Oops!...I did it again..
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Ooook! 
Right, BaBa its not the Elysium, I thought you can try that one and I'll try something else and we can see what works best
Two guineapigs being better than one.
To the rest of you reprobates: Yes watercooled, but I don't have all the bits yet.
Got: CPU's, mobo, ram, some air coolers, blocks and various nuts and bolts, tubing, old bayres and pump.
Arrived today: 420 Radiator and fittings
Waiting: Case and PSU. Thought they were arriving today, maybe the missus got rid of them!
So I've had it up and running with some long bolts through the mobo holes and the air coolers, but my old test PSU isn't up to it really its only a 550W, but I managed to get one cpu with 7 cores running Predictor@home but tried to run folding and it shut down
So, something else to whet your appetite lads (and ladettes)
Right, BaBa its not the Elysium, I thought you can try that one and I'll try something else and we can see what works best
Two guineapigs being better than one.To the rest of you reprobates: Yes watercooled, but I don't have all the bits yet.
Got: CPU's, mobo, ram, some air coolers, blocks and various nuts and bolts, tubing, old bayres and pump.
Arrived today: 420 Radiator and fittings
Waiting: Case and PSU. Thought they were arriving today, maybe the missus got rid of them!
So I've had it up and running with some long bolts through the mobo holes and the air coolers, but my old test PSU isn't up to it really its only a 550W, but I managed to get one cpu with 7 cores running Predictor@home but tried to run folding and it shut down
So, something else to whet your appetite lads (and ladettes)
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That's pretty much how they filmed most of the original Star Wars movies
Heheh yup I think I might have had a steadier hand
"motherboard tour" i like that classy
So 4 cpu's, i don't know diddly squat on amd cpu's but if its an 8 core does that mean 16 processing threads or 8 etc
Either way best of luck with your trial runs Mr Biffa sah
4 x 12core cpu's no HyperThreading so one thread per core, so thats 12 x 4 = 48 cores = 48 threads.
Same as BaBa has but without the overclocking, max speed is 2.3Ghz
But you can get the board and get one 12 core, or two 8 cores of whatever speed you like to get started and then upgrade later when the 16 cores come out and the 12 cores start to drop.
New retail the cheapest 8 core is around £200 incl
Only supermicro and Tyan make the quad socket mobos and the one I got was the cheapest at around £600 and also takes the cheaper non ECC ram.
But of course you can grab bargains on Ebay. Baba got his ES chips for a snap, and I got a pretty substantial cut from new on these.
I looked at importing from the US for the mobo but it worked out to be only a saving of a few quid and the unknown of VAT and duty charges that might be levied so I went safe and stuck with a UK supplier. They don't hold stock but its drop shipped from manufacturer.
Its a bit of a minefield with cases and waterblocks but they are out there. I just took my time and ordered stuff when it fitted my price range. I'm going to have to sell weebeastie to cover a large chunk of the costs which effectively leaves me out of the Seti@home race once and for all (if ever I was going to go back). But someone else might make use of it.
Actually the MBD-H8QGI+-F-O
Yes but thats the designation on the we site. Cheapest I could find.
Hmmm ,i just want to know what case its going in
Yay, case and psu just arrived!
And rememberd I had to get some mighty Yate Loon D14SH-12's (the 2300rpm ones)
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Heh yeah I spent some time looking around, including that site, which pretty much says that unless you buy a SuperMicro case, you can fit one in a Stacker 810. Great, thanks for that. Try finding one of those! Plus BaBa already said it was a royal PITA when it tried it.
I know BaBa was looking at the Xigmatek - Elysium, and thats what you want really one that has space for a PSU up top with some clear space without anything in the way.
The distance from the IO area to the top of the mobo is around 12cm.
I'm 100% I'll have to modify the case I bought, but hopefully no more than I had to modify the P80 for the SR-2. But I haven't even tried the mobo in the case yet
Still performance testing the cpus until I can find the time to get stuck in (maybe tonight)
I know BaBa was looking at the Xigmatek - Elysium, and thats what you want really one that has space for a PSU up top with some clear space without anything in the way.
The distance from the IO area to the top of the mobo is around 12cm.
I'm 100% I'll have to modify the case I bought, but hopefully no more than I had to modify the P80 for the SR-2. But I haven't even tried the mobo in the case yet
Still performance testing the cpus until I can find the time to get stuck in (maybe tonight)
Heh I don't mind, build thread will go in the Cases subforum. This is just a show and tell expose type thing The more the merrier imho.
Looking at your original pic you could get a SR-2 on one side (upside down) and something monstrous on this side Do you have a decent photo intsead of that postage stamp one?
The more the merrier imho.Looking at your original pic you could get a SR-2 on one side (upside down) and something monstrous on this side
Do you have a decent photo intsead of that postage stamp one? 1. Yes, so the one I just did last night, the 6 holes at the bottom were fine, the three across the middle I had to drill two hole, and the top three holes are floating in space at the moment because of the layout of the case I have. (better to get the Elysium BaBa)
To do the holes, I mark the spot with the mobo in, then take a metal drill that just fits into the existing mobo holes and drill out the spots, then because I am cheap and don't have a tap and because I want it to be a tight fit, I take an old case thumbscrew with the pointy end (old coolermaster stainless screw) and use that to roll tap a hole, the mobo mounts then screw right in nice and tight. But yes you might have to build something to mount the top three holes to that are floating in air in most cases.
As I said to teabag the most important bit is that you have 12cm of mobo *ABOVE* the i/o ports area. So for cases its important to find one with room in the roof.
2. Memory, I know that they perform better with 4 banks per cpu filled so finding one that can take cheaper DDR3 that isn't ECC or Registered is important. The supermicro's are good for that, the Tyans need the more expensive server memory.
But you could get 16 x 1GB DDR3 if you wanted I've got 2GB Corsair XMS3 Classics
3. Any 850W+ Quality brand PSU would be fine, total from the wall is around 660W while folding, running a 875W one here. Obviously if you got one with gpus you would need to take that into account, but for bigadv folding you don't need silly gpus
To do the holes, I mark the spot with the mobo in, then take a metal drill that just fits into the existing mobo holes and drill out the spots, then because I am cheap and don't have a tap and because I want it to be a tight fit, I take an old case thumbscrew with the pointy end (old coolermaster stainless screw) and use that to roll tap a hole, the mobo mounts then screw right in nice and tight.
But yes you might have to build something to mount the top three holes to that are floating in air in most cases.As I said to teabag the most important bit is that you have 12cm of mobo *ABOVE* the i/o ports area. So for cases its important to find one with room in the roof.
2. Memory, I know that they perform better with 4 banks per cpu filled so finding one that can take cheaper DDR3 that isn't ECC or Registered is important. The supermicro's are good for that, the Tyans need the more expensive server memory.
But you could get 16 x 1GB DDR3 if you wanted
I've got 2GB Corsair XMS3 Classics3. Any 850W+ Quality brand PSU would be fine, total from the wall is around 660W while folding, running a 875W one here. Obviously if you got one with gpus you would need to take that into account, but for bigadv folding you don't need silly gpus
Yeah the most usefull ones are the ones someone else use using
But the 810 has the single psu slot in the bottom and two fans at the back.
The STC-T01 looks the same outside but has a PSUl slot at the top that puts lots of bits of metal in the way.
T01 came first, 810 came after. Both rare as hens teeth, but the 810 is rarer, more like gold hens teeth.
But the 810 has the single psu slot in the bottom and two fans at the back.
The STC-T01 looks the same outside but has a PSUl slot at the top that puts lots of bits of metal in the way.
T01 came first, 810 came after. Both rare as hens teeth, but the 810 is rarer, more like gold hens teeth.
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It is done been running for a few days, and it depends on the work unit
Its currently crunching a P2692 at 00:07:08 per frame or 269,300.21 PPD
Before that it was on a 6904 mahoosive WU at just on 00:20:30 per frame or around 470K PPD
Its more than twice as fast at any given work unit than the SR-2 but bear in mind the following:
SR-2 is dual Xeons, 12 cores, 24 threads (smp 24) with HT @ 4.2Ghz
G35 is quad Optys, 48 cores, 48 threads (smp 48) no HT @ 2.3Ghz
Its currently crunching a P2692 at 00:07:08 per frame or 269,300.21 PPD
Before that it was on a 6904 mahoosive WU at just on 00:20:30 per frame or around 470K PPD
Its more than twice as fast at any given work unit than the SR-2 but bear in mind the following:
SR-2 is dual Xeons, 12 cores, 24 threads (smp 24) with HT @ 4.2Ghz
G35 is quad Optys, 48 cores, 48 threads (smp 48) no HT @ 2.3Ghz
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