Dual Socket x99 Motherboards

[Wastedfun]

So I have been patiently waiting for x99 to come out. It has been a while since I have completely revamped my computer. In '12 I lost an old CPU so went to the i7 3770 with a Sniper 3 board. And the year before that I went to an SSD. So over this last year I have been browsing hardware and looking for all out upgrades that I can get in preparation for a true x99 build.

So far I got into a Cosmos II case (which I fell in love with omg) and am eyeing down Corsair 1500w PSU. The reason for such a big PSU is that I am going to hold out for a solid, dual x99 board with a pair of unknown GPU's. I guess you could say I want to future proof with the PSU.

(also I want to see a board with USB 3.1...may be dreaming though)

Along with that I am about to get into a revodrive (PCIE with crazy speeds) pretty soon. Call it a pre upgrade to help ease the pain of not being an early adopter of x99.

So I have searched for Dual socket x99's with no luck. My question is, is there any unknown reason (to me anyways) that may prevent x99 from being able to handle two CPU's? I only ask because 1 CPU has 8 slots for RAM, with 4 being on each side. So from that blueprint, it seems like it may be difficult to make a dual CPU MB. Of course a dual CPU would be on an extended ATX, but still...

I haven't read anything related to these limitations, so I am not sure.

And please spare me the "You don't need speech". This seems like a popular statement, some people want 10 second cars, others want stupid fast computers

 

[TechyInAZ]

lol be patient. X99 JUST came out so it's gona be a while until one with two sockets comes out.

What are you doing with your PC anyways? dual cpus is overkill for 95% of computer users out there.

 

[ksarex]

X99 chipset will not support dual cpus, also i7 2011 socket cpus dont and wont support that feature either. This feature is exclusive to server and workstastion oriented cpus like the xeon line.

 

[Wastedfun]

Yeah I know it will be overkill. But I use my PC for everything in One.

It is a RAID NAS with ~10 HDDs that I access from work.
Plex Server that gets used in house and out with usually 3+ streams (some to mobile which require lots of transcoding).
High end video games at the same time.
Mass HQ image batch processing with Photoshop.
HD video rendering in 1080p. 4k is here but I haven't even tried it with my setup now...
Not a big workload but also web development, which is easier with an SQL/PHP server running & outside access.

Those are my main uses

 

[Wastedfun]

X99 chipset will not support dual cpus, also i7 2011 socket cpus dont and wont support that feature either. This feature is exclusive to server and workstastion oriented cpus like the xeon line.

I was hoping for a dual clu that would support DDR4. They don't support now, but is that a permanent statement? Where can I read this?

 

[ksarex]

For i7 : http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i7/Intel-Core%20i7-5960X%20Extreme%20Edition.html it is stated that it is a uniprocessor, while if you check xeon you will see that it says up to 2 cpus.

The same goes for x99. I dont have a link to give but if it follows the previous x*9 products it wont support dual cpus. The reason for not having such support is not space but a more complicated architecture of the chipset which would result in a huge starting startin price for x99 products.

 

[Wastedfun]

Great info, ty!

 

[anspee]

X99 chipset will not support dual cpus, also i7 2011 socket cpus dont and wont support that feature either. This feature is exclusive to server and workstastion oriented cpus like the xeon line.

What about the ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS?

 

[ksarex]

X99 chipset will not support dual cpus, also i7 2011 socket cpus dont and wont support that feature either. This feature is exclusive to server and workstastion oriented cpus like the xeon line.

What about the ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS?

That's not a x99 mobo. The chipset on ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS is C602 and as you can see the only dual cpu configurations supported are xeon configurations which support this feature. You would only need a motherboard like this only for really heavy workloads, like the ones servers and other workstastions have to deal with.