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ewmayer · 2020-08-08, 22:56

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Originally Posted by kriesel

Fan URL?
Aluminum tape. Thermally conductive. Shiny!
PS efficiency curves seem to peak near half of rated power. Lots of power margin is good!

I posted link to exemplar of such a fan in post #26 of the Xeon Phi, thread, but here it is again. (I like how the page is in English but the URL es en Español. :) More widely, I'm sure a websearch for "12v dc centrifugal fan" will turn up lots of stuff.

Alu tape seems a good idea - link? ;)

Xyzzy · 2020-08-08, 23:17

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Originally Posted by M344587487

I take it you're using P95 throughput as the measure of speed? The 3950X is a good choice for now, but it will be pipped by the 4950X when it is released 2020Q4/2021Q1. Are you planning to upgrade when it's available?

We will use mprime, msieve and gmp-ecm for testing. Plus anything else reasonable if asked.

If the 4950X is a big boost in performance we can always sell the 3950X and upgrade, but demand for CPUs like that will be intense so maybe next year?

Xyzzy · 2020-08-08, 23:17

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Originally Posted by Uncwilly

This looks top-end https://www.ebay.com/c/10015477098

We have one already!

Xyzzy · 2020-08-08, 23:22

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Originally Posted by kruoli

From my personal experience with my new Zen 2 work machine, there might be some trouble to get a chip stable at DDR clocks at (and surely above) 3,600 MHz. Sometimes, it is running multiple DCs without any problems. But my current DC already has four round-off-errors. When I first encountered this, I overvolted RAM and SOC slightly and it helped for a while. No, the ambient temperatures seem to be too high or something. Nothing in this machine is overclocked in any way. I only applied the RAM profile which itself reported to be designed for.

What kind of memory are you using?

We'll post details of the memory we ordered in a few days when it arrives.

Xyzzy · 2020-08-08, 23:54

https://www.bequiet.com/en/case/1473
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nVZ...wer-case-bgw15

We decided to get a "Be Quiet!" case to match the power supply and HSF. Since everything about this build is "big" we went with the biggest one they offer. It was delivered today and it is a lot larger than we expected! We could fit the case from #1 into it!

It looks like they dropped the box out of an airplane, but the packing foam protected the case so it is perfect. The case is available in orange, silver or black. We chose black because it looks the most elegant.

We've never had a case this big before, so this will be an interesting adventure. Maybe we can use it for a tornado shelter?

The case offers a convertible feature where you can flip the motherboard tray upside down and install it on the other side of the case. We don't know why you would want to do that though.

We paid $269.00 + $25.56 sales tax plus free shipping for this part.

ewmayer · 2020-08-09, 01:50

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Originally Posted by Xyzzy

https://www.bequiet.com/en/case/1473
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nVZ...wer-case-bgw15

We decided to get a "Be Quiet!" case to match the power supply and HSF. Since everything about this build is "big" we went with the biggest one they offer. It was delivered today and it is a lot larger than we expected! We could fit the case from #1 into it!

And as a bonus, now we all know where you live. :) (Tho I expect you'd probably welcome company in "way too quiet out here country", especially of the unexpected-drop-in variety.)

kruoli · 2020-08-09, 12:27

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Originally Posted by Xyzzy

What kind of memory are you using?

We chose the F4-3600C16D-32GTZR kit (2 times 16 GB of 3,600 MHz DDR4, CL16-16-16-36). The RGB is purely accidental, my case has no windows so this feature is nonsense.

lavalamp · 2020-08-10, 01:31

I looked at Be Quiet cases, along with many other brands, Fractal, Coolermaster, ThermalTake etc. Sadly none of them give you many HDD slots these days.

I would have really loved a case that had proper anti-vibration mounts for 10+ drives, but that seems to be a thing of the past.

chalsall · 2020-08-10, 02:08

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Originally Posted by lavalamp

I would have really loved a case that had proper anti-vibration mounts for 10+ drives, but that seems to be a thing of the past.

How many SATA ports does your standard MB support?

Mark Rose · 2020-08-10, 02:26

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Originally Posted by lavalamp

I looked at Be Quiet cases, along with many other brands, Fractal, Coolermaster, ThermalTake etc. Sadly none of them give you many HDD slots these days.

I would have really loved a case that had proper anti-vibration mounts for 10+ drives, but that seems to be a thing of the past.

You missed the Fractal Define 7 XL then. With the purchase of extra trays it can hold 16 + 2 3.5" drives, plus five 2.5" devices.

Mark Rose · 2020-08-10, 02:37

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Originally Posted by chalsall

How many SATA ports does your standard MB support?

Low end boards typically have 4 sata ports, and it's rare to find more than 8 on a high end one.

I'd like a motherboard manufacturer to release an Epyc Embedded 3451/3351 (16/12 core) board with all 16 SATA ports from the Epyc dies enabled, with two or more of the 8 total in-die Ethernet ports populated. Would make a great NAS. Oh, and give me some of those 64 available lanes of PCIe for stuffing full of GPUs. Epyc Embedded is so underutilized. It could also make a fantastic mining motherboard.

2020-08-08, 23:54	#16
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 1111100000101₂ Posts	https://www.bequiet.com/en/case/1473 https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nVZ...wer-case-bgw15 We decided to get a "Be Quiet!" case to match the power supply and HSF. Since everything about this build is "big" we went with the biggest one they offer. It was delivered today and it is a lot larger than we expected! We could fit the case from #1 into it! It looks like they dropped the box out of an airplane, but the packing foam protected the case so it is perfect. The case is available in orange, silver or black. We chose black because it looks the most elegant. We've never had a case this big before, so this will be an interesting adventure. Maybe we can use it for a tornado shelter? The case offers a convertible feature where you can flip the motherboard tray upside down and install it on the other side of the case. We don't know why you would want to do that though. We paid $269.00 + $25.56 sales tax plus free shipping for this part. Attached Thumbnails

2020-08-10, 01:31	#19
lavalamp Oct 2007 Manchester, UK 2·3·223 Posts	I looked at Be Quiet cases, along with many other brands, Fractal, Coolermaster, ThermalTake etc. Sadly none of them give you many HDD slots these days. I would have really loved a case that had proper anti-vibration mounts for 10+ drives, but that seems to be a thing of the past.