I am buying my first xeon dual socket board. I understand the concept of dual-channel memory on a desktop pc board.

But can someone explain to me the difference between dual-channel on a server -vs- "6-channel" or "8-channel" ram on a server using single channel sticks?

And which is better, a bunch of dual-channel sticks that must be installed in pairs or "8-channel" memory.

Thanks

Just from takin' a gander, I think it would be nearly impossible to get a good (quiet) air cooled heatsink & fan on the CPUs on the ASUS board. The sockets are too close together, such heatsinks are large.

... what does an overclocking banana look like, and how do I get them to send me one?

Memory is single channel obviously Ultie. If you put two one channel sticks in boards, since oh...5 years now...you can run the set in dual channel. There's no talk of 6 channel memory, just 6 single channel sticks in 6 slots running 6-channel memory. 

The Skull is a server based board. They have lots of slots. If you count the one on the left, that's a paltry 6 slots...pretty minimal for a server based product.

I just want to know SETI WU times on one of these.

When you say this board fits into an ATX form-factor, this wouldn't be the ASUS interpretation of "ATX" which can give or take half an inch on workstation boards? For example, my old K8N-DL is supposedly ATX but a part of it juts out, almost touching the hard discs. I'd love to see Cinebench scores of these at some point.

Right? or some type o' frequency dampner. Ahso, it is important to note if there are any 3 or 6 channel memory sticks, it must be really new. As latest in theINQ was Corsair DDR3 @ 2,4Ghz/s, However, important point theINQ failed to state, that particular stick is only single channel, so too BAD.

Ahso, wouldn't Six channel memory be called Hextal channel? Not Dual, on memory package.
Maybe even Sexto, if it starts reproducing.
drashek.