Xeon Owners Club

[dorsetknob]

Mixing ram is not always the best But Circumstances may force you to

when using Mixed ram it will default to the Highest common Denominator ( that is Slowest speed rating of the mixed Sets = 1333)

 

[kelun1]

Mixing ram is not always the best But Circumstances may force you to

when using Mixed ram it will default to the Highest common Denominator ( that is Slowest speed rating of the mixed Sets = 1333)

Hi bro, understand about this part. now i am just thinking do i actually need that much or ram with the current processor i have now.

if i dont need it, i may just spend longer time to get the 3 x hyperx 1600. and the best bet will get getting 2 kits of 2 x 2gb

 

[dorsetknob]

These Days 12 gig is almost a must have Standard
If your using programs that are Ram intensive ie Rendering/video editing ect 24 gig is better than 12 gig
your soon know if 12 gig is not enough
A SSD in your system ( which you can transfer when you do upgrade ) will make it feel lots faster

Will get a 212EVO by next week to make it lower. and i will try to OC it

You have one of the best boards for overclocking (X58 Sabertooth ) and with the Evo 212 you should get >4Ghz and probably 4.5Ghz stable with no problems

I'm running a X5650 at the moment @3.8Ghz and temps with evo 212 (2 fans in push / pull) and temps are 25c to 30c Ambient room temp is 18c

 

[phill]

@dorsetknob - Are those Evo 212 coolers any good for SR-2 boards?? If so I think I would like to replace my water cooling with them so I don't have to worry about it when I leave it on.. The fear of it leaking doing some cancer research... Nerve racking!! lol

 

[kelun1]

These Days 12 gig is almost a must have Standard
If your using programs that are Ram intensive ie Rendering/video editing ect 24 gig is better than 12 gig
your soon know if 12 gig is not enough
A SSD in your system ( which you can transfer when you do upgrade ) will make it feel lots faster


You have one of the best boards for overclocking (X58 Sabertooth ) and with the Evo 212 you should get >4Ghz and probably 4.5Ghz stable with no problems

If thats the case, i will seems like 24gb is what i will need.

and previously i have asked about ECC ram for my board, where bros here have told me that i can use it with my board.

when i source around my area here, the seller told me that i cannot use it. and i dare not get it.....

and yes i am planning for SSD also, it will be next!

overclocking is something i wish to learn and i have been reading around. hope i can really get it that way. will need more advise from all the expert here later! getting excited! haha.

 

[dorsetknob]

and previously i have asked about ECC ram for my board, where bros here have told me that i can use it with my board.

when i source around my area here, the seller told me that i cannot use it. and i dare not get it.....

Your Bros are right and the seller is SO WRONG
you cannot mix ECC ram and normal Ram but the CPU and therfore the Motherboard is Rated to use ECC
The memory controller on the CPU is rated for ECC and non ECC thats mainly what determins what ram you can use

Are those Evo 212 coolers any good for SR-2 boards??

best person to enquire that with is some one fortunate to have a SR2 Board
@Knoxx29 may be in a better position to answer this as he has at least 3 SR2 ( and i have none )

 

[FireFox]

have a SR2 Board
@Knoxx29 may be in a better position to answer this as he has at least 3 SR2 ( and i have none)

I don't know how many times i have to post this:

You have one of the best boards for overclocking (X58 Sabertoot

Omg, for a moment i read wrong, i saw the best board for Overclocking (X58) i was almost going crazy

 

[dorsetknob]

Omg, for a moment i read wrong, i saw the best board for Overclocking (X58) i was almost going crazy

Allow me to rephrase then

You have one of the best Retail Mainstream boards for Cost effective overclocking (X58 Sabertooth )

 

[kelun1]

haha you guys are funny.

another item is i am not sure if my power supply can make it to the test for overclocking.

i have recently bought a silverstone 80plus 500w psu.. not sure if it can hold on. or do i need to change to bronze/silver/gold, or higher wattage?

 

[Zyll Goliat]

haha you guys are funny.

another item is i am not sure if my power supply can make it to the test for overclocking.

i have recently bought a silverstone 80plus 500w psu.. not sure if it can hold on. or do i need to change to bronze/silver/gold, or higher wattage?

You should be OK,actually depend how much you want to OC that CPU and GPU,I have Antec 500W I OC my CPU around 4Ghz(1,232V)+GTX 970...It´s working even when I OC a bit that GPU but if I tried to push that GPU to the maximum limits then becomes unstable because then only GPU can pull around 270W for a few sec.....Also I have before GTX MSI 660TI(like you) with same PSU and power hungry CPU(FX 8300 OC) and everything was working perfectly......

 

[basco]

bronze silver gold is the efficiency of the power supply.
and 500 watt should be good for your setup and overclocking

 

[kelun1]

You should be OK,actually depend how much you want to OC that CPU and GPU,I have Antec 500W I OC my CPU around 4Ghz(1,232V)+GTX 970...It´s working even when I OC a bit that GPU but if I tried to push that GPU to the maximum limits then becomes unstable because then only GPU can pull around 270W for a few sec.....Also I have before GTX MSI 660TI with same PSU and power hungry CPU(FX 8300 OC) and everything was working perfectly......

bronze silver gold is the efficiency of the power supply.
and 500 watt should be good for your setup and overclocking

Thanks alot bro zyll for the explaination and bro basco tips =D


btw.. i just spot another Asus P7H55D-M Pro mother board. what processor is good for it?

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Thanks alot bro zyll for the explaination and bro basco tips =D

Sure NP....also when you are so tight on wattage don´t forget about all other peripheral devices like multiple fans/lights/Water pump...etc..that are connected to the same PSU,try to have minimum of them connected as sometimes even those small"leeches"could pull W that you desperately need for your MAIN PRIORITY....

 

[dorsetknob]

Asus P7H55D-

thats a 1156 motherboard so its gonna be a Core i7 880 (3.06G,L3:8M, rev.B1)
Xeon well its going to be a
Intel® Xeon® Processor X3480 4 core 8M Cache, 3.06 GHz

 

[kelun1]

Sure NP....also when you are so tight on wattage don´t forget about all other peripheral devices like multiple coolers/lights/Water pump...etc..that are connected to the same PSU,try to have minimum of them connected as sometimes even those small"leeches"could pull W that you desperately need for your MAIN PRIORITY....

thanks bro and dont worry! i am not gonna plug in those lights and pump. just the board, ram, processor, card and cooler. max will be 2 inlet and 2 outlet case fans. haha

thats a 1156 motherboard so its gonna be a Core i7 880 (3.06G,L3:8M, rev.B1)
Xeon well its going to be a
Intel® Xeon® Processor X3480 4 core 8M Cache, 3.06 GHz

ah ok. i am looking at that also and assemble it for my pal. mostly will be going xeon again!

got this board for 30sgd =D

and this board can do ECC ram too?

 

[FireFox]

In my mini motherboard is lying in a corner

 

[phill]

I don't know how many times i have to post this: View attachment 99235



Omg, for a moment i read wrong, i saw the best board for Overclocking (X58) i was almost going crazy

Thanks for the post @Knoxx29 but what are those coolers?? Freezer what?? They'd be perfect I think for what I'm looking for

 

[FireFox]

Thanks for the post @Knoxx29 but what are those coolers?? Freezer what?? They'd be perfect I think for what I'm looking for

ARCTIC Freezer Xtreme Rev.

I used them for Gaming and for Crunching, excellent performance.

 

[sujo]

I am new to the Xeon world. I recently Acquired 2 older dell Precision workStation 490.
Itel Xeon cpu 3.2 GHz x8
os is Ubuntu 16.04.4 64 bit
8 GiB memory

My question is approx. how many points/ WCG should I be getting, The person I got them from said that i should get approx. 50,000 but I am lucky to get 12 to 14 thousand. Not sure if they are optimized for best results.

 

[Norton]

My question is approx. how many points/ WCG should I be getting, The person I got them from said that i should get approx. 50,000 but I am lucky to get 12 to 14 thousand. Not sure if they are optimized for best results.

Socket 771 Quad core no HT?

I would expect 3000 WCG ppd (around 400 BOINC ppd) per core at maximum and with a lot of power consumption. @stinger608 runs an older server similar to that iirc, will see if I can find his specs

EDIT- his server is an older s604 setup
You can search here for your chip specs/BOINC performance:
https://boincstats.com/en/stats/15/host/list/14/340800/0

 

[sujo]

Sorry this is a dual socket, dual core 2 HT x 2 ==8threads total

So max with both machines I should get about 6000 ppd. I think I am getting more than that approx. 2500 boinc (free-dc) x 7 =17500 wcg or is my math fuzzy?

 

[Norton]

Sorry this is a dual socket, dual core 2 HT x 2 ==8threads total

See the link I posted in my edit- would help if we knew which Xeon chip it was

Still thinking a max of 3000 WCG ppd per thread... probably less (the HT often runs 30-50% of an actual core)

 

[sujo]

I will try and find out for you ...thanx all info is step in the right direction.

 

[Norton]

I will try and find out for you ...thanx all info is step in the right direction.

You're welcome to check in at our Team thread with your questions also- most active Team members watch that thread and some have/had similar setups to yours at one time or another

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-wcg-boinc-team.85784/

EDIT- This thread may help also:
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/how-efficient-is-your-cruncher.210974/

 

[sujo]

The socket is the PPGA604 I seem to be doing better than I thought, per the wcg site they are pulling down over 12,000 ppd per workstation. For as old as they are should not complain. pulling 103 watts. per.

Thanx for the help. If you know to get more from them please advise.