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Hello, I always used HW RAID and setup various cards (LSI mainly) w/ BBU. Currently, some low-cost RAID cards remains and i'd like to use them on my personal rigs. On a previous rig, i tested this setup : 3 * SSD + LSI 9260-4i (WB mode) : ~ 600 MB/s read. I had to move the LSI to...

By the way, i'm currently faced to the same problem than Rudde : choose the best performance price for a Xeon CPU. As stated here, when reading the specs the only technical detail that differs is QPI and this really impacts prices. So my question is : Does 4.8 QPI REALLY impacts...

Hello all, I hesitated posting it here or on mobo category... Here's my question : I'll certainly build a setup based on Xeon E3 + SuperMicro X9SCA. My needs : to plug a x16 graphic card + 2 x8 cards (RAID + Infiniband). While seing the pictures, i imagine my graphic card (dual slot) will...

Unless i'm wrong, there's an exception : W55xx CPU. Do you confirm ?

I read a alot about Xeon reviews but after such read, i'm getting lost :).... Indeed, i was thinking about new Xeon E3 "as newer is better"... But, when i see that i can get couples of W5580 (for examples) at good prices, i don't manage to make a choice : Without considering the price...

Hello, I'm studying a next upgrade : will keep current ATX case (Sonata III) and try to setup dual Xeon on it. Even if SuperMicro has some Dual Xeon ATX boards, i found right now a board model matching more with my needs : Tyan S7002. I didn't notice this because i searched filtering...

Thank you : manufacturers seem to take care of new Xeon E3.

Official answer from SuperMicro : When i compare to Tyan block diagram : Tyan also links pci-e x16 slot directly to Sandy Bridge CPU... but still keeps @ x8 only Or does it mean that SuperMicro achieves this (full x16) by dispatching pci-e lanes between SB chip and Intel PCH ?

Thank you very much. My researches lead me to this conclusion too. By the way, i also read positive articles about Xeon's great o/c capacities (i read it, at least, for E56xx and E3).

After reading Patrick's reviews, i admit being interested in new AMD architecture... But, after reading alot, I found this common conclusion : overnumbered cores are really useful for right uses (virtualization, etc.). But, about performance, i read that Turbo-boost is more useful for daily...

This quick howto is such a great idea :) : thank you.

Thank you very much for these results :)

It confirms me to concentrate on real server-grade brands (SuperMicro, Tyan...)... Indeed, initially, i found appealing such (Asus) line of products but after reading so many articles, i understood that i'd respect one statement : Server entry level always would be better than Consumer high...

Personal results or external reviews ?

Thank you ! Finally, does it have or not ? I hope, Asus didn't get confused with : Hyper-V Pass-Through