Intel Xeon E5 V3 8-10 core chips are available for quite cheap

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Used, but starting from $159 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E5-2630-V3-ES-2-2Ghz-20MB-8-Core-LGA2011-3-85W-22nm-Processor-CPU-/351703776793

10 core from $204 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E5-2650-V3-ES-2-1Ghz-25MB-1-0Core-LGA2011-3-105W-22nm-M0-Processor-/401108482345

Note that actual progress in CPUs is very slow. So this is almost same as current models.

TimTomTum

Wow. My PC ia actually still on an AMD X4 965. Always good to know great value options. Edit: can't find them that cheap in Germany. But well well maybe if its time to build a new pc, I still have the option to import.

kristoferman

Geez some of these were like $2500 chips when new a few years ago.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@kristoferman

Most fun thing is that used prices on i7 is very close to retail.

zcream

I just reviewed these vs i7 3960x 6-core.. Turns out AE is not very good at MP - and the same goes for PPro. Best to get higher clock per core..However Maya and Nuke are better in this regard. So for a dedicated AE render buy a combo with mobo + 3960x and add 32GB DDR3. And OC it. For Maya and Nuke these 10 and 12-cores are better. Even better are opteron server farms. You can get 48 cores for about 500USD..

Vitaliy_Kiselev

You mean that this $89 oldder one Xeon is better?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E5-2670-C2-2-60GHz-20M-SR0KX-LGA2011-X79-i7-8C16T-4960X-3960X-CPU-/222065540333?hash=item33b4233ced:g:LXMAAOSwJQdW9FpX

zcream

It was made on the same die as the 3960x but underclocked and locked to that frequency. Intel's decision - I assume to allow for usage inside a smaller case, and allow for cooler 24x7 operation.

The best option is a nice LGA2011 mobo with i7 3960x OCed to 4.4 GHz with 32GB DDR3. Reports indicate that OCing DRAM does not offer much of a speedup. Some of these mobos have a NVMe slot - the Samsung 256GB sm951 is great value. A great value air cooler is the Noctua NH-D14.

And use a RAM heatsink, or other small ones for the sm951 to prevent throttling. Now you have a system that is maxed out in every manner - no bottlenecks anywhere.

zcream

As for prices you can get a combo mobo and i7 LGA2011 3960x for 300$ - buy new DRAM, as its the first part that conks out :-) But Im sure you are aware of this..

kristoferman

@zcream

Where can you get the 64 core opterons?

zcream

Search for opteron server on.ebay. And send them a best offer. Upgrade ddr to 2gb per core

eatstoomuchjam

Referring to the original post in the thread, there's also a 10-core with slight speed bump (2.2ghz vs 2.1ghz) for only $199 (about $5 less than the 2.1 ghz): http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E5-2650-v3-ES-LGA2011-3-10C-Compatible-with-X99-i7-5820K-5930K-5960X/151990443313

Readbook

motherboard+cpu from this deal looks not so interesting. I think some i7 combo may be better for $

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@Readbook

Can you point to better offers?

Readbook

I7-3960X + ASUS P9X79 PRO 219+269 vs 200+500(minimum price of compatible mb) http://www.ebay.com/itm/INTEL-CORE-I7-3960X-SR0KF-3-3GHz-15Mb-5GT-s-LGA2011-CPU-Processor-/201556963716?hash=item2eedbb3184:g:FtwAAOSw8aNXGIVR http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-P9X79-PRO-Socket-LGA-2011-Socket-R-Motherboard-/262399692879?hash=item3d183d904f:g:1N8AAOSw8aNXGYaO http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-Z10PA-D8-Motherboard-ATX-LGA2011-Socket-v3-2-CPUs-90SB03X1-M0UAY0-/401105935594?hash=item5d63c6dcea:g:sXQAAOSwhDdXD9pm

Vitaliy_Kiselev

500(minimum price of compatible mb)

As I understand it is not true. last time I checked you could find cheaper MB for this Xeons.

Readbook

example for E5-2650 v3 ?

Vitaliy_Kiselev

MSI X99A mobo or any from http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Xeon/E5-2650_v3_motherboards.html

Vitaliy_Kiselev

New i7 stuff

Intel Core i7-6950X – BX80671I76950X ($2349.99 US)
Intel Core i7-6900K – BX80671I76900K ($1495.99 US)
Intel Core i7-6850K – BX80671I76850K ($889.99 US)
Intel Core i7-6800K – BX80671I76800K ($629.99 US)

cls105

Just started doing a 4 port sata raid 5 (w/ bios) array with my asus mobo.

These motherboards you are posting have 10 sata ports, that's a lot.

How well would a raid 5 config work with these 10 port sata workstation motherboards? thank you

spacewig

If anyone is interested in 64Gb of DDR4 memory (2 sticks, 32Gb each) please message me, I have some for sale.

sammy

Just pulled trigger on dual xeon 2670 with 64gb ram , let you know how it goes..most expensive part was the dual xeon motherboard about $315 , the chips were 150$ for both . 64gb ddr3 ram was 90$ , also got the new gtx 1060 6gb mini ..let you know how things go

leonbeas

Very interested to know how the system worked for you

sammy

ill keep you posted, getting the parts in the mail soon

sammy

little update, It might be the best system I have had yet, had issue with Asrock motherboard not seeing all 64gb of ram, went to the headquarters down the street from me and replaced the board and now sees all the ram.. But ill say this, the 2 programs I use the most Vegas pro (did not help out things during editing and playback, but rather render time is much faster than my older i7 920 system) .. Resolve (much improved playback and rendering and editing) .. still need to try out cubase 8 , which is my main DAW

leonbeas

@sammy

Any news on how the system is working?

cls105

I'm wondering now that skylake-x HEDT cpus are getting released soon, http://wccftech.com/intel-x299-hedt-skylake-x-kaby-lake-x-launch-26-june-nda/

Should we expect significant price drops on cpus like the 6900k and 6950x?

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