Intel Xeon E5-2670 Deal and Price Tracking

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Lil' concerned moving from a 69W TDP chip to a 115W TDP chip, hope I don't regret this, I was for the LONGEST time thinking of goin Xeon-D but not real happy w/ SM mobo options but this seems to be headed in the wrong direction for the pwr conscious. (not that I am THAT pwr conscious, just trying to do my part and I use 2000 KwH's per month currently so hate to see that creep up.)
 
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Yeah I know I need the narrow ILM heatsink for the X9SRL-F mobo, just debating between the SNK-P0048PS or the SNK-P0050AP4...guess ya cant go wrong w/ the latter as it has both (eliminates the potential SNAFU) IF you can deal w/ a monster heatsink...hear they are quiet though FWIW.
 
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I've currently got a pair of the Dyan narrow heat sink fan combo.

They sound like a small airplane at take off. EK has started making narrow mounting waterworks for these. I have already purchased water blocks for the xeon phis so adding the CPUs seems reasonable. I should probably go to the wreckers and pick up a rad or oil cooler from a small car. It would be a lot cheaper than the specialty stuff.

Stick the rad outside in the snow and except for condensation all my heating and noise problems would be solved till May.
 
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whitey said:
Yeah I know I need the narrow ILM heatsink for the X9SRL-F mobo, just debating between the SNK-P0048PS or the SNK-P0050AP4...guess ya cant go wrong w/ the latter as it has both (eliminates the potential SNAFU) IF you can deal w/ a monster heatsink...hear they are quiet though FWIW.
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Noctua also makes coolers for square and narrow ILM, for both 1366 and 2011 sockets: Example: NH-U9DX i4

Product page: CPU coolers workstation & server - Products

More expensive, but you can take these with you when you upgrade sockets and maybe get a better resale out of them.
 
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I took a different path,
spent $5 per LGA2011 narrow passive heatsink ( BO with our favorite ebay seller , the one that list hight BIN price , with luck , they would accept 10 cent on the dollar ). These are same heatsink used in Intel servers.

If you want to spent the money, instead of paying for a heatsink, buy a spare $90 E5-2670 cpu.
Run the E5-2670 hot ( as long as the system is stable ), when you feel like it , replace with your spare E5-2670.
 
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Marsh said:
I took a different path,
spent $5 per LGA2011 narrow passive heatsink ( BO with our favorite ebay seller , the one that list hight BIN price , with luck , they would accept 10 cent on the dollar ). These are same heatsink used in Intel servers.

If you want to spent the money, instead of paying for a heatsink, buy a spare $90 E5-2670 cpu.
Run the E5-2670 hot ( as long as the system is stable ), when you feel like it , replace with your spare E5-2670.
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Living on the edge, I like it.

The processors are now selling at $110 and won't budge, thanks I'm sure to the publicity it received from this site.

Do you have a link to the coolers on ebay?

The problem I have is finding a cheap motherboard for these CPUs.
 
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I got SNK-P0048AP4 as a cooler.

My AIO build is in a Fractal Define XL so I could have gone with a tower cooler which should be quieter. However, I easily could see this mobo winding up in the SC216 in my lab, so I wanted something that I could also use work in a 2U chassis. FDXL has sound dampening material and will be in a closet, hopefully the noise will not be a factor.
 
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Got lucky and snagged a X9DRI for a good price.

What kind of ram is everyone using 1333 Cas 9 or 1600 cas 11?
 
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CreoleLakerFan said:
I got SNK-P0048AP4 as a cooler.

My AIO build is in a Fractal Define XL so I could have gone with a tower cooler which should be quieter. However, I easily could see this mobo winding up in the SC216 in my lab, so I wanted something that I could also use work in a 2U chassis. FDXL has sound dampening material and will be in a closet, hopefully the noise will not be a factor.
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That is the heat sink / fan we use in all our 2Us, works great and comes with both adapters.

For a 4U or tower there's absolutely no reason to spend more $$ than the SuperMicro SNK-P0050AP4. It's dead silent 99% of the time is a minimum $20 cheaper than a NOCTUA and if you're running CPU at 100% it can push some serious air and keep them operating at 100% w/out throttling.

I use the SuperMicro 4U HSF I mentioned in my own desktop/workstation and even with the side panel off I can't hear it, even gaming it never goes faster, it's very efficient at cooling.
 
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bmacklin said:
Living on the edge, I like it.

The processors are now selling at $110 and won't budge, thanks I'm sure to the publicity it received from this site.

Do you have a link to the coolers on ebay?

The problem I have is finding a cheap motherboard for these CPUs.
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I was really thinking something bad like that would happen after I saw that article...
 
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