dual xeons, late to the party

[cytg111]

I may be late to this party, anyway, any of you guys done this ?

http://www.techspot.com/review/1155-affordable-dual-xeon-pc/

Here I am twisting my mind between skylake and broadwell-e(6 core now, when retired put in cheaper 10 core and retire to server duty).. when I could just do the above and be server-set for life(!)


just saw this

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2479701

so nvm

 

[jhu]

There are a few threads here regarding this. I really like mine.

 

[Nhirlathothep]

atm is a better deal dual e5 2670 v3 (24 core 48 thread ) 2.3 up to 3.1 ghz

180euro X 2

 

[NAC]

I'm happy with mine. Only negatives: the server motherboard (mine is Asrock) is a little quirky, like the number lock light on the keyboard turns off after a while, and it boots up fairly slow. Other negative is it gobbles up electricity at idle. And lastly, depending on what you are doing - all those cores may not be as useful as you think. So research the software you use to determine if having more than 8 cores will make that much of a difference.

But for the price, it is hard to beat as long as you sometimes need the cores.

 

[Raduque]

I bought one and was able to get an X79 board for $200. I considered doing a second one as a workstation (video editing, etc) but couldn't find a board under $300. It runs great and I think was a very smart buy. I already had DDR3 lying around. Cost me less than $320 for an 8-core, 15-thread beast for my media server. I love it.

 

[jhu]

I'm happy with mine. Only negatives: the server motherboard (mine is Asrock) is a little quirky, like the number lock light on the keyboard turns off after a while, and it boots up fairly slow. Other negative is it gobbles up electricity at idle. And lastly, depending on what you are doing - all those cores may not be as useful as you think. So research the software you use to determine if having more than 8 cores will make that much of a difference.

But for the price, it is hard to beat as long as you sometimes need the cores.

Mine idles at 90W, which is only 20W more than my FX8350.

 

[cytg111]

atm is a better deal dual e5 2670 v3 (24 core 48 thread ) 2.3 up to 3.1 ghz

180euro X 2

Damn it gets better and better..

Of course on such a beast virtualbox aint gonna cut it no more... gonna have to invest is esx or similar...

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Best deal by far :

Intel S2600CP2J dual-2011 Motherboard - $175
2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 (8c/16t - 2.6GHz) - $130
8x 8GB ECC RAM - $85

http://www.natex.us/product-p/intels2600cp2j-custom.htm
http://www.natex.us/product-p/64gb-am472d3ld4p13c9ec.htm

16c/32t, 64GB ECC + mobo for $390, ie. less than a 6700K + mobo combo at MicroCenter

 

[cytg111]

I'm happy with mine. Only negatives: the server motherboard (mine is Asrock) is a little quirky, like the number lock light on the keyboard turns off after a while, and it boots up fairly slow. Other negative is it gobbles up electricity at idle. And lastly, depending on what you are doing - all those cores may not be as useful as you think. So research the software you use to determine if having more than 8 cores will make that much of a difference.

But for the price, it is hard to beat as long as you sometimes need the cores.

Maintaining a webserver, database server (postgres), fileserver, 3-4 test VM's different linux /windows versions, 2-3 different coding envoriments, backup envoriment, suberversion and mercurial... more i forget now.

Today I am multipurposing installs to serve two or three use cases(on old laptops lying around no less) but it has proven to be a peach when upgrading, one thing breaking the other etc. For my needs compartmentalization seems to be key.

Gonna need a huuuge disk array to go with that too.. 8T raid 5 for 24T and some RST in front? Do RST work in a virtualized env?

(just the thought of getting rid of those old laps, clearing out a table mmmm nice..)

 

[Raduque]

Best deal by far :

Intel S2600CP2J dual-2011 Motherboard - $175
2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 (8c/16t - 2.6GHz) - $130
8x 8GB ECC RAM - $85

http://www.natex.us/product-p/intels2600cp2j-custom.htm
http://www.natex.us/product-p/64gb-am472d3ld4p13c9ec.htm

16c/32t, 64GB ECC + mobo for $390, ie. less than a 6700K + mobo combo at MicroCenter

Wow, can't beat that with a stick! Nearly impossible to find a single-socket board to support a Xeon for less than the total cost of the bundle there! BTW, the 128gb 8x16 is almost $100 cheaper.

I... I think I just found my render box. Need a case.
Edit: Didn't check the second link. I was looking at the bundle drop-downs, which had 64gb at $280 and 128 at $190.

 

[cytg111]

Best deal by far :

Intel S2600CP2J dual-2011 Motherboard - $175
2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 (8c/16t - 2.6GHz) - $130
8x 8GB ECC RAM - $85

http://www.natex.us/product-p/intels2600cp2j-custom.htm
http://www.natex.us/product-p/64gb-am472d3ld4p13c9ec.htm

16c/32t, 64GB ECC + mobo for $390, ie. less than a 6700K + mobo combo at MicroCenter

Where the hell do you find

2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 (8c/16t - 2.6GHz) - $130

My amazon / ebay skills must be lacking ...

 

[2blzd]

Been articles about this since last spring...I was doing a lot of research into a single e5-2670 and found a x79 sabertooth for $180...Decided to pass as a new system with a broadwell-e would only cost $300 more...Much rather have x99 than x79 at this point, especially since I make my systems last for 5 years. Still extremely tempting..

 

[jhu]

Where the hell do you find

2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 (8c/16t - 2.6GHz) - $130

My amazon / ebay skills must be lacking ...

Very lacking. Here you go

 

[cytg111]

Very lacking. Here you go

Snatched. Thanks.

 

[TeknoBug]

Best deal by far :

Intel S2600CP2J dual-2011 Motherboard - $175
2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 (8c/16t - 2.6GHz) - $130
8x 8GB ECC RAM - $85

http://www.natex.us/product-p/intels2600cp2j-custom.htm
http://www.natex.us/product-p/64gb-am472d3ld4p13c9ec.htm

16c/32t, 64GB ECC + mobo for $390, ie. less than a 6700K + mobo combo at MicroCenter

Jesus that is a rock solid deal.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Where the hell do you find

2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 (8c/16t - 2.6GHz) - $130

My amazon / ebay skills must be lacking ...

On the same site (you can select mobo + CPU options). That's a little expensive actually, since IINM you can get E5-2670s for ~$50 a piece on eBay.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Edit: Didn't check the second link. I was looking at the bundle drop-downs, which had 64gb at $280 and 128 at $190.

Heh, yeah that mobo + RAM option is weird when the RAM itself in the 2nd link is only $85

 

[HiroThreading]

F*** it, I've decided to jump on the dual Xeon bandwagon and grab a pair of 2670s!

Does anyone have any board recommendations? Preferably something cheap and with plenty of PCIE slots (I suspect I'll need a lot of expansion cards due to C602 chipset's slightly dated standards).

As a hobby project, I'll probably install the setup in an old E-ATX converted Apple Mac Pro case.

 

[cytg111]

Thread problary belongs in general by now. Anyway, for new I am looking at ~350$ (denmar) .. so I am looking for used/refurbished here as well, in the spirit of keeping cost down..

 

[Burpo]

F*** it, I've decided to jump on the dual Xeon bandwagon and grab a pair of 2670s!

Does anyone have any board recommendations? Preferably something cheap and with plenty of PCIE slots (I suspect I'll need a lot of expansion cards due to C602 chipset's slightly dated standards).

As a hobby project, I'll probably install the setup in an old E-ATX converted Apple Mac Pro case.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Genuine...495067?hash=item281b868edb:g:~xEAAOSw-KFXdw8e

 

[cytg111]

yea thing is, for me in EU, ill have to pay VAT and a FEE that is going to put that over the top of a new one bought local.. and within EU there does not seem to be any killer deals.. might have to bite the bullet..

 

[Mir96TA]

What case do people use to mount these MB ?

 

[HiroThreading]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Genuine...495067?hash=item281b868edb:g:~xEAAOSw-KFXdw8e

Fantastic. Thank you very much!

I'm a bit worried about the clearance for the PCIE slots. I'll take a look around.

 

[nsiderTalon]

What case do people use to mount these MB ?

The general recommendation seems to be Phanteks' Enthoo Pro, which has native mounts for SSI EEB form factor motherboards like the one from natex. The black version is currently on sale at Newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811854003&ignorebbr=1

 

[Mercennarius]

I LOVE my dual X5690s...I don't think I could build another high end rig without going dual socket. The additional CPU horsepower and RAM limits are so nice to have.