Gold Leader
Aloha! Moggeuh!!  

Well I just regged in at your site as Gold Leader, to keep things simplfied And also thx for the invite
High Flow is aplace where I bought the Case, Lighting, PSU and the sound card, the Mobo I bought in germany @ sona.de for just 580 euro's, this mobo was not available in the netherlands although iseen a few pre-orders over 700 euro's lolz, so yeah 580 eur was more my thing, if I can get soemthing cheaper than one place? I will just do so.

It was that high Flow passed with the parts I seeked there, so yeah I might get more stuff from them for this build in the future, but as the CPU's go i plan to buy these in USA, for 680 euro's apiece these are Opteron 6176 SE's SE meaning Sun Editions.

The EVGA GTX 580 SC Edition is 519 EUR @ HighFlow 7 Alternate but Alternate has it instock so they win for my needs, iam not one guy that always sticks to one store, iprefer toseek with avery open view on all other companies just tosave money and time.

But yes HighFlow Rotjeknor is very good service wise and it is one place to advise others that are looking for case modded parts they also seem toaccept PayPal and ship world wide so for ex EUR people it might be helpful as well, how ever my relationships with alternate is very good also, sas for Azerty, 4Launch, Salland Automatisering, Informatique and so on.

Môgge!
 
I agree, I kiss everyone but haven't married one yet. Got my cards from Alternate, too.
 
If you're looking for something that isn't in store, just post here and you'll get an answer within a day (usually the same day). Prices are usually lower than anywhere else, too.
 
When you are all done, if possible, it would be nice if you could post a screenshot or a short fraps so, people can see how gorgeous and detailed the scenery is you play in, which is I'm assuming a big part of this supercomputer you're building?

very cool black box.

Cooler wise these will be my coolers:
Noctua NH-U12DO A3
http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=p...s_id=38&lng=en

Ideal for our G34's people!


"Noctua's DO line of coolers has become a default choice when it comes to quietly cooling AMD Opteron CPUs. Upgrading both compatibility and performance, the new A3 model features Noctua's professional NM-A3 SecuFirm2™ mounting system that not only supports socket G34, C32 and F, but also allows to install the cooler turned by 90°."

Just plainly ideal for my setup

Yes sir, that they will be, I will order them on Feb 15th togeather with the Plextor BR/3D Rewriter
 
As the rest goes, I just ordered this EVGA GeForce GTX 580 SuperClocked Edition PCI-E 1536MB 384Bit GDDR5

 
Another step closer by getting this Home Bred Super Computer to it's completer form
So yes EVGA, I am going for your GTX 580 SCE after all, just as I planned

Indeed man party party and with that backplate I got from you, this baby will be dressed up very neatly in a very stylish fashion   When she arrives, I will prepare her for her first mode show
 
EVGA Backplates:
 
From Not So Sweet
 
To Very
 
! ! ! L 3 3 T ! ! !

Well better late than never, the EVGA GTX 580 SCE arrived today, so here some pics of it
 
The box contents and Valkyrie SMP 2011 in the background

 
Here a nice  shot I took of the GTX 580 SCE with the box's reflection within the card's deep blue shroud 

 
here compared with my EVGA GTX 480

 
Rear view of their PCB's:

As you can see, not much has been changed to the PCB, okay them holes in the PCB have been removed, also the GPU of the GTX 580 is slightly smaller, but overall it seems that NVIDIA modified the PCB of the GTX 480 to make one for the GTX 580 as outcome as well.
 
Here a shot of all my 3 Fermi boards :)

 
Here a shot of all 3 showing their GeForce logo's

 
Tonight I will prepare the GTX 580 with it's rear heatsink which EVGA calls the geForce GTX 580 Backplate, but I will have to go to my parrent's place to mount it, since I don't have the correct Pozzy screw drivers

Awesome!

Just bought some ATi cards which I will use for Project G34 and they are also part of my ATi VGA card collection

ATi Dept. AMD Radeon HD 6990 PCI-E 4096MB 512Bit GDDR5 [In Practical 2x 2048MB 256Bit GDDR5]


ATi Radeon HD 2900 XT PCI-E 1024MB 512Bit GDDR4


And yes both are original ATI Dept. AMD & ATi branded Raddies, no aftermarket variants
 
The EVGA GTX 480 will be used as Dedicated PhysX alongside the HD 6990, with NordicHQ's GenL PhysX driver for Physx + CUDA support alongside a non-NVIDIA Main VGA card

 
The HD 2900 XT 1024MB will be tested in 2-way CFX with my HD 2900XTX 1024MB Engineering Sample:
ATi Radeon HD 2900XTX PCI-E 1024MB Rev.A13 0705 Engineering Sample Gallery:

 
Last year Nelis, who is a good friend of mine and I succeeded a first experiment of a HD 2900 XTX 1024MB Rev.A13 0704 with a HD 2900 XT 1024MB Rev.A13 1207 in 2-way CFX with Cat 10.4 WHQL:

 
If this works, a second HD 6990 is planned but a GTX 570 might be needed to replace the 480, because I will only have 6 pinned power plugs left oevr to poweer feed the PPU card which will be the GeForce GTX 570 in this case, which leads me to some choices, although both a very attractive:

Choice A:
2x HD 6990 + 1x GTX 570 as PPU

Choice B:
1x HD 6990 + 1x HD 6970 +1x GTX 480 as PPU

Choice B is cheaper for me than Choice A, but Choice A would be faster than Choice B, as logics go.
Either way my PSU has 4x 8 pins and 4x 6 pins and both configs can be connected to my PSU a Silverstone Strider 1500 :) A good one as that goes

As water cooling goes, I will apply everything with EK water blocks, dunno about hosing and such stuff, still got a lot to find out here and there and yes the PhysX card will be water cooled also, it has to be one unit and it will also look tidy with the rest of the setup.
 
Project G34 shall be a very interesting ride this way, having best of both worlds in a single box has always been my dream, but to accomplish it, is an even greater ride. It is possible, I know it can be done and so far all is checking out perfectly.

If their air coolers are not as bad as some people say they are water cooling might not even be needed, so I will try with one card and the GTX 480 first and yeah if its really annoying, I can always decide to go water cooling likewise

The HD 6990 and the GTX 480 will be tested in the Dual OpteronDP 2380C2, the system I am using the 2-Way SLI GTX 580 SCE's in, just to justify on how loud the noise really is when stress tested

Now that the Opteron 6200 series have hit the Market I have to wait until the price tags of the Opteron 6274's get to a better level so I can afford and obtain them for Project G34, it's all about patience now, about 4 Months from now things could get more interesting :)

Maybe I missed it in all the info, but what case is that?

Yeeeesss!!!! Finally there is progress on my end xDDDDDD

Look what arrived today from guruofhotrod!!!!

2x 8-Core AMD OpteronMP 6140 D1 Boxed


Here they are with the new style AMD Opteron Case Badges too! w00t!!!


They remind me of how the Pentium Pro looked like and I also think they are about the same size too xD

Many many thanks to guruofhotrod from 2CPU.com for helping me applying these two beauties!!!! 

RuffeDK

IT BEGINS!!! 

haha thanks xD and yeah it has begun
As you can see these G34 Procs are a lot like Pentium Pro's were like big, flat, rectangular and about the same size.
This month on the 23rd I will try to purchase and obtain the Supermicro H8DG6-F motherboard, otherwise if I have not enough fundings for it, then it will be next month on September 23rd. No worries though, it's all going as planned so far

Thats a BIG GPU.

With the AMD Radeon HD 6990 and the two 8-Core AMD Opteorn 6140 D1's here I have updated my parts list

2x 8-Core AMD OpteronMP 6140 D1 Mangy Cours Server CPU's @ 16x 2.6Ghz which I bought from guruofhotrod


AMD Radeon HD 6990 PCI-E 4096MB 512Bit GDDR5 Rev.A12 1052 I got off ebay for 202 Euro, a steal of a Raddy deal!


EVGA GeForce GTX 480 PCI-E 1536MB 384Bit GDDR5 Rev.A3 2110


Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1 PCI-E 64MB XRAM


The bolded coloured parts have been obtained

2x 8-Core AMD OpteronMP 6140 D1 Mangy Cours Server CPU's @ 16x 2.6Ghz Many many MANY thanks to guruofhotrod for his great help for helping me aquire two of these beauties for a good deal !!!!!!
Supermicro H8DG6-F
4x 8GB PC3-12800 ECC Reg HP/Micron or Kingston
2x Noctua NH-U9DO A3's
AMD Radeon HD 6990 PCI-E 4096MB 512Bit GDDR5 Rev.A12 1052 [2x 2048MB 256Bit GDDR5 Per RV970XT Cayman GPVPU]
EVGA GeForce GTX 480 PCI-E 1536MB 384Bit GDDR5 Rev.A3 2110 as Dedicated PhysX & CUDA PPU with GenL PhysX Hack
Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1 PCI-E 64MB XRAM
1x Corsair Force3 240GB SATA III SSD
1x Plextor PX-B950SA BR-RW Single Layer, Dual Layer & DR-3D BR-RW Supported
Lian Li Tyr PC-X2000B
Lian Li W-X2000B Side Window Kit
SeaSononic Platrinum-X 1000 Watt 100% Modular PSU
2x 30 CM Green CCFL's from Revoltec
2x 30 CM White CCFL's from Revoltec
2x 10 CM Blue CCFL's from Revoltec

I have renovated and cleaned the AMD Radeon HD 6990 also, you can read more about that here:
http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?h...page=1#2003835

Well everyone finally after all them years my Supermicro H8DG6-F has arrived so here the photo's from it's transport box to the product it's self with the two Opty 6140's installed! xDDDD

It seems it came directly from Supermicro BV it's self:


Here the rear side; If seal is broken, check contents before accepting, well all checked out fine


When I opened the Supermicro Trransportation box this really surprised me and gave me a big smile  The original Supermicro H8DG6-F retail box! Never seen these before

So I removed that center placed bubblewrap bag thingie, they placed it to give it extra padding, smart of Supermicro to do that

which revealed the box's top box art


Here the box it's self:

Which also shows other Supermicro G34 & C32 Motherboard solutions from the new Line of AMD Opteron 1, 2 & 4CPU Motherboards, S = Single, D= Dual & Q = Quad, as suffix's go in the names of these boards

Here the rear view of the box, also showing a large list of other C32 & G34 Motherboards which Supermicro released for this line of AMD Opteron Serverboards.


The Sides of the box also sow photo's of other G34 & C32 Motherboards of this line of AMD Opteron Serverboards, here the left side:


top side:



right side:


Here the box contents:

 
Here the Included cables, connectors, Driver Disk & IO Backplate:


The famous Checklist xD


here the compartment where the motherboard is placed and protected veryw ell during transportation:


Supermicro also added antistatic foam to dampen and soften the packing for the mobo's protection against unwanted dropping or bumps and such, the mobo it's self is also protected in an antistatic bubble wrapped bag:


Here the moo in it's anti static bag, it also has a white bag of Silica Gel Balls to get rid of moisture and such negative influences


So here she is, the master of all Dual CPU AMD Opteron motherboards, a true masterpiece of perfection


Here the two 8 Core AMD OpteronMP 6140 D0 CPUs I bought via 2CPU.com member guruofhotrod


Also made a 2CPU.com Logo with them 6140's


Also did a little tribute for 2CPU.com with my 2CPU.com Tea Mug


2CPU.com: because two are better than one! The best slogan ever, period


This is how the G34 socket looks like basically it's Land Grid Array 1944, as the motherboard has 1944 pins


The next part I will show more detailed pics of the motherboard in extra details, stay tuned for more 
 
CPU 02 placed:


Both CPU's placed:


Both CPU's secured:


Supermicro H8DG6-F top view:


Headshot showing in and out puts and the Nuvoton chip which is the IPMI 2.0 controller on this board, many thanks go for GrandAdmiralThrawn from Voodooalert.de for finding that out for me


Here the six PCI-Express 2.0 slots, also showing the Jumpers, the Sony CMOS Battery and DESIGNED IN USA:


Rear view of the Supermicro H8DG6-F:


Top angled shot of the H8DG6-F:


Rear left angled view:


Closeup of the rear placed Nickle plated metal CPU brackets, that are bolted with m4 nuts to the PCB's mainframe, talk about quality right


Right angled rear view, revealing more chips and components from this view:


MADE IN TAIWAN 1311-11-11, I think it's from 2013, November being the 11th moth and 11th day of the months November?

If anyone can explain me the exact PCB date and what 1311-11-11 means, that would really be helpful and greatly honored 
 
Here some artistic photo's I took of the CPU's placed in the H8DG6-F

the two Opty 6140's top angled from the left viewpoint:


Closeup of CPU 01:


Nice overview shot of the CPU's and 16 ram slots


Here the LSI 2008i SAS2-600 Raid controller Chip which has that black heatsink and it's two connectors:

Two USB 2.0a connectors can also be seen, which sit next to the PC Speaker, and the AMD SP5100 South Bridge whhich sits behind the LSI 2008i SAS2-600 Rain controller chip, above those the two large heatsinks for the two AMD SR5690 North Bridges what makes this motherboard so unique and powerful

Here a closeup of the inputs of the LSI 2008i SAS2-600 Raid controller, which supports Raid 0,1, 0+1, 5 & 50:


Here some 3D like photo's I tried to make, by placing a white triangular box under the motherboard, giving this cool look, as if it is hovering above my table

Top 3D view:


Zoomed in angled 3D view:


So there you have it everyone, now I have to give this fella it's home back, more pics on that comming too, finally a major step forward nearing this project's final completion

Hereby I'd like to thank everyone for supporting me with this project, like guruofhotrod, GrandAdmiralThrawn, Aryan and everyone else that has posted in this thread, thereby helping me to make this project a possibility!