Is it possible to use a dual processor computer as your desktop?

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I've seen some people suggesting to get a motherboard that supports two processors and stick two Xeon Nehalem processors in it.

Could you use this system as a desktop PC or is this useless or even impossible?

It's more hypothetical question if Windows 7 would support such a set-up. I know you could just take an i7, but wouldn't two of those processors be a whole lot more awesome? Like the previous generation Skulltrails?

The idea would be to have a motherboard like this ASUS Z8NA-D6C Dual LGA 1366 Intel 5500 ATX and two Xeons (since I don't think i7's could be used) Intel Xeon E5405 Harpertown to run something like Windows 7 Ultimate.

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