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best board for Xeon W3680
I'm about to buy a Xeon W3680 CPU. Only need a single-physical-CPU
system. Three years ago I made the mistake of buying a Xeon 5160 and mating it to a Gigabyte GA-7VCSV-RH board that had nothing more than a 1x PCIe slot for video. Just try FINDING such a card. Anyway ... What is the best board I can buy for modest (but with aspirations) video needs (3D a plus) and expansion with 16x PCIe slots or whatever's more modern. Also I want to be able to fit this into my ATX case which is this massive Startech: http://us.startech.com/product/ATXFULL635V- .... even if the board is a CEB rather than ATX. What's your recommendation for the perfect board for the W3680? I plan to dual-boot RHEL5 and Windows 7 64-bit edition. Will be compiling C programs on the Linux side while doing more multimedia-based stuff and editing on the Windows 7 side. |
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best board for Xeon W3680
The Derfer wrote:
I'm about to buy a Xeon W3680 CPU. Only need a single-physical-CPU system. Three years ago I made the mistake of buying a Xeon 5160 and mating it to a Gigabyte GA-7VCSV-RH board that had nothing more than a 1x PCIe slot for video. Just try FINDING such a card. Anyway ... What is the best board I can buy for modest (but with aspirations) video needs (3D a plus) and expansion with 16x PCIe slots or whatever's more modern. Also I want to be able to fit this into my ATX case which is this massive Startech: http://us.startech.com/product/ATXFULL635V- ... even if the board is a CEB rather than ATX. What's your recommendation for the perfect board for the W3680? I plan to dual-boot RHEL5 and Windows 7 64-bit edition. Will be compiling C programs on the Linux side while doing more multimedia-based stuff and editing on the Windows 7 side. For chuckles, I gave this page a whirl. And plugged W3680 in. http://support.asus.com.tw/cpusuppor...Language=en-us P6T WS Professional ALL 0913 P6T6 WS Revolution ALL 0609 P6T7 WS SuperComputer ALL 0607 So apparently, the BIOS on those is set up to take a Xeon. But it also implies, that motherboards with a similar chipset will also work. (As long as the BIOS approves of it.) You can see here, the last of those boards, is a bit of overkill. $400! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131390 It might be better to just Google "W3680 X58" and see what pops up. That'll get you stuff like this. http://forums.ocworkbench.com/showthread.php?t=101224 "May 11, 2010, Taipei, Taiwan – ASRock Inc., the leading motherboard manufacturer today proudly announce its X58 Extreme3 and X58 Extreme motherboards now support Intel’s newly launched six-core Xeon W3680 processor. Differed from desktop models, ASRock X58 Extreme3 and X58 Extreme motherboards can now support server CPU usage and even with ECC memory !" Lots of people in the enthusiast community, test hardware combinations that aren't officially sanctioned. So you may get some other ideas, for more cost effective solutions than the above, $400 motherboard. Paul |
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best board for Xeon W3680
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:11:17 -0800, The Derfer wrote:
I'm about to buy a Xeon W3680 CPU. Only need a single-physical-CPU system. Three years ago I made the mistake of buying a Xeon 5160 and mating it to a Gigabyte GA-7VCSV-RH board that had nothing more than a 1x PCIe slot for video. Just try FINDING such a card. Anyway ... What is the best board I can buy for modest (but with aspirations) video needs (3D a plus) and expansion with 16x PCIe slots or whatever's more modern. Also I want to be able to fit this into my ATX case which is this massive Startech: http://us.startech.com/product/ATXFULL635V- ... even if the board is a CEB rather than ATX. What's your recommendation for the perfect board for the W3680? I plan to dual-boot RHEL5 and Windows 7 64-bit edition. Will be compiling C programs on the Linux side while doing more multimedia-based stuff and editing on the Windows 7 side. Do you really need a Xeon if you are only want one CPU chip? In that configuration the only real advantage is ECC memory, but that isn't really necessary for a workstation although it's nice to have. The next generation iCore7, the 32nm 2600, is going to be released on January 9th. The iCore7 support 24G of DRAM using 4G DIMMs (which are finally cost effective). The 2600 will be 3.8GHz in it's turbo boost mode, I'm pretty sure it will overclock to 5GHz if you use a high performance cooler like a Thermalright (my 40nm 2.66GHz iCore 7 is running at 4GHz with a Thermalright Ultra 120 cooler). The cost of an iCore7 box will be a fraction of the cost of a Xeon box and it will outperform it by a lot in any CPU intensive application. |
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best board for Xeon W3680
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:11:17 -0800 (PST)
The Derfer wrote: snip What's your recommendation for the perfect board for the W3680? I plan to dual-boot RHEL5 and Windows 7 64-bit edition. Will be compiling C programs on the Linux side while doing more multimedia-based stuff and editing on the Windows 7 side. I've been running a couple of Gigabyte "Ultra-Durable" boards for about a year now, 24/7 - they've been rock-steady for me, zero hassle. One is an Intel E4300 file server, the other (this) a CoreI7 workstation. If I need another board in the near future, I'll go with the UD stuff again. -- Slackware 13.1, 2.6.33.4-smp, Core i7 920 RLU #272755 |
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best board for Xeon W3680
Do you really need a Xeon if you are only want one CPU chip? In that configuration the only real advantage is ECC memory, but that isn't really necessary for a workstation although it's nice to have. The next generation iCore7, the 32nm 2600, is going to be released on January 9th. The iCore7 support 24G of DRAM using 4G DIMMs (which are finally cost effective). The 2600 will be 3.8GHz in it's turbo boost mode, I'm pretty sure it will overclock to 5GHz if you use a high performance cooler like a Thermalright (my 40nm 2.66GHz iCore 7 is running at 4GHz with a Thermalright Ultra 120 cooler). The cost of an iCore7 box will be a fraction of the cost of a Xeon box and it will outperform it by a lot in any CPU intensive application. But the 2600 appears to be only marginally better than the W3680 according to the Passmark specs. See them at: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html |
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best board for Xeon W3680
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:30:09 -0800, The Derfer wrote:
cpubenchmark The 2600K is 29% of the price of the W3680. |
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