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128GB RAM and 16 cores / 32 threads X9DAI

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lightninhopkins said:
I got everything to work on this board except for the network, which I ended up using a USB Apple adapter.

Check out the 128GB ram and latest Dual E5-2690 processors:
PRICE, man! PRICE! :p

No really, what did this cost?
It seems like a wonderful machine for 3DCG & Video.
 
This will be perfect for an ESXi Server. Every last ounce of that RAM and thread will be used.
 
I need some pics or it didn't happen.

Even if you use a sketch artist lol we need to see what this thing looks like.


Me and Gene need to see.

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Never thought you guys would be so excited. I'm grateful for the comments.

Surprisingly, the power draw is pretty low. I'll do an amp meter test later, but running a full stress test in linux, the heat was very minimal. The CPU's are 135W I think, but still not bad. Educated guess, I'd say 4-5 amps max with this set up.

Boot drive is just a 300GB 10K. That raid is an 8 bay SAS box connected to an Areca raid. i was going to reinstall with a 256GB Samsung 830 later on. But I haven't been outside for 2 days :)
 
I'll add some pics in the original post. There's nothing fancy though.

One reason I bought this is because I have a bunch of servers running ESXi. So I figured worse case scenario, I'll use it for the VMware batch.

Prices:

Supermicro Chassis and X9DAI board, $1200
CPU's E5-2690, $4K for the pair
Memory (VERY LOW) at $80 per 8GB. That;s why I went nuts with RAM.
Rest of the parts are just standard, nothing crazy.

I have a RED Epic camera, so I'm trying to test out 5K playback in realtime. Still installing some editing software.

So far it's been rock solid, ZERO crashes.
 
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