Recent content by bmacklin

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    Cheap chinese x79 mobos

    Something like these: intel x79 motherboard | eBay
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    Cheap chinese x79 mobos

    Anyone have any hands-on experience with these OEM motherboard with x79 chipset on eBay? I like that they support registered memory which I have some lying around and are cheaper to buy. I also like that they come in M-ATX form factor for a smaller build. The only question is longevity and...
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    SuperMicro socket repair?

    Who caused the damage? Seller or you?
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    Bad read performance over 10Gbe

    What's your set up? Windows to Linux as well? Are you getting bad read performance but good write performance?
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    Bad read performance over 10Gbe

    I got two computers directly attached via 540-T2 10GBe cards. One is a dual E5-2670 workstation running windows 10. The other is the NAS with E3-1265v3 and 24 GB Ram. The disks in the NAS are 4x4Tb WD, and 4x4Tb Seagate. I have it configured as Raidz50 - striped raidz pool. I am running samba...
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    Intel Xeon E5-2670 Deal and Price Tracking

    does the P4308XXMFGN chasis hold standard SSI EEB boards? 12"x13"? Does it come with standard ATX power supplies or something else?
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    Intel Xeon E5-2670 Deal and Price Tracking

    Up to $73 now. Should have bought more when it was at $63. Been following the stock market and I swear they are strongly correlated. It collapsed below $100 when stocks took a dive and now they have rebounded, so have the prices.
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    Dual Prot Mellanox Connect x3 SFP+ for 60$

    I got two. Will be trying it out as well. Exciting! First time using NICs that aren't RJ-45s! So how long can the passive twinax cables go?
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    Dual Prot Mellanox Connect x3 SFP+ for 60$

    Not sure really. Mostly because it's familiar compared to Cat5, etc. Half height is kind of killing it for me. I don't have a rack yet.
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    Dual Prot Mellanox Connect x3 SFP+ for 60$

    geez. And I had just bought a x540-t2 today. For some reason I thought SFP+ cables are like $100+. Two of these cards and cables will still be less than what I paid for the x540-t2. Besides cost, any reason to choose one over the other?
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    Dual Prot Mellanox Connect x3 SFP+ for 60$

    will these cables work with the cards: NEW Cisco Copper 10GigE SPF+ Mellanox ConectX-2 1m 3.3ft Direct Attach Cable 10G
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    Intel Xeon E5-2670 Deal and Price Tracking

    Thanks! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing it wrong or anything. Good stuff!
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    Intel Xeon E5-2670 Deal and Price Tracking

    Interesting the way you populated your dimms. Shouldn't you be using all blues or all blacks first so you can get the most bandwidth (quad channel across 2 cpus)? BTW, what kind of RAM are those? They look nice. ECC REG?
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    Intel Xeon E5-2670 Deal and Price Tracking

    Which cooler are you using?
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    Another "Too good to be true?" OEM e5-2670v3 @ $262

    Please report back when you get one @frogtech !