lga2011 Motherboard input needed

From the GenMay section, Skillz offered his E5-2660 to me if I can find a board (THANK YOU!). I've not done a lot of looking yet, mostly fleabay, but it looks like their may be some things to watch out for like the v1 boards vs v2's..etc.

What I'm looking for are some recommendations for a board to compliment this cpu. Dual socket boards aren't ruled out but do still look pricey (plus cost of 2nd cpu). I may be able to swing a xmas gift for myself but the cheaper the better, realistically, 50ish would be a number I can throw out there. I already have some DDR3 from my current setup I can use, it has a failed dimm slot anyways. It's also the server running these challenges too :/.

On paper the E5-2660 doesn't look much better than my current L5638's. Higher clocks and caching look about it. Is there other things I'm not thinking of that make it much better?

Thanks,
Outlaw

It's a V3 CPU so a V1/V2 board will not work. Which means DDR3 will not work. You'll need a 2011-3 board. 2P V3/V4 boards are not cheap. That also means you'll need DDR4 RAM which also isn't cheap.

It's faster because it has higher IPC as well and better instruction sets than your L5638. It will blow it out the water.

OOOOOOHHHhhhhhh... I defintely missed that when I clicked the ARK link to the v1 completely missing the second link which specifically shows QDD2 which is a very different beast (10/20 @ 2.6Ghz) than even the v1.. That CPU is similar to some of our stuff at work. I wouldn't mind a few of those here at home lol. And no doubts on blowing it out of the water.

That just changed it from mildly feasible to light at end of tunnel being a train :/

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Cheapest ebay board for 2011-3 is a proprietary board (not huge deal) under 100 bucks
https://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-PRECI...1ae557f:g:mPUAAOSwyYFaRTmL:rk:1:pf:0&LH_BIN=1

It's. QDD2. Pretty sure it's an 8/16, but upon further looking it might be the 10/20. I've never used it so I'm not 100% for sure.

I just know it says QDD2 on the CPU and fits in 2011-3 motherboards.

Literally all the boards I've tried it in wouldn't boot, but the motherboards wouldn't boot a 20/40 V4 CPU either. Those two CPUs are crunching away on another team members dually right now.

I also have a 14/28 V3 that I can't seem to find a board to boot it either.

yep. that was a typo, sorry.

There isn't much on the ES names. Intel's page shows it could be anything from a 6core to 16core under 'E5' and 'v3' @ 2Ghz
https://ark.intel.com/compare/83350,81704,81055,85758,84315,85765,84313

Dang, so much power going on. You don't know why they came out of? Assuming they were ever in a system before you acquired them. Are these may be part of proprietary builds?

I think I got this CPU from ChelseaOilman not sure if he used them.

He gave me like 8 of them. I've given them all away except this one to team members who are using them. Well I mean 8 CPUs. Some V3 and V4 ES chips. This was the only QDD2.

https://hardforum.com/threads/free-stuff-for-h-dc-members-only.1958753/

You can read where they all went.

Just reread.. and holy cow, 50+ 12core amd's to go.. lol. Would make a nice little vcenter lab/dc machine. Which actually brings up a question. What is the thought on these free chips being used for other things beside DC? Currently, my 2x L5638's are in a vcenter cluster where I also run a few small VMs and am looking to add more. Is it more of a "make them work when we have the sprints" kinda thing? I don't think it's an unreasonable ask, just putting my use case out there.

Oh, and I do have another 2P E5520? board sitting in a case that I used to run ESXI with FreeNAS before I went with the DL380's and Xpenology. Problem with some of these is going to be power draw. The L538's are at least low power versions (40w each). The 5520's are rated for 80w each.. ehhh lol.

To your earlier comment, even if I am able to get a cheap board that works. Finding ram at a reasonable price is going to be tough. Something to get DC on it, a few GBs is probably fine but adding to a usable state (~64gb.. hell even 32GB isn't happening), is going to be out of reach for me.

Yeah man, use them for whatever. Just help us when we need it.

I don't have those G34 chips. Another member does. He was gonna send them to me to give away, but ended up moving and I'm not sure what happened. Life I guess.

I do have a bunch of G34 chips though. Ranging from 8 to 16 cores. I sent a 12 and 16 core to DeChache earlier today.

No worries. I seen someone else posted them, was just crazy how many. And the G34's would be nice for the DDR3 but suck down the juice. In your opinion, are they still good performers for the power draw? Instead of needing DDR4 RAM, I'd have to look for PSUs and potentially case/s, likely still cheaper.

ebay board (2p) was 130 x2
psu with 2x cpu 8pin 50-100 x2
case (generic rosewill) 75

other misc stuff... Dang, it adds up quick!

Two of my rigs are 4P G34 setups. 48 and 64 core. The 64 core averages about 250k WCG points per day. Consumes around 700W.

That doesn't sound bad if you have it going full boar. I think my 2x 12core (24thread) are pulling around 500W together. Would have to look for my notes when I had it on a kill-a-watt. I'm also running an hp san too which I know doesn't help (probably another 150-175w additional).

Is ECC still required in server boards? Seen a few DDR4 sets in FST section. It's still not going to happen but might make it easier in the future.

Most of the time no. Some boards do, but not all of them. Actually, most of them probably don't. None of the boards I've fooled with have required ECC.

Pretty sure with the server boards ECC memory is required only if you go over a certain amount total. You probably won't get near that amount so it shouldn't be an issue.

would it be cheaper to build a Ryzen? Sell/ebay the chips and get $$$ to build a Ryzen or a TR.
My Ryzen 1700 is doing 180k WCG points per day and pulling 138W .. can be lower if I have time to undervolt.
You can easily build a 1700 or 1700X cruncher for around $500 nowaday

It is my understanding that the e5-2xxx chips are Not multiplier unlocked.

What you wat for 8 cores is a E5-1680, it's 8 cores with an unlocked multiplier.

If I could find one cheap, that's what I would do for my socket 2011 board.

I'm still doing DDR3 memory, 50GBs is 50GBs, regardless of technology, and I'm running 7-7-7 speeds...