Itanium 2 1.4Ghz (4MB L2)...found 4 of these...

[freecableguy]

Hmmm...really cheap...what would retail for these be? Anyone?

Edit: Typo in the thread title, should say 4MB of L3 cache, not L2

[freecableguy]

http://www.costcentral.com/proddetail/Itanium_2_Processor_14ghz_4mb_Cachetray/YA80543KC0174M/E24856/

I am damn excited. I just bought 4 of these for $280....wait for it....TOTAL.

[STEvil]

now the 4-way board will cost you $2000+

[freecableguy]

Show me where to get one...think of the D2OL crunching on this thing!

[STEvil]

ebay will be your best bet probably.

If the IPC is anything like a P4 and they have HT (never bothered to look before), its going to be about the same output as a 2x1.6LV @ 3.0+ that lots of people run.

[freecableguy]

Ahha! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5773479794&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

I can install the 4 MP processors in this and load it down with RAM! I can't wait to see a CPU-Z shot with 4 Itanium2 processors showing. I already have a copy of Windows Server 2003 SP1 64-bit for Itanium-based systems....

:D

[freecableguy]

Notice the FPU efficiency of the Itanium 2 (waaaay ahead at the top of the list). This can only be good for D2OL. A 4-way MP system has to be amazing for D2OL.

http://www.cox-internet.com/setispy/efficiency.htm

[FUGGER]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31863

Folding is another thing.

I dont think it will run well under true 64bit os. I will try to find that image.

[STEvil]

yep, I remember now that it was 32bit they dont support natively and thats what ran slow on them, not 64bit.

If you could get a 64bit folding client they should put some good numbers down, although the clock speed will hold them back slightly vs. a 2-way dualcore X2/4-way Opteron maybe.

[freecableguy]

http://i9.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/79/80/5e_2.JPG

Going with this.

Mounting in this:

http://www.winsted.com/winstedSQL/sql_images/99484_big.jpg

The small 4U unit (99484). Should be killer.

[charlie]

hmmmmm....

[ZX7891]

You could sell those on ebay and you could build an FX system

[freecableguy]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5773479794

[i found nemo]

damn tha's alotta money

[frostedflakes]

I'd say sell them. Because these are natively 64-bit, isn't performance usually pretty crappy when they have to emulate 32-bit code? You could buy a whole lot of folding computers for what you'd get out of those Itaniums.

[freecableguy]

OK...I just purchased the IBM eServer xSeries 455 Itanium 2 4U system. I will install my 4 Itanium 2 1.4Ghz/4MB L3 cache processors (and still have 2 left over!) in it and go to town! I'm getting exicted now....mmm....16MB of L3 cache and 64MB of L4 cache and 8GB of DDR!!! I am thinking about 8GB (16x512MB) of Kingston PC2100 ECC Registered DDR for memory. The system supports NUMA so this will be 2GB of RAM per CPU until I upgrade again. Sound good?

[Crow]

that means I can have the two other itaniums right? you have no use for them...unless they go to 6 cpu mobos :p

Either way, lookin good :D

[Supertim0r]

You bought this THING only for folding ? :stick:

[death metal]

I'm super impressed. Wowowowowowow......

[[XC] moddolicous]

make sure you make a thread once u get them up and crunching. I'd really like to see them up & crunching.