Not seeing much out there. I wouldn't care if it took 1,2, ... "chips". I don't know when or if the build for which I purchased x4 1ghz piii xeons will happen. Just weely weely wanted to plug at least 1 of these bad boys into something.
Gah, I see your problem, if you look for the core codename, Cascades, Intel were dicks and named a later Xeon Cascade lake, so any search with those two terms, and google fire hoses you with that, not the older CPU. Then if you look for a likely platform name like Marlinspike, they're all "OH YOU WANT TO BUY A BOSUNS KNIFE, THOSE HAVE A MARLINSPIKE ON!!!" yeahnononononoNO... artificial stupidity for the win.
Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.
Not sure if "cheap" and Slot 2 motherboard go together at this point.
$222 for a dual slot Dell board:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/254528489775
$454 for a quad slot motherboard... that is missing the memory riser:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/125028161443
$350 for a combo Slot 1 / Slot 2 motrherboard:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/255131146749
You can also search for 440GX and see some really expensive options come up.
Not on eBay:
Intel C440GX - Dual slot - $165:
https://esaitech.com/products/intel-c440gx-i4 … ver-motherboard
You can also do a search on google for:
"slot 2" motherboard
and then click the pictures link and it will bring up some actual model numbers for Slot 2 motherboards.
Intel MS440GX ($191.26 or Best Offer) - https://www.ebay.com/itm/200587553763?hash=it … 8gAAOSwveheKzeO
So ... I guess 10$ + 10$ shipping was the best deal I'll likely see. O fine. I'll just forge ahead with this project.
