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> The "custom" and "proprietary" are largely irrelevant, in that they're merely internal implementation details. Agreed. I was merely trying to convey that t

> The "custom" and "proprietary" are largely irrelevant, in that they're merely internal implementation details. Agreed. I was merely trying to convey that they wouldn't be the normal [E]ATX form factor boards. The parent was asking for something "off the shelf", and I took this to mean purchasing a motherboard by itself. You could get something like that from SM[0], but I doubt you'd be able to find a compatible chassis for the motherboard from anyone other than SM. At that point it probably makes more sense to just buy the system[1]. [0] http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X10QRH_.cfm http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X10... [1] http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/2U/2048/SYS-2048U-RTR4.cfm http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/2U/2048/SYS-2048U-...

mmt 8y ago
> The parent was asking for something "off the shelf", and I took this to mean purchasing a motherboard by itself. The parent did ask about a mobo, specifically, but I think it's a stretch that the question was about the component on its own, at least in the context of the broader conversation of feasibility. I took the "off the shelf" question to be synonymous with "commodity". That is, the opposite of (truly) custom. One doesn't have to be Google or Facebook and design a board layout to get 8 sockets. One can just order it from the same vendor as all the other commodity hardware. > it probably makes more sense to just buy the system I'm asserting that this is what every commercial purchaser does, anyway.