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Build Log: The Beast Box

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Introduction

 

So, like many people out there I've become bored with my simple quad core CPU rig and have decided to step up my game, big time- to dual Xeon E5-2670's on socket LGA 2011 with 64GB's of DDR3 ECC RAM. Now, you may be asking yourself "Jack why the fuck do you need 16 cores, 32 threads, and 64GB's of DDR3 ECC RAM!?!" and that's a very valid question. I do a LOT of video and photo editing as well as a lot of 3D rendering in Cinema4D plus I LOVE to mess around with virtual machines, and so I found that my pleb i5-4690k was just not holding up, at least in those productivity scenarios- as it was / is perfectly fine for all my gaming needs.

Without further delaying, I present to you... The Beast Box

 

Specs

  • Intel Xeon E5-2670***
  • Intel Xeon E5-2670***
  • Cooler Master Gemini II***
  • Cooler Master Gemini II***
  • Intel Dual LGA 2011 Socket Motherboard***
  • 16x 4GB's 1600Mhz DDR3 ECC Samsung RAM***
  • Gigabyte Windforce Geforce GTX 750ti*
  • 240GB OCZ Trion 150 SSD*
  • 4TB Seagate NAS Drive
  • 4TB Seagate NAS Drive
  • EVGA Supernova 850W B2 80+ PSU***
  • Rosewill RSV-R4000***
  • Rosewill 120MM Fan 4 Pack**
  • Rosewill PCI-E USB 3.0 Card***
  • Generic PCI-E 5.1 Sound Card***

* = Already Own

** = Ordered

*** = Received

 

Updates

6/15/16

  • Today I purchased the Intel Dual LGA 2011 motherboard as the quantity was limited and it was an offer I couldn't pass up, only $199 plus $15 shipping versus nearly $330 plus shipping for any of the other dual socket LGA 2011 motherboards on EBay. I also ordered the two Cooler Master Gemini II CPU coolers which should be enough to cool those CPU's, come Friday I hope to have my whole PC sold and by the end of next week I should have enough money to order everything except the 4TB HDD's which I'll be acquiring in the future so in the mean time a 1TB Western Digital Blue will suffice, with an additional 2TB's of NAS.

6/16/16

  • Today I sold off the rest of my rig on /r/HardwareSwap and all the money should be in my PayPal by the end of next week, so I'll be able to purchase the rest of the components then. HYPEEEEE.

6/21/16

  • So my motherboard came into and this thing is not only fucking huge, but absolutely gorgeous- I'm still waiting on the money to become available to my paypal but once it does the rest of the items will be ordered!
  • Just ordered the CPU's, CPU Coolers, as well as some case fans. Once I receive the rest of my money through PayPal I'll be ordering the RAM, and Chassis.

6/22/16

  • So today my USB 3.0 Card and Sound Card came in and are working perfectly :) Could not be happier with how this is coming along.

7/01/16

  • The build is complete, I've also ran some benchmarks and this thing is an ABSOLUTE BEAST!

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Questions / Comments / Concerns

 

I'd love to hear what you guys have to say, so let me know if you guys have any questions, comments or concerns regarding this build as well as constructive criticism and other ideas.

 

Thanks,
 

Jack Gerrior (aka Jacktastic-Mofo)

 

Sergeant, United States Marine Corps

Network Administrator, Comptia A+, Security+, Cisco Certified Networking Associate

From a G3258 to dual Xeon E5-2670's

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that gpu totaly matches that cpu dude

Omega-  I5 6600k | Gigabyte GTX 1060 | Cougar Panzer | DDR4 16GB 3000MHz | MSI Z170 Gaming M5

               EVGA 650 GQ | AOC 60Hz Freesync Panels x2 | AOC 144hz Freesync Panel x1

Epsilon- I7 2700k | Asus GTX 970 | Corsair 780t | DDR3 8GB 1600MHz | EVGA Z68 FTW Mobo

               Corsair 750W G2 | Acer R240HY x2

Upsilon- i7 5500u | 6GB DDR3 | 720p 60Hz panel

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3 minutes ago, 21rkosta said:

that gpu totaly matches that cpu dude

Lol, I'm saving up for Pascal / Vega.

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From a G3258 to dual Xeon E5-2670's

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2 hours ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

Lol, I'm saving up for Pascal / Vega.

lol "saving up" and you have a computer already worth a grand lol

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2 minutes ago, rowanhazard said:

lol "saving up" and you have a computer already worth a grand lol

I'm always saving up from something more kick-ass, it's the whole purpose of being a PC enthusiast IMO, to never stop pushing the envelope of what's possible and to never settle for good enough. If I was the opposite I would've bought a $700 Alienware a few years ago and settled down.

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Network Administrator, Comptia A+, Security+, Cisco Certified Networking Associate

From a G3258 to dual Xeon E5-2670's

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36 minutes ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

I'm always saving up from something more kick-ass, it's the whole purpose of being a PC enthusiast IMO, to never stop pushing the envelope of what's possible and to never settle for good enough. If I was the opposite I would've bought a $700 Alienware a few years ago and settled down.

Yeah I understand I'm the same way... Just finished doing a custom loop in a NZXT S340 (specs below) totaling up to 1400 dollars. I want to sell it now and do something bigger.

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Update:

Just ordered the CPU's, CPU Coolers, as well as some case fans. Once I receive the rest of my money through PayPal I'll be ordering the RAM, and Chassis.

Sergeant, United States Marine Corps

Network Administrator, Comptia A+, Security+, Cisco Certified Networking Associate

From a G3258 to dual Xeon E5-2670's

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Nice setup, looking forward to it. I also got myself an E5-2670 and am considering getting a dual socket motherboard along with one more of these. 

HAL9000: AMD Ryzen 9 3900x | Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black | 32 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 MHz | Asus X570 Prime Pro | ASUS TUF 3080 Ti | 1 TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus + 1 TB Crucial MX500 + 6 TB WD RED | Corsair HX1000 | be quiet Pure Base 500DX | LG 34UM95 34" 3440x1440

Hydrogen server: Intel i3-10100 | Cryorig M9i | 64 GB Crucial Ballistix 3200MHz DDR4 | Gigabyte B560M-DS3H | 33 TB of storage | Fractal Design Define R5 | unRAID 6.9.2

Carbon server: Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX100 S7p | Xeon E3-1230 v2 | 16 GB DDR3 ECC | 60 GB Corsair SSD & 250 GB Samsung 850 Pro | Intel i340-T4 | ESXi 6.5.1

Big Mac cluster: 2x Raspberry Pi 2 Model B | 1x Raspberry Pi 3 Model B | 2x Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

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29 minutes ago, jj9987 said:

Nice setup, looking forward to it. I also got myself an E5-2670 and am considering getting a dual socket motherboard along with one more of these. 

Nice, what do you use your E5-2670 for?

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From a G3258 to dual Xeon E5-2670's

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11 minutes ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

Nice, what do you use your E5-2670 for?

The system will be a home server - NAS, VMs, school projects, separate render server and some other stuff.

HAL9000: AMD Ryzen 9 3900x | Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black | 32 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 MHz | Asus X570 Prime Pro | ASUS TUF 3080 Ti | 1 TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus + 1 TB Crucial MX500 + 6 TB WD RED | Corsair HX1000 | be quiet Pure Base 500DX | LG 34UM95 34" 3440x1440

Hydrogen server: Intel i3-10100 | Cryorig M9i | 64 GB Crucial Ballistix 3200MHz DDR4 | Gigabyte B560M-DS3H | 33 TB of storage | Fractal Design Define R5 | unRAID 6.9.2

Carbon server: Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX100 S7p | Xeon E3-1230 v2 | 16 GB DDR3 ECC | 60 GB Corsair SSD & 250 GB Samsung 850 Pro | Intel i340-T4 | ESXi 6.5.1

Big Mac cluster: 2x Raspberry Pi 2 Model B | 1x Raspberry Pi 3 Model B | 2x Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

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3 minutes ago, jj9987 said:

The system will be a home server - NAS, VMs, school projects, separate render server and some other stuff.

Very cool, this dual rig will be my main PC with my dual Xeon X5550 rig being my server.

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From a G3258 to dual Xeon E5-2670's

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1 minute ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

Very cool, this dual rig will be my main PC with my dual Xeon X5550 rig being my server.

I have my 6700k build as main PC for gaming and daily work stuff :P

HAL9000: AMD Ryzen 9 3900x | Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black | 32 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 MHz | Asus X570 Prime Pro | ASUS TUF 3080 Ti | 1 TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus + 1 TB Crucial MX500 + 6 TB WD RED | Corsair HX1000 | be quiet Pure Base 500DX | LG 34UM95 34" 3440x1440

Hydrogen server: Intel i3-10100 | Cryorig M9i | 64 GB Crucial Ballistix 3200MHz DDR4 | Gigabyte B560M-DS3H | 33 TB of storage | Fractal Design Define R5 | unRAID 6.9.2

Carbon server: Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX100 S7p | Xeon E3-1230 v2 | 16 GB DDR3 ECC | 60 GB Corsair SSD & 250 GB Samsung 850 Pro | Intel i340-T4 | ESXi 6.5.1

Big Mac cluster: 2x Raspberry Pi 2 Model B | 1x Raspberry Pi 3 Model B | 2x Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

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So I've got the Audio Card and USB 3.0 card installed into my current rig and they work perfectly! The rest of the components should be in by next week :)

Sergeant, United States Marine Corps

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From a G3258 to dual Xeon E5-2670's

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Rest of the money from the stuff I sold entered my paypal and I just finished spending it all ^.^ I just ordered the case and some RAM :)

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From a G3258 to dual Xeon E5-2670's

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Hey guys, the build is complete and here are some benchmarks with a GTX 980ti AMP! EXTREME from Zotac.

  • Firestrike
    • 16,969 points on graphics
    • 17,027 points on physics
    • 15,050 points total
  • Batman Arkham Origins
    • Minimum: 22
    • Maximum: 210
    • Average: 150
  • Bioshock Infinite
    • Minimum: 23
    • Maximum: 456
    • Average: 116
  • Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
    • Minimum: 60
    • Maximum: 223
    • Average: 116
  • Cinebench
    • CPU: 1970 cb

 

Here's a pic of the completed build!

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and lets not forget where this all started just two years ago!

 

with a G3258, 8GB's of RAM and a 750ti.

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Sergeant, United States Marine Corps

Network Administrator, Comptia A+, Security+, Cisco Certified Networking Associate

From a G3258 to dual Xeon E5-2670's

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