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Re: For the geek in us all - Building a "budget" 16 core 32 thread Xeon PC
Reply #1 on: April 20, 2016, 22:45:46 PM
Well, already got a case big enough for a SSI EEB server board and a 1300w PSU with 2 x 8 pin CPU plugs. So all good there.

CPUs - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141961644916?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT, yep, £113 for 2 x 8 core Xeon CPUs

CPU coolers - https://www.scan.co.uk/products/be-quiet!-pure-rock-compact-cpu-cooler-4-heatpipe-120mm-silent-pwm-fan-for-intel-amd-cpus-130w-tdp, two of these

Motherboard - http://www.lambda-tek.com/ASUS-90-MSVDY0-G0EAY20T~sh/B1930941&origin=pricespy, looking at this board as it's a bit more like an end user motherboard as opposed to a featureless server board. It supports crossfire too, something I need having 3 GFX cards in my main PC.

RAM - http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/bls4g3d1609ds1s00ceu - Buy eight of these, four for each CPU as they're both quad channel remember!  :rock:

All in, comes under £700. If I didn't need crossfire I could save £100 getting the cheaper ASRock board from the review.

Hmm, now to justify buying it.....
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Re: For the geek in us all - Building a "budget" 16 core 32 thread Xeon PC
Reply #2 on: April 21, 2016, 11:23:20 AM
is it for mining? Can you work out how quickly you'd earn it back.
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Reply #3 on: April 21, 2016, 11:55:16 AM
Nah. For my main PC. Nothing worth mining with CPUs at the moment.

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Re: For the geek in us all - Building a "budget" 16 core 32 thread Xeon PC
Reply #4 on: April 21, 2016, 12:49:42 PM
What do you do that needs that cpu?
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Reply #5 on: April 21, 2016, 23:12:45 PM
Nothing, just fancy it for sh*ts and giggles.


Realistically, I'm most likely not going to go ahead with it. I only need to upgrade the CPU in my second PC to something like an i7 4290k and it'll be a good upgrade from the FX 9370 in my current main PC.
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Reply #6 on: April 26, 2016, 08:14:52 AM
I have an i7 and love it.
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Re: For the geek in us all - Building a "budget" 16 core 32 thread Xeon PC
Reply #7 on: April 26, 2016, 09:15:10 AM
With that money I could buy a blistering graphics card setup, if you have an i7 right now you will not need to upgrade for a very long time. I've had my i7 system for years already and the only thing I've had to upgrade is more SSDs and the graphics card.
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Reply #8 on: April 26, 2016, 13:12:33 PM
my nephew built himself a similar system a few weeks back... for a minecraft server    :-[


but... I've been thinking about building one myself for the CCTV at work

planning on an upgrade to IP cameras soon, all the extra cores would help with the video processing/encoding/compression etc...


have 16 analog cameras right now, with digital will have at least 20 at 3megapixel  each... no idea on data throughput but guessing it'll be quite a bit

EDIT: raw data is 2.5tb per camera per week, or 300gig per hour for all cameras together :-o
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Reply #10 on: May 02, 2016, 15:36:23 PM
I bought a i7-4790k in the end, only £200 off Ebay. Just need a better cooler for it, probably going back to watercooling. Then I'll clock the tits off it. Gunning for 5GHz
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