combining 2 intel i7 processors

[adameglick]

Hi. I'm new to the world of building computers, but I need to run a lot of monte carlo calculations and am building a computer for this purpose.

I went with the intel i7 6700k (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012M8LXQW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1) for its performance and reviews. However I will need more than 4 cores but don't want to purchase the 8 core processor for 3x as much money.

My question: How can I use 2 i7 6700k processors together to get the use of 8 cores for computations? Thank you.

 

[someguywholikescomputers]

if you need 8 cores then do with some xeons you cant put two i7 6700's together

 

[someguywholikescomputers]

if you are willing to buy two of them i think you shoulda went with an i7 4790k

 

[adameglick]

So for best computational speed the xeon is a better processor even though it has a much slower clock speed?

 

[Gam3r01]

Do you explicitly need 8 cores?
You do know the 6700k has 8 threads right?

 

[adameglick]

I am looking for the best multitasking CPU to improve the speeds of deterministic computations involving many iterations to find steady state solutions. I was just wondering if it is possible to cluster together 2 6700k cpu to get faster computation speed.

 

[someguywholikescomputers]

for what you are looking to do you need some xeons

 

[someguywholikescomputers]

i7s are kinda more for gaming and xeons and more for doing work

 

[Kurz]

You probably want a Dual socket board.

 

[Gam3r01]

i7s are kinda more for gaming and xeons and more for doing work

I think you fundamentally dont understand the difference between the two.
There needs to be a distinction made between sever grade Xeons (what you are describing) and ones oriented at consumers (IE Xeon 1231v3). The latter is a cut down i7 (exact same chip as a 4770) without an iGPU.
Neither are directly geared at a specific workload, that is exclusively server Xeons