I will probably be getting this board this summer. My sig rig is due for a refresh.  Probably won't refresh GPU, but definitely want to refresh CPU and MoBo.

I will likely go with a pair of E5520's, but if business is going real well this summer, I may splurge a pair of X5650's.  I've already got a MM Extended Ascension and it has 3 x 360 RADs, so I'm pretty sure I'm covered on the cooling front.

My sig rig is a dual boot machine.  Currently Vista x64 (moving to Win 7 x64 when I find the time) and other work related OS's.  I need as much horsepower (as cheap as I can get it) for the work OS's, plus I also do F@H (currently running 2 i7's with Big Adv).

Dave aka Movieman over at XS has a really nice SR-2 setup and will have a lot more info available after the embargo lifts tonight.

Cheers.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=246135

For a mere $1025.50, you can pre-order the X5650 or L5640 from Provantage. 

http://www.provantage.com...0614x5650~7ITEP36U.htm
http://www.provantage.com...0614l5640~7ITEP36T.htm

To be expected, but still sad no 6 core got much below 1000USD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w..._Intel_microprocessors
(has a list that includes the multipliers and prices)
E5620's have an 18x multi-so that's 19 w/ turbo? hmm. (19x210 would do...)

fitseries3

well i have everything except the mobo now.

heres the parts i have

Parts:

• 2x x5677's
• 2x enermax revolution 1050watt psu
• 2x hwlabs 560gtx rads
• 1x hwlabs 280gtx rad
• 10x delta FFB1424SHG
• 2x EK Supreme LT acetal
• 2x SST Ultradrive GX 64gb SSDs
• CUSTOM MountainMods Ascension Crystal Ship CYO
• 6x2gb Mushkin Ridgeback 1600mhz DDR3
• 4x EVGA GTX260's
• LiteOn BDrom/Dvd/cd-rw
• EK250 Res
• 16x Bitspower Fatboys in Black
• Meanwell S-150-24
• Iwaki RD30

You're missing the best part... the price. Will easily be 10k with shipping.

How????? the processors are like 1600 just for them sh*** help some of us out!!!!!!

I am looking at get the xeon x5650 does anyone know about overclocking with these chips?

if anyone is watching the thread on XS:

"app 680w at 100% load with 8 big fans and the GTX260 card "

this was measured with a Kill a Watt, also that is with both 5680's @4 GHz with temps in the mid 50's under full load.

any quality PSU preferably with a single rail over 1000W should be fine for an SLI setup, tri and quads are probably going to need 1200+ depending on the number of drives/fans etc that you are powering

fitseries3

i cant help anyone out.

you just have to know the right people really.

Well now you can sell them for $1500 a piece and get some of the 6/12's.

The above Xeon linup have errors, here is the correct one from anandtech:


Source

Intel Xeon W5680 6 130W 3.3GHz $1663
Intel Xeon X5670 6 95W 2.93GHz $1440
Intel Xeon X5660 6 95W 2.80GHz $1219
Intel Xeon X5650 6 95W 2.66GHz $996

Intel Xeon X5677 4 130W 3.46GHz $1663 Clockspeed optimized quad-core
Intel Xeon X5667 4 95W 3.06GHz $1440 Clockspeed optimized quad-core

Intel Xeon E5640 4 80W 2.66GHz $744 Clockspeed bin higher than E5540 (2.53)
Intel Xeon E5630 4 80W 2.53GHz $551 Clockspeed bin higher than E5530 (2.40)
Intel Xeon E5620 4 80W 2.40GHz $387 Clockspeed bin higher than E5540 (2.26)

Intel Xeon L5640 6 60W 2.26GHz $996 Two extra cores, same TDP as L5520
Intel Xeon L5630 4 40W 2.13GHz $551 Lowest TDP Rating (5500: 60W)
Intel Xeon L5620 4 40W 1.86GHz $440 No Hyper Threading

Intel Xeon E5507 4 80W 2.26GHz $276 45nm Nehalem, Clockspeed bin higher than E5506 (2.13)
Intel Xeon E5506 4 80W 2.13GHz $219 45nm Nehalem, Clockspeed bin higher than E5505 (2.00)
Intel Xeon E5503 4 80W 2.00 $188 45nm Nehalem, Clockspeed bin higher than E5502 (1.86)

@Talonman
Nice initiative !!
Sure looking forward to see your build here (lots of pictures pls.) as i am also considering to make a build with the SR2.
But will wait and see what RAID controllers it can run with and also what garantees EVGA Europa will give if i go for full watercooling  incl. the chipset/WRM´s.
 
I would recommend to use one or two big radiators from the start like :
http://www.watercool.de/online-shop/ look for the MO-RA2 (pro), the shown Yateloons are very quiet for airflow they give
http://www.aquatuning.de/index.php/cat/c300_9x120mm.html


Cause using big radiators reduces the number of connects you have to make in the waterloop compared to using severel small radiators, you system will be more silent cause you will not need so much speed on the air and you could just get it build into one of the side panels of the PC enclosure so it blows air into the PC enclosure and also cools the SR-2 (depending of the PC enclosure model used).
Also the cost of one of MO-RA2 (pro) will be not that much more than a high performance 3x120/4x120 mm radiator even if you take the 9x Yateloons into the calculation. 
You will need a PC enclosure with (Preferably top) blowers with enough capasity to get the air out (with the Yate loons that will be something like 58x9 CFM). 
With the MO-RA2 radiator you must use a water pump with a rise height of 3 meters(yards) or more (you could put 2 in series wich gives redundance if one fails and you could run your system while waiting for a replacement of the defect pump)
And you would start out having a cooling capasity in the order of 1500-1800 watt

ok I got the Pinnacle 24 - CYO  but the instructions suck does anyone have pics of the build they already have so I can figure out where to mount the hard drives I think that I have most of the rest. Hmmm figured it out but still would like see some pics of others....

does anyone know the max number of threads that staxrip will do? trying to decide if I should go with the SR-2 or just go for the classified and i7 980x

chuckhrtn73

does anyone know the max number of threads that staxrip will do? trying to decide if I should go with the SR-2 or just go for the classified and i7 980x

 


X264 has a max thread  of 128, but quality decrease with threads, it's negligible under 16 threads.

Ole Sarge

I was looking at the sandwich radiator...

Have a look on this test: http://www.xtremesystems....howthread.php?t=220874