TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[Norton]

That is much appreciated captain. Thank you.

It's been about 3 years since my last build so I guess I'm a little nervous about this one. I could have gotten f/hs that are specifically for servers but virtually all of those suck a**. The ones I had on the SR2 build were like little whistles and not in a cute way.

anyway. So do you agree that the pipe alignment should be up-down rather than side to side - when compared to the chip label?

I don't think it will matter all that much. I checked a few pics of delidded chips in that processor family and the die looks like it sits dead center under the IHS.

 

[twilyth]

I don't think it will matter all that much. I checked a few pics of delidded chips in that processor family and the die looks like it sits dead center under the IHS.

You're right but the chip itself doesn't seem to be square. It looks rectangular. So what I'd like to do is orient the pipes to line up with the chip.

You're probably right about it not mattering but I want to do everything I can to maximize heat flow - even if it turns out that it doesn't matter much.

Here's a pic I found of a Xeon e5-1650v3 that was delidded.

I checked my chip and when the pin 1 arrow is down and to the left, you're viewing the label straight on. That's why I figured I would orient the pipes so that they are up and down across the narrow part of the ihs.

I guess I'll go double check this and take some pics - now that I can breathe again. LOL.

 

[Norton]

You're right but the chip itself doesn't seem to be square. It looks rectangular. So what I'd like to do is orient the pipes to line up with the chip.

You're probably right about it not mattering but I want to do everything I can to maximize heat flow - even if it turns out that it doesn't matter much.

Here's a pic I found of a Xeon e5-1650v3 that was delidded.

I checked my chip and when the pin 1 arrow is down and to the left, you're viewing the label straight on. That's why I figured I would orient the pipes so that they are up and down across the narrow part of the ihs.

I guess I'll go double check this and take some pics - now that I can breathe again. LOL.

That's a 6c/12t chip (354mm2), yours is a 662mm2 chip with more than twice the transistors and comparable in size to a gpu.... see this page for details:

http://techreport.com/review/27018/intel-xeon-e5-2687w-v3-processor-reviewed

 

[twilyth]

I uses spoiler boxes to save space for people viewing the thread.

X10-DAL-I-O box

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Motherboard

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With chips

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Cooler box

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Cooler front

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Cooler bottom

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DRAM

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[twilyth]

That's a 6c/12t chip (354mm2), yours is a 662mm2 chip with more than twice the transistors and comparable in size to a gpu.... see this page for details:

http://techreport.com/review/27018/intel-xeon-e5-2687w-v3-processor-reviewed

Thanks again. So, IOW, not quite as rectangular?

 

[Norton]

Thanks again. So, IOW, not quite as rectangular?

More of a square die it seems. Awesome setup btw!

 

[FireFox]

The Xeons Fever

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

That's a 6c/12t chip (354mm2), yours is a 662mm2 chip with more than twice the transistors and comparable in size to a gpu.... see this page for details:

http://techreport.com/review/27018/intel-xeon-e5-2687w-v3-processor-reviewed

from there ^^^^^
To give you some perspective of this CPU's size, at 662 mm², it's substantially larger than even the biggest GPUs in the world.

That is a huge chip,
booting into BIOS and watching the temp in Health Status for a while will give an indication of whether there is good heat transfer.

The Xeons Fever

what fever? I'm only looking for one more, for now.

EDIT whoops....12 hours later........got one......... X 5670

 

[twilyth]

More of a square die it seems. Awesome setup btw!

OK, I see what you mean now. According to ARK, the "package" - which i guess means the core - is 52.5x51mm.

 

[FireFox]

2 years and 5 months that I am on tpu and never have seen too many Xeons Machines its just happening in the last few months

 

[manofthem]

@twilyth those are some massive chips lol! But boy that looks awesome, thanks for sharing the build. That's really going to be a spectacular rig that's going to make us drool

 

[FireFox]

@manofthem when are we going to see you building a Xeon Machine?

 

[hat]

Are these xeons you guys are using overclockable at all?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Are these xeons you guys are using overclockable at all?

Yes,
stock 2.66ghz
o/c....4.23ghz............60%

come and join the fun
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/xeon-owners-club.211143/page-5

 

[FireFox]

Are these xeons you guys are using overclockable at all?

@CAPSLOCKSTUCK is a professional Xeon Overclocker

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

i dont think anyone would be daft enough to give me money to do this........i would spend it on Stella and chips (Xeon ones )

I bought both of those yesterday

 

[hat]

Yeah the 1366 ones can clock, I meant the new ones

 

[manofthem]

@manofthem when are we going to see you building a Xeon Machine?

One of these days

I was on the lookout for one, but scored a deal on the 2600k so I went that route. Figured it was easy since I had the z68 board and all. But yes, I'd love a Xeon build, or 2 .



Little shift here...

I'm quoting my own post from the pie thread so as to keep its stuff in the most applicable thread:

For the last 2 days, I've come to find theOffice (wife's pc) shut down. I think it's because there have been several other kids over a lot in those 2 days, so I suspect they shut it off, but if it ends up off again today without anyone there, I'll need to start checking some stuff. I hope it's just silly kids and not some sort of hardware issue

So I got home yesterday, and while the PC was running, it was making a weird clicking sound, low pitch not high pitch. I didn't have much time to fiddle with it, but it sounded like it was coming from the pump of the Coolit Evo

Left it to run for the rest of the day and night, and this morning it was off. I haven't turned it back on yet to mess with it (slow morning in bed), but im guessing that it'll mean swapping the cooler back to the stock hsf (all I have here).

 

[Norton]

but im guessing that it'll mean swapping the cooler back to the stock hsf (all I have here).

PM me if you want something a little better than stock

 

[FireFox]

Yeah the 1366 ones can clock, I meant the new ones

Been honest i havent overclock a Xeon Chip, i have had Xeon E-3 1240 V2 3.4GHz turbo boost 3.8GHz I think a nice clock speed that's why I never try to find out if could be overclocked.

 

[Arjai]

OK, Teammates!

Arjai is making a move. My computers will be off for a while. I should have my Lappytop up tonight for my post but, it may take me until Tuesday to get Karen, Madcruncher and This Ol' Comp up and running. Oh, and the P4 machine, too. I have some USB WiFi dealios, like the one @ThE_MaD_ShOt sent me, with the Socket A stuff I bought.

Spoiler: Features

Features:
Complies with IEEE 801.11n IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b standards
1x1/1x2 modes
STBC Support for Extended Range
Legacy and High Throughput Modes
20MHz/40MHz bandwidth
Reverse Direction Data Flow and Frame Aggregation
WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2 Support
Multiple BSSID Support
Provides USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface
Cisco CCX V1.0 V2.0 V3.0 Compliance
Low Power with Advanced Power Management
Works with,Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 2000

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Specification:
Standard: IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b, CSMA/CA with ACK
Interface: USB2.0
Frequency Range:2.4GHz-2.4835GHz
Radio Data Rate:
11N:150/54/28/14/7/3(adaptive)
11G: 54/28/14/7/3 (adaptive)
11b: 11/5.5/2/1M (adaptive)
Channel: 1~11 (US, Canada); 1~13 (Europe) ; 1~14 (Japan)
Spread Spectrum: DSSS
Modulation: BPSK, QPSK, CCK and OFDM (BPSK/QPSK/16-QAM/ 64-QAM)
Transmission Distance: Indoor up to 100m, outdoor up to 300m (it is limited in an
environment)
Transmit Power: 15dBm
Antenna plus: 2X2dBi
LED Indicator: Status
Data Security: WPA; 64/128-bit WEP; TKIP/AES
Environment: Operating Temperature: 0鈩儈40(32~104)
Operating Humidity: 10%~90% non-condensing

Specifications:
Net weight:1.8g
Package weight:8g
Color: Black

It worked perfectly with Ubuntu and with Mint. I have the one, I have now, on Karen, and used it on MaDcRuNcHeR's Ubuntu download and updates. Also tested it on the P4 Machine, running Mint. Both were setup like butter, and online in moments.

If you need some search Ebay for a USB Ralink 5370 wifi adapter. I bought 5 more for $10.94 total. Shipping is slow, won't get them until the 10th, shipped from Hong Cong, but, for the price and reliability? Can't beat it.

 

[twilyth]

Are these xeons you guys are using overclockable at all?

I don't if things have changed in the past 3 years but 2P server boards don't generally give you a lot of options for overclocking. And when buying engineering sample chips, I generally prefer going with server boards. However if you want to spend the money, you can always go with something like the EVGA SRX board. I don't know if there are any other 2P enthusiast boards out there.

 

[manofthem]

PM me if you want something a little better than stock

I may be taking you up on that. Booted the PC up today and when it finally got into windows, that noise I mentioned earlier was gone, presumably because the pump was dead, which would explain the idle temps of near 80C!

Needles to say, that pc is down til further notice. Its a pain to swap the old hsf back on because I need to remove the backplate from the AIO, which means I need to remove mobo and all. I may get the chance to do it tonight, but if not, it'll have to wait til tomorrow.

 

[T-Bob]

I'm' in the process of building a custom Water-Cooled SR-2 based cruncher right now. I just need a pair of x5600 series xeons

 

[T-Bob]

@manofthem I'm quite sure that our Capt'n can take care of your cooling needs but if not shoot me a PM