Plus I'm sure with all of these boards being purchased, this will be THE resource for asking questions. I'm not new to Linux, just not very good with it. If Linux runs smoothly on it, that works. I've been wanting to get better at it anyways. I'm not afraid of the command line!
I've tried KDE, Gnome and XFCE versions of Ubuntu (you can have all three desktop environments installed on one system and switch between them if you want to) and have pretty much settled on Gnome, but others have varying opinions. That's fine. There are more desktops than just those three if anyone wants to look, but those are the ones Ubuntu can come with pre-setup.
That's the beauty of Linux (or one of the things), you're not tied to a particular desktop environment. In fact, the desktop is really an application running on top of the Operating System, not an inseparable part of it. If you don't like your desktop, just pick another one and change.
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I make a joke about gnomes being more adorable and we end up here. Whooops!!
ok, i am sorry to have opened the WRONG door, i will now close it, and if anyone wants to talk about linux or windows or unix or what ever please start another thread, because we dont need 100 pages here, ppl will get scared, and we end up with no boards to test anything...
so stop the linux talk that i started please, i am asking you nicely
BTW i just brought 32gb ram, 16 retention thingies and 16 phemon II heatsinks with fans.
so know i realy just need the boards :=) and some PSU's havent fund the perfect match between power, stability, effiency and price. (local price in denmark)
any one else as mad as me have brought anything ?
btw i already have 16 x 8347 cpus, 4 x harddrives and lots of graphics cards.
Last edited by pawmadsen; 05-17-2010 at 01:40 PM.
I already have four HS/Fs, three brackets, 4gigs of ram inc and I think the PCP&C Silencer 610 I have in a spare machine will do the trick. Now I just need wife to relent on another build in the house. Oh and boards and CPUs.
I bought 4gb of ram that was linked a couple pages back.
Cruncher #1: EVGA Z68 FTW | i7-2600k @ 4.5 | 6GB Ram
Cruncher #2: Supermicro Dual-Socket | 2 x 6-core Opterons | 4GB Ram
Cruncher #3: 8-core Xserve 1,1
T400 for non-crunching
"But don't think you'll run me over - It's, ah, planting season here in Texas... and the farm is growing..." -Otis11 on crunching WCG
yeah, i tried that, but he doesnt have a shipping price for europe, so i wrote a mail to him that i wanted to buy the whole lot, but he never repliedso i fund another one.
I bought some retention brackets and heatsinks to test the platform
It's dead in this thread tonight! Will we only have one big order or do we make a preorder to check out the boards and provide instructions to everyone?
Last edited by metalop1g; 05-17-2010 at 06:51 PM.
I like your thinking here. Maybe order 10 or 20 test boards?
It's prolly gonna be a little dead until we get our fifty board order filled.
Cruncher #1: EVGA Z68 FTW | i7-2600k @ 4.5 | 6GB Ram
Cruncher #2: Supermicro Dual-Socket | 2 x 6-core Opterons | 4GB Ram
Cruncher #3: 8-core Xserve 1,1
T400 for non-crunching
"But don't think you'll run me over - It's, ah, planting season here in Texas... and the farm is growing..." -Otis11 on crunching WCG
Please take me off the list. I've decided to complete my crossfire setup. I still plan to crunch for the cause. I look forward to seeing how this build turns out for you guys. Ty
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Hi guys, just to help you out a little, here is a search that I use to hunt for cheap (eg. advertised in the wrong category, etc.) registered ECC DDR2 memory on eBay -
(pc2*,ddr2*,6400,5300,pc6400,pc5300) (ecc,reg*) -(non*,full*,fb*,pc2100*,pc2700*,pc233,pc266)
If you're wondering why I search for ECC or reg*, it's because I prefer to get a few false positives than to miss out on a deal because someone listed ECC reg. as plain ECC, which often happens. The search will unfortunately turn up a few FB-DIMMs aswell, even though I've tried to get rid of as many as I can, as you can see. Let me know if it works out for you!
Last edited by karbonkid; 05-18-2010 at 10:29 AM.
thanks karbon that should be helpful. i'm a little scared to look since i already bought my ram, i don't want to find a better deal lol
Cruncher #1: EVGA Z68 FTW | i7-2600k @ 4.5 | 6GB Ram
Cruncher #2: Supermicro Dual-Socket | 2 x 6-core Opterons | 4GB Ram
Cruncher #3: 8-core Xserve 1,1
T400 for non-crunching
"But don't think you'll run me over - It's, ah, planting season here in Texas... and the farm is growing..." -Otis11 on crunching WCG
Thank you for the search keyI'm gonna hunt a bit tonight when I get back from school
EDT : You might want to add SO-DIMM to this section : -(non*,full*,fb*,pc2100*,pc2700*,pc233,pc266)
It annoys me when it shows laptop memory
Last edited by metalop1g; 05-18-2010 at 11:59 AM.
I'm back.. my farm got hit ..
"Study hard my young friend"[/B].
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Woody: It's not a laser! It's a... [sighs in frustration]
what do you mean? what happened?
Cruncher #1: EVGA Z68 FTW | i7-2600k @ 4.5 | 6GB Ram
Cruncher #2: Supermicro Dual-Socket | 2 x 6-core Opterons | 4GB Ram
Cruncher #3: 8-core Xserve 1,1
T400 for non-crunching
"But don't think you'll run me over - It's, ah, planting season here in Texas... and the farm is growing..." -Otis11 on crunching WCG
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...wpost&t=252298
adding up a bit ( sorry but I am way too tired and my way of writing is not very neat) : my lappie had the cable that goes from the PSU to the power jacket short circuited.. my main rig as mentioned before has the VGA FUBAR and parents rig is undergoing an upgrade ( I will be having 4 active cores by this week
"Study hard my young friend"[/B].
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Woody: It's not a laser! It's a... [sighs in frustration]
Looks like I will have a dual Arima board (NM460) arriving soon. I'll make it avaliable for component testing once I know it works.
Two chips on the way from palm54@charter.net.
Not a quad socket but should be fun none the less. I'll be out $163 total for 2x quad opterons, board and 4 gigs of ram if everything works out.
Last edited by MrMojoZ; 05-20-2010 at 08:27 AM.
@MrMojoZ: nice buy dude, enjoy it
@Frogeye:gotcha
"Study hard my young friend"[/B].
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Woody: It's not a laser! It's a... [sighs in frustration]
got my cpu's on the way...
Cruncher #1: EVGA Z68 FTW | i7-2600k @ 4.5 | 6GB Ram
Cruncher #2: Supermicro Dual-Socket | 2 x 6-core Opterons | 4GB Ram
Cruncher #3: 8-core Xserve 1,1
T400 for non-crunching
"But don't think you'll run me over - It's, ah, planting season here in Texas... and the farm is growing..." -Otis11 on crunching WCG
Keep us posted on the dual socket please. It looks like those boards are fairly plentiful on ebay.
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i emailed that guy and got no response.
I already have shipping info, so you might want to try again. He responded pretty quick. Possible your e-mail got caught by a spam filter?
Will do. No idea if these parts are going to play nice together but I'm not out too much if there is an issue. If everything works I think I might could beat a sossman for initial cost/crunching power.
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