Building a Sossaman rig?

[Martijn]

Nais :P
Are u gonna build one rig for yourself or just foward cpus to next owner?

I will keep at least one of the sets. If you manage to get another set, I will sell my second with a (large ) profit set to raise some funds for the mobo and the heatsinks. Otherwise I'll have them sitting on the shelf till I get more money.

[WesM63]

1. Listen to Dave!
2. Listen to Dave!

I again found out the hard way. Some "special" dynatron HS I bought won't work, so $50 later I have two small chunks of copper that won't work.

[s0lid]

I will keep at least one of the sets. If you manage to get another set, I will sell my second with a (large ) profit set to raise some funds for the mobo and the heatsinks. Otherwise I'll have them sitting on the shelf till I get more money.

I think i'll take the one set from you
And if u(we) get order the mobos and sinks to your place, you'll distribute them to buyers from europe :P?

[Bootup05]

Hey wes, Noticed you got 2 Sammy's up n running, does the system with 4GB give you any extra points / than the system with 2GB ?

Thanks

[s0lid]

1. Listen to Dave!
2. Listen to Dave!

Suuuuure why not...

Hey wes, Noticed you got 2 Sammy's up n running, does the system with 4GB give you any extra points / system with 4GB ?

Thanks

Actually look again, he has 3 Xeon LV machines online

[WesM63]

Hey wes, Noticed you got 2 Sammy's up n running, does the system with 4GB give you any extra points / than the system with 2GB ?

Thanks

TBH, Sammy.2 is not online. I'm still waiting for some HS's from someone who won't be named I doubt it thou. Sammy barley uses 1gb of ram with all 4 cores loaded on WCG. Not sure why, but it does.

Remember these little guys are not x64 compatible. So 4gb of memory is pointless. I'm running Server 2k3 Enterprise, IIRC you need Enterprise to even have windblows recognize 4gb of memory. (Don't quote me on that, Standard may work, 4gb in 32bit os)

[Bootup05]

TBH, Sammy.2 is not online. I'm still waiting for some HS's from someone who won't be named I doubt it thou. Sammy barley uses 1gb of ram with all 4 cores loaded on WCG. Not sure why, but it does.

Remember these little guys are not x64 compatible. So 4gb of memory is pointless. I'm running Server 2k3 Enterprise, IIRC you need Enterprise to even have windblows recognize 4gb of memory. (Don't quote me on that, Standard may work, 4gb in 32bit os)

So would 2 x 512MB sticks do the job? Or would 2GB be wizer. IIRC the Intel board needs Dual sticks.

Right now my Ram usage with this Dually is 180MB, 1 x FAAH | 1 x HPF

[WesM63]

So would 2 x 512MB sticks do the job? Or would 2GB be wizer. IIRC the Intel board needs Dual sticks.

Right now my Ram usage with this Dually is 180MB, 1 x FAAH | 1 x HPF

Ram is cheap. I'd stick to 2gb for these guys. That's all Sammy.2 has, and i'm sure it will run 4x WCG fine.

[s0lid]

Ram is cheap. I'd stick to 2gb for these guys. That's all Sammy.2 has, and i'm sure it will run 4x WCG fine.

'ey wes does those 667Mhz ECC stick work properly on those mobos?

[Bootup05]

400MHz only

Regular DDR2-400 ECC REG and not faster, very picky on memory..

Hmmm howcomes Wes has 667 running there?



Intel Specsheet

[Bobsama]

If someone could break down the entire American cost, I will very much consider buying a Sossaman rig, either in the next few weeks or perhaps one that Dave builds. Is that alright with you, Dave?

[Bootup05]

Dave has one thats already built. From the other thread.

MBoard: $19
RAM: Depending on where you get it, from $50 - 75 *Inc Shipping*
CPU's: $60 from the site dave listed. About OOS, not sure on shipping costs. Anyone?
HDD: Ebay? $5/10 - Someone might have a nice site to order from
CDROM: $10
CASE: Remember a few from US sites about $60, Or you can do what I did, pick up a $10/20 case and hack it. Or go caseless.


Probably already have KB/M and CDROM, maybe HDD.

should be able to do it easily inside $200, maybe $160-175

[Bobsama]

Damn! I want one! I have the cash right here. I can't spend it though--it's for books.

As for cases...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811128033 for $53 with FREE SHIPPING!!!!!!!!!! and two 120mm fans.

Darn--I wish I had the money! I can steal an old Maxtor 8.4GB IDE drive and an old beige CD-ROM drive. Or, use my SATA burner for install and keep it 24/7 headless. And two words: KVM switch. (I have a 2-port Belkin one which is VGA + 2xUSB 1.1 + speakers & microphone)

[Bootup05]

You're spending $200 on books?!

[Bobsama]

Used books. Hopefully less. $250 absolute tops.

[s0lid]

People where u need these case thingys?
I've 2 comps running here w/o cases

[Bobsama]

For $54 flat, those ARK eATX cases look nice for people with neat roommates. Also will be very useful for any dual-CPU build. I'd say to Dave and other dual-processor fanatics; stock up! They're cheap!

[Bootup05]

Yes there cheap, cheapest you can get in the UK is £62 plus shipping, $125 + $24 Main reason why I went ATX and hacked the hell outta it

[Bobsama]

Ouch. Typical server chassis ship for $20-30 USD, and it's already the cheapest listed server chassis. For guys like Dave or DD_TUNG, a dozen would be win.

[s0lid]

Oh btw got answer for that how much the 1667MHz xeons cost: 187Eur/slice :F
Lets hope than jcool gets better deal on them :P

[NaeKuh]

sorry i cant get sossomans.

[Bootup05]

The thread about youngpro has thw 1.67GHz chips for $60 / £30 / €40 ?

[s0lid]

The thread about youngpro has thw 1.67GHz chips for $60 / £30 / €40 ?

What? where? when?

[Bootup05]

This. Here. NOW!!

http://www.itxchange.com/itxchange/p..._no=39Y6598-02

329 in stock

[s0lid]

This. Here. NOW!!

http://www.itxchange.com/itxchange/p..._no=39Y6598-02

Well good luck getting them
I already have my own chips reserved.