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Just wondering if it’s possible (like on dual socket motherboards CPU SLI effectively) to have two desktops one the slave and my main rig to increase CPU horsepower so the load is shared between the two. Sounds challenging but curious if this is possible for the main and slave processors to work together resulting in scaled performance.

 

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i7 3770k @5GHz, Gigabyte Z77x-UD5H, GTX 1070, AX 1200, EK custom loop, 8GB Blue Vengeance CL9 1600MHz, IPS 24" 1080p 60Hz, Windows 10 Enterprise, a variety of Samsung SSDs

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search "multi-socket motherboard". You need two identical CPUs though

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

search "multi-socket motherboard". You need two identical CPUs though

Seems the only option but I don’t want to tear apart the love of my life and get new equipment. Sort of a cheap upgrade given I’ve got a Xeon quad core (not sure which version very old) but if that could some how be mated with or SLId with or load shared with my 3770k via an interface that would be pretty damn awesome 

i7 3770k @5GHz, Gigabyte Z77x-UD5H, GTX 1070, AX 1200, EK custom loop, 8GB Blue Vengeance CL9 1600MHz, IPS 24" 1080p 60Hz, Windows 10 Enterprise, a variety of Samsung SSDs

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6 minutes ago, Curious Pineapple said:

You can setup a cluster but it won't increase general performance.

What is a cluster and how does it work?

 

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3 minutes ago, Tris2100 said:

Seems the only option but I don’t want to tear apart the love of my life and get new equipment. Sort of a cheap upgrade given I’ve got a Xeon quad core (not sure which version very old) but if that could some how be mated with or SLId with or load shared with my 3770k via an interface that would be pretty damn awesome 

limited to certain Xeons and AMD server chips, your 3770k wont do it.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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26 minutes ago, Tris2100 said:

What is a cluster and how does it work?

 

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Clustering is networked machines sharing load. It's more for rendering/compiling and other long CPU intensive loads. Not really any use for general computing and gaming.

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59 minutes ago, Curious Pineapple said:

Clustering is networked machines sharing load. It's more for rendering/compiling and other long CPU intensive loads. Not really any use for general computing and gaming.

True, I’m just curious to see if a game load across my old 3770k which is almost bottlnecking can be shared across another Z77 processor via LAN and software. Load would be split 50/50 or so across the master and the slave. Not only for gaming but for cad and rendering and general performance for considerably less than a dual socket board with new Lga 20xx processor. 

i7 3770k @5GHz, Gigabyte Z77x-UD5H, GTX 1070, AX 1200, EK custom loop, 8GB Blue Vengeance CL9 1600MHz, IPS 24" 1080p 60Hz, Windows 10 Enterprise, a variety of Samsung SSDs

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What I’m trying to say is the data from say solidworks or games on the master SSD is sent to both CPUs for processing sharing the load and the graphics work can be done on the master and outputted to the monitor  

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1 minute ago, Curious Pineapple said:

It won't work with realtime tasks, the connection is too slow and latency is too high.

You’re right 

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