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Most of those high core count chips go down close to base clock under all core load. A higher TDP let's them stay there a bit better under an avx type workload that will hit that TDP and then throttle down further. If your software can use a ton of cores fantastic, otherwise chips like a 2643,2667 which have fewer cores (still get to run double) but have a higher base clock with pretty respectable turbo speeds work better. Myself not having much real experience with professional software have only used things that can take advantage of about 10 cores max.
i know there are speed limits of "all core turbo" and you are right, 2697v3 stays ar 3.1GHz on all cores, this one 2680v4 stays at 2.9GHz all cores.

right about the "less cores, higher clock" but i always wanted a bunch of cores :D
and after effects used all of them.
so i am hoping it will use all of them for both CPUs.

what's done is done so... we can just wait and watch to see what happens.

then again .. i can always sell those and get other ones.
 
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i know there are speed limits of "all core turbo" and you are right, 2697v3 stays ar 3.1GHz on all cores, this one 2680v4 stays at 2.9GHz all cores.

right about the "less cores, higher clock" but i always wanted a bunch of cores :D
and after effects used all of them.
so i am hoping it will use all of them for both CPUs.

what's done is done so... we can just wait and watch to see what happens.

then again .. i can always sell those and get other ones.
I would have gone with 2667V4's to get the best of both core speed and lots of cores/threads.
 
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I would have gone with 2667V4's to get the best of both core speed and lots of cores/threads.
don't wanna say it was a rushed buy but you are forcing me a little here :D

Ok so here it be
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One could say the gods have smiled upon oneself.


Add to that the fact that I could buy for 200usd 128 of ddr4 2400 ...(I live in a poor country so I guess there are some benefits to that :)

*Let's hope it's not a scam ☺️
 
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A29....bs lol. I've bought so many refurbed dells laptops, desktops and workstations. I've never seen better than revision 6 on anything lol. And 200 bucks for that amount of memory. If it works out pass along the contact. I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
 
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A29....bs lol. I've bought so many refurbed dells laptops, desktops and workstations. I've never seen better than revision 6 on anything lol.
all's well if it ends OK :D
lucky me?
And 200 bucks for that amount of memory. If it works out pass along the contact. I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
the guy is from Romania and i found the add on a online sale platform, don't know if he ships to the US but i can ask.
i must confess i am thinking about going 256 just for the LULZ, i will keep you posted.
i should receive it in1-2 days. Fingers crossed.
 
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It happens. There was one Vostro model that had 47 revisions before it was retired.
47 wow lol. And no I get there are usually alot of revisions. What always amazed me is that it seems that no IT department anywhere managing any of the PCs I've later purchased ever updated the bios. I've gotten a number of machines on revision 2 which is probably what it shipped out with.
 
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So I haven't made the purchase yet hence why I'm posting here rather than"what's your latest purchase" thread I'm looking at possibly grabbing another dell r210ii in the future for testing purposes, the bare bones units just with a motherboard and PSU only got for about £30 then they fill them full of crap and bloat the price out. Anyway I've been looking at retiring my e3 1220v3 from my router/smart home server and buying a 1260l. A big Chinese store sells them for around £16 but they have others which seem to be the same variant going for £30, can anyone sway me to which one I should grab? The listings seem identical and make no mention of testing or any other reason why the difference in price.

Edit: I'm a cheapskate the £16 one is dead in my sights but I have this nagging question why the other is almost double the price.
 
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I've gotten a number of machines on revision 2 which is probably what it shipped out with.
haha well look at the bright side: 2 is greater than 1 or even 0? (as i can imagine a "rev_0" may exist)
some refurb stores bragg about cleaning and configuring/updating them before you buy them, my store didn't update it fully as you could see :)

i have asked them "does it handle V4s?"and they replyed "yes it does!"(not sure they knew about the BIOS revision requirement or if they just wanted to sell it so bad that they lied.
 
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Update: seems like miracles do happen sometimes:

128 gb ram.png

*It shows 2133 cause I have 2x V3s
Hopefully next week will get 2 x v4s


I asked the guy that buys stuff for me from USA if he can do it in reverse and he said he can't.

And 200 bucks for that amount of memory. If it works out pass along the contact. I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
if you want i can put you in contact with the guy i bought them from and you can see if there's a way for him to send them to you. DHL? or something. Or regular post? (i once sent a watch back to Ukraine via regular post office)
there will be customs taxes and who knows what other taxes so i cannot give you any advice on that. And it will probably take 1 month or more? (our post really sucks)

now i am "stuck with" 4x8 Micron 1rx8 2133P DDR 4 which i will most likely try and sell locally at a "below average" price so it will go fast (i hope - cause i have some xeons that nobody wants apparently for ridiculous prices :D )
 
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Lol. I say that but I'd have to have someone lined up to need it. I don't "need" it lol. I have 32gb in my machine that suites me well and I have 16gb in my kids which so far in gaming I haven't seen a reason for more. Last workstation I put together I used 32gb for video editing but the software the guy had couldn't hardly use the cpu/GPU let alone that ram. Fyi the more ecc ram you have the longer it takes to do it's preboot checks. My son's 5810 takes much less time to boot on 16gb than mine does with 32.
 
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Fyi the more ecc ram you have the longer it takes to do it's preboot checks.
didn't know about this. but i can deal with that. :) small price to pay i guess.

* update, mixing up some stuff :)
when having 4x dimms mem ran at dual channel - imagine how sad i was.

then i said "why not mix some dimms up?"
so i added to my 4x 2rx4 DDR4 2400 some older 4x 1rx8 DDR4 2133 from Micron

ran a quick ram bench and results were slightly better , memory ran in quad :D at least that what CPU-Z is showing so now i got 144 Gb running at 2133.

144 gb ram quad channel.png


bench with just 4 x 32 ddr 4 2400:

128 4x32 hynix bench.png

and bench with mixed 4x 1rx8 and 4x 2rx4
144 4x32 + 4x4 hynix+micron bench.png
 

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Newb here!
T5810, 1650v4, 256GB ECC ram, RTX 3080 FE, 685w psu.
Looking to upgrade PSU to 1300w/825w in Canada.
Anyone have any for sale?
Cheers!
 
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Newb here!
T5810, 1650v4, 256GB ECC ram, RTX 3080 FE, 685w psu.
Looking to upgrade PSU to 1300w/825w in Canada.
Anyone have any for sale?
Cheers!
i get my goodies from Ebay (USA) :) but i was surprised to find better prices in my poor country sales websites so why not search locally too :D

may the best price win!
*and may the spare part work as well
 
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Many USA sellers don't ship to Canada unfortunately...
The cheapest I found on Ebay.ca was about $200 shipped...and this is one of the rare instances where Amazon beats Ebay on this type of thing...they have a listing for $170 shipped.

EDIT - Here's a cheaper one, should be around $150 shipped - https://www.ebay.ca/itm/175068299791?hash=item28c2e2420f:g:LJQAAOSw9eZhu7KE&LH_BIN=1

I thought I found an even cheaper one, but I don't think it's the same exact model and won't work, so that Amazon was the best I found. But you can research it if you want, it does look the same so maybe it will work.
 
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Is there a different psu breakout board that's needed for the larger supplies? I haven't looked into the 825 or 1300 watt supplies to know and those are typically for 7000 series dells.
 
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Is there a different psu breakout board that's needed for the larger supplies? I haven't looked into the 825 or 1300 watt supplies to know and those are typically for 7000 series dells.
That's a good question. Never noticed a difference on the ones I've worked on, but that doesn't mean there isn't one. However, those PSUs are designed to be easily swapped and upgraded, so it stands to reason that they're universal within that PSU/System product range.
 
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Well from what I've heard it usually works just fine swapping around. What I don't know is if you are actually benefiting from the extra power. I don't know how the breakout boards pull from the different rails. And ive seen on the 7000 series boards that they have multiple 6 or 8 pin vga sockets vs the 1 8 pin on my 5810 board.
 

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It may only matter when trying to power 2 cpu’s and or more than one power hungry gpu?
I made an adapter to pull power from 10pin cpu2 header to pcie 6/8pin.

It may only matter when trying to power 2 cpu’s and or more than one power hungry gpu?
I made an adapter to pull power from 10pin cpu2 header to pcie 6/8pin.
 
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It may only matter when trying to power 2 cpu’s and or more than one power hungry gpu?
I made an adapter to pull power from 10pin cpu2 header to pcie 6/8pin.


With the parts you're running, that 685W PSU will do the job, but the 825W would be better. The 1300W unit would be a waste unless you run dual GPU's.
 
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