Xeon E5-2670 v1 Flood ...

[philip2009]

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 ...

 

[philip2009]

oh just seen it's equivalent to an 8350.. Maybe I'll stay.

The performance is decent, but you can buy two of them currently for around £112 delivered, a single FX 8350 is about £138(?) retail. So if you have access to a dual CPU board ...

 

[philip2009]

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.

 

[philip2009]

can you strap 1.5 on these?

I'm probably being a bit dense but "1.5" what?

 

[philip2009]

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.