Hi Diego, You are correct we don't support the 8224 though I don't see that we support the 2224 either; not sure if I overlooked it or where you saw that. In any case, I don't have a lot of experience with AMD configurations so I did a bit of research on your question. One poster at forums.pcper.com/showthread.php suggests it may be possible to use 8-socket CPUs in a 2-socket board, of course Dell has never tested/validated such a configuration, and I don't seem to be able to find anything concrete directly from AMD (though they would probably defer to us since it's our board!) So if you had them handy I don't think it would hurt to attempt to POST though I can't be certain, but based on the fact that it is unsupported I would probably caution against making a new acquisition in favor of a supported CPU. For the 2970 we officially supported these Opterons: 2210 2212 2212HE 2216 2220 2222SE 2347HE 2350 2356 2358SE 2360SE 2372HE 2376 2376HE 2378 2379HE 2380 2381HE 2382 2384 2387 2389 2393SE 2427 2431 2435 I hope that helps in some way. Let us know if we can provide any further information or assistance.
Hi to all,    I have a Dell Poweredge 2970 and I want to upgrade the cpu.    Is it possible to install 2 AMD Opteron 8224 SE?    On the specs is reported that the 2224 SE is supported, but 8224 SE has the same socket/Ghz/FSB     ([URL]    I'm not sure but the only difference between this 2 AMD should be that the 8224 SE can be installed on servers that support up to 8 socket and the 2224 SE on servers that support up to 2 socket, is this correct? Best Regards. Diego
PowerEdge 2970: Can I install a AMD 8224SE?