I have a spare 128 Gb Crucial M4 SSD that I could put linux on but I am one of those best described as 'linux challenged"Originally Posted by OldChap
Just think what it could do running vina work units on Linux
The stability seems damn good my friend and half as quick again as these lil' ol' 2660+'s. I think you could crack the 30K Boinc ppd
Somebody on that side of the pond send Dave a ready built Linux drive to try out....Please
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No you are not! You just think you are.
Think of it as another of your benches that you would like to hold top spot in and the linux bit, at least as much as you need to crunch, will actually be so easy that you will wonder afterwards what all the fuss was about.
I am not proposing that you go feet first into command line rather into ubuntu or mint with gui
Good grief man, If I can get it running then I am damn sure you can
EDIT: I would be happy to walk you through it should you feel the need.
Last edited by OldChap; 06-11-2013 at 03:45 PM.
My Biggest Fear Is When I die, My Wife Sells All My Stuff For What I Told Her I Paid For It.79 SB threads and 32 IB Threads across 4 rigs 111 threads Crunching!!
BUT Penguins scare me!
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Nah.....You are a shark, a killer whale. You'd eat penguins for breakfast.
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My Biggest Fear Is When I die, My Wife Sells All My Stuff For What I Told Her I Paid For It.79 SB threads and 32 IB Threads across 4 rigs 111 threads Crunching!!
ok, I'll think about linux..Nah.....You are a shark, a killer whale. You'd eat penguins for breakfast.
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With a few Tums on hand.LolI'm sitting here waiting drooling like a Northerner at a Texas Chili eating contest!
Awesome review Dave
I felt that way too. But after hearing the claims of a 30-50% boost/decrease in CPU and GPU WU time completion for many projects I figured it was worth a go. D_A and OC were very helpful in getting started. I would recommend the Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon 64 bit distro. It was easier to get than the Unity interface in Ubuntu.
Nice things about Linux from a newb perspective:
No more random reboots after Patch Tuesday.
More secure
Faster startup and shutdown
Multicore and multithread compatibility, so no paying for this feature(W7Pro/Ultimate/Enterprise)
Ability to install one distro on multiple computers for FREE!
Desktop rigs:
Oysterhead- Intel i5-2320 CPU@3.0Ghz, Zalman 9500AT2, 8Gb Patriot 1333Mhz DDR3 RAM, 120Gb Kingston V200+ SSD, 1Tb Seagate HD, Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon 64 bit, LG 330W PSU
Flying Frog Brigade-Intel Xeon W3520@2.66Ghz, 6Gb Hynix 1066Mhz DDR3 RAM, 640Gb Hitachi HD, 512Mb GDDR5 AMD HD4870, Mac OSX 10.6.8/Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon dual boot
Laptop:
Colonel Claypool-Intel T6600 Core 2 Duo, 4Gb 1066Mhz DDR3 RAM, 1Gb GDDR3 Nvidia 230M,240Gb Edge SATA6 SSD, Windows 7 Home 64 bit
Awesome! Thanks for sharing and thumbs up to SuperMicro!
Where courage, motivation and ignorance meet, a persistent idiot awakens.
It is truly interesting that Supermicro would allow overclocking by default in their BIOS. I thought this was something they walked circles around!
Is this feature what they call Hyper-Speed?
I know you did it because you didn't care, but is it possible to do some nice cable management with their case? Is there space for hiding and routing cables?
Last edited by bowman; 06-21-2013 at 03:57 PM.
yes, the adjustable BCLK to 106 is what they call hyperspeed.
As to cable management, it's possible.
Lots of "nooks and crannies" to hide even a mid sized pit bull..
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Nice review Dave, cant wait to see what dual 12/24 does...
If that's the case, Just think of what I can do to you when I walk up to the house for trick or treat on HalloweenBUT Penguins scare me!
Very nice review pal! It's been so long since Ive even thought of overclocking that it took a couple of moments to recall some of this stuff that you were alluding too
BTW. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7zEscBHr2s
EVEN BETTER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-LccCz401c
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SuperMicro X8SAX
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12GB - Crucial ECC DDR3 1333
Intel 520 180GB Cherryville
Areca 1231ML ~ 2~ 250GB Seagate ES.2 ~ Raid 0 ~ 4~ Hitachi 5K3000 2TB ~ Raid 6 ~
There will be more coming with this board in a few days with some of the new Ivy Bridge xeons.
Yea, MO Cores!
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AMAZING my friend !!!
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SilverStone ST1500W-TI TITANIUM
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Sick looking board Dave, can't wait to see the new Xeons in it + 106 bclk!
Wow that was sick! And then overclocking!?Wire management on that would be a real PITA so i'm not surprised.
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More to come on this in a bit.. Think Ivy Bridge xeons.. two sets..8 and 10 cores OC'd
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...37#post5206937
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Movieman,
You have truly extreme systems (this one is certainly not an exception) and, as is your custom, your threads are extremely informative. Thanks for sharing and keep up the excellent work.
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Dave,
Was nice catching up with you via phone a bit earlier, it's been a while
Now I can see why you got excited! Damn.....this is a nice effort, well done!
Now, how to get my hands on one of these boards with 2 chips...my old X7 DWAN a bit long in the tooth now....
Blah...
Happy New Year, Guyz, may it be a good one,!
Dave, will chat via PM, take care that side!
Cheers,
Beano
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same pal, great to talk to you. Just was expecting a Aussie accent and had to do a "Oh yes, he's not from there" LOLDave,
Was nice catching up with you via phone a bit earlier, it's been a while
Now I can see why you got excited! Damn.....this is a nice effort, well done!
Now, how to get my hands on one of these boards with 2 chips...my old X7 DWAN a bit long in the tooth now....
Blah...
Happy New Year, Guyz, may it be a good one,!
Dave, will chat via PM, take care that side!
Cheers,
Beano
Now to everyone, not long after I did this review in June I had a heart attack. They put in 5 stents and shall we say it's been a long 5 months recuperating but I did get to test the top 12 core E5-2697 V2 Ivy Bridge xeons and also the top 8 core IB xeons, the E5-2687W V2's.
I have all the info and will put it together into part 2 of this review..
Teaser: As good as the 8 core SB chips are at 3612MHz the 8 and 12 core IB chips are simply awesome!
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