Xeon Owners Club

[dorsetknob]

there is a member here on the site that has a board you might be interested in buying
its new and unused
will find out what it is and if its still available if your interested
its location is Germany
its a Intel Workstation W2600CR2 LGA2011

spec here
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/server-motherboards/server-board-w2600cr.html

asking price was 280 euro + shipping

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

^^^^^^^
great board BTW, well remembered @dorsetknob

 

[WiseOldElf]

i'm enormously grateful to you for the help you've offered - thanks very much !

i'm in australia, but local prices are often over-inflated, so tend to buy from wherever the price makes sense.

 

[WiseOldElf]

the fractal node 804 is a micro atx, so if I stick with that case, these boards won't fit. lots of ducks to line up here

i'll look again at the cases !

 

[dorsetknob]

you just will not find a duel Xeon MATX motherboard as far as i am aware no one has made such a beast let alone one with thunderbolt

Duel Zeons are almost always used in Server's or Workstations ( full ATX or Eatx ) never Matx

Its to that market segment you are going to have to source your board from

 

[stinger608]

Yep, I think @dorsetknob is correct; I don't think anyone ever made a dual processor motherboard in the mATX variant.

 

[WiseOldElf]

you just will not find a duel Xeon MATX motherboard as far as i am aware no one has made such a beast let alone one with thunderbolt

Duel Zeons are almost always used in Server's or Workstations ( full ATX or Eatx ) never Matx

Its to that market segment you are going to have to source your board from

and again, thanks so much for your help; I really do appreciate it.

I was fast coming to the same conclusion, re: form factor. it's a shame, as i'd hoped to avoid a big case but the workload demands the processing power, so I think my options are limited. i'd like to get a board (or add-in) for thunderbolt; I think it's a really good way to solve a lot of problems.

 

[dorsetknob]

you may consider this CPU ( its expensive )
http://ark.intel.com/products/82930...ssor-Extreme-Edition-20M-Cache-up-to-3_50-GHz

price example

http://mdsline.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=3233

you should be able to use this as a single socket replacement instead of the duel xeons you prefer

you would have the same core and HT numbers
the bonus is you can get matx motherboards that support this CPU (probably with thunderbolt )

Ps you can also Overclock it as well as its a Extreme-Edition and has unlocked multiplier

you can use this site to find comparable parts and reference prices ( for local Australian shopping )
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/

 

[WiseOldElf]

you may consider this CPU ( its expensive )
http://ark.intel.com/products/82930...ssor-Extreme-Edition-20M-Cache-up-to-3_50-GHz

price example

http://mdsline.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=3233

you should be able to use this as a single socket replacement instead of the duel xeons you prefer

you would have the same core and HT numbers
the bonus is you can get matx motherboards that support this CPU (probably with thunderbolt )

Ps you can also Overclock it as well as its a Extreme-Edition and has unlocked multiplier

you can use this site to find comparable parts and reference prices ( for local Australian shopping )
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/

you're a star, thanks ! I had been looking at the i7-5820k, and take your point that there's not much of a performance hit with the i7 instead of the dual xeon. the i7 seems to run cool too, so that helps with cooling (and therefore noise).

it's getting late here now, but i'll try partpicker tomorrow.

 

[FireFox]

Single Xeon E-5 2670 8 Cores

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Still loving my X5670


2.226 ghz for everyday use...............boosts to 4.453 ghz when i am gaming

100 % o/c.............

 

[jvidia]

Hi friends!

For an Asus P6T Deluxe V2 what Xeon do you prefer/advise? X5670 or x5675?

And why?

Thanks,
Jorge

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Whichever one is cheaper, the difference in performance between them is negligible.

 

[dorsetknob]

Given the choice and availability for a reasonable price
1. they are both 95w (TPD )
2. they are both 6core HT enabled
3. the X5670 runs at 2.93Ghz
4, the X5675 runs at 3.06 GHz

so i would chose X5675 ( More power and Faster ).

that is as long as there is no cost premium getting the X5675 over X5670

 

[jvidia]

Hello friends.
1st thank you for your answers.

The price of them are almost the same, 127€ for the X5670 and 131€ for the X5675.
They are from diferent ebay sellers.
What do you think about the price?

The X5670 i've seen the photo and it is in pristine shape.
The X5675 i've seen no photo but asked the seller and he is going to send me one.

My concern besides the price is wich one is best to OC on my P6T Deluxe V2, because they have diferent multipliers: 22x on the X5670 and 23x on the X5675.

Any of them have a better OC reputation over the other or they are "brother's" in this matter?
I don't seen many people OCing the X5675.

 

[dorsetknob]

@CAPSLOCKSTUCK has a X5670 (overclocked ) he can give you info on that one

they are both basically the same piece of silicon ( with different multiplier set )
Usually you get more Satisfaction overclocking the lower spec Chip

as such you usually can achieve a higher % overclock compared to standard clocks

 

[jvidia]

Which one would you choose then?

Note: the OC i'll get from the Xeon must be for dailly personal use not just to bench! So the OC % is no matter to me

 

[dorsetknob]

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-X5675-vs-Intel-Xeon-X5670

me personally X5670 and then i would buy another board for the X5675

 

[jvidia]

Hehehehe I only have 1 computer

Will I notice any performance improvements in the dailly use of a Xeon vs an i7? Programs opening, Windows powering up/down, games, Lighroom, RAR/ZIP .... ?

 

[dorsetknob]

I don't seen many people OCing the X5675.

There seems to be a price premium on them ( X5675 ) compared to the X5670 and more X5670's seem to come up for sale more often

 

[dorsetknob]

Will I notice any performance improvements in the dailly use of a Xeon vs an i7? Programs opening, Windows powering up/down, games, Lighroom, RAR/ZIP .... ?

To be honest no there will be a slight gain because of the extra catche in single thread performance ( you will not notice except in benching tests )
but yes if your programs are multi thread capable 6 cores+6 HT will perform better than 4 cores + 4 HT

 

[jvidia]

This is my current performance in Cinebench:

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

they have diferent multipliers: 22x on the X5670 and 23x on the X5675.

i think you are misinformed, multi on both is 24 x

This is how i run my X5670, it will run at 4.6 ghz crunching for weeks on end or just bubble away while i surf at 2.2ghz.........the difference between it and X5675 is literally unnoticeable.

If it was me i would get the X5675 mainly because i have never owned one..........
Both are brilliant, you definitely wont regret buying either of them.

As regards price.......i paid a lot less but that was last year.


My cinebench for comparison
http://hwbot.org/submission/3095126_capslockstuck_cinebench___r15_xeon_x5670_1035_cb/

 

[jvidia]

The price is going up because the Euro is deflating vs USD/£

How does this cpu's compare to a E5-2670 ? It is obliterated no?

I ask this because a friend of mine is telling me not to go to an X5670/X5670 and to go to a newer one like the E5-2670 that is also cheap and "kills the X56xx ones".
Is this so?

The problem is the upgrade cost of the motherboard and mem! No one will want my P6T Deluxe V2 + 12GB ddr3 for sure LOL

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

No one will want my P6T Deluxe V2 + 12GB ddr3 for sure LOL

PM me, i like cheap stuff