i wish i had money to buy an 8-socket CPU server. LOL.
those x3950 x6 series servers look awesome...
with 8x intel xeon E7-8000 v2 CPU´s! "up to 60-cores/120-threads."
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/Intel-Xeon%20E7-8895%20v2.htmlE7- v1 also looks nice, x3950 x5 boards.
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/Intel-Xeon%20E7-4870%20AT80615007263AA%20(BX80615E74870).htmlE7-4000 is for 4-socket,
but i´ve seen E7-8k cpu´s in E7-4k motherboards.
x7560 it´s even older.
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/Intel-Xeon%20MP%20X7560%20-%20AT80604004869AA%20(BX80604X7560).htmlbut the curiosity... its always there. LOL. Jajajajaja
8-socket cpu with HT is a pipe dream,
a step down would be the 4-socket CPU like:
HP ProLiant DL
580 Generation 7 "G7",
has both versions:
for E7 v1 "up to 40-cores/80-threads",
and for x7560 "up to 32core/64-threads"
https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/getpdf.aspx/c04123267.pdf?ver=19the x7500 series CPU are a bit too old... but have HyperThreading, the x7400 do not.
research so far...
i´m looking a more compatible board with EPS 12v powersupply, those servers everything is custom, ram, board, psu, etc....
another problem with 4-socket & 8-socket boards is that require Windows Server,
and WinSrv 2016 Standard is sold by cores... 16-minimum, $800usd. for OEM/OEI, and $1100usd. for Boxed. "Boxed version allows to change the board, license is not hardware locked."
Windows Server Essentials 2016 i think is limited to 1-socket, cant rememeber.
and Datacenter is more $$.
every 4 additional cores/threads, license pack for Standard or Datacenter is +$210usd.
Essentials i think it cannot be upgraded, a clean install must be made.
also console version cannot be upgraded to Desktop experience, clean install also must be made.