2019 Upgrades - Need Suggestions!

[FourOh]

Hey all, I've been running some CPU stuff on autopilot for a while, and I thought it might be time to revamp my fleet. I have several dormant rigs, some due to reliability and some due to the fact I haven't had an office in over a year, and I can't run all this stuff in my house. Especially in the Memphis heat! I have an office now, so I'd like to upgrade at least one box to put there.

I have an X99 rig with a Xeon E5-2670 V3 ES 12c/24t CPU and 2x GTX 960. I was thinking of upgrading it to E5-2699 V4 22c/44t and a RTX 2080 Super:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-...X/163770114205

https://www.outletpc.com/jc9214.html

Let me know what you think, I'm way behind on all the new stuff-

[Egilman]

Just an opinion here...
My E5-2670 V3 ES 12c/24t CPUs are trashing the V4's (all cores/threads versions) everywhere I run directly against them.

There's nothing wrong with the processor, it still a very capable CPU, better than most, it keeps up fairly well with the Threadrippers also...

The 2080 GPU is a good one better than a 1080Ti by about 25% head to head, but if you can afford it go for the 2080Ti, it's better even still.

Conclusion on best advice? I would keep the processor and go for the better GPU.... (unless your considering a threadripper, that's where the cutting edge is right now)

(just a note, that x99 MB throttles the E5-2670 V3 Xeons, in fact it throttles all Xeons. I would suggest if your considering upgrading, update to an X10 supermicro server MB. It really unlocks the capabilities of the 2700 series Xeons)

[FourOh]

Derp... not sure why I didn't consider swapping the mobo for a dual-socket and adding a 2nd E5-2670 V3. It will even cost less, and for more threads

Here's what I'll get:
https://www.newegg.com/supermicro-mb...82E16813182967

Is it best to fill all the memory slots? I don't know if I can justify the cost of 128Gb RAM... I think 64 will have to do. Better to do 8x8 or 4x16?

Just an opinion here...
My E5-2670 V3 ES 12c/24t CPUs are trashing the V4's (all cores/threads versions) everywhere I run directly against them.

There's nothing wrong with the processor, it still a very capable CPU, better than most, it keeps up fairly well with the Threadrippers also...

The 2080 GPU is a good one better than a 1080Ti by about 25% head to head, but if you can afford it go for the 2080Ti, it's better even still.

Conclusion on best advice? I would keep the processor and go for the better GPU.... (unless your considering a threadripper, that's where the cutting edge is right now)

(just a note, that x99 MB throttles the E5-2670 V3 Xeons, in fact it throttles all Xeons. I would suggest if your considering upgrading, update to an X10 supermicro server MB. It really unlocks the capabilities of the 2700 series Xeons)

[Egilman]

That's the ticket, I ran one when I had my 7990's. (I had to upgrade to one with onboard video after the big GPU crash)

Memory? I would go with 4 sticks rather than two.... and make sure you update to the latest bios.

If I remember right, it will accept standard H55 CPU AIO coolers also.... (it will also accept three GPUs all at x16)

Very good MB for what we do....

[zombie67]

Just a note for others watching this thread: If you are buying older CPUs, be sure to avoid ivybridge (v2) or earlier. They lack AVX2. You need at least Haswell (v3) or later, to get AVX2.

[zombie67]

Here's what I'll get:
https://www.newegg.com/supermicro-mb...82E16813182967

Is it best to fill all the memory slots? I don't know if I can justify the cost of 128Gb RAM... I think 64 will have to do. Better to do 8x8 or 4x16?

Those CPUs are quad channel. I *think* that means you want to have at least 4 DIMMs, and if you add more, you should add them in sets of 4. But if you add more than one DIMM per channel, things slow down.

But I am not sure if that rule is per CPU or per MB.

[John P. Myers]

Those CPUs are quad channel. I *think* that means you want to have at least 4 DIMMs, and if you add more, you should add them in sets of 4. But if you add more than one DIMM per channel, things slow down.

But I am not sure if that rule is per CPU or per MB.

You want 4 DIMMs per CPU max on quad channel Xeons. That way each DIMM has it's own dedicated memory controller and is faster. So 8 DIMMs total on a dual socket board.

[FourOh]

Pulled the trigger on the dual Xeon motherboard, a 2nd 12c/24t Xeon E5-2670 V3, 64Gb RAM, and an RTX 2080 Super. While I wait for the CPU I got the 2080 Super up and running... 15 Mil per day on Collatz ain't bad!!

[John P. Myers]

Pulled the trigger on the dual Xeon motherboard, a 2nd 12c/24t Xeon E5-2670 V3, 64Gb RAM, and an RTX 2080 Super. While I wait for the CPU I got the 2080 Super up and running... 15 Mil per day on Collatz ain't bad!!

Very impressive. I'm a little jealous lol

[Al]

Very impressive. I'm a little jealous lol

Me too!