(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ok so I have single and dual socket motherboards and one question(I tried google, google sucks)..
I searched 'is dual socket better than single socket' and all that came up on google is 'Is Dual core better then quad core' your stupid if you had to google that by the way...
So what would have better performance, a single socket Xeon 8-Core CPU or Dual Socket with 2 Quad-Core CPUs?
Im looking to go bigger and faster than 8-Cores but im using 8 right now so.

Quad core!!!!! But if you would like mor flexibility and like to control.... go with two duals

Right now im using my Mac Pro with dual socket but im going to get different server hardware and I know a guy with some rack servers for cheap but why buy if I can just get a 8 core cpu... idk tho I would like to have some real servers that are made for hard server use that I can have turned on a lot with lots of clients on it at the same time

u need them dank workloads for a dual socket.

I do, I got two dual socket computers right now. Im working on upgrading one of them from 2x dual core @ 3GHz to 2x quad core @ 3.5GHz.
Me and some of my buddies putting some things together to get some online shit going. We have a lot of powerful servers we are just looking for a safe place for them and so they can stay on and be running 24/7.. and not get overheated or wet

depends on what ur doing with it ( i know right that awsner)

a dual socket can benefit in some cases allot
as every cpu has deticated memory banks

now as far as ur question goes
the dual quad core would outpreform the 8 core single

but for gaming i would not advice it
then go with single 8 core as the load would not be spreaded to the 2 cpu`s

for allot of network storage or rendering
go with the dual socket


but remember allot of programs bennefit more from a fast single core performance


so there is that question again
what are u going to do with it

if u just look for ultimate build
go for the dual socket board as it wil benefit u in overall preformance
and if u put a good cpu in there ( and u probably wil if ur looking into dual socket boards) u dont see any draw backs


lookup these 2 youtube chanels
linustechtips
barnacules

those both have built dual socked boards and explain the benefit of it



my rig is a dual socket with 2 xeon 12 core`s atm
i tought it was a good idea
but the single core performance is holding back some speed for the work i do with it ( be adviced)