Introduction

If you’ve been following WhiningDog over the last month, you’ll have noticed a pattern of articles and reviews concentrating on dual processor motherboards. What was the reason for all of this? I’ve been in the process of upgrading my existing dual processor system to a new one using the Intel XEON 2.66 GHz processor. To utilize the XEON processor, I had two chipsets to choose from – the E7501 and the E7505 from Intel. I stuck with the E7505 but then had to decide which motherboard and what form factor I would purchase. In the end, the Supermicro X5DAL-TG2 won out mostly because of its ATX form factor. The X5DAL-TG2 also won out because of my previous dealings with Supermicro products. Their motherboards may not be user configurable but they certainly are stable and that is far more important to me than any overclocking features in a BIOS. As I was building the system, I realized it would be useful to document all the steps that I took in both researching for a board and accessories and actually building and testing the system itself. There are those of you who would like to venture into building your own computer (and perhaps a dual processor system like this) but may not know where to start – well this article is for you. Sit back and enjoy.

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