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stinger608 · Jun 29, 2015

Knoxx29 said:
is ubuntu better than Windows Server 2012 R2?

I am pretty sure that Ubuntu will give better PPD than any of the Windows OS's. I believe that several have stated up to 30% more PPD using Linux. :rockout:

Heaven7 · Jun 29, 2015

stinger608 said:
I am pretty sure that Ubuntu will give better PPD than any of the Windows OS's. I believe that several have stated up to 30% more PPD using Linux.

+1, I can confirm that. Perhaps not 30%, but very close to it!

Nordic · Jun 30, 2015

25% on intel cpu's is what I have been getting.

xvi · Jun 30, 2015

Lost my alerts for this thread. Just caught up now. Nice to see all the science going on in here.

twilyth · Jul 2, 2015

OK, so I finally pulled the trigger on a couple of ES E5-2695's - 14C at 2.3ghz. Will probably go with a SuperMicro X10DAi board unless there are other suggestions. Not ordering the board until I'm sure the chips are being shipped.

thebluebumblebee · Jul 2, 2015

twilyth said:
a couple of ES E5-2695's

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jul 2, 2015

Bloody Hell

:respect:

Norton · Jul 2, 2015

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
Bloody Hell

View attachment 66205

I believe @twilyth was referring to the v3 version.... 14 cores! :eek:

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jul 2, 2015

Norton said:
I believe @twilyth was referring to the v3 version.... 14 cores!

uffern gwaedlyd ............"bloody hell" in Welsh is probably even more appropriate.

mstenholm · Jul 2, 2015

Norton said:
I believe @twilyth was referring to the v3 version.... 14 cores!

Yes to the :eek:

and I will throw in a :rockout:

. Sweet addition to your arsenal @twilyth

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jul 2, 2015

thebluebumblebee · Jul 2, 2015

He got to 11 and just kept going!
Edit:

twilyth said:
Will probably go with a SuperMicro X10DAi board unless there are other suggestions.

May as well go with the X10DAX (has Supermicro's Hyperspeed) for the small boost in performance. Tweaktown has reviewed both motherboards. Supermicro X10DAX (Intel C612) Workstation Motherboard Review

twilyth · Jul 2, 2015

So what board should I get? The X10DAi seems to be the one everyone tests on but this vendor only tested each chip individually on a Rampage V board. The stepping is '2' and the revision level is M0 but it's been so long since I've bought any chips I'm not sure if this is an early or later version of the chip.

I checked the Supermicro site for their R3 boards and they have a couple dozen. There aren't that many with 3 PCIex16 slots but enough that I have no idea what to buy.

SirKeldon · Jul 2, 2015

Hello team!! Been long days w/o saying anything, hope you're doing great and the last challenge was as good as the others, sad I wasn't active ... but my machines did, and as I saw, I ate a lot of pie w/o knowing it, now I know where these extra kg came from :laugh:

!!! @Norton and @manofthem treated me well

Sad to say these pies are gonna be over since i'm gonna be reducing my farm for at least 1x3770 ... and the other one is still in doubt, really short in money these last months so no luck for the dedicated servers, well, I did my best! At least the Xeon and Atom will keep rocking for as long as I can.

Good luck and my best wishes to all of the team

twilyth · Jul 2, 2015

OK, looks like I'm getting the X10DAL, 4x8gb Crucial 2133 DDR4 and Arctic freezer i11 coolers.

thebluebumblebee · Jul 2, 2015

twilyth said:
OK, looks like I'm getting the X10DAL, 4x8gb Crucial 2133 DDR4 and Arctic freezer i11 coolers.

Did you see my edit about the X10DAX?

twilyth · Jul 2, 2015

No - crap. I didn't see this at newegg when I did some comparisons. But that looks like an E-ATX. I ultimately decided on the X10DAL because it's a straight ATX board. I hope I don't end up regretting that. I'm going to install it initially on a bench but if I decide to move it into a case I figured ATX would give me more options. I have a couple spare ATX cases.

But thanks for that, sorry I missed the edit.

Recca29 · Jul 3, 2015

Adding the crappy old atom D425 to the mix this weekend.

Toothless · Jul 3, 2015

Recca29 said:
Adding the crappy old atom D425 to the mix this weekend.

I have an Atom N270 that is off for the moment, but ran WCG for a week or two.

twilyth · Jul 3, 2015

Unbelievably, it looks like all of the parts will come today. I was thinking of doing a build log but since I'm just setting it up on a bench it seems anticlimactic. But I do intend to post pics. The only problem is that I need to sign for the chips so I'm sitting here watching the front camera on the monitor so the snailmailman can't just float by and leave me one of those 'sorry we missed you' stickers on my door.

You're not sorry!!! YOU'RE NEVER SORRY. Just admit it you bastard and stop playing with my heart. {sniff, sob}

twilyth · Jul 3, 2015

OK, here are the chips. Everything else should be here this evening but I'm going to be out so I'll do the unboxing late tonight or tomorrow.

twilyth · Jul 3, 2015

I have a potential problem. The heatsinks I got are the direct touch type and will only cover the center area of the chip. I don't think I really realized just how big these chips are and figured I could use any f/hs that was compatible with 2011 sockets.

I've looked at cutaways of an Intel chip and it seems like the ihs covers a lot more area than where the actual cpu is.

The ihs is 2" wide and 1.5" tall - when viewing the lettering on the ihs straight on. I think the cores are lined up width-ways. If I position the f/hs so that the pipes also run width-ways, I can cover the ihs from side to side but there will be about 1/2" w/o coverage on the top and bottom. Will this be enough?

twilyth · Jul 3, 2015

OK scratch that. The core seems to be oriented up and down along the short, 1.5" part of the chip. I have no idea why that would be but as best as I can tell, that's how it's set up. So the .5" gap would be along the wide 2" sides of the ihs if I orient the pipes to run up and down on the chip rather than side to side.

This is actually what I had done originally so my first description was wrong.

Sorry for the double post but I'm kinda freaking out here. I really wanted to be able to get the rig built and tested over the weekend and now I don't know if I can.

Norton · Jul 3, 2015

twilyth said:
I have a potential problem. The heatsinks I got are the direct touch type and will only cover the center area of the chip. I don't think I really realized just how big these chips are and figured I could use any f/hs that was compatible with 2011 sockets.

I've looked at cutaways of an Intel chip and it seems like the ihs covers a lot more area than where the actual cpu is.

The ihs is 2" wide and 1.5" tall - when viewing the lettering on the ihs straight on. I think the cores are lined up width-ways. If I position the f/hs so that the pipes also run width-ways, I can cover the ihs from side to side but there will be about 1/2" w/o coverage on the top and bottom. Will this be enough?

You should be fine- the IHS will transfer the heat and the pipes will pull the heat up into the cooler fins as it's designed to do.... everything will do its job

*note- the CM212 coolers on my 4P barely cover half of the IHS on the socket G34 Opteron. I have no issues keeping them cool.

twilyth · Jul 3, 2015

Norton said:
You should be fine- the IHS will transfer the heat and the pipes will pull the heat up into the cooler fins as it's designed to do.... everything will do its job

*note- the CM212 coolers on my 4P barely cover half of the IHS on the socket G34 Opteron. I have no issues keeping them cool.

That is much appreciated captain. Thank you.

It's been about 3 years since my last build so I guess I'm a little nervous about this one. I could have gotten f/hs that are specifically for servers but virtually all of those suck a**. The ones I had on the SR2 build were like little whistles and not in a cute way.

anyway. So do you agree that the pipe alignment should be up-down rather than side to side - when compared to the chip label?

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CAPSLOCKSTUCK

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CAPSLOCKSTUCK

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twilyth

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twilyth

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twilyth

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