg reviews for sure

What motherboard does the current Mac Pro use?

Let Me Know,
TheYankees1903

 

[cal6n]

What motherboard does the current Mac Pro use?

Let Me Know,
TheYankees1903

I don't know but it's made out of unobtainium...

 

[brand]

What motherboard does the current Mac Pro use?

Not one that conforms to any type of ATX or BTX standard. So in your situation it doesn't really matter.

 

[Transeau]

Dual LGA771 sockets, Intel 5400 chipset. If you want to do it right, find a workstation board that uses EFI.

Though, the odds are that if you try and match the specs, quality and warranty, you are going to run almost the same price as a real Mac Pro.
I priced it out at newegg, for about the same specs and quality, I came up with $2933 before tax and shipping. Given, you can build it cheaper, but I tried to get the closest match to a real Mac.

 

[krye]

The Mac Pro, as well as all Macs, uses a custom board designed and built by Apple. The best you can do is to find an ATX board with matching chipsets.

 

[Firefly2002]

I see no point in building a Xeon-based Mac Pro... it won't end up being cheaper. If you want to use a Core 2 Quad or ultrafast e8400/8500 Core 2 Duo clocked at ~4 GHz, I could see the merit in that. But otherwise...? They're ultra expensive.. you won't find any cheap Xeon boards.