General Intel HEDT Xeon/i7 Discussion

[The Blackhat]

30 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

What were you running before? I know you've gone through a lotta hardware, wasn't 100% sure if any of that was HEDT or not. 

Rampage V Edition 10, EVGA X58 SLI, Gigabyte X58 something something.

[bimmerman]

SR2 part acquisition shenanigans are starting. Got a demo model 900D for a song, also bought an ssd and AX1600i PSU. Mobo arrives tomorrow so am going to hopefully have test fit stuff and booted mid week.

 

Also this case is freaking huge and fills up my large car's trunk.

[Zando_]

18 minutes ago, bimmerman said:

AX1600i PSU

Oho the chungus! Tbh it's the only real choice for this board. Doubt a Classified 1500W can be easily found and those are likely quite out of date since they released in 2012 (specs here btw: https://www.evga.com/products/specs/psu.aspx?pn=fddcbf04-5c70-4324-930f-e9295a96cef5), and the modern 1600W T2 costs more than an AXi unless you get it on sale. Which I did, but that T2 needs to live in my soon to be X79 rig, because it's the only PSU I currently have with the 12v rail amperage rating EVGA specs for 2 780 Classifieds, and I do plan to push those a good bit. 

And best of luck on the board, hopefully it'll behave perfectly. Mine has been a bastard, need to pull it out sometime and see if it'll behave again, but I'm up to my ears in all the other rigs I need to build rn. And by my calculations based off what I paid (going off memory for some and as many old invoices/receipts as I can find, my purchases span from 2018 up to this year), about $5,120 into them at this point, and I still need some parts for the X58 rig I have planned. Once completed, I'll have an X58, X79, and two X99 rigs operational, then I'll be free to eyeball X299 and 5520 (aka doing something with the SR-2). Sweating wallet noises.

[bimmerman]

@Zando Bob haha yea....I'm using my invoice totaling ignoring powers from years of motorsports to my benefit on this build. I figure I've wanted to do this for sooooooo long that screw it. Way cheaper than car stuff.

 

I'm happy to help offset costs by buying WC shiny.....just sayin'

 

On PSU, the store had the Corsair and EVGA, the 1600 T2 being about $50 cheaper.....but out of stock, and it's 20mm longer. I'm a bit worried that I'll run out of enough cables anyway when I try 4x GPU. Might need to grab another PSU for that, but hoping not. Might just get 4x low power ones.

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, bimmerman said:

Might need to grab another PSU for that, but hoping not. Might just get 4x low power ones.

On the bright side, the 900D will house two PSUs if you need it do.

[bimmerman]

2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

On the bright side, the 900D will house two PSUs if you need it do.

Yep, big reason I bought it over the Anidees. Downside is can't fit as big of rads if I use dual PSU. Can't win everything!

[Zando_]

8 minutes ago, bimmerman said:

On PSU, the store had the Corsair and EVGA, the 1600 T2 being about $50 cheaper.....but out of stock, and it's 20mm longer. I'm a bit worried that I'll run out of enough cables anyway when I try 4x GPU. Might need to grab another PSU for that, but hoping not. Might just get 4x low power ones.

Ah nice, most of the time I see them for $20 or so new, and they are a worse PSU so it's not the best deal. I was lucky to snag mine coming off the mining craze so I assume they had massive overstock, got it brand new direct from EVGA with the full 10 year warranty (12 year if registered in time but I don't remember if I did or not) for $179.99. 

And hmmm but 1000W of GPU in the form of 4x 980 Tis is certainly a nice prospect

 

8 minutes ago, bimmerman said:

I'm happy to help offset costs by buying WC shiny.....just sayin'

iT's AcEtAl ThOuGh:

Also needs to be dusted off, it's been sitting in a box for a good while now. Other VRM block is somewhere in said box as well . Whether I'd sell or not is mostly down to whether I decide to stick with air or not. To be fair, Xeons can be pushed as hard as possible for daily running on air, water just helps if you wanna dump voltage in and not think about it. Tis thinking time, because I tend to get attached to my hardware, but also hate having it sit around if I know someone else will actually use it. 

Also have pics of the SR-2 last I had it out, just because:

 

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, bimmerman said:

Yep, big reason I bought it over the Anidees. Downside is can't fit as big of rads if I use dual PSU. Can't win everything!

You could always do a mod of sorts like Linus did.

 

 

[GrockleTD]

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

And hmmm but 1000W of GPU in the form of 4x 980 Tis is certainly a nice prospect

your bank account is gonna get the police on you for abuse

[Zando_]

Just now, GrockleTD said:

your bank account is gonna get the police on you for abuse

I mean I can pull over a 3rd of that with a single GPU rn... 

And my 780s should do 225W each stock, more at 1.2-1.25v, and you can do softmods to force feed these suckers 1.35v with no vdroop so.... power consumption will be yes. 

[Windows7ge]

@Crunchy Dragon It took me some time to find the time to write the VFIO Guide but now that it's done I've setup the Virtualization Discussion thread.

 

I hope it lives for at least a little while. I have the distinct impression @TopHatProductions115 might be all over it. :3

[bimmerman]

7 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

Ah nice, most of the time I see them for $20 or so new, and they are a worse PSU so it's not the best deal. I was lucky to snag mine coming off the mining craze so I assume they had massive overstock, got it brand new direct from EVGA with the full 10 year warranty (12 year if registered in time but I don't remember if I did or not) for $179.99. 

And hmmm but 1000W of GPU in the form of 4x 980 Tis is certainly a nice prospect

 

Man, I wish it had been that cheap. I am hoping this'll be enough PSU. I saw a few used units (both Corsair/EVGA) online but I figured I'd rather spend a bit more and never have to think about it again.

 

my 2x R9 290 is what, 80% of that? hahahaha cries.

 

 

7 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

iT's AcEtAl ThOuGh:

 

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Also needs to be dusted off, it's been sitting in a box for a good while now. Other VRM block is somewhere in said box as well . Whether I'd sell or not is mostly down to whether I decide to stick with air or not. To be fair, Xeons can be pushed as hard as possible for daily running on air, water just helps if you wanna dump voltage in and not think about it. Tis thinking time, because I tend to get attached to my hardware, but also hate having it sit around if I know someone else will actually use it.

mmm so pretty! Let me know if you do come to a decision. I'm definitely interested!! I know I can probably get 98% of the OC just using an AIO, but something about WC it just sounds awesome.

 

7 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

Also have pics of the SR-2 last I had it out, just because:

 

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Which air coolers are those? Holy crap this mobo is massive.

 

 

7 hours ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

You could always do a mod of sorts like Linus did.

 

 

Wow....LMG has come a long way. Good video though, sure does show some of what I can do with this thing. Dual 480 + 240 + 120 is pretty much what I was looking at doing, so it's good to see it having been done!

 

1 hour ago, Windows7ge said:

@Crunchy Dragon It took me some time to find the time to write the VFIO Guide but now that it's done I've setup the Virtualization Discussion thread.

 

I hope it lives for at least a little while. I have the distinct impression @TopHatProductions115 might be all over it. :3

Subbing.....because that's why I'm building this crazy overkill stupid thing.

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, bimmerman said:

 

 

Subbing.....because that's why I'm building this crazy overkill stupid thing.

If I was a global moderator at this forum, this thread would have been stickied a long time ago. 

Started reading at the begining a few days ago. There's a lot of good talk here. 

 

@LogicalDrm

[LogicalDrm]

11 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

If I was a global moderator at this forum, this thread would have been stickied a long time ago. 

Started reading at the begining a few days ago. There's a lot of good talk here. 

 

@LogicalDrm

You have moderators replying here and yet you tag me? FYI, we prefer you use Report-button. Or in this case PM. Or if you want more public discussion on which threads should or should not be pinned, forum Feature Suggestions is good place.

 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

You have moderators replying here and yet you tag me? FYI, we prefer you use Report-button. Or in this case PM. Or if you want more public discussion on which threads should or should not be pinned, forum Feature Suggestions is good place.

 

You have a problem I tagged you? wow.....

 

It sounds adsorb to get a thread stickied in this fashion however. Not that important to me personally, was just a off the whim idea.

 

later.

 

 

 

 

[GrockleTD]

1 minute ago, ShrimpBrime said:

You have a problem I tagged you? wow.....

 

It sounds adsorb to get a thread stickied in this fashion however. Not that important to me personally, was just a off the whim idea.

 

later.

 

 

 

 

brb got to go tag you in a random post that you have no real involvment in

[Zando_]

10 hours ago, bimmerman said:

Man, I wish it had been that cheap. I am hoping this'll be enough PSU. I saw a few used units (both Corsair/EVGA) online but I figured I'd rather spend a bit more and never have to think about it again.

 

my 2x R9 290 is what, 80% of that? hahahaha cries.

Blackhat had not one, but two 295x2s at one point, IIRC he had to run a dual PSU setup for that lmao. 
 

10 hours ago, bimmerman said:

Which air coolers are those?

Holdup it's a really funky name uh.... here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E1JGFA0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Tis two NH-U9DX i4 coolers. Mount to the server-style backplates with threads on some LGA1366 boards (such as the SR-2), LGA2011, and LGA2011-3 boards. Also absolute god tier mounting system compared to my CoolerMaster V6 GTs, which would perform much better but are absolute hell to mount so I replaced them with these lol. 
 

10 hours ago, bimmerman said:

mmm so pretty! Let me know if you do come to a decision. I'm definitely interested!! I know I can probably get 98% of the OC just using an AIO, but something about WC it just sounds awesome.

I'm high off actually shipping stuff out for once (i7 920 to Crunchy, some toasted stuff, GPUs, and a working mobo to Hat), aaand looking at the money I need to dump into my X58 rig, let alone getting the SR-2 a case and PSU and such, the odds are defo in your favor. If I track down the other VRM block and get them cleaned up I'll make a decision.

If you're in the position to actually use the blocks within a reasonable (well, as reasonable as projects like this get) timeframe, that's another plus. Again, I don't like having the stuff just sitting around with nobody to give it the use it deserves . 

 

[The Blackhat]

45 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Blackhat had not one, but two 295x2s at one point, IIRC he had to run a dual PSU setup for that lmao. 

Indeed, was running dual 295x2s, with a 1000 and a 750 watt PSU. The 750 was begging to die and the 1000 was damn close. Now I have 4 290Xs about to be custom looped but I'm not making the same mistake again, going dual 1200 P2 this time. 750 watts per 295x2 was hell, but 400 watts per 290X is gonna be something else. 1500 watts of GPU then, 1600 watts of GPU now. Must prepare, lol.

(Exposition moreso for who Zando was replying to, not really Zando).

 

Ah, it was @bimmerman

[Zando_]

Lorge pog tiem, new case on the way:

Tis for this mobo: 


As you can see it does not fit in normal cases very well, and this is an Air 540 that already fits some beefy mobos. XL-ATX is a hell of a form factor, this specific board is basically 2/3s of an SR-2. 

[Crunchy Dragon]

12 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Lorge pog tiem, new case on the way:

 

I think I've decided at this point that my next build will be done in a 750D. That's actually the first case I fell in love with

[GrockleTD]

13 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Tis for this mobo:

nice

[Zando_]

Just now, GrockleTD said:

nice

Mhmmmmmmmmmmm. 

also reee get that paper and buy the X58 3-way off me

 

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I think I've decided at this point that my next build will be done in a 750D. That's actually the first case I fell in love with

Shall see how it is once it arrives. Should be hella nice, and it was on the cheaper end of cases to actually support XL-ATX. My Air 540 is damn nice, so this bigger boye should be very noice as well. Could have gotten a Define XL R2 for a bit less, but airflow is worse on that case. 

 

[GrockleTD]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

also reee get that paper and buy the X58 3-way off me

i wish, but i'm going to have roughly 20 bucks left after buying my new chair

[Crunchy Dragon]

8 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Shall see how it is once it arrives. Should be hella nice, and it was on the cheaper end of cases to actually support XL-ATX. My Air 540 is damn nice, so this bigger boye should be very noice as well. Could have gotten a Define XL R2 for a bit less, but airflow is worse on that case.

750D is, in my opinion, one of the best cases made in the last 10 years. It'll hold everything you need it to and have room for hamsters.

[GrockleTD]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

750D is, in my opinion, one of the best cases made in the last 10 years. It'll hold everything you need it to and have room for hamsters.

but not guinea pigs? if not guinea pigs, im not sold