[Fernando Tella]

Hordes of cores are coming:

http://www.nordichardware.com/news/71-g ... ferry.html

[Richard]

WOW

But I'm confused! Is that then a graphics card (GPU) or a CPU helper thingy?

[sandykoufax]

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/19437

sandy bridge lineup maybe (not confirmed)

[Fernando Tella]

It's only a prototype yet. Those are multiple cores to be plugged into a PCI-express slot for big loads of computational data (rendering for example); no GPU there; probably you could plug some of these in parallel. Let your imagination fly!

[dmeyer]

We are putting together an SR-2 build.

Pics/tests to come...

[numerobis]

[Richard]

What's an SR-2 build mate?

BTW i7 990x is out!

[polynurb]

What's an SR-2 build mate?

a lot of hardware arranged around this central component:

[numerobis]

What's an SR-2 build mate?

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/mother ... 2-review/1

[Bubbaloo]

We are putting together an SR-2 build.

Pics/tests to come...

Which CPUs did you select?

[dmeyer]

We are putting together an SR-2 build.

Pics/tests to come...

Which CPUs did you select?

Currently trying to decide between recycling some x5680s or going for the x5690s.

Also deciding on case...Corsair 800D vs the 2120 Lian-Li.

[adzling]

benchwell.com down?
check the site....it's gone..

[numerobis]

it's gone for almost a year or longer...

i hope there will be an overclockable board for socket 2011! and affordable K-Xeons. but i'm in doubt about it...

[polynurb]

We are putting together an SR-2 build.

Pics/tests to come...

Which CPUs did you select?

Currently trying to decide between recycling some x5680s or going for the x5690s.

Also deciding on case...Corsair 800D vs the 2120 Lian-Li.

hey dmeyer!

similar thing going on here right now..



still tons of stuff missing, so it will be at least another 2 weeks or so before it's up and running.

just wondering after looking around for HW..
why are u choosing such high grade procesors, asfaik (from reading forums) you will get very similar results with a x5650.

also doesn't the Obsidian 800 need to be modified to hold the board? it is not on evga's list of cases supported:
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=238992

it is a shame these cases are all ugly and still expensive.. at least lian-li is minimalistic in appearance .. but it would hardly fit under my desk
i am really not sure about the case yet...

daniel

[dmeyer]

hey dmeyer!

similar thing going on here right now..

still tons of stuff missing, so it will be at least another 2 weeks or so before it's up and running.

just wondering after looking around for HW..
why are u choosing such high grade procesors, asfaik (from reading forums) you will get very similar results with a x5650.

also doesn't the Obsidian 800 need to be modified to hold the board? it is not on evga's list of cases supported:
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=238992

it is a shame these cases are all ugly and still expensive.. at least lian-li is minimalistic in appearance .. but it would hardly fit under my desk
i am really not sure about the case yet...

daniel

The chips with the higher multipliers will give you a bit more headroom when overclocking. I've already got the x5680 is my other machine so I may move those over. x5650 is probably the best bang for buck choice though if starting from scratch.

The 800D does need light modification to fit from what I am reading.

No kidding on the cases. There are only maybe 3 out there that can fit it that don't make me want to throw up.