Building a Sossaman rig?

[Sparky]

Of course you have a use! CRUNCH!

I'll have to check my parts stash I may be able to build one stupid cheap hah.

[[Ion]]

Of course you have a use! CRUNCH!

I'll have to check my parts stash I may be able to build one stupid cheap hah.

Well my i7 doesn't crunch more than about 12/7 or 14/7 because of power use. I guess a DP CD Xeon system would only be like ~60w, so maybe it could go full bore. Time to see what funds I can allocate

[kjeldoran]

Behold, the mother-load of all Sossamans: 300+ SL8WT @ $24 each!

There also seems to be a good cache of the Tyan motherboards and I'm sure he could be talked down with a little persuasion from Dave...

Let's not forget, you can still get a fully-configured 1U Supermicro system for $175!

The Intel boards are still going for $10 each, and here's an ultra-rare 1U Tyan barebones for $250.

Sossaman powah!

OMG...

Why did you have to post those CPUs? I may pick up some more for another sammy...crap I don't have anymore ethernet ports!

[Bail_w]

OMG...

Why did you have to post those CPUs? I may pick up some more for another sammy...crap I don't have anymore ethernet ports!

network bridge.

[Movieman]

Behold, the mother-load of all Sossamans: 300+ SL8WT @ $24 each!

There also seems to be a good cache of the Tyan motherboards and I'm sure he could be talked down with a little persuasion from Dave...

Let's not forget, you can still get a fully-configured 1U Supermicro system for $175!

The Intel boards are still going for $10 each, and here's an ultra-rare 1U Tyan barebones for $250.

Sossaman powah!

Grabbing 10 of those 2GHz Sammys in the am

[Movieman]

Grabbing 10 of those 2GHz Sammys in the am

I'm scared if we ever find those Merom DP chips.
I'll probably sell my soul for them..

[s0lid]

Cheap Sammys!?
Just when i don't have any extra cash DANG IT!

[[Ion]]

I'm scared if we ever find those Merom DP chips.
I'll probably sell my soul for them..

You post, and then quote yourself?


Are these setups still really good in terms of PPD/$ and PPD/W? Would a single OCed i7 not be better than several of these rigs?

[Sparky]

You post, and then quote yourself?


Are these setups still really good in terms of PPD/$ and PPD/W? Would a single OCed i7 not be better than several of these rigs?

Yes the i7 is much more powerful.

BUT a Sossaman pulls next to nothing for power, has decent production, rock stable, and just is a cool little thing

[[Ion]]

What is the power usage? ~100w? Or a decent bit less?

I guess it could probably be cooled almost passively

[Sparky]

Around 80-100W. Depends on the stuff you have connected to it and the power supply efficiency.

[[Ion]]

Well that's cool. I'd just have 1 HDD, no optical, no cards of any sort, and like an Antec 380w. Or maybe even a PicoPSU. That would be cool

[Sparky]

Be aware it has an 8 pin CPU power, and you can't just stick a 4 pin on the one side like most boards, because one CPU is on one half, and one on the other half. So you'd need either a psu with an 8 pin connector, or a 4pin to 8 pin adapter.

Or.... what I did isn't really kosher, but I stuffed the 4 pin in the center of the 8 pin. Each CPU is such low power they can run off half the 4 pin no problem.

[[Ion]]

I've made molex-8pins before, that would always work, right?

I guess if it's a pair of ~25w laptop CPUs, surely it would work on a 4pin stuffed in the middle if I've had an i7 ~ 3.4 running on a single 4pin

[Sparky]

Yeah molex-8pin works too. But I find it easier to cheat and stuff the plug in there

[[Ion]]

Well that's cool, it's nice to know that power requirements won't be a problem with it

[kjeldoran]

Relating to the PSU...

I know I saw someone having one PSU hooked up to 2 sammies without any issues. Do you think 3 would be possible? I mean the load would not be that much as it is 240-300w total.

I just like sossaman rigs.

[Origin_Unknown]

what heatsinks are people using?? are the holes the 603/604 socket?

[edit] ive found the mounting thing in this thread [/edit]

[Sparky]

Relating to the PSU...

I know I saw someone having one PSU hooked up to 2 sammies without any issues. Do you think 3 would be possible? I mean the load would not be that much as it is 240-300w total.

I just like sossaman rigs.

I was the one with 2 on one PSU. Not sure if I'd try 3 - not sure if the 5VSB rail could deal with 3 systems worth.

[Origin_Unknown]

OK here are pics of my dual sammys on one PSU in one box PSU is a 400W antec and it barely even blows warmish air out


snip the rest

apologies for the pic revival butthats quite impressive!!
how long did it run off one psu and in that cardboard box?

[Sparky]

apologies for the pic revival butthats quite impressive!!
how long did it run off one psu and in that cardboard box?

Several months. I forget exactly how long. I ended up selling one of them (along with most of my other crunchers at the time) as money got real tight for me for a while. Never had an issue with them running that way, and the indirect airflow from the two front fans kept the CPUs around 42C loaded. And, it was very quiet

[Sparky]

I was thinking, I could build another Sossaman (to keep my current one company again ) for about $100. But then, oh noes, OEMXS no longer shows the ABBHEATSINKS on their site. I had it bookmarked but it is dead

[D_A]

Dave might have bought them out.

[Movieman]

I was thinking, I could build another Sossaman (to keep my current one company again ) for about $100. But then, oh noes, OEMXS no longer shows the ABBHEATSINKS on their site. I had it bookmarked but it is dead

Walks into room, grabs plastic tray of 4 ABBHEATSINKS
Now what was that you were saying?

[D_A]

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