Shoehorning Duallies (2xE5-2696V3)

[Neil Jefferies]

Posted a few of these on 2CPU way back when. I like to bulld cheaply and compactly - https://neilstechdocs.blogspot.com/2022/03/shoehorning-duallies-slightly-bigger.html



Build’s Name: Bit of a beast!
Operating System/ Storage Platform: OpenSuse/KVM
CPU: 2x E5-2696 V3 (36-cores, 72 threads, 3.8GHz turbo)
Motherboard: Huananzhi X99 T8D
Chassis: Kolink KLA-002
Drives: M.2 NVME SSD, 4x SATA SSD
RAM: 8x32GB DDR3-1600 LRDIMM o/c 1866
Add-in Cards: GTX 1650, Dell Dual Ethernet
Power Supply: Corsair TX-650M
Other Bits: Modded Delock PCI / PCI Express card > 2x SATA 2.5 HDD/SSD

Usage Profile: Server/Desktop - Windows, Nextcloud, Minecraft, Rsync servers

 

[edge]

2CPU was fun in its day.

 

[Neil Jefferies]

A quick benchmark (logged in to KDE with a few services running so not as good as it could be).

HUANANZHI X99 T8D DDR3 - Geekbench

Benchmark results for a HUANANZHI with an Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 processor.

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