45nm crunchers

DanNeely
DanNeely
Joined: 4 Sep 05
Posts: 1,364
Credit: 3,562,358,667
RAC: 0

RE: Well folks, I finally

Message 77718 in response to message 77716

Quote:

Well folks, I finally made the plunge. I've just built a fancy new 45-nm Yorkfield Extreme Edition machine, and put it into operation yesterday evening. It's impressive, even though it's still running at stock speed.

Yorkfield results

I'll try overclocking it later, after giving it a good burn-in time.

Of course, lest any of you think that I'm made of money. . .

This was an "open-box" special from Newegg. So, the savings was considerable.

$1020 vs $1060 *rolls eyes*

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=yorkfield&x=0&y=0

Slagathor
Slagathor
Joined: 28 Feb 05
Posts: 14
Credit: 21,118,749
RAC: 0

RE: $1020 vs $1060 *rolls

Message 77719 in response to message 77718

Quote:
$1020 vs $1060 *rolls eyes*

OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer, which in this context means the $1020 version does not come with a heatsink and fan.

There's no way to tell how much Mr. Tevault saved (unless he tells us or unless NewEgg lists another open-box special), but I believe him when he said it was substantial.

Nice find, Mr. T!

DanNeely
DanNeely
Joined: 4 Sep 05
Posts: 1,364
Credit: 3,562,358,667
RAC: 0

ooops, misread it. Guessing

Message 77720 in response to message 77719

ooops, misread it. Guessing based on other open box items probably 5-20% savings. I don't think I've seen any for something that expensive though before.

Donald A. Tevault
Donald A. Tevault
Joined: 17 Feb 06
Posts: 439
Credit: 73,516,529
RAC: 0

RE: ooops, misread it.

Message 77721 in response to message 77720

Quote:
ooops, misread it. Guessing based on other open box items probably 5-20% savings. I don't think I've seen any for something that expensive though before.

Actually, it was about $820.00. No heatsink or fan, but I already had a nice Zalman on hand that I couldn't use for its original intended purpose. So, I just used it.

Donald A. Tevault
Donald A. Tevault
Joined: 17 Feb 06
Posts: 439
Credit: 73,516,529
RAC: 0

RE: RE: Well folks, I

Message 77722 in response to message 77717

Quote:
Quote:

Well folks, I finally made the plunge. I've just built a fancy new 45-nm Yorkfield Extreme Edition machine, and put it into operation yesterday evening. It's impressive, even though it's still running at stock speed.

Yorkfield results

I'll try overclocking it later, after giving it a good burn-in time.

Very nice rig, looks like its able to reach a RAC of 5000+ without overclocking.

You are using a default 32bit no PAE kernel with 4GB RAM i think, i would install a bigmem kernel + the kernel modules you need with apt, that will give you ~3.96GB RAM. To bad you will not get that option when installing from an Ubuntu CD, but the debian DVD will give you bigmem kernel option if you start the install with the expert option (just type expert at the boot prompt).

Right now, I'm just running it with a live 32-bit Xubuntu CD. I'm still trying trying to decide which distro I want to load on it. But, it will definitely be either a 32-bit with PAE kernel, or a straight 64-bit distro of some sort.

I also still need to flash the BIOS, as it gives me a boot message that I need to to do so in order to take full advantage of the processor's capabilities. (So, I guess I'll need to dig my raincoat out of the closet.)

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.