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[Honey Badger]

If ya need cheapo setup go P67/2500k silly.

[WestSideBridge]

Honey Badger, on 18 March 2012 - 04:59 AM, said:

If ya need cheapo setup go P67/2500k silly.

I need a cheap system that can actually feed my GPUs for GPGPU. A 2500k isn't capable.

[Honey Badger]

WestSideBridge, on 18 March 2012 - 09:10 AM, said:

I need a cheap system that can actually feed my GPUs for GPGPU. A 2500k isn't capable.

Says who?

[jaafaman]

The latency of the PCI-e bus has been the single most-vocalized limitation to GPGPC HPC - like feeding a CRAY with a VelociRaptor. Intel became more serious about moving the bus to version 3 after deciding to turn their MIC from graphics to an MIC HPC unit.

Standard SB doesn't offer the option...

[Luke]

Honey Badger, on 18 March 2012 - 09:27 AM, said:

Says who?

For the work I do.... Says me. I'm limited by how many instructions I can send to my cards. This is why I went with the FX8120.

[WestSideBridge]

Honey Badger, on 18 March 2012 - 09:27 AM, said:

Says who?

Pretty much anyone in GPGPU would agree with my assessment.

[jaafaman]

Gor!

Just received NewEgg's "Damage Assessment" on the MOBO RMA.

Customer damage to the socket pins.

So I guess I'm eating a brand-new MOBO. Anyone have some A-1 Sauce laying about?...

[xXDeltaXx]

Damn... really?? did you get some photos before you sent it away? Maybe go direct to the manufacturer with it...

[jaafaman]

Right now I just wanna get a rig up n' running. I need to do much more than just keep up on the Net, and even some of my work is suffering after such a lengthy hiatus.

One project that's currently at a standstill is the rebuild of a hydraulic flight simulator. The original control electronics were totally wrecked although I got the mechanics to a fully functional state. I'm going to tie it to a PC MOBO with the aim of using off-the-shelf software along the lines of FS-X as a customer is interested in practicing his IFR. That'll also give me the option (which I'd rather go for) of installing three screens for VFR-type visuals (can you say Surround?) should his interest prove merely casual. I had just starting laying out the motor control interface PCB when the Lynnfield crapped.

Dunno about y'all, but I hate designing and routing PCBs by hand...

[WestSideBridge]

Grab an ASRock Ex11 in April. It's going to be godlike!

[RaptoR]

WestSideBridge, on 21 March 2012 - 10:26 PM, said:

Grab an ASRock Ex11 in April. It's going to be godlike!

Saw that coming

What board are you looking at now? Another of those intels or something else...?

[WestSideBridge]

RaptoR, on 21 March 2012 - 10:48 PM, said:

Saw that coming

DUH!

[jaafaman]

RaptoR, on 21 March 2012 - 10:48 PM, said:

...What board are you looking at now? Another of those intels or something else...?

Another DX79SI will do the trick for now with a quad. It's more of a test build anyway, so I can evaluate and find the right combinations of I/O for a more mainstream WS. After that, it'll be mainly a gaming rig, which'll not need more than eight threads for a while at least.

That EX11 is definitely a killer board, and the color scheme's not bad. Not sure if I need quite that much I/O just yet. but I certainly wouldn't be limited to 2-disk RAIDs with an EX11 as an option...