I see your point, but in my opinion the whole point going with these Sandy Bridge Xeons is performance/cost, not per watt, and I'm not sure if it's a good idea to buy them and have them sitting idle most of the time. Lower power solutions may be both more efficient and cheaper then, of course depending on your use.While I like your idea of sharing computing power, my whole setup is geared at low power consumption(due to 0.26c/kW hour power prices). My desktop (i7-5775c) idles around 20w, my server about 30-40W, plenty of power on tap, but most of the time is spent idling so a 90W+ idle would be a killer, power wise
Anything for aesthetics. Have you seen how pretty it looks?My Xeons with Prime95 and 100% load are at 64C max in 29C ambient and declared Tcase is 80C. Xeons are pretty cool. So you don't really need this case and you will have a lot of dust.
Where? How? Please share. Would like more.I just picked up 7 for $55 each.
It is great! Beautiful. But pay attention that this case support only 6.7” x 6.7” (Mini ITX), 9.6” x 9.6” (Micro ATX), 12” x 9.6” (ATX). Dual Xeons motherboards are SSI EEB or EATX 12" x 13" format.Anything for aesthetics. Have you seen how pretty it looks?
Not all of themDual Xeons motherboards are SSI EEB or EATX 12" x 13" format.
Via best offer on eBay, a seller had seven for sale and auto accepted at $55/each.Where? How? Please share. Would like more.
Thought it was from one of the larger sellers. Oh well.Via best offer on eBay, a seller had seven for sale and auto accepted at $55/each.
I was thinking of sticking a Dell T5600 mobo in there. Not sure of the size though.It is great! Beautiful. But pay attention that this case support only 6.7” x 6.7” (Mini ITX), 9.6” x 9.6” (Micro ATX), 12” x 9.6” (ATX). Dual Xeons motherboards are SSI EEB or EATX 12" x 13" format.
Just about all those vendor mobo's are proprietary and will need some modding to get it to at least screw into enough mb mounts to be steady. And you usually have to play around with the I/O shield. I know of a few projects with the T5400 motherboard that were close fits to specific casesI was thinking of sticking a Dell T5600 mobo in there. Not sure of the size though.
Yea I looked at the back plane it looks like the ports stick out. Definitely can't do it with this mobo. The case has a theme of not having I/O shields so I was considering it for a while.Just about all those vendor mobo's are proprietary and will need some modding to get it to at least screw into enough mb mounts to be steady. And you usually have to play around with the I/O shield. I know of a few projects with the T5400 motherboard that were close fits to specific cases
I don't recall where I found this info but I have a note that the T5600 mobo was 10'x15". Good luck!
Collusion/price fixing.Anyone know why there was a minor price bump in the 2670 market a few days ago? ~$120 for a pair was the usual buy-it-now price, but it has since jumped to ~$145 or more across the board. Is stock finally starting to get low, resulting it higher prices?
I was about to buy a pair to fill a new (used) system I just purchased... I threw a few offers at a few different sellers slightly higher than the prices that existed a few days ago, and everyone countered with $1 to $2 dollars off their current listing price.
Not so sure about this. There are always an abundance of eBay sellers who price their goods way beyond what a sane person would pay. So how do they survive if price fixing works?My guess is that Esiso was able to set the market on these for months since he had the bulk of cpus to offload. Other sellers had to begrudgingly follow his price or stand no chance of selling.
Now that his stock is dwindling (another guess, but why else?) Esiso cranks his price and everybody else breathes a sigh of relief and follows up.
Not quite as nefarious as collusion but the end result is the same.
No clue about those sellers. Always wondered that myself, just assumed their main line of business was outside ebay so their ebay prices are whatever they want. If a sucker bites, great, if not, no big deal.Not so sure about this. There are always an abundance of eBay sellers who price their goods way beyond what a sane person would pay. So how do they survive if price fixing works?
By having the bulk of the supply. The other sellers just sell a handfulNot so sure about this. There are always an abundance of eBay sellers who price their goods way beyond what a sane person would pay. So how do they survive if price fixing works?