I grabbed one, now on the search for medium performing 26xx v2's.I think that is a great price.
I would contact the vendor as a lot of times the individual ones started out as a pair.I grabbed one, now on the search for medium performing 26xx v2's.
Q? Would you gamble on 2x CPUs from the same vendor even though not advertised as a pair?
From what I read and experienced, as long as the CPU are same S-SPEC / stepping even if they are not matched pair they worked fine.I grabbed one, now on the search for medium performing 26xx v2's.
Q? Would you gamble on 2x CPUs from the same vendor even though not advertised as a pair?
And this too.From what I read and experienced, as long as the CPU are same S-SPEC / stepping even if they are not matched pair they worked fine.
So as long as the CPUs match the piccy in the sale... And are identical. Then good. ThxAnd this too.
Most important part is that those s-specs are matching. Otherwise you could have an issue as they're not completely 'identical' cpus.So as long as the CPUs match the piccy in the sale... And are identical. Then good. Thx
The block diagram for the X9DRD-LF shows that the second CPU has the pcie slot so you need to populate both sockets unfortunately.Seller accepted $110 for one pretty quickly, perhaps I should have aimed lower. Does anyone know if you need to populate both sockets to use the PCIE x16 slot? Should only have to use the CPU tied to that slot right?
It looks like a standard riser layout so it shouldn't need anything special. Something like the RSC-RR1U-E16 will probably work. They're under $10 on ebay so not a huge risk if they don't work out and you need find something else.Would anyone happen to know if there is a compatible pci-e riser?
They're 40mm so they won't be quiet, but they're also not the counter-rotating dual fan assemblies, so with PWM control through IPMI should be manageable depending on your sensitivity.I'm curious as to how loud these would be under load as those fans look like they'd scream.