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I have two AIOs in my system and they are perfectly quiet. Just depends on what kind you get.

45 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

thanks for reminding me I need to actually buy @WhisperingKnickers's off him, lol

Oh yeah, I'll send you a message on discord

13 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

> not being interested in X58 xeons

 

Those and LGA1366 server mobos are plentiful and cheap, as are large amounts of ECC registered DDR3. 

Plus I know a guy with a x58 serverboard and xeons with included heatsinks

Which he would sell cheap :]

On 3/10/2019 at 2:25 PM, Turtle Rig said:

I don't understand why people get a Xeon then think they can OC it !  You want a OC get a desktop CPU,  You want threads but slow single core performance then go Xeon.

4 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

He says, not realizing I've made an entire thread about OCing 90% X58 Xeons, with a few i7s here and there, and the fact there's a good few OCable X79 Xeons, and that Intel's latest HEDT platform only has Xeons for it and they're overclockable. I think there's a couple X99 ones you can OC or trick the turbo boost on as well. 

Yeah there are actually a lot of xeons that you can OC and often they do it better than their consumer counterparts

On 1/27/2019 at 8:50 PM, dizmo said:

Damn that is a gorgeous campus.

Did he give an age breakdown? I'd bet 90% are under 21 At least if the forum's anything to go by.

On 1/30/2019 at 9:52 PM, katjaneway said:

Lol right I've been wanting to ask him about that statistic as well "how many are between the ages of 30-35? And how many of those are women?" I'm probably at 1% lol

 Based on LTX last year I would say about 90% are under 15

21 hours ago, Geography said:

- i7 920: C$25

- i7 950: C$40

- i7 960: C$60

19 hours ago, Slayer3032 said:

Aliexpress seems to have the best Canadian pricing for X5675's, try to grab the $4 new user coupon at the same time.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-Intel-XEON-E5520-2-26GHz-CPU-Processor-4-Core/182883428133

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/For-lntel-X5675-CPU-Processor-Six-Core-3-06Ghz-L3-12M-95W-Socket-LGA-1366-Desktop/32696344917.html

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-Xeon-X5675-Hex-6-Core-CPU-Processor-3-06GHz-12MB-95W-SLBYL-Socket-LGA1366/292979805841

 

Honestly, I have no idea how your customs fees work and all the Canadians I ask don't understand how they work. Ebay seems to include the fees on some listings and doesn't on others. Maybe when the customs fees are listed you won't have to pay them later, idk.

Whatever you get in terms of motherboard I would shoot towards getting a 5675 if there are any in your area. It is about as good as you are going to get. The 5690 is similar and runs at slightly higher base clock speeds but has a much higher tdp. The 5675 is the best available for x58 imo.

I am currently running two of the 5690 and while I am very happy with them, if I were to go back in time I would tell myself to go with the 5675 instead if for no other reason than less power draw and heat.

I would go with the P2XL, I haven't used the others but I have been really happy with the pixel and I think you will get a lot more out of it than the other options. The screen isn't actually bad at all and I agree with others when they say you will like having an oled. It is suuper nice. Also while it can cost more you can get used ones for about the same price as the lower priced alternatives.

On 2/12/2019 at 12:15 PM, Crunchy Dragon said:

Anybody know of any good dual socket 1366 server boards?

I'm starting to finalize plans for my server, and it just so happens that dual 1366 is required for what I need it to do.

 

I doubt I'd be able to fit an eATX board in my Proliant's case, so I need a server-specific motherboard.

On 2/12/2019 at 1:20 PM, Crunchy Dragon said:

I've seen a few Intel and Supermicro boards on Ebay when I was looking. I'm still considering those.

I have a dual socket x58 supermicro board but it is eeatx which is a tad bigger than eatx. The upside is that it has two low end xeons and two coolers already.

33 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I removed them and swapped them with stock LGA1366 ones I pulled of other server boards so I could mount my Cooler Master V6 GTs. They came with a normal set in the box but most SR-2s don't come with those now, they've been lost. The ones that are usually on are the server type, thus I have a couple server coolers for my other SR-2 that only works with one CPU, not worth getting backplates for it since it's not fully working. 

How in the world do they come off? It has been a while since I've seen the back of my SR2 but I was pretty sure they were soldered on. That is really cool though that they used to come with multiple mounting options I didn't realize that.

Mine has the server mounts and I have been surprised with how many modern coolers are compatible. Both of my noctua air coolers worked and now I have two of the corsair h100i v2 and they fit ezpz too.

19 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

No standoffs or feet, but those are cheap (standoffs are like $5 on amazon). It's meant to be swapped into one of their bigger cases for HPTX support, but I don't wanna spend $300-400+ on a case. Just wanted something better than a cardboard box or desk to set the SR-2 on since breaking it is the last thing I wanna do. This even has a nice cutout so I can still remove the backplates if I need to too. 

 

Here's the tray only: https://www.mountainmods.com/product_info.php?products_id=568

Tray with PCIe/IO cover thingie: https://www.mountainmods.com/product_info.php?products_id=567 (I was mistaken, it's $80, not $70)

That is really nifty, that is a much better deal than a lot of the test benches I see

19 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

so I can still remove the backplates if I need to too. 

This made me laugh a little just be cause it is the SR-2 and the backplates can't be removed

40 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Speaking of which, got my HPTX mojo tray from Mountain Mods. Only took like a week and was $40, not bad at all. You can get one with the rear IO/PCIe slot thingie for $70. Just need to get standoffs and such now, then screw it to a piece of plywood or something for a stable base.

 

 

I got the basic brushed one, didn't want to pay the extra $15 for the black anodized version because this is gonna be a test bench and not a for looks rig. 

$40 isn't bad at all, does it come with feet and stand-offs and such?

There is an official emulator

https://education.ti.com/en/software/details/en/FFEA90EE7F9B4C24A6EC427622C77D09/sda-ti-smartview-ti-84-plus

3 minutes ago, King Poet said:

Man... routers have just gotten borderline comical over the years.

What is it about the X10 that you think would even be worth $100 more?

X10 - X6 = $100

X4=$100

X=$25

You get one "X" per $25 so really you are getting four more "X's"

Seems like a silly question when the math is quite simple

3 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I've still got the XL-ATX version but that boi expense. 

Well if either of them need a new home in the future I would be happy to rehabilitate them. Although they seem comfortable in your x58 nature preserve

1 hour ago, Zando Bob said:

IDK exactly. It was listed as broken so it shouldn't work at all, I derped around with power cycles, some jumpers, removing the CMOS battery, etc. Then it eventually just started booting, but only with a single CPU. 

 

 

also another dank motherboard, got this boi for $89 vs the $235-385 the others on eBay are:

 

 

Has an i7 920 rn, will need to pick up another X5675 or something for it, but that can wait till after I move. 

That is such an awesome board, if it ever needs a new home you should let me know

2 hours ago, firelighter487 said:

yea if it's purely for gaming old dual-socket xeon rigs suck. I had a 12-core X5650 rig (before it broke, press F) and that thing stuttered in Overwatch despite having plenty cpu horsepower because games are not designed to use 12 core's. 

That sounds like a problem with your build in particular. I have used several dual socket board builds specifically on that same platform and I have never had issues.

1 hour ago, Zando Bob said:

@WhisperingKnickers Hasn't complained much about bad CPU performance in games and he's been using dual X5690s for quite a while. I'll be testing out dual CPUs as well once I move and get my SR-2 up and running with dual X5675s, but it shouldn't be that bad. Keep in mind the X5650s have a pretty low stock clockspeed and may have a slower QPI link speed so that's probably the reason it would stutter. If you really like Xeons though but don't want to have to deal with dual CPUs, just watch eBay for a good deal on an X58 overclocking motherboard and then get an X5675 for $30 or an X5670 for $16 and OC that sucker to 4.5Ghz. At 4.41GHz my X5675 kept up pretty darn well with my 1080 Ti at 1080p, except in for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, but there frametimes were still solid so it played just fine. If you keep your eye out you can snag some pretty damn good deals. I just scored an EVGA Classified 3-Way SLI board with an i7 920 for $89, the other 3 boards of the same model are $235, $350, and $385 on eBay. 

On 1/25/2019 at 8:53 AM, NoiseyFox said:

Anyone else have any experience with dual socket Supermicro boards?

I've got a Supermicro x8dal-i with dual E5530's (with dual 5675's on their way) and i seem to have a stuttering issue in most games as well as the windows desktop. 

I've done some research and testing and it seems to be a problem with having both cpus installed. When i removed one the system seems to be cured of the stutter as well as get better fps in games. 

I'm unsure if its just bios settings or something else as i have a lack of experience with there boards.

I'm running the latest bios for this board as well as drivers.

Try looking through the bios and see what settings are available for QPI speeds. While supermicro boards do not let you overclock, some may let you adjust your QPI speed which can help improve the speeds that your two cpus can interact which might be the problem.

I can't believe he just called Mr. T, Terry Crews

LMG is under no obligation to feed your opinion of apple. They are their own company and if they don't want to like apple then they don't have to. I'm tired of seeing people complaining about LMG being "anti-apple."

They have their opinion and you have yours.

I have heard people argue that they need to be more neutral because they provide tech news. They don't need to do anything. They are a media company that provides entertainment, which often includes tech news. They are under no obligation of any kind to be sensitive to anybody's opinions about anything. It would be nice if all news sources were entirely unbiased but they aren't and they don't need to be.

1 hour ago, Jumper118 said:

i got mine with 5 cpus for some crazy low price. i need to test it again with different cpus, i have only used it twice. ;( 

I got mine pretty low to thankfully. You should use it more! x58 is the true master race

9 minutes ago, Jumper118 said:

idk whenever i got  my sr2  

It seems like everyone is getting them these days. They have been dropping in price which is nice. @Zando Bob just bought two of them

@Jumper118 When did you get your new score on the 1366 socket? I was aiming to beat Wezlax soon but then I saw that you upped the bar!

New badges?

11 hours ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

reeeeealy want to get Firewatch but I like my time

1 hour ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

That game takes a looooooooooooooong time to play iirc

I finished the game in about 4 hours, iirc I even stopped to make dinner part of the way through and still finished in about 4 hours

3 hours ago, Intelfreak said:

Oh the EVGA SR-2. The king of X58. Capable of running two Xeons while you can still overclock the CPU´s. If you are a true X58 geek, this is the true board to get. If you can get the board to work again and get two Xeons that overclock to around 4.4 GHz or more. You shut be capable of hitting around 2000 multi score in cinebench R15. My own I7 980X hits 1027 in multi score at 4.42 GHz. So 2000 is not impossible with two desent overclock xeons.

 

Hope you get it to work.

Yeah 2000 shouldn't be too hard for him. I got over 1860 and I was only at 4.1