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Jimbocous Send message Joined: 1 Apr 13 Posts: 1849 Credit: 268,616,081 RAC: 1,349 |
Yes but it's 100 WUs for all cores, not 100 WUs per core. My experience is per machine, not per CPU, at least on my HP Z600, which has 2x Xeon E5620's. I get 100 ea. for two GPUs, and 100 for both CPUs. Unfortunate. FWIW, HP Z600s have been going pretty cheap on eBay lately. Mine was ~$285 with the above CPUs, 12 gb ram, a 128gb SSD, a 1tb HDD and Win7x64 pro installed and licensed. Room for 2x x16 dual slot GPUs. Pretty good way to get into the multi-CPU game with a turn-key solution. |
Al Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1682 Credit: 477,343,364 RAC: 482 |
Jim, do you know if these systems would run v2 procs? |
Gamboleer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 06 Posts: 29 Credit: 12,391,598 RAC: 0 |
Jim, do you know if these systems would run v2 procs? Every V1 board I looked at also ran V2; it was one of the reasons for using the 2660/2670 CPUs, as there should be a cheap upgrade path to V2 in a couple years. V1 is limited to 1600 DDR3. V2 allows 1866. V1/V2 cannot use V3 CPUs. These are my boards; they definitely run V2: ASUS Z9PA-D8 (ATX) ASROCK EP2C602-4L/D16 (SSI-EEB) |
Jimbocous Send message Joined: 1 Apr 13 Posts: 1849 Credit: 268,616,081 RAC: 1,349 |
Jim, do you know if these systems would run v2 procs? If by V2 you mean 1333, I believe so. I base this off the HP spec sheet. Bunch of different sheets around on this box. One for sure suggests it will support the 3.2ghz hex core Xeon just fine. Still a bit pricey for those on eBay these days... But poke around a bit more at the HP site above and you should be able to get for sure data. Always good also to check for the latest BIOS on those. Here's one I was watching on eBay. Not suggesting it necessarily, but just a flavor as to what's out there. Later, Jim ... |
Al Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1682 Credit: 477,343,364 RAC: 482 |
Thanks for the link, I meant Xeon v.2 CPU's. As was mentioned above, sadly the v.1-2 boards won't do v.3, and not sure if v.3 boards support v.4 or not, but we're a ways away from the day that _those_ processors will be "affordable"... |
Jimbocous Send message Joined: 1 Apr 13 Posts: 1849 Credit: 268,616,081 RAC: 1,349 |
Thanks for the link, I meant Xeon v.2 CPU's. As was mentioned above, sadly the v.1-2 boards won't do v.3, and not sure if v.3 boards support v.4 or not, but we're a ways away from the day that _those_ processors will be "affordable"... Yeah, I haven't researched the Xeons deeply enough to know which CPU is whuch version. Guess I should look into that, eh? |
Jimbocous Send message Joined: 1 Apr 13 Posts: 1849 Credit: 268,616,081 RAC: 1,349 |
Jim, do you know if these systems would run v2 procs? Near as I can tell, any LGA 1366 Xeon should be usable, as that's what the Z400/Z600 are equipped with. Looks to me like V1 (Nehalem) are the only Xeons to use LGA 1366. If I've researched this right: V2 is Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge, neither of which are offered in LGA 1366. Sandy Bridge supported include LGA 1155, LGA 2011, Socket G2, BGA-1023, BGA-1224, BGA-1284 Ivy Bridge supported include LGA 1155, LGA 2011, LGA 2011-1, LGA 1356, Socket G2, BGA-1023, BGA-1224, BGA-1284 V3 is Haswell, again no LGA 1366. LGA1150, BGA1364, LGA2011-3 offered V4 is Broadwell, again no LGA 1366. LGA1150 only V5 is Skylake, again no LGA 1366. LGA1151 only Al, does this sound about right? |
Al Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1682 Credit: 477,343,364 RAC: 482 |
Looks like you've nailed it down pretty well. One thing I find interesting, they haven't released the Skylake 2011 (R1) (if that is what it will be, they seem to change sockets like I change underwear) versions, and not sure if they will skip v4 of these chips and go straight to v5? So all in all, you've summarized it quite well. Excellent work! *edit* Oh, and best as I can tell from that chart, the best processors for the board in that computer would be the W3690 or the X5690, they both run at 3.46 Ghz and support 1333 memory, and have a TDP of 130w, so very good cooling is a must, these guys are heaters. I believe the main difference is the X series is overclockable. And, just checked on Fleabay, the avg price for the W3690 is $150-175, and the X5690 is averaging around $275-300. *edit edit* Scratch half of that, the W36xx series is only a single proessor chip, won't work in dual CPU systems, so by default, that makes the X5690 the winner tonite! |
Zalster Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 |
they haven't released the Skylake 2011 (R1) (if that is what it will be, computex taiwan is May 30 |
Al Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1682 Credit: 477,343,364 RAC: 482 |
they haven't released the Skylake 2011 (R1) (if that is what it will be, That's projected to be when the big announcement will be for these? And, I can only imagine the price.. |
Zalster Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 |
Don't know if those specifically but the Broadwells will be and you could guess they might also have others they talk about as well. Guess we have to wait and see.. |
Gamboleer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 06 Posts: 29 Credit: 12,391,598 RAC: 0 |
V3 (LGA2011-3) boards will support V4/Broadwell Xeon 2600 series CPUs with a BIOS update. Example: http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5146#ov |
Jimbocous Send message Joined: 1 Apr 13 Posts: 1849 Credit: 268,616,081 RAC: 1,349 |
Near as I can tell, any LGA 1366 Xeon should be usable, as that's what the Z400/Z600 are equipped with. Looks to me like V1 (Nehalem) are the only Xeons to use LGA 1366. Actually, within the Nehalem family, it's Bloomfield, Gainestown, Jasper Forest, Westmere and Gulftown that support LGA 1366. So the hottest of the bunch would be the W3690 (~$175 used) or X5690 (~$300 used), which are 3.46ghz, 12mb L3 cache, 6.4 GT/s QPI, 1333 DDR3, 130 watts, 6 cores, 12 threads, with turbo boost. Used prices stay high on these as they're in demand for Mac Pro upgrades. But what does seem to be a bargain right now is the X5670 Six Cores 2.93 GHz/12M/6.40GT 95 watt LGA1366, which can be had for under $100 used. A pair of these could make the Z600 a pretty heavy hitter ... I suppose one of these days I'll get a couple and give it a shot... To pull it back to the forum thread title, the above would be a 24 thread system, probably for under $500 all told. |
Al Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1682 Credit: 477,343,364 RAC: 482 |
Well Jim, your experience with the Z600 piqued my interest, so I happened across one on fleabay a week or so ago for what seemed like a very reasonable price. It came with a single Intel Xeon E5649 2.53GHz SLBZ8 12MB 5.86 GT/s LGA1366 6-Core Processor, so I went out and found a 2nd one for about $50 and the standard, not high performance version of the HP OEM cooler for another 60 or so. I installed it the other day, and was looking at the wiring inside there, in terms of video card capabilities, and noticed that it only had a single 6 pin power connector for the video off of the PSU, though there is a 2nd power cord for SATA or IDE HD's that could be used with an adapter to I believe make a 2nd 6 pin, but not sure if it's configured correctly, as those usually use 2 different cables from the PSU, and this one would be using 2 connectors on one cable, since that's all there is in there. I was a little suprised, as I'd have thought that being a workstation, it would be setup for installing a couple high horsepower GPU's into it. This one came with an Nvidia Quadro FX1800 in it, which has no power connectors, so would I be correct in presuming that it is a very low end card? Other than putting in whatever the fastest GPU that has a single 6 pin connector along with a 2nd card that doesn't require any external power, what is a person to do for Moar Power? lol Or, is it just "it is what it is"? Thanks, this should be interesting. *edit* Do Quadro's even work with BOINC & SETI? I see there is an PNY Nvidia Quadro FX 5800 video card out of a HP workstation that has a single 6 pin connector, starting bid of $149, who knows the final price, but I am not up to speed on those style of cards, so prices and capabilities elude me. |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
List of Nvidia graphics processing units SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
jason_gee Send message Joined: 24 Nov 06 Posts: 7489 Credit: 91,093,184 RAC: 0 |
The Quadro's work, though that model won't be breaking any records, with only 64 Cuda cores and compute capability 1.1 (pre-Fermi). Most likely either Cuda 2.3 or 3.2 will be the best choice for Cuda MB application, and you'd need to be careful with drivers since Pre-Fermi was moved to an end-of-life branch, and might need to try a few to see which will support OpenCL on this device. (If looking to change, a 750ti would cream that GPU for less noise and power) "Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. |
Al Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1682 Credit: 477,343,364 RAC: 482 |
Checked out that list, wow, that one's going to be going bye-bye. So, next question, off the top of your heads, do you have an opinion of what the fastest 6 pin GPU would be? It can be a 600 or 700 series, as well as the 900, though I believe the connector on my GTX950 dual fan model is a single 8 pin, so that would take an adapter I mentioned earlier. I'd like to turn this one up a notch from the standard builds I have been doing with the 750/950s that I have, but I know that the single 6 pin is going to be my limitation. Thanks for your thoughts/opinions. |
Al Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1682 Credit: 477,343,364 RAC: 482 |
Oh, and a little OT, but Jason, could you head over to this thread and check out my post here and comment there on your thoughts of what might be going on? It seems a little weird, with such a large difference in systems that they would be so close in RAC. Thanks! |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
Checked out that list, wow, that one's going to be going bye-bye. So, next question, off the top of your heads, do you have an opinion of what the fastest 6 pin GPU would be? It can be a 600 or 700 series, as well as the 900, though I believe the connector on my GTX950 dual fan model is a single 8 pin, so that would take an adapter I mentioned earlier. I'd like to turn this one up a notch from the standard builds I have been doing with the 750/950s that I have, but I know that the single 6 pin is going to be my limitation. Thanks for your thoughts/opinions. You may be limited by the PSU in that system. However doing a quick check looks like those workstations came with a 650w 80Plus Bronze PSU. So you might just be OK. A PCIe x16 slot, by spec, should provide 75w. Note: Sometimes motherboards are not designed to actually accommodate this to save money. A 6-pin PCIe connector is rated for 75w & an 8-pin PCIe connector is rated for 150w. So with a single 6-pin connector that would limit you to a GPU under 150w. On paper a GTX 970 is 145w, but all of the 970's I've come across have either an 8-pin or 8-pin + 6-pin connector. Some GTX 960's do have a single 6-pin connector. So that kind of limits your options in the 900 series without using any adapters. If you wanted to go with adapters a GTX 980, 165w, with 2 6-pin connectors might be a good option. Like the 04G-P4-2981-KR or 04G-P4-2983-KR. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
Al Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1682 Credit: 477,343,364 RAC: 482 |
Hal, thanks for the advice, I will look into both the adapters I'd need to pull this off, and those cards you linked to. So this pretty much limits me to a single powered GPU, plus another like the bottom end 950 or 750. Maybe it's because it is is the Z600, which is the little brother to the Z800, and has available a 1100w PSU. I have never seen the inside of that one, but I'm pretty sure that they have more GPU power options available, otherwise, why bother, eh? ;-) |
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