Ultimate F@H chips?

2P E5-2690 = 7:38 TPF on a 6901 without switching kernels.
 
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DWolvin said:
Posting this because I didn't see anything talking about it before, but these new Intels look like beasts, and at 95w!?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5553/the-xeon-e52600-dual-sandybridge-for-servers

Now if we can just get reasonable 2P / 4P boards... :D
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Yeah but the clock speed sucks at low TDP, cpu-world has them all listed and they go upto 150w TDP, that PCIe controller and all the cache are not helping the thermal's

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/Intel-Xeon%20E5-2670.html.

Personally i'm hoping that used x5670's or x5675's appear on the market at a reasonable price for at least one of my rig's and that the lga 1356 versions have an ATX board available so i don't have to mod my case.

It looks like the 1356 version could be good...

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/Intel-Xeon%20E5-2470.html
 
Project: 6900 (Run 33, Clone 23, Gen 121)
TPF ~7:50

Can't say with what just yet - don't want to get in trouble. :)

Using the Ubuntu guide by Musky/Tear with Kraken. No special cores, kernels or whatever aside from that.
 
and with the 8 core chips ranging from $1,100 to $2,050 ..... it's not going to be a budget build ......

H.
 
Haitch said:
and with the 8 core chips ranging from $1,100 to $2,050 ..... it's not going to be a budget build ......

H.
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No, but neither was my 5670 rig - everything was new apart from the board, besides we may have the option of some "PM me for details" cpu's, there are a few available already.

Edit:- Boards and CPU's are on the egg, its looking like the thick end of $4000 or £2,500 for a full rig:eek:
 
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2P E5-2690 = 7:38 TPF on a 6901 without switching kernels.
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That's impressive, this is the best I can do with the Kraken, BFS and CL7 Ram


Project ID: 6901
Core: GRO-A5
Credit: 7164
Frames: 100


Name: Hood SMP
Path: \\HOOD\fah\
Number of Frames Observed: 300

Min. Time / Frame : 00:12:31 - 111,261.2 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:12:58 - 105,519.9 PPD

The updated arch and extra cores have knocked nearly 5 minutes a frame off. Any idea's on power draw and heat?
 
Wow, the SR-X memory slots actually set of some kind of symmetry thing for me, I can't stand the RAM layout. ;)
That said, I have at least a year of free electricity (long story), so I am so very tempted!
 
Hmm it appears that the SR-X doesn't really overclock, judging from a post on EVGA's forums.
It does have BCLK adjustment, but as we all know BCLK adjustment isn't worth diddly-squat on locked Sandy Bridge =(
 
I dont think it will be worth it for the forseeable future. It will probably take a 3P of the 8 cores at a decent clock (say around 2.9ghz) to beat a 4P G34, and with a $4000 entry price tag on a 2P 2011, it will be a while before used prices make these worth it in the long run. I dont even want to think about what a 4P 2011 setup is going to cost. You would be better off for the time being buying multiple used 4P G34's for the price that 2011 will command new.
 
That's too bad. Imagine that thing with 2x SB-EX's running @5+Ghz. Thing would be a freeking beast.
 
Untitledone said:
I dont think it will be worth it for the forseeable future. It will probably take a 3P of the 8 cores at a decent clock (say around 2.9ghz) to beat a 4P G34, and with a $4000 entry price tag on a 2P 2011, it will be a while before used prices make these worth it in the long run. I dont even want to think about what a 4P 2011 setup is going to cost. You would be better off for the time being buying multiple used 4P G34's for the price that 2011 will command new.
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Oh i fully agree that 4p is the way to go, however hiding such boards in standard old cases that just barely take an ATX is not really an option, nor at the moment is nekkid folding - stealth upgrades are what i need so that wifey does not notice - she still hasn't fully cottoned onto my 2nd dedicated folder so adding more visible hardware just won't work at the moment
 
This 4P rig I have is going on the longest I've held folding hardware..... and it looks like it still has quite a bit of life in it yet.

Trying to stay on the cutting edge is damn expencive.
 
Kendrak said:
Trying to stay on the cutting edge is damn expencive.
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This is very true, I spent half of saturday working out what i had spent in folding hardware since April 2009 and it came to a very large £4,700 + another £1,500 in electricity:eek:

Good job SWMBO doesn't see the bills.

Upgrades for me this year are about efficency and saving for a replacement rig next year, unless i can score some cheap x56xx chips, in which case there won't be any upgrades next year.
 
DooKey said:
What motherboard are you using and can you run regular DDR3?
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A Tyan board ATM, but I do have others in house. Cannot comment on them until the piece goes live. Giving rough numbers, seeing about 20w draw from the redundant PSUs just powering the BMC, at system on and at idle (only 1 SSD) the load is around 100w.

Haven't tried regular DDR3 but looks like we will have 1333MHz C9 and 1600MHz C11 ECC memory to chose from.

Also, these are the most expensive (like $2,000 each) CPUs in the lineup, although the E5-2687W are probably what we want for folding.
 
pjkenned said:
A Tyan board ATM, but I do have others in house. Cannot comment on them until the piece goes live. Giving rough numbers, seeing about 20w draw from the redundant PSUs just powering the BMC, at system on and at idle (only 1 SSD) the load is around 100w.

Haven't tried regular DDR3 but looks like we will have 1333MHz C9 and 1600MHz C11 ECC memory to chose from.

Also, these are the most expensive (like $2,000 each) CPUs in the lineup, although the E5-2687W are probably what we want for folding.
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The show is going on for a while, don't be afraid to make your own appearance :)


http://www.alternate.de/html/product/listing.html?navId=14536&tk=7&lk=3829#Tyan
http://www.wiredzone.com/Items.aspx?key=search&code=MBIA&searchval=X9D&incl_m=F
http://www.provantage.com/scripts/search.dll?QUERY=X9DRL&Submit.x=0&Submit.y=0
 
@http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-mbd-x9drl-3f-b~7SUPM3MR.htm

Holy F'n Ramslots! You'd spend bank on just filling that... (lust, drool)
 
Trotador22 said:
The show is going on for a while, don't be afraid to make your own appearance :)


http://www.alternate.de/html/product/listing.html?navId=14536&tk=7&lk=3829#Tyan
http://www.wiredzone.com/Items.aspx?key=search&code=MBIA&searchval=X9D&incl_m=F
http://www.provantage.com/scripts/search.dll?QUERY=X9DRL&Submit.x=0&Submit.y=0
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Yea I reviewing some platforms for another site so I am not allowed to comment on those platforms before the piece goes live. :-(

I will be posting some benchmarks tonight.I did take over #14 on this Geekbench chart if someone wanted to do some comparisons :)
 
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