Quad socket board communitarian bulk buy

[Sparky]

If I wasn't trying to save money for car-related expenses (selling cruncher parts to do it too) I'd be all for this.

[DragoonXX]

75 I guess . I will wait until the last days of May to close our bulk buy ( although I do not see many people interested

About proc´s. S0lid posted 25 us bucks procs ( quad cores)

which quad?

[Bobsama]

which quad?

I think they were Barcy 1.8's.

[DragoonXX]

2.5 things are holding me back right now
1) not knowing which processor model it is
1.5) not having a board to be able to make sure procs arn't DOA (I'd rather go with a tyan that I don't have to spend days fudging around with getting it to work)
2) not knowing how many cores the rendering apps I'd be using on it actually support (revit states it will use up to 4 CPUs...so...is it 4 cores, or 4 physical processors?)

[Duh]

2.5 things are holding me back right now
1) not knowing which processor model it is
1.5) not having a board to be able to make sure procs arn't DOA (I'd rather go with a tyan that I don't have to spend days fudging around with getting it to work)
2) not knowing how many cores the rendering apps I'd be using on it actually support (revit states it will use up to 4 CPUs...so...is it 4 cores, or 4 physical processors?)

This might encourage you

[D_A]

... (revit states it will use up to 4 CPUs...so...is it 4 cores, or 4 physical processors?)

Good question. It should be AT LEAST 4 cores, but beyond that you'd have to contact the producers.

[DragoonXX]

I've tried to contact autodesk...the only way I can actually send them a support email is if I subscribe to them *students don't get jack for direct support contact* and any tech docs I've seen for 2010 (2011 isn't released yet) never really cleared anything up (although...they do report speed increases with mild-moderate overclocks)

[D_A]

This: http://www.augi.com/publications/hotnews.asp?page=1445 doesn't say anything directly but there's a slight inference that some things might be able to use more than 4 cores.

[DragoonXX]

got a response back from autodesk (was able to finally find somewhere to actually get in touch with them for free)

Thank you for contacting Autodesk.
In the 2010 edition, there was a limitation of four cores. However, in the new 2011 edition, there is not a limitation to the number of cores that Revit can use while rendering.

hmm....pity the board I've been looking at will be ~700 as the older tyan board has been retired

[Duh]

got a response back from autodesk (was able to finally find somewhere to actually get in touch with them for free)

Thank you for contacting Autodesk.
In the 2010 edition, there was a limitation of four cores. However, in the new 2011 edition, there is not a limitation to the number of cores that Revit can use while rendering.

hmm....pity the board I've been looking at will be ~700 as the older tyan board has been retired

ain't you interested in this board then?

regards

[Red Maw]

I might be interested, probably beat the crap out of the E6600 I was planning on using for a server XD

Can I get the manufacture and model of the MB so I know what I would be purchasing (didn't see it posted in this thread)?

[Tristor]

Would this board be compatible with the Opty 8356 that are $62/each on ebay right now? If so, I'd be interested in one (4x8356 = $248, board = $100?, RAM is $100-$150) as conservatively speaking that'd be 16 cores of power for $~500. I wonder if that'd be beat out my i7-860 nodes for $650? i.e. is this more PPD in WCG than i7-860 @ 4GHz?

[DragoonXX]

ain't you interested in this board then?

regards

not really, I've seen the sheer amount of "fun" that has been needed to get those boards up and running, and it seems newegg canada has gotten some boards again (~300 this time around for them), only major downside is that I would be limited to the quads, the 700 board had support for hexas

[Duh]

I might be interested, probably beat the crap out of the E6600 I was planning on using for a server XD

Can I get the manufacture and model of the MB so I know what I would be purchasing (didn't see it posted in this thread)?

Probably beat? must be kidding :P ( 16 cores)
Manufacturer is Arima and the model name is not avail as it it a board made for a large search company ( big G)

Would this board be compatible with the Opty 8356 that are $62/each on ebay right now? If so, I'd be interested in one (4x8356 = $248, board = $100?, RAM is $100-$150) as conservatively speaking that'd be 16 cores of power for $~500. I wonder if that'd be beat out my i7-860 nodes for $650? i.e. is this more PPD in WCG than i7-860 @ 4GHz?

First hand I would say they are but I got to check


@DragoonXX:Ok

[Red Maw]

I was kidding (that's what the last two characters of that line were for).

I'm not sure this is worth it though, 4 cheap opty's cost about as much as 1 new cpu, any idea as to what kind of performance we can expect out of these? Also can it run with, say, just 2p instead of all 4?

[metalop1g]

I might be in if I can also find a cheap PSU with appropriate wattage... 100 shipped to canada, is it too much to ask?

edt : obv I'd have some questions about power connectors layout and else..
Can anybody that has the board chime in?

[DragoonXX]

I'm still probably in for the procs...just..which particular one are they? lol

[Duh]

I was kidding (that's what the last two characters of that line were for).

I'm not sure this is worth it though, 4 cheap opty's cost about as much as 1 new cpu, any idea as to what kind of performance we can expect out of these? Also can it run with, say, just 2p instead of all 4?

hehe, yeah I missed the XD :P

what´s the definition of new? brand new?

is this cheap enough?

http://cgi.ebay.com/AMD-Third-Genera...item3efed2c261

I might be in if I can also find a cheap PSU with appropriate wattage... 100 shipped to canada, is it too much to ask?

edt : obv I'd have some questions about power connectors layout and else..
Can anybody that has the board chime in?

that would be fine. adding you to the list of interested people

I'm still probably in for the procs...just..which particular one are they? lol

This is a 1.9 ghz cpu compatible with our setup:
http://cgi.ebay.com/AMD-Third-Genera...item3efed2c261

List of people who showed some interest ( does not reflect a direct commitment of any type):
DragoonXX x 1? ( canada)
artemmx x 2 ( canada)
metalop1g x 1 ( canada)
RCG_Bex (UK)
OldChap x 1 (UK)
me x ? ( US)
Jaws x 1 (US)
Fhqwhgads6680 x 4 (US)
Red Maw x 1 ? (?)

Price we are aiming at is 70 bucks+shipping

[Red Maw]

hehe, yeah I missed the XD :P

what´s the definition of new? brand new?

is this cheap enough?

http://cgi.ebay.com/AMD-Third-Genera...item3efed2c261

Yeah, but if they were closer to 65$ you're getting awfully close to an i7, no idea how the two will compare though.

115w TDP sounds a bit toasty under full load lol.

btw I'm in the US, west coast.

[DragoonXX]

the 115w TDP is lower than a core i7 920 (130W)

[Fhqwhgads6680]

Hey guys, I am still somewhat interested in this, But does anyone have the link for how to set up power to these boards?

thanks,

brandon

[skycrane]

we had a whole thread didicated to this a few weeks ago, it was about 9 pages long... ive been searching for it and cant find it at all anyone know where it went????

[Fhqwhgads6680]

I think it got lost in the server outage...

[DragoonXX]

and that is one of the main reasons why I wanted to go with a new tyan board...no muss, no fuss in setup

[metalop1g]

But really if I don't have to fiddle with the power connectors, if I can just plug them one beside the other it's alright! would a solid 500w be enough?