Ghostrider 00 wrote:
On 6/18/2011 4:08 PM, W wrote:
I noticed that some of the newer Intel i7 processors like 990X and
some of
the newer Xeon like E5690 use a separate memory bus from the I/O bus, and
the memory business is run at extremely high speeds. Does support for
this new memory bus technology require a special motherboard?


Generally writing, CPU's are designed to work with specified chipsets
and this means certain motherboards. For the Intel i7-990X, visit the
Intel website. As indicated below,

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id...ec-codes=SLBVZ


this CPU was designed to work with the Intel X58 chipset. In addition,
the the Intel i7-990X inserts into a LGA 1366 socket.

Would that imply that boards for the 950 would be expected to accept the 990X
and work? Curious, have such on hand.