Xeon Owners Club

[Edwired]

my eyesight is terrible but its not so bad in VR that my fav way to game nowa days.

Mine is bad due to Usher Syndrome Type 2 (USH2A) which is night time blindness, daytime blindness, hearing loss and slow degradation of the cones and rods in the back of the retina are dying resulting tunnel vision and loss in visual. It not currently curable due to the complexity of the condition.
I spend more time figgling with the brightness and contrast settings on the display and on the nvidia control panel as not one game or movie do justice for me as it either too dark or too bright. It always a ongoing battle for me to be honest.

 

[lexluthermiester]

What cpu did you have that died after it been electrocuted by the lightening strike

10920X When I originally bought it, the use was for professional purposes. Those are no longer applicable, but I'm still going to be doing personal research. I think a Xeon W-2155 or 9920X will be what I aim for thing go-round.

 

[Edwired]

10920X

Yikes how much did that cost you?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yikes how much did that cost you?

IIRC, $1300 with the motherboard & RAM, new. They're still $600ish for a used model. Just not willing to pay that. I'd rather go with the Xeon W2155 which is $275ish or 9920X which is $300ish.

 

[Edwired]

IIRC, $1300 with the motherboard & RAM, new. They're still $600ish for a used model. Just not willing to pay that. I'd rather go with the Xeon W2155 which is $275ish or 9920X which is $300ish.

Jeez I say you had a stroke after shelling out $1300 for the CPU alone. Yeah I can see the point in buying something that is equivalent to your need

 

[lexluthermiester]

Jeez I say you had a stroke after shelling out $1300 for the CPU alone.

You misunderstood. $1300 was for the CPU, mobo and RAM together. I got a bit of a package deal on them at the time. However, I have been toying with the idea of buying a new Threadripper. THOSE are $1500 to start, just for the CPU. Can't justify that kind of expense for the research I'm doing just yet.

 

[Edwired]

You misunderstood. $1300 was for the CPU, mobo and RAM together. I got a bit of a package deal on them at the time. However, I have been toying with the idea of buying a new Threadripper. THOSE are $1500 to start, just for the CPU. Can't justify that kind of expense for the research I'm doing just yet.

Yeah sorry I misread the post my bad

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yeah sorry I misread the post my bad

No worries! It happens.

 

[Edwired]

No worries! It happens.

Cool bud

 

[xtreemchaos]

Can't justify that kind of expense for the research I'm doing just yet.

what you researching bud with that kinda power ?.

 

[lexluthermiester]

what you researching bud with that kinda power ?.

Physics modeling and simulations.

 

[Nachmanowicz]

Bois, I bought a Xeon kit for a third computer.

Its a P4 board, x99, paired with 2x8GB 3200Mhz Cl18 Memory (Asgard Freyr) and a 2670 v3 CPU.
But also, I have a 2666 v3 that I bought separately, the 2670 v3 came with the board. Which should I keep? How bad is the VRM heating for gaming? Should I do unlock turbo boost? Should I disable cores (and how?)? Should I tinker with the memory? And how?

oh lord I know nothing of this :')

 

[xtreemchaos]

2666 10 core against 2670 12 core, the 2666 has higher clocks they are very close toss a coin.
not bad.
yes.
no.
if your board lets you.
look on you tube for a walk though for your board.

 

[Nachmanowicz]

I'm more concerned about their power draws than the difference in performance really. Don't wanna fry my computer....

 

[xtreemchaos]

the E5 2666 has the better tpd at 105w i think and the E5 2670 is about 120w but every one ive used has not been too bad on power or heat and both take a lot of hammer to reach 55c.

 

[Nachmanowicz]

the E5 2666 has the better tpd at 105w i think and the E5 2670 is about 120w but every one ive used has not been too bad on power or heat and both take a lot of hammer to reach 55c.

Oh its not the CPU itself Im worried about. Its the cheap motherboard VRMs lol

 

[xtreemchaos]

just stick a fan on the vrm if your worried bud, i think you should be ok gaming.

 

[Nachmanowicz]

just stick a fan on the vrm if your worried bud, i think you should be ok gaming.

How could I go about doing this? Buy purpose built vrm fans?

 

[xtreemchaos]

here something i put together a while ago " maybe years" to cool the vrm on a like wise rigg it worked very well. it attatched to the case at the top of the vrm. its just a pwm cpu fan.

if i remember right i use this for a 20 core/40 thread hot cpu carnt for the life of remember which E it was as ive since wrote over that memory .

 

[lexluthermiester]

But also, I have a 2666 v3 that I bought separately

Go with that!

2666 10 core against 2670 12 core, the 2666 has higher clocks they are very close toss a coin.

Um, not so much. 10 cores at 2.9ghz vs 12 cores at 2.3ghz? That is not a balanced comparison.

 

[xtreemchaos]

that depends how far you want to split hairs, thermal wise they are very close from what ive seen bud.

 

[Nachmanowicz]

that depends how far you want to split hairs, thermal wise they are very close from what ive seen bud.

Yeah, I'll take the 2670 v3 off soon, maybe tonight

 

[lexluthermiester]

that depends how far you want to split hairs, thermal wise they are very close from what ive seen bud.

Thermals are not the primary consideration. Performance is. Both of those CPUs are sub 140W so thermals under load are just not going to be a problem with proper cooling.

 

[xtreemchaos]

you do know we are on about cooling VRM ?.

 

[lexluthermiester]

you do know we are on about cooling VRM ?.

Oops. Yeah, I missed that. Sorry. Although, a fan pointed at the VRM's should keep them cool enough even under load. An 80mm would be more than enough.