Looking to try and get some confirmation on a couple of fans I plan to get soon. I have a dual 1366 Xeon setup and the Supermicro heatsink came with some pretty noisy fans which I hope to replace so I was thinking of Noctua NF-B9 Fan (92mm) These need to be this format to fit in the heatsink plastic...

2 CPUs and 48 GB RAM running now. Bent Socket pins on CPU 2 to blame to be expected at times on a second hand board. Running a long over night memtest ....

Problem seems to be a couple of bent pins on CPU 2.

Slight adjustment now shows 40 GB on line when 6 DIMMS installed. Will try and keep adjusting....

Ok new adapter arrived things are looking better..... Slightly. Seem to be able to get 2 CPUs working but only after taking everything out of the case. Not sure if there is some kind of shorting going on. Running now with 2 CPUs however filling P1 DIMM1 and P2 DIMM2 with either type only getting 8 G...

Which power adapter did you use? Super Flower SF-550P14PE - I assume all adapter outs from PSU are equivalent. Is it the two 4-pin molex to 8-pin EPS 12V one? Well.... I had tons of trouble getting one and ended up with a single SATA to EPS. I have an AKASA PCIe to EPS on order might be here this e...

Got two of these:

SAMSUNG 8GB PC3L-10600R DDR3-1333 REG-ECC DIMM M393B1K70CH0-YH9

Got 4 of these:

SAMSUNG 8GB PC3L-10600R DDR3-1333 REG-ECC DIMM M393B1K70DH0-YH9

Both are listed as supported for mb. Nb posted with 1 CPU and also posted with 2 for a while but doesn't any more.

Any idea what the kind of symptoms would be if the wrong type of power adapter here was used.
Currently machine posts with 2 CPUs but bios is not able to detect all of the Ram.

I have got 6 x 8 GB RDIMMS however only 24 GB presented by bios.

quest_for_silence wrote:AFAIK, as it's a single 12V rail PSU, you just need a suitable adapter, like this one: http://www.moddiy.com/products/2-x-4%25 ... apter.html

Sweet - Now to find one in Europe that can be delivered fast....thanks !

Golden King arrived today :) Just wiring it up.... however.... there is no second 8-pin CPU power connector :( The x8dal-6f mb needs the standard 24-pin and 2 8-pin connectors. There is an available pci-e however it doesn't fit - probably for good reason since its probably wired up differently and w...

Olaf van der Spek wrote:

takeawaydave wrote: CPU 2 x Xeon X5660
MB Supermicro X8DTL-6F
RAM 4 x SAMSUNG 8GB REG ECC MEMORY

Those Xeons have 3 memory channels per CPU...

Correct - the setup will be 1-1-0 , 1-1-0 not optimal since I don't have 6 modules. The complete build is being done on a sub $1500 dollar budget

Update : Got a bit of a bargain for a AMD FirePro W7000 ($300) - (I expect reasonable performance despite having it in a lower generation PCI-e slot) - it is not too power hungry at 150W tops with averages at around 100W. By Steve's calculation this pushes me in the realms of 415W is this getting t...

By Steve's calculation this pushes me in the realms of 415W is this getting too close for comfort to still be going with the Super Flower 500W ? Fanless PSUs are clearly going to get hot at higher power draws but this is less of an issue with Platinum rated units. According to jonnyGuru's review th...

Update : Got a bit of a bargain for a AMD FirePro W7000 ($300) - (I expect reasonable performance despite having it in a lower generation PCI-e slot) - it is not too power hungry at 150W tops with averages at around 100W. By Steve's calculation this pushes me in the realms of 415W is this getting to...

Thanks All for the advice - looks like I'll be trying the SUPER FLOWER Golden Silent Platinum Fanless, 500 Watts.

Hi All I have (finally) been purchasing some new parts to build a new machine going for the following: CPU 2 x Xeon X5660 MB Supermicro X8DTL-6F RAM 4 x SAMSUNG 8GB REG ECC MEMORY I have yet to finalise all parts but its looking like: GPU AMD FirePRO v4900 2 x Supermicro SNK-P0040AP4 Heatsinks Seaso...

Whats the least I can get away with ? Thanks and happy new year !! With such a setup I think you'd barely see the 300W DC mark, so even a 350-400W PSU could work flawlessly. Unless you do something intensive like mining or folding, I would expect a maybe 180W-200W DC real power consumption under no...

cpu 95W x 2 = 190W video card 75W mobo ~ 30W SSD 5W HDDs 10W x 4 = 40W 100% stressed load~340W plus whatever the IBM and Asus cards use. Yes, the 520W fanless would work - in a suitable case. Thanks CA_Steve for the reply. Any ideas of any slightly high wattage fanless power supply ? I am a bit con...

I was hoping to get some advice on a PSU to run a new machine I am building which comprises 2 x Xeon X5660 (95W mTDP) Supermicro X8DTL-6F AMD FirePRO v4900 ASUS PCE-AC68 IBM M1015 OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 4 x SATA Drives Whats the least I can get away with ? Thanks and happy new year !! EDIT: I was thinki...

Whoa nelly, the Define XL is a very big case. Sure you want/need one as big? Not to sure but I am sure the extra space won't hurt. I think acoustically they Define and Define XL are similar, no ? I have my eye on a RAID controller card so I can bring all the disks in from my old machine plus some n...

Unless you're using ECC memory I see no need for your choice of mainboard and CPU. You can save quite a bit of money by going with a desktop CPU (Ivy Bridge or Haswell) and mainboard. All of Intel's quad-cores should support VT-d. Yes - I am pretty aware of this but would like the flexibility to se...

I don't think you need a FirePro card for that. It's part of the digital output standard for DisplayPort 1.2. The limiter is always the display. Adobe has a useful FAQ on improving Lightroom performance. Thanks for the pointer. Yes Display Port (interface and cables) does support 10 bit however to ...

If you really want to go fanless.... the best shot would be NoFan CR-95C Copper , was reviewed by SPCR NoFan CR-95C Copper Fanless CPU Cooler . That looks an impressive cooler, a little pricey but unfortunately not available as far as I can see in Switzerland Arctic Accelero S1 PLUS (VGA Passive Co...

Welcome to SPCR. Thanks! So, what's driving your build with a server mother board and ECC memory? Not photoshop :) Do you have some demanding app that requires it? Vt-d perhaps? Check to make sure Asus is supporting it. The P9D WS is a workstation board with the C226 workstation chipset as opposed ...

Hello Silent PC forum this is my first post and I was hoping some feedback on a system I am planning to build. I have not included HDD since I will be reusing (OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB and WD Greens) rather than buying. The components I am thinking of buying are Fractal Design R4 XL Black Pearl Asus P9D ...