Intel Xeon E5-2670 Deal and Price Tracking

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Sable

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The code is only for selected items, you can contact them via mail and they will usually be nice and give 5% off anyways.
 

Roy68

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@Roy68 so far for gpu rendering in single gtx 1070 is on par with my dual xeon specially if you use fstorm render, the displacement is almost realtime, thats why i wanted to add 2 or 3 more 1070 if the motherboard will support it even if it run's only pcie 2.0

here is a 30 second render on my gtx 1070 on 2k reso

Thanks for the reply, that tells me what I need to know, i.e. a lone GTX 1070 won't give me much of a performance hike over the dual xeons in rendering, plus with the CPUs I can use all my 64GB RAM. I'm not a pro so my funds are limited, just can't stretch to a multi GPU setup. These E5-2670 xeons + Natex S2600CP have been a stellar used deal for me, love my machine! So I'll probably wait it out until the next crazy deal comes along before I pull the trigger again.
That's an awesome noise free render in 30 sec, great texture on the doughnuts! Interested to hear how you get along with the multi GPU beast!
 

heathen

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Does anyone know if Engineering Sample CPUs are supported on server boards like the Intel C602 ones? I have come across a great deal for 12C E5-V2 ES CPU and it's worth pulling the trigger if these server boards actually support them.
Intel server hardware usually doesn't support (I would even say 'never supports') ES/QS CPUs. So you'll need to take Asus/Supermicro/Other manufacturer's option.
 

epicurean

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There is a slight beamish on the pins of my e5 2670 from NATEX. Is the cpu usable? Any issues? It's not on the other cpu I have

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heathen

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There is a slight beamish on the pins of my e5 2670 from NATEX. Is the cpu usable? Any issues? It's not on the other cpu I have
Do you mean these bright dots on the pads? They are from the socket pins, probably it was set too tight. Nothing special, should work well.
 

Dhiru

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No , I mean the faint line on one of the gold squares , nearer the lower left side
You mean the discoloration of the pads at the bottom? It's quite normal. I bought a matching pair E5-2670 and both the processors had discolored pads. Few were brighter while few were darker. It's completely normal and the processor should work fine. You could try cleaning the underside with alcohol to see if it helps. I would totally disregard it and just install the processor.
 

wildpig1234

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yeap, looks like the firesale of xeon cpus are over. it was good while it lasted. I wish i got on it earlier too. back in june, the e5-2686 v3 QS was around $400. now you can't even find one for less than $550. ;(. I did got the 2 e5-2670 cpu from natex without the MB for another build though

Natex still have the CPU/MB/128GB or 64GB ram combo at good price. you should consider getting the combo and selling off the MB and ram if you don't need them.
 

nk215

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yeap, looks like the firesale of xeon cpus are over. it was good while it lasted. I wish i got on it earlier too. back in june, the e5-2686 v3 QS was around $400. now you can't even find one for less than $550. ;(. I did got the 2 e5-2670 cpu from natex without the MB for another build though

Natex still have the CPU/MB/128GB or 64GB ram combo at good price. you should consider getting the combo and selling off the MB and ram if you don't need them.
I only need one CPU for testing :). I already have my setup with a supermicron X9DR3-LN4F (great if you can over look the size -- I am talking about the motherboard, not the lady).
 

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If the fire sale is over I sure hope the price of MB's comes back down to a sane level. I've been sitting on a pair of E5 2670s for months waiting patiently for a reasonably priced MB.
 

epicurean

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@Fritz got eagle eyes. :)
Thanks guys. I was just about to put the heat sink fan on the CPUs, and didn't want to disassemble everything again..
 

cray

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anybody here tried adding to 2 gpu to s2600cp im having a hard time making it boot with 2 gpu, i can only boot it with 1 gtx 1070 on the bottom slot, when i tried adding 2nd 1070 on the upper blue slot it wont boot..