e5-2690 v2 for $315 or less..

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alex_stief

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I never claimed it was a good deal in general. Just a good deal for people searching for this processor in particular.
Some people need or prefer high single-threaded performance over a larger number of cores. In that case E5-2667 v2 and E5-2687W v2 are the best options.
 

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Prices don't seem that great for these. Picked up a E5-2630 v3 for $154, non-engineering sample on eBay maybe two months ago. There are deals, but you just need to be patient. At the time I was watching a few other chips for a similar price, I only needed one.
 

wildpig1234

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Prices don't seem that great for these. Picked up a E5-2630 v3 for $154, non-engineering sample on eBay maybe two months ago. There are deals, but you just need to be patient. At the time I was watching a few other chips for a similar price, I only needed one.
There are many example of v3 cpu that will give equivalent performance compared to v2 for cheaper than v2. the problem is the ddr4 vs ddr3 price.
 

SPCRich

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Prices don't seem that great for these. Picked up a E5-2630 v3 for $154, non-engineering sample on eBay maybe two months ago. There are deals, but you just need to be patient. At the time I was watching a few other chips for a similar price, I only needed one.
I picked up 4x E5-2630v2's for 200$ total...was a steal..gonna build me a relatively low power(consumption) kubernetes cluster.
 

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...was a steal..gonna build me a relatively low power(consumption) kubernetes cluster.
I have a S2600cp2 with 2x e5-2660v2. While the idle consumption did drop from e5-2670v1, it still draws ~150w on idle. It may be my config with the other cards, ram, hard drives etc.
 

SPCRich

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I have a S2600cp2 with 2x e5-2660v2. While the idle consumption did drop from e5-2670v1, it still draws ~150w on idle. It may be my config with the other cards, ram, hard drives etc.
That's not too bad. I'm currently running a poweredge r230 with an e3-1280 v6 in it with 4 HDD's and it draws probably close to that (UPS shows ~400w with that plus my NFS storage server, and I know the NFS box only draws around 150-170W). If I can fit 2 nodes with dual processors (e5-2630v2 - 80W) with power savings turned on in ~150W / node, it'll be a worth while trade off for the core/ram increase over what I have now. Going with V3 or V4 made zero sense due to the not only the cost of the hardware, but the prices on DDR4 ram + CPUs...best prices I could find would've been in the mid to high Thousands, vs the 800$ i spent total on these 2 nodes. Also not going to be using disks (satadom for boot), all storage will come via NFS mounts.

Thanks for the power numbers though...tracking down consumption figures for systems is next to impossible.
 

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Np. I just checked and need to correct my power consumption - It's around 175-180W idle on ESXi monitor with the below config. Draw at the outlet would add another 15W.
S2600CP2J
2 x E5-2660 v2
16 x 16GB PC3
2 x 2308 HBAs
1 x Intel dual 10G NIC (520DA)
4 x 3.5 SATA 7.2 K HGST Ent drives.

For most home lab users DDR4 price is what is blocking the migration to v3/v4. 16GB DDR3 1866 can be had for $45 if you are patient. DDR4 is almost 3 times that even for the lower end 2133 MHz ones. I did not notice significant enough saving with 2 x V3 system to offset for the DDR4 price delta. I can check the power consumption numbers if you need a v3 reference point. I've been thinking of listing my 2011 v3 parts or at least the DDR4 and free up the cash. I did get the MBs at a good price so planning keep them.
 

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That is a lot of power, my X9DRI with two 2696v2 and 8x16GB 1.35V memory modules and a single 800GB S3700 in a Supermicro 826A chassis idles at 85 watt.
Of course, I plan to add 2x LSI 9311 SAS controllers and a 40G NIC and 6 more SSD. Which will probably add 40-50 extra watt.
 

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That is a lot of power, my X9DRI with two 2696v2 and 8x16GB 1.35V memory modules and a single 800GB S3700 in a Supermicro 826A chassis idles at 85 watt.
Of course, I plan to add 2x LSI 9311 SAS controllers and a 40G NIC and 6 more SSD. Which will probably add 40-50 extra watt.
Yeah i think part of his load is the 10G nics, remember reading somewhere that a dual port 10G nic drew 15-20W by itself, can't image what a 40G would do.

I'm waiting on ram still for my two nodes, but I powered up the chassis with both sets of CPUs in and my UPS registerd an additional 110-120W, so that's 55-60W on power up/full fan for 4 cpus...not bad. I'd expect around 60-80 fully loaded, at idle.

Thanks guys!
 

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My dual cpu v3/v4 motherboard has been sitting on a shelf for almost 2 years waiting for ddr4 prices to come down.
While I am sure they must be making a wonderful per unit profit they are choking adoption of new hardware. I really do not understand the ability to provide affordable ddr3 with a concurrent inability to provide affordable ddr4.
 

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What’s affordable?

Just purchased 32GB of DDR4 Cisco branded for $250 on eBay. Can get it new for $375 now. I paid over $500 a DIMM a few months back.

Prices do seem to be falling.
 

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16GB DDR4 dimm for $100 each bought 8 at once.
16GB DDR3 dimm for $25 each bought 16 at once.

That was about a little over 1 yr ago for me
 

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@oddball For home lab use -
Even now 16gb pc3-12800R dual rank can be sourced for $40 range. DDR4 16GB on the other hand goes for aroud $120.
About a year / 18 months ago DRAM and Flash prices have spiked and have not come down much.
 

wildpig1234

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just snag one for $190 thr auction. overpaid by about $20 but still cheaper than the buy it now price.
 

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@oddball For home lab use -
Even now 16gb pc3-12800R dual rank can be sourced for $40 range. DDR4 16GB on the other hand goes for aroud $120.
About a year / 18 months ago DRAM and Flash prices have spiked and have not come down much.
Where are you getting 16gb PC3-12800R for $40?