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18 core xeon to a dual rig- 36 cores- 100% more performance- for what uses?

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er557

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System Specs
System Name future xeon II
Processor DUAL SOCKET xeon e5 2686 v3 , 36c/72t, hacked all cores @3.5ghz, TDP limit hacked
Motherboard asrock rack ep2c612 ws
Cooling case fans,liquid corsair h100iv2 x2
Memory 96 gb ddr4 2133mhz gskill+corsair
Video Card(s) 2x 1080 sc acx3 SLI, @STOCK
Storage Hp ex950 2tb nvme+ adata xpg sx8200 pro 1tb nvme+ sata ssd's+ spinners
Display(s) philips 40" bdm4065uc 4k @60
Case silverstone temjin tj07-b
Audio Device(s) sb Z
Power Supply corsair hx1200i
Mouse corsair m95 16 buttons
Keyboard microsoft internet keyboard pro
Software windows 10 x64 1903 ,enterprise
Benchmark Scores fire strike ultra- 10k time spy- 15k cpu z- 400/15000
This is my current cpu, right on top of the chart

https://cpugrade.com/a/i/articles/tpu-cpuz-180-mt.png

I can add another such cpu and a dual socket board, for around 1000$,

would you do it for a workstation for many years, gaming, multitasking, vm's, large file operations?

what about power consumption?
 
Use that beast to join the TPU folding/crunching team
 
I must add that those xeons will be modded/unlocked with the exploit to boost turbo for a 40% performance increase for both, which one of them already is, score of cinebench r15 went from 2000 in stock to 2600 after the special efi driver. So I am looking at about 5300 cinebench after the upgrade.
Also, the rig will be running 2 x 1080 gtx superclocked SLI with a HB bridge. From what I can gather, the intended asus z10pe-d8 ws is a tweakable board and has plenty of pcie slots for the job.

some reasons to pull the trigger: you only live once, E-peen, annihilate i9-7980xe and threadripper, MOAR is better, mining?
some reasons against: idle power consumption, possible complications if cpus are not the exact same stepping, a lot larger case, heat in the room
 
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er557 said:
some reasons to pull the trigger: you only live once, E-peen, annihilate i9-7980xe and threadripper, MOAR is better, mining?
some reasons against: idle power consumption, possible complications if cpus are not the exact same stepping, a lot larger case, heat in the room
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Hmmm, thuf choice!!!
 
actually im thinking about the bill, for feeding that machine every month
 
Well, it depends how much of the time it will be under load, many times it is just idle and then the cpus and gpus are in c state pulling together about 100+ watt. haven't noticed odd power bills as of yet with current rig, and I have another pc under the desk which is on half the time, the 40" 4k monitor is also 24/7.
 
you can view in one of your other browsers without adblock, or just click the blocker icon and disable for that site only, though weird they insist on such nonsense....
 
I did this last year, has metric ton of problems in Windows (non-server versions c*ap themselves when <64threads available), scheduler was unable to assign tasks correctly - jumped between physical CPUs etc. This includes BOINC and similar.

Was fun with Ubuntu, though. :)

http://valid.x86.fr/86t9wz
http://valid.x86.fr/uuhsyn
 
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Just adding that for VMs it's a beast. You can add GPUs (from say both AMD and Nvidia) and based on preference fire up either green or red gaming system, while at the same time running bunch of VMs on the same host.

I sold it only since was made a good offer on it, got my investment back and was waiting for team AMD to bring something interesting to play with.

IIRC 100% 72t CPU load (on previously mentioned 2S E5-2686v3 system) using Seasonic 660 Platinum PSU it was ~340W from the wall.
 
Watching cat videos?
 
BOINC @WCG, Win10Pro x64
 
Power.jpg
 
UPDATE on topic:

after browsing thru the z10pe-d8 ws owner's thread somewhere, it was full of incompatibilities, no POST, GPU brands issues, hardware errors in event logs, finicky stability, slow performance, though some users seem to get it right; although a recent bios is available, this is a bit scary plunge to take only to find tons of crazy server bios settings and a possible issue with boot or stability. My current rig is rock stable, no hardware events or otherwise. It seems like a dangerous adventure just for POWWAH;
The windows issues are also un-called for. The flip-side being that windows and device drivers are much more mature now.
Seems like a lot of hit or miss with this board. I'm not sure if to replace a trusty HONDA with a sketchy FERRARI
 
er557 said:
UPDATE on topic: ... Seems like a lot of hit or miss with this board. I'm not sure if to replace a trusty HONDA with a sketchy FERRARI
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Then look at other dual 2011-3 boards, Supermicro has the most options, ATX/E-ATX with some custom rack form factors mixed in, Asrock/Gigabyte/Intel also have options similar to Asus.
z10pe-d8 ws was among the first wave of 2011-3 boards released, I'm not surprised feedback that you found sounds similar to the feedback on the first Asus X99-A/Deluxe boards,
though with less consumer oriented boards there may be less consumer feedback to find. Also, don't know if you need any board cooperation for cpu modding or running modded cpus.
Anyway, I hope you can find a board and make this monster work.
 
I can vouch for Supermicro, X10DAL-i with Coolermaster 412S coolers on E5v3's was bulletproof. Build and forget. And it's petite - considering the amount of cores in it.

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ASUS, well, would suggest to steer away from. I've debugged a Z10PE-D16 WS build with dual E5-2687W v3 and TitanX'es that was all sorts of "fun".
 
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No picture's all words, Smmh!
 
Apparently, Asrock rack's ep2c612 ws board will do just fine, is stable, easy to configure, has same features as z10pe-d8 and easily modded bios with ubu tool to remove microcode. I will be headed in that direction and probably will use Silverstone's SST-TJ07B-W temjin case:

http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=EP2C612 WS#Specifications
https://www.wellcom.co.il/ssttj07bw?manufacturer_id=10051
ebay will provide the second e5-2686 v3 QS

One question I have, is will the vrm coolers suffice, will the arctic freezers i30 co fit there both, and most importantly will my gskill udimm ddr4 kits work fine(48gb) or do I need to splurge for ECC rdimms; the cpus do support regular ddr4, as I understand this should be the question
 
E5v3/v4's take any ram you can throw at them, Intel gimps memory controllers on everything else but Xeons get to keep everything. I ran mine on 8x8gb Kingston kit.

You do need to fill all memory slots though, the CPUs will starve badly if all 4ch per socket aren't filled.

I did think of this Asrockrack board, but decided for Supermicro due to ATX formfactor.
 
ALMOST completed build, typing from it now, specs updated :-) , efi bios driver injected, turbo unlocked.
 
Can we get pictures
 
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