Woodcrest

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got two of these from the intel rep @ work today eng samples but we're using them in a sample storage server we're building
will try and get some super pi benchies etc posted up and a bit of oclocking to see *** they can get to
running it on tyan mobo tho so not sure if theres much scope
will post piccies of the server tomorrow
asked about quad core chips and he reckons he wont get his hands on some for quite a while yet

 

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fired the system up today after a **** up with the raid cards, apparently intels idea of multilane cabling is very different from the iso std
my partner in crime is running spec int benchies over the weekend and after thats done i'll get a chance to get some super pi and sisoft benchies done
expect results mid week followed by some juicy pics of the system in action

 

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we build a lot of stuff for a certain organisation in geneva they're not too keen on amd stuff due to there custom linux builds which is why we primarilly use intel chips

 

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i think its more to do with reliability, altho they do use amd setups for crunching numbers just not on the data storage side

 

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the tyan board we're using is just std DDR2 ECC memory which keeps costs down

 

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right folks its taken a while to get time to install an xp setup and get some benchies done but this is the basic out of the box results, bios is ES and limited options but we hope to get a proper production bios with overclocking facilities shortly

box details (we now have 10 of these!!)

FBDimm was required, i got it wrong and was looking at another mobo doh!

the processors in sittue

and finally the results.......

now i think these are pretty good for out the box but im sure with some clocking i can get down to 10 seconds or less

look how low the fsb is

the memory options are amazing, u can have a mirrored set on the ram as well as buffering it!!!!

hope u guys like, will be getting sisoft marks done on monday and if u have any requests throw them my way as this box will be benched and clocked to destruction!!!!

 

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yeah i had a sarcastic smillie in there but there were too many imgs