Can a motherboard that supports multiple CPUs run with fewer CPUs than it supports

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I'm looking at building out a pretty beefy server, and I was wondering if I were to get a motherboard that supports multiple CPUs such as this one, can it run with only one or two CPUs temporarily?

I'm thinking it would be perfect if I could put off buying two or three processors for a couple of months to save money, since at first they won't be necessary.

Is this possible, or does it have to have all four processors in place to run?

Thanks

Best Answer

Yes :) you don't have to plug the two processors. I have the Tyan i5400xt (Xeon Harpertown) and I simply plugged the first processor for months. You don't have anything to do, the bios will see that there is only one cpu.

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