Crunchers Helping Crunchers

[t_ski]

I'm guessing that they're all hurting with the Christmas shopping season being here and online sales going through the roof. They have to hire in a bunch of temporary idiots to try to keep up, and the buyers get screwed.

 

[xvi]

EDIT- and those FedEx/UPS smart post deals are horrible... seems to instantly add 3-4 days to any packages shipping time!

They quote you the time it takes to get to your local post office. You have to tack on additional time for your post office to receive, sort, and deliver to you which, in my experience, is yeah, 3-4 days.
It's a great way to buy gifts for yourself though. By the time it gets there, you're likely to have forgotten you've ordered it!

Edit: Ooh! A box! And it has my name on it! From "XxBESTSTORExX - eBay"? *opens box* Oh hey! I've always wanted one of these! Thanks, me!

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Usps and ups are hurting bad right now. Usps came and got 5 vans from us for the next month at the tune of 8 grand in rental fees.

Oh and we get the free advertising from it as they are using them to deliver parcels to peoples home.

 

[t_ski]

Saw this earlier today:

http://consumerist.com/2015/12/11/ups-having-trouble-handling-holiday-avalanche-of-online-orders/

I did get one of my packages through. Still waiting on the other one, which was a Christmas gift.

 

[stinger608]

Well crap, I have come to the conclusion that my 2P Supermicro motherboard is pretty much junk.

I have been screwing around with it now for almost 2 weeks off and on and every time I attempt to install an operating system something goes amiss.

Bottom line is; if anyone has a 2P socket 1366 motherboard they are trying to sell that is good please PM me or let me know in here.

 

[[Ion]]

That's really frustrating. I'll let you know if anything comes my way, but I don't have any spare boards right now.

 

[stevorob]

So I picked up a match pair of x3440s the other day for a good price. Replaced the i5 750 in my wife's rig. So far its doing well, clocked right up to 3.8 with a little bit of voltage.

I might be looking to put another x3440 rig together sometime if I can find a cheap 1156 board. P55 works for sure, and I have read that xeons will work on the lower end chipsets (h55, b55 etc). If anyone has a board lying around soemwhere, let me know.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

i had a gift from a fellow cruncher quite a while ago but i havent been drinking,

tonight im having a beer to toast the good health of all my mates who crunch


Merry Xmas everyone

CRUNCH ON

 

[manofthem]

Wow, been awhile since this thread has surfaced...

Anyway, if you guys let me know if you find/see/have/hear/encounter/stumble upon a deal on a 5820k and/or an X99 board, new or used? I'd appreciate it big time.

 

[JrRacinFan]

@manofthem check SuperBiiz. I know they have the Asrock Extreme4 for like $165-170. Also YGPM!

 

[t_ski]

Wow, been awhile since this thread has surfaced...

Anyway, if you guys let me know if you find/see/have/hear/encounter/stumble upon a deal on a 5820k and/or an X99 board, new or used? I'd appreciate it big time.

You can buy my 5960x so I can upgrade to the next level

 

[BarbaricSoul]

Anyone want to build a dual CPU socket 1366 cruncher? I bought a motherboard to build this system a year or two ago and never did anything with it (I never even opened the USPS box it was shipped in). Paid like $125 for it, and that money is just being wasted as long as nothing is done with it. So who wants to put this to use? I also have one i7 930 CPU that I believe is in working condition that I can include if that is the CPU you want to run in the board(you would need a second i7 930). HMU if you want it. US based crunchers only unless you want to cover shipping.

This the board I have- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...gclid=CM-nxqnQ_MwCFUw6gQodangMyA&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[jboydgolfer]

Anyone want to build a dual CPU socket

i WAS going to do this, but have since stalled due to lack of funds availability myself.

edit
i have a case, psu, AIO cpu loop(almost new)

 

[stevorob]

I'd be interested in trying to get something like this setup to run another dedicated rig, but as jboyd mentioned, funds are also a bit lacking for myself included.

 

[stinger608]

Anyone want to build a dual CPU socket 1366 cruncher? I bought a motherboard to build this system a year or two ago and never did anything with it (I never even opened the USPS box it was shipped in). Paid like $125 for it, and that money is just being wasted as long as nothing is done with it. So who wants to put this to use? I also have one i7 930 CPU that I believe is in working condition that I can include if that is the CPU you want to run in the board(you would need a second i7 930). HMU if you want it. US based crunchers only unless you want to cover shipping.

This the board I have- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...gclid=CM-nxqnQ_MwCFUw6gQodangMyA&gclsrc=aw.ds

I actually have a couple of Xeon 5650's but don't have the memory or decent coolers for the chips. If I had the remaining parts I'd jump on this opportunity.

 

[T-Bob]

I'm always interested in 2P setups. I'll send you and Stinger a PM and see if we can work out some sort of deal

-EDIT- bad timing for me. In the middle of moving and now my truck decided to break down. So my extra funds are all of a sudden going to buy parts to fix the ole truck.

 

[BarbaricSoul]

People, I don't care if it takes you a few months to get the system up and running, just so long as you eventually do. It's just been sitting on top of my dresser for the past year, so it's not like I'm doing anything with it.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Crunchers only, PM me - I have an i7 2600k just sitting no use for it, not worth it for me to pick up a board and I'm not ready to move to SkyLake(z170) or Haswell-EP(X99).

All I ask, make an offer.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

People, I don't care if it takes you a few months to get the system up and running, just so long as you eventually do. It's just been sitting on top of my dresser for the past year, so it's not like I'm doing anything with it.

Pm'd

 

[BarbaricSoul]

T-Bob is going to build a system with the board I have.

 

[T-Bob]

T-Bob is going to build a system with the board I have.

Thanks

 

[t_ski]

Anyone want to build a dual CPU socket 1366 cruncher? I bought a motherboard to build this system a year or two ago and never did anything with it (I never even opened the USPS box it was shipped in). Paid like $125 for it, and that money is just being wasted as long as nothing is done with it. So who wants to put this to use? I also have one i7 930 CPU that I believe is in working condition that I can include if that is the CPU you want to run in the board(you would need a second i7 930). HMU if you want it. US based crunchers only unless you want to cover shipping.

This the board I have- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...gclid=CM-nxqnQ_MwCFUw6gQodangMyA&gclsrc=aw.ds

Awesome offer!

Just FYI - since this is a 2P board, you will need Xeon chips if you want to run both sockets. A 920/930/etc will run fine as a single chip, but using both sockets requires chips that have dual QPI links, and that means a pair of Xeons. You should be able to get chips like Stinger's cheap.

 

[stinger608]

Yep @t_ski , I have started conversing with @T-Bob regarding a couple Xeon processors.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Kreij's old 2600k is going to @stinger608

 

[t_ski]

@T-Bob, you have ram?