E5-2696 v4 (22 cores) under $200

[GregTaylor]

Prices on the 22-core 2.2GHz OEM E5-2696 v4 are falling rapidly on e-bay - you can get one for less than $200. Just last month they were over $300. It's locked but can turbo all cores at 2.8GHz and 1/2 cores at 3.7GHz.

 

[zack$]

Link?

 

[NobleX13]

That is tempting. But what system would I put it in? I have had bad luck with the Chinese "X99" boards, and I passed on that Dell PowerEdge barebone deal that came through a while ago.

 

[EasyRhino]

cool, let me know when it's closer to $100

I also noticed other parts dropping in price last few months. The cheapest 2680 v4's are close to $80 now.

 

[GregTaylor]

Intel SR2J0 Xeon E5-2696 v4 2.2 GHz 22x256 Proc 770773181670 | eBay has recently accepted offers under $200.

 

[redeamon]

Info:

Xeon E5-2696 v4 - Intel - WikiChip

The Xeon E5-2696 v4 is a 64-bit docosa-core x86 microprocessor introduced by Intel in 2016. This server MPU is designed for 2S environments. Operating at 2.2 GHz with a turbo boost frequency of 3.7 GHz for a single active core, this MPU has a TDP of 150 W and is manufactured on a 14 nm process...

en.wikichip.org

 

[redeamon]

That is tempting. But what system would I put it in? I have had bad luck with the Chinese "X99" boards, and I passed on that Dell PowerEdge barebone deal that came through a while ago.

Dell's are the best for these. R630, R730, etc. are good choices.

 

[GregTaylor]

The Dell Precision workstations (7910 and 7810 with two 2011-3 sockets, 5810's with one socket) might also make good homes for E5 v4 processors. They're also getting cheap. They'll need the bios updated before upgrading from v3s though.

 

[T_Minus]

Anyone compared idle of these vs 2697 v3 and 2699 v3 ?
what about overall performance in real-world not just pasmark worth the upgrade?

 

[GregTaylor]

Anyone compared idle of these vs 2697 v3 and 2699 v3 ?
what about overall performance in real-world not just pasmark worth the upgrade?

Here's an STH article from 2017 comparing several v3 and v4 processors in a Lenovo server. At the time Patrick seemed impressed with power consumption improvements in the 14nm v4s over the 22nm v3s. Two 14-core E5-2690 v4s idled in that setup at 79 watts and used 278 watts under 70% load. Today, the v3s sell for less than half of similar v4 processors....probably because of the differences in power consumption.

 

[child of wonder]

Careful with ordering these. I got one for my X10SRL-F with BIOS 3.4. No go. Wouldn't boot or POST even after clearing CMOS and resetting BIOS to factory defaults.

 

[Sean Ho]

Picked up a pair of 2680 v4 last month for $45 each; they were mislabelled as 2640! In a X10DRH.

 

[EasyRhino]

Careful with ordering these. I got one for my X10SRL-F with BIOS 3.4. No go. Wouldn't boot or POST even after clearing CMOS and resetting BIOS to factory defaults.

That's... weird? it seems like it should be a supported CPU. Wait it this one of those weird system integrator only cpus?

Picked up a pair of 2680 v4 last month for $45 each; they were mislabelled as 2640! In a X10DRH.

oh that's emazing. Is that listing still available? That price is still within "impulse buy" territory for me!

 

[i386]

Careful with ordering these. I got one for my X10SRL-F with BIOS 3.4. No go. Wouldn't boot or POST even after clearing CMOS and resetting BIOS to factory defaults.

From a retail shop? Or one of the great deals from ebay?

 

[GregTaylor]

Careful with ordering these. I got one for my X10SRL-F with BIOS 3.4. No go. Wouldn't boot or POST even after clearing CMOS and resetting BIOS to factory defaults.

Agreed. It's a good idea to check the benchmarking sites to see if the processor and other components work with your board/system before purchase. With a cursory search, I see the E5-2696 v4 working with X10DRG-Q, X10SRA and X10DAI boards but not the X10SRL-F. The benchmarking sites aren't foolproof but a working model system is a good indication.

 

[FlorianZ]

Wait it this one of those weird system integrator only cpus?

I believe the 2696 is a Dell OEM version of the 2699 with slightly higher single core turbo. Supposedly good compatibility with anything that supports the 2699, but yeah take it with a grain of salt and do research prior to purchase.

 

[GregTaylor]

Careful with ordering these. I got one for my X10SRL-F with BIOS 3.4. No go. Wouldn't boot or POST even after clearing CMOS and resetting BIOS to factory defaults.

That board only supports processors with up to 145W TDP. The 2696 v4 is 150W. It works with other Supermicro boards that support higher TDP CPUs.

 

[timd]

these will not run on m630 blades because of the TDP but these run beautifully on R730xd. Half the price of a 2699 v4 and slightly better.

 

[timd]

Also we run 2696 v4 on some of our supermicro machines and they run great there as well, it just has to support the 150w. Yes on SYS-2028BT-HNR+ but no on SYS-1028GQ-TR surprisingly.

 

[timd]

Prices on the 22-core 2.2GHz OEM E5-2696 v4 are falling rapidly on e-bay - you can get one for less than $200. Just last month they were over $300. It's locked but can turbo all cores at 2.8GHz and 1/2 cores at 3.7GHz.

Not accepting < $200 now, came back at $215. Tried to buy 10