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Xeon E5-2670 v1 Flood ...

philip2009

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Apparently there's a Xeon flood going on as we speak (you'll be wanting the SR0KX stepping - SR0H8 is C1 stepping. VT-x is supported but VT-d is broken in C1 SR0KX is the C2 stepping with the VT-d fix (important for virtualization pass-through... eg: GPU's)). Long thread on it, and building systems, here.

It seems nobody is quite sure why the E5-2670s(2.6GHz, 8-core/16-thread equivalent to an AMD FX-8350) are appearing. Could be a pretty cheap way to build a dual CPU system(32GB of Hynix ECC DDR3-1600 RAM can be bought for £56).

Just thought this may interest somebody ... :)
 
Interesting, As I already own an i5 should I stick with it? Not sure how helpful the 8core 16threads are gonna be over my quadcore, if anything.

oh just seen it's equivalent to an 8350.. Maybe I'll stay.
 
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You'd might as well just buy an FX8350 it'll a damn site cheaper overall, you'll struggle to find software using 8 cores let alone 16 of them.

Interesting information for those wanting to build a server system though.
 
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mmj_uk said:
You'd might as well just buy an FX8350 it'll a damn site cheaper overall, you'll struggle to find software using 8 cores let alone 16 of them.
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To be honest if you're looking at a dual cpu system then you likely have the need for the extra cores. I know plenty of my 'work programs' can make use of up to 32 threads.
 
Had no major need for a new CPU as mine is OK. but was thinking about future use, certainly won't need a dual cpu board as I don't do anything server related, was just a thought :)
 
For what it's worth ... back of a fag packet system costing assuming a semi-typical computer nerd -

ASUS Z9PA-D8 £204+delivery (from Europe - ATX form factor)
2xE5-2670 £112 delivered

Nerd sells current CPU for £120(?)
Nerd sells current motherboard for £80(?)

Assuming nerd has DDR3 RAM, suitable power supply and case - *rough* net cost of £116 for dual CPU machine.

Obviously it could cost more or less depending on the motherboard, what parts are transferable, and your general requirements.
 
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He means the strap setting that existed on X79 allowing you to overclock the BCLK, I don't think that it will be present on server motherboards.
 
Oh, right - not my area, the last time I had any interest in overclocking was around 1998/9 with a 350MHz Pentium II.

I just posted to let people know these processors are available, beyond generalities people will basically have to do their own research.
 
philip2009 said:
Oh, right - not my area, the last time I had any interest in overclocking was around 1998/9 with a 350MHz Pentium II.

I just posted to let people know these processors are available, beyond generalities people will basically have to do their own research.
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i have bought 3 to test overclocking capability on x79 Rampage VI formula. I'm hoping to lock all core turbo speed of 30x or 31x with 125 strap+ a bit of extra base clock. :D
 
Just put one of these in a system I'm going to use for VM / workstation and light gaming use.

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£80 for the chip from a friend. I think he paid a similar amount of eBay. I got the board from mmj_uk above for £50 in the MM. Was initially going to use a 3930k but as I wasn't going to overclock that, I might stick with this setup for a while. It doesnt seem to be bottlenecking my 980Ti :)
 
I'm putting together a rig with one of these as well.

They're flooding the market due to Amazon and Facebook recently offloading them (so I hear) to make room for new stuff. :)

Overclocking doesn't work. We've got four between us on the team and none of them can boot on the 125 strap. 107 MHz is the highest we've had so far.
 
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