Yes, you do need to have 4gb enabled in bios. was gonna refer you to my post about my build. some people say they have problem with virtualization with two video cards thoughi finally figure out how to make it boot.. i just removed the vga cable, disable the onboard video and enabled the 4gb on bios, and voila it boots and now im running fstorm perfectly.
what would you say is a good bargain price for the mobo?When I built my dual E5-2670 I spent more on the motherboard than CPU+RAM together. Granted that is still a bargain but if you can't afford something you can't afford something no matter how much of a bargain it is.
Speak for yourself. I'm very interested in a particular few V2 Ivy Bridge chips to upgrade my 2670 builds.At this point we aren't interested in Ivy Bridge. More like Haswell. Lots of those QS/ES chips out there.
Good luck getting a deal on that. Might as well buy new.At this point we aren't interested in Ivy Bridge. More like Haswell. Lots of those QS/ES chips out there. Still the big problem is motherboards costing a lot. That is always going to be a problem unless the same datacenters that use these chips also decide to sell off the motherboards at ultra low price. There just isn't enough of the older 2011-3 boards floating out there to reduce the prices. Many who built systems in 2013/2014 are not looking at an upgrade any time soon. Maybe later in 2017 when the new server class chips come out.
When I built my dual E5-2670 I spent more on the motherboard than CPU+RAM together. Granted that is still a bargain but if you can't afford something you can't afford something no matter how much of a bargain it is.
I see SR1XV E5-2658 v3 in a QS version for $215. It's v3 so you can build a modern 12-24 core machine with it. Not too bad.Did any other series or higher clock speed chips go down significantly in price or are the 2670s still the best deal in town?