eVGA Classified SR-2 Motherboard

[Sam DeathWalker]

The cheapest CPU for this system seems to be the 5503:

http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=32423


Intel® Xeon® Processor E5503 (4M Cache, 2.00 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel® QPI) Intel® 5520 Chipset with 82801JB I/O Controller Hub (ICH10) No No 2191.6 Watts$432

At $225 each ...

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=e55...osacat=0&bkBtn=


So for about $1000 bucks you got everything but the ram.

2G ram chips are

$170 / 6G or $620 for 24G (you have to run at 800 though not 1333). The cheap processors won't let you use over 800 speed (Well the e5502 wouldnt I not sure about the e5503 but no matter) but so what there is no need for disk access while playing so lol .... Plus by underclocking the ram you can use most any 1066 rated ram.


So $1700 bucks for the core and yur whole wow folder is in ram and you have NO LAG!!!!!!!!!


Only downside is you will probably need a new case also .... bleh.

[Sajuuk]

Only downside is you will probably need a new case also .... bleh.

If you're using that board you're not going to go cheap.

Also, cool kids run cubes/naked.


...not that the majority of people here aren't cool, I just use a cube and could fit that motherboard by switching my backplane/motherboard tray.

[Sam DeathWalker]

Fry's is selling 24G of ram in 6X4G for like 1050 or so (the 1066 ram speed also), so probably the monies you save (about $400) by using 2G chips might not be worth the extra cost of this board and the extra processor and case cost.

[ciscokid454]

http://www.evga.com/support/motherboard/
Those cpu's aren't on the list for compatibility.
The memory you've seen probably won't be compatible either.
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=37094, shows the e5503's as having dual QPI though?!

[Noids]

Has anyone actually gamed on server class CPUs before? I realise they are made from the same cores as the consumer chips, but I thought they had a different instruction set which limited their useability for tasks such as gaming?

[Sajuuk]

Has anyone actually gamed on server class CPUs before? I realise they are made from the same cores as the consumer chips, but I thought they had a different instruction set which limited their useability for tasks such as gaming?

No, no, no, no and NO!

[Khemikal]

My daily/gaming rig is a server class processor (Intel E3110 overclocked to 4.2GHz). It runs everything perfectly fine. The general changes the server chips have are lower power consumption, requiring ECC memory, and of course price/GHz. Are there other changes yes, but if you are looking at those chips, you probably know what they have that the others dont, and why you would or wouldn't need those features (talking Itanium class chips).

[MiRai]

Has anyone actually gamed on server class CPUs before? I realise they are made from the same cores as the consumer chips, but I thought they had a different instruction set which limited their useability for tasks such as gaming?

Lax runs an older [by today's standards] dual processor Xeon system with 8 physical cores and his performance is pretty damn good.