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My 2600k died recently after 5 years @ 5 GHz. I think Intel desktop CPUs are overpriced and do not offer some important features (ECC). Haswell Xeons are prett

by jkot 10y ago

My 2600k died recently after 5 years @ 5 GHz. I think Intel desktop CPUs are overpriced and do not offer some important features (ECC). Haswell Xeons are pretty cheap, only downside is lack of NVMe and higher electricity bill. I will probably go with this: - 2 x 12 core Xeon based on Haswell - dual CPU motherboard - 256GB ECC DDR2 RAM

dogma1138 10y ago
Some desktop CPU's do support ECC http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced?ECCMemory=true&MarketSegment=DT http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced?ECCMemory=true&MarketSe... But good luck finding a motherboard for that socket that supports ECC memory. That said entry level Xeons are not that expensive an E3-1220 v5 costs 200$... But if you are going for your machine it doesn't look like money is an issue. But that said if you need that much computing power why even bother building a machine? You can get used rackmount servers on the cheap these days, and if you live near a place that does foreclosure auctions you can get them ridiculously cheaply even if they are new in box. Here is a server with 2 x 8 core CPU's and 192GB RAM for 1200$ and with B/O you can probably get it closer to 1000.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-2-x-E5-2670-CPU-192GB-RAM-X9DRI-LNF4-CSE-815-1U-server-r620-gen8-/291768459602?hash=item43eec16152:g:Q8MAAOSwrb5XPhsZ http://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-2-x-E5-2670-CPU-192GB-RAM... If you don't want to stick it in a closet then a 10-15U rack is also 100-150$. And just remote to the server from anywhere you want....
- jkot 10y ago
  I already have an old rack server. It is very noisy, heavy and does not fit some graphic cards. I need normal desktop with quiet fans, multiple displays. Mainly for programming but I might play some game as well.
  - dogma1138 10y ago
    What programming do you do that you need 256GB? There are plenty of server that fit GPU's get a 4U server and it's fine. The fans can easily be sorted out either replaced or undervolted....
atomlib 10y ago
>DDR2 RAM Is that a typo? Did you mean DDR4?
- jkot 10y ago
  Yes, DDR4

by jkot 10y ago

dogma1138 10y ago

Some desktop CPU's do support ECC http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced?ECCMemory=true&MarketSegment=DT http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced?ECCMemory=true&MarketSe... But good luck finding a motherboard for that socket that supports ECC memory. That said entry level Xeons are not that expensive an E3-1220 v5 costs 200$... But if you are going for your machine it doesn't look like money is an issue. But that said if you need that much computing power why even bother building a machine? You can get used rackmount servers on the cheap these days, and if you live near a place that does foreclosure auctions you can get them ridiculously cheaply even if they are new in box. Here is a server with 2 x 8 core CPU's and 192GB RAM for 1200$ and with B/O you can probably get it closer to 1000.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-2-x-E5-2670-CPU-192GB-RAM-X9DRI-LNF4-CSE-815-1U-server-r620-gen8-/291768459602?hash=item43eec16152:g:Q8MAAOSwrb5XPhsZ http://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-2-x-E5-2670-CPU-192GB-RAM... If you don't want to stick it in a closet then a 10-15U rack is also 100-150$. And just remote to the server from anywhere you want....

jkot 10y ago
I already have an old rack server. It is very noisy, heavy and does not fit some graphic cards. I need normal desktop with quiet fans, multiple displays. Mainly for programming but I might play some game as well.
- dogma1138 10y ago
  What programming do you do that you need 256GB? There are plenty of server that fit GPU's get a 4U server and it's fine. The fans can easily be sorted out either replaced or undervolted....

atomlib 10y ago

>DDR2 RAM Is that a typo? Did you mean DDR4?

jkot 10y ago
Yes, DDR4