Arachnid; Inspired by the Beast

[OldChap]

Now that I know that it works I thought you guys might like to see my latest cruncher.

This is the first time I have used a case for ages so don't laugh.

I took one of these:

A Lian Li PC 90B

and one of these:

Asus Z9pe d8 ws

added some:



and got one of these:



"Arachnid": The most powerful and quietest rig I ever owned.

While it is running for One.shot's badge hunt you can see how it does Here Cpu's are 2660+ es version @2.3/2.5

[Embalmed]

nevermind, it works now

[bluestang]

Nice setup OC

Also, didn't you move recently? I hope everything went smooth and well for you and things are getting back to some sort of normal (I hate moving).

[OldChap]

I hate moving too...and it had to happen before the end of HCC could not afford the time or money to fix things up like I had before.

Slowly getting back on track though ... a lot of work to do still.

[Rob_B]

Nothing wrong with that rig, OC. Sure, there are better looking rigs posted in the LC section here. But this isn't a show piece, it just has to work hard.

[jeanguy2]

Great work OC,

You had been wanting to build a rig like "Arachnid" for a long time.

You did an outstanding job putting it together. Well deserved kudos...

[Movieman]

..Very nicely done!

[OldChap]

Thanks guys

I am itching to put windows on it for a while just so I can use HWinfo and stuff like that and run a few benches just to see.... I want to stick the Kill-a-Watt on it most of all.

But the needs of my team mate are greater than mine so I will wait..... and by then I may have some daily crunching numbers to go with any other details that I can report.

You are right on that score Jean Guy, I have had the cpu's since before Christmas

[bluestang]

But the needs of my team mate are greater than mine so I will wait

Now this just says it all about one of THE best guys on THE best team.

[anubis]

She's a beauty!

Question though:

Architecture: GenuineIntel 06/2d [Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 2]
OS Details: Linux 3.5.0-31-generic
Number of CPU's: 32
Created: Thu, 30 May 13 17:47:03 -0400
Timezone: GMT +1
Floating Point Speed: 2,263.89 million ops/sec
Integer Speed: 8,492.81 million ops/sec

vs

Architecture: AuthenticAMD Six-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2419 [Family 16 Model 8 Stepping 0]
OS Details: Linux 3.8.0-23-generic
Number of CPU's: 12
Created: Sun, 02 Jun 13 15:30:03 -0400
Timezone: GMT +3
Floating Point Speed: 1,358.74 million ops/sec
Integer Speed: 8,464.25 million ops/sec
(my 12c/12t 1,8ghz opteron http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?p...hostid=2380529)

is she supposed to bench that low? Or am i doing something (and by all means by accident) way too correctly? (my first selfbuilt/installed/maintained linux cruncher)

[OldChap]

well, for further comparison:

Architecture: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 0 @ 2.90GHz [Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7]
OS Details: Linux 2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64
Number of CPU's: 32
Created: Mon, 21 Jan 13 00:52:08 -0500
Timezone: GMT +2
Floating Point Speed: 1,795.66 million ops/sec
Integer Speed: 3,658.18 million ops/sec

and

Architecture: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 0 @ 2.90GHz [Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7]
OS Details: Linux 2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64
Number of CPU's: 32
Created: Fri, 30 Nov 12 18:28:22 -0500
Timezone: GMT +2
Floating Point Speed: 1,792.38 million ops/sec
Integer Speed: 3,902.04 million ops/sec

or

Architecture: GenuineIntel 06/2d [Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 6]
OS Details: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic
Number of CPU's: 32
Created: Fri, 18 May 12 17:47:49 -0400
Timezone: GMT +2
Floating Point Speed: 2,816.03 million ops/sec
Integer Speed: 7,315.67 million ops/sec

[Kingcarcas]

Pics when it's done por favor

[OldChap]

Sorely tempted to get another of these:- just without the bling.





My old 2600K when clocked at 4700 was doing around 11,400 and was well ahead of most similar cpu's at the time when running GFAM.

When I said that I wanted it to do as well as two overclocked 2600K's, I was not expecting it to match that particular rig even on GFAM

Posted by a very happy chap

[anubis]

The good thing with s2011 is that it aint dead

http://img03.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/...1084404919.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ors#Xeon_E5_v2

So if You, down the road, think You need an upgrade, then some 12c/24t ESs should be available.

edit: Whats her power-usage? If You had time to test that, I understand shes been helping everyone with the badge runs

[OldChap]

Just a quick info update...

I found my Kill-a-Watt clone at last.... 16 cores 32 threads of DSFL just now running at 2.3 (but it could be 2.4 or 2.5 with turbo I have yet to find a linux version of cpu-z)

Hey Mumak, if you fancy a challenge, how about a basic HWInfo for Linux

Remember I am in UK so 240v and she is pulling 240watts or 255VA from the wall So, if you look at the stats since I have been running this project the average ppd is >22K ppd (I was hoping for 20K)... seems efficient to me.

This vina work seems good for a year of runtime and 250K Boinc every 11-12 days

There is room for better too: I should change out the graphics card for a small one whilst there are no gpu projects on wcg...but luckily this seasonic platinum is still >~92% efficient at these load levels (94% if you believe the meter ). http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu...00W_Report.pdf

The plan now is to build another but run it on air (and caseless). I may have to sell some things first like older graphics cards and cpu's etc but I think it will be worth it.

I just need another MB and some ram..... Oddly enough a 2nd pair of E5-26xx ES processors found their way to my door this past week.

[Evantaur]

I found my Kill-a-Watt clone at last.... 16 cores 32 threads of DSFL just now running at 2.3 (but it could be 2.4 or 2.5 with turbo I have yet to find a linux version of cpu-z)

atm i don't know any way to read current MHz out from a Linux box, it will always report stock clocks even when it's actually running faster. i'll let you know if i'll find a way

[Movieman]

Just a quick info update...

I found my Kill-a-Watt clone at last.... 16 cores 32 threads of DSFL just now running at 2.3 (but it could be 2.4 or 2.5 with turbo I have yet to find a linux version of cpu-z)

Hey Mumak, if you fancy a challenge, how about a basic HWInfo for Linux

Remember I am in UK so 240v and she is pulling 240watts or 255VA from the wall So, if you look at the stats since I have been running this project the average ppd is >22K ppd (I was hoping for 20K)... seems efficient to me.

This vina work seems good for a year of runtime and 250K Boinc every 11-12 days

There is room for better too: I should change out the graphics card for a small one whilst there are no gpu projects on wcg...but luckily this seasonic platinum is still >~92% efficient at these load levels (94% if you believe the meter ). http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu...00W_Report.pdf

The plan now is to build another but run it on air (and caseless). I may have to sell some things first like older graphics cards and cpu's etc but I think it will be worth it.

I just need another MB and some ram..... Oddly enough a 2nd pair of E5-26xx ES processors found their way to my door this past week.

Well I do have this system sitting here with no cpu's in it:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/s...YS-7037A-i.cfm

[OldChap]

Can you imagine the cost of shipping

If that were not the case (ba dum) I would make you an offer...... say half of what you paid for it ?

Here is another idea: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/CPUs-Proce...refLoc=2&rt=nc

Do your own search for local prices or add about 50% to the UK price for dollars

[Evantaur]

you can get max clock with

sudo dmidecode | grep -i "max speed"

but taht's about it

sudo dmidecode is as close of cpu-z as you can get :P

[OldChap]

m@Arachnid ~ $ sudo dmidecode | grep -i "max speed"
[sudo] password for m:
Max Speed: 4000 MHz
Max Speed: 4000 MHz
m@Arachnid ~ $

I wish !!

[anubis]

install win7x64 onto any HD you have lying around, do the testing/benching - switch to linux for crunching

I have a dream - 4xOpteron 6166HE is in it. Will see about that soon....

[Movieman]

Can you imagine the cost of shipping

If that were not the case (ba dum) I would make you an offer...... say half of what you paid for it ?

Here is another idea: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/CPUs-Proce...refLoc=2&rt=nc

Do your own search for local prices or add about 50% to the UK price for dollars

I was more thinking of you shipping that extra set of cpu's this way!

[OldChap]

Created: Sun, 07 Jul 13 10:15:36 -0400 so 2 months ago give or take the odd hour or twp

RAC: 19,310

total runtime: 4:280:02:40:58

results returned: 32,374

wcg points: 6,869,227

boinc points: 1,010,819

/encourage other team members to build one]

[Movieman]

Created: Sun, 07 Jul 13 10:15:36 -0400 so 2 months ago give or take the odd hour or twp

RAC: 19,310

total runtime: 4:280:02:40:58

results returned: 32,374

wcg points: 6,869,227

boinc points: 1,010,819

/encourage other team members to build one]

Very nice!

[Kingcarcas]

Thanks OldChap! We need to bring back the "farm pics" thread