I want to create Server based Gaming Rig

[dorsetknob]

sli does not work on 80% of server hardware

use work station boards rather than serverboards then that permits use of SLI TRI SLI QUAD SIL or comparatable Crossfire configurations

 

[cdawall]

I have two super-micro boards here that won't boot with more then one gpu ...
despite the box claiming sli support ./...

I ran xfire on my quad socket f board...No official multi-GPU support. I am curious if yours is a BIOS setup issue, Dell, HP etc all ship 2P boards with dual/triple cards.

 

[OneMoar]

I ran xfire on my quad socket f board...No official multi-GPU support. I am curious if yours is a BIOS setup issue, Dell, HP etc all ship 2P boards with dual/triple cards.

no idea its been ages and I sold the boards I remember being told on the phone that the chipset does not support more then one gpu per-monitor ...
iirc it was a e5-2600 and a pair of 770's for a client ...

 

[cdawall]

People fold on these boards across the world, with 6+ GPU's.

 

[dorsetknob]

People fold on these boards across the world, with 6+ GPU's.

Don't forget all those crypto coin miners with their multi GPU set ups

 

[cdawall]

Don't forget all those crypto coin miners with their multi GPU set ups

Exactly. Sounds like a BIOS or setup issue.

 

[qubit]

That is the main reason I am here "to get best advice from pros like you who has better info about these things than me

For best gaming performance, the core components you want are an i7-6700K, a mobo that's great for overclocking + high end cooler like a Noctua NH-D15 (or water cooling) two-four of those 980 Tis I mentioned previously, 16 or 32GB RAM (you've got the money so get 32 ) and a Samsung 850 Pro SSD, the 512GB version should be fine. I strongly recommend a quality 1000W PSU to power it all, especially if running 4 cards. Quality PSU brands include Seasonic, Corsair, Enermax and several others.

EDIT: Get the 950PRO M.2. instead - much higher performance than any SATA based drive.

 

[Slizzo]

For best gaming performance, the core components you want are an i7-6700K, a mobo that's great for overclocking + high end cooler like a Noctua NH-D15 (or water cooling) two-four of those 980 Tis I mentioned previously, 16 or 32GB RAM (you've got the money so get 32 ) and a Samsung 850 Pro SSD, the 512GB version should be fine. I strongly recommend a quality 1000W PSU to power it all, especially if running 4 cards. Quality PSU brands include Seasonic, Corsair, Enermax and several others.

I would edit this slightly and replace the Samsung 850PRO with 950PRO M.2.

 

[brandonwh64]

If it don't make dollars, it don't make sense...

 

[qubit]

I would edit this slightly and replace the Samsung 850PRO with 950PRO M.2.

Is that the super high performance one that works off the PCI-E bus?

 

[Vineet Reddy]

Members here would be interested in website address and do they ship outside of India ???

Nehru Place is not a single shop so they don't have any site it is a big market mainly consisting of all available hardware components from around the world and software too. There is no computer hardware component that we can't find in the market and that too for very low price than outside. I wish they had a site for export supply.

 

[Slizzo]

Is that the super high performance one that works off the PCI-E bus?

Yup! NVME SSD, about 5x faster than previous gen SSDs (like the 850PRO).

 

[xvi]

Is that the super high performance one that works off the PCI-E bus?

Yup! NVME SSD, about 5x faster than previous gen SSDs (like the 850PRO).

Just installed mine in my laptop. It's very not slow.

 

[Slizzo]

Just installed mine in my laptop. It's very not slow.

Yeah, it's quite crazy how fast they are. When the best that previous gen ones hit was around 500-550MB/s and these are now hitting close to 5x that speed? How mind blowing is that? It's not as if the previous ones were slow by any means.


Keep thinking I want to get a PCI-E adapter card and an M.2 950....

 

[Easy Rhino]

What is a "server based gaming rig?"

 

[Aquinus]

What is a "server based gaming rig?"

A bad idea, at least with E7s or E5-4000s.
There are some E5-2000s that might do okay to be honest but, waiting for a refresh on skt2011-3 probably is the best idea. A 10c/20t EE i7 is bound to be interesting.

 

[xvi]

This thread is starting to sound like the "I want an AMD gaming PC" thread.

I think it would be cool, but seriously, I can't stress this enough, it won't be as good for gaming as an i5 or i7. Even future games won't take advantage of so many cores. Since I like car analogies, it's like you can have any engine you want, but you're only allowed to use two cylinders. Sure, a Volkswagen W16 out of a Bugatti is good when you get to use all the cylinders, but if you're only allowed to use two of them, you'd be better off with a two-cylinder engine that's designed for it.
Just like Jay Leno's Blastolene Special, I'm sure it would be awesome to behold, but not at all practical in a race.

If that's what OP wants, I think we should support them.

 

[Kanan]

I appreciate your help and do respect your advice. That is the main reason I am here "to get best advice from pros like you who has better info about these things than me". The only thing is that I will not be requiring any major hardware upgrade for a long time only if this thing worked.
Still I would appreciate if you could double check for any chances of getting it worked or for any hope.

I checked it 1 billion times already, more than 1 CPU is bad for a gaming PC. Anything more than 6 cores is useless (heck, 6 cores are more or less useless too in this generation CPUs, thats why TPU uses a QUAD core to bench everything, I guess they would've used a 6 or 8 core Haswell-E instead, if it was any better than Skylake i7).

Stop the trolling and accept what people are telling you. This thread is pretty useless. How many times people told and explained to you that Multi CPU + Quad SLI is bullshit? Need another 20 times? Pretty sure you're just a troll without money.

Also a rich indian person (if it'd be true)? What about donating your money to the poor people that are living in trash on your streets or contribute to build up your poor country? You're just ridiculous. Well then again, I hate rich people who can't handle money anyway.

'nuff said

 

[xvi]

Why don't we all just take a deep breath and relax?

 

[Easy Rhino]

A bad idea, at least with E7s or E5-4000s.
There are some E5-2000s that might do okay to be honest but, waiting for a refresh on skt2011-3 probably is the best idea. A 10c/20t EE i7 is bound to be interesting.

What is server based about this? The hardware? I am totally lost.

 

[xvi]

What is server based about this? The hardware? I am totally lost.

Just multi-processor, I think.

 

[cdawall]

What is server based about this? The hardware? I am totally lost.

Simple mislabeling of workstation 2p boards as a server.

 

[Vineet Reddy]

Hmmm.......Got a mixed review. So, it is practically possible but the main problem I will face is with CPU's. Intel Xeon processors are not that good. If I swap XEON E7-8867v3 with i7 5960X then it should be fine. In case of motherboard compatibility I don't think SUPERMICRO X10QBL-CT is compatible with i7 as motherboard supports R1 2011 socket and i7 5960X is R3 2011 socket(If the i7 5960X is compatable with SUPERMICRO X10QBL-CT then please inform me). Supermicro is going to launch its next MP R3 2011 wave in Feb 2016 so will have to wait.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Xeon processors are excellent for highly parallel, intense workloads like virtual machines for dozens of users. They're not great for gaming because games are not highly parallel.

You'll need a one-way, X99 motherboard for the i7-5960X.

Bare in mind that Broadwell-EX processors are coming Q2 2016.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

INTEL XEON E7-8867 v3 is overclockable to 3.3GHz http://ark.intel.com/products/84681/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E7-8867-v3-45M-Cache-2_50-GHz

Its not overclockable thats just what it boosts too under load. Intel TurboBoost. Technically it overclocks on its own, but the user can't push it further than that like traditional overclocking.