Opteron Prime - Supermicro 4P folding mayham

Schweeeeet build mate, always kept toying with building a 4P Opteron folding rig myself but I went the dual 8-core EP Xeon CPU route with 32-threads total, crunches bigbeta's like a beast :)
 
NoustieChris said:
Ah, so a couple of wet 7970s to throw in then? :D:D:D
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I hope it will be equivalents of the follow up of the HD7970. I have no clue yet. We will have to see. First let AMD make proper drivers for Linux.

coolamasta said:
Schweeeeet build mate, always kept toying with building a 4P Opteron folding rig myself but I went the dual 8-core EP Xeon CPU route with 32-threads total, crunches bigbeta's like a beast :)
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They are also amazing machines. Loads of people I know that have 4P AMD builds are going 4P Intel now. Because they use much less power and have a small performance egde. Too bad they cost an arm and a leg though. :D
 
I am waiting for the metalwork so I started on my big box of EKWB parts. I just really felt like fiddling with it. Decided to start on the RAM monarch modules. Just like the XSPC ones I used for GHFH these will be mounted on the bare RAM so a waterblock can be mounted on it. But since there are 4 CPUs with each 4 RAM sticks I need to fit 16 of them :jawdrop:
That wasn't too bad. But the ram had stickers on them. Two on each RAM stick. One was a regular sticker and easily removable. But the void warranty sticker was made from bubblegum or something. It took ages to get it off nice a clean. At the end of the 16 sticks it had taken me all evening untill midnight to fit all the modules. That's one way to spend an evening :D













 
After this I decided to work on the CPU blocks.

I was looking into a way to use plexi tops since I want to use very UV reactive coolant. So that would be cool imo.
But the CPU waterblocks are only available in one sort; Acetal. But after some asking them it turned out the tops are the exact same as the regular Supremacy blocks so they would fit a replacement plexi top. So I ended up getting 4 CPU blocks AND also 4 replacement plexi Supremacy tops. So I had my first try at doing the old "switcheroo" trick :D
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I am off to do the other 3 now as well :)
 
After a hard day at work I was happy enough to get a silent half evening of working on my hardware.
I unpacked the mother board for some photos after I received it back for the shop that made the waterblock.
Had some time to take a few pictures of that as well. Then I found out he put the waterblock in the acc box in a hurry. The copper plates were getting ugly and not shiny. So I brought in my good friend Dr. Brasso to help me with the job. As you can see I have an intermediate picture as well with one polished and one not. Also gave the plexi a bit of a clean. At a later stage I will made a vinyl sticker for it to resemble the banner I have for this build. It will be put onto the block and hopefully green will shine from it where I want it to :D

Next up; the CPU blocks. I had changed all the tops and they wanted a quartet photo. Brothers, what are you gonna do?

Then I grabbed the motherboard, the CPUs, the waterblocks and made them come together in solid harmony. I was sweating like a pig installing the CPUs. One shouldn't think about how much they cost when doing such things.
Of course the RAM couldn't stay behind. It was getting darker and darker so I could make a photo of the plexi ram blocks just in time. I couldn't make one anymore of the complete works.
Oh well, maybe tomorrow :)

Here are the pictures of the work so far.































































 
Right. Where was I?
Oh right. I had fitted the modules and the waterblocks and then the light went dim outside :D
Well I took some photos to show you guys.
I will toss in another update right after, because I picked up something this morning and I just can't wait to show you guys :shaky:

btw the mobo is getting VERY heavy now. I hope this many waterblocks on there won't cause any trouble.





























 
Supermicro for the win.

Folding at team 10 has clearly come a long way since my graphics cards died and I dropped out of the race.
 
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Wow that is epic!
 
That thing is a MONSTER!!! I'm seriously impressed, I can't wait until you get it mounted in your case, plumbing it up is certaily going to be 'interesting'. Keep up the superb work :)
 
I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ....I'm speechless :O

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CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS. Can you do a HD video when its done giving us a tour of it best you can and so we can see/hear the beast in addition to photos ?
 
Really love the ram heatsinks, id say look better without the water block on top! The big black solid lumps. Great stuff. Wish I still had time and funds to do these kind of projects.
 
:eek: This is CRAZY! Going to look epic once finished though.

Out of curiosity do you know how much the build would cost if you were buying the bits yourself?
 
To start with, about £450 for the mobo, £4700 for the CPU's, over £800 for the RAM and £650 for the case.
 
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