Spec me a workhorse

cheesebury · 9 Jun 2010 at 09:52

Hello.

I'm building a box around the new Westmere CPUs and want the following,

2x 3.33s (6 core jobbies)
12 or 24GB (probably 3/6x4)

Disk I/O isn't important for what this will be used for so I'm happy to run with standard SATA 'desktop' disks. Graphics not important either, it'll be headless.

Rackmount case ideal but not imperative, standard ATX tower is fine too.

I've noticed OcUK don't sell any of this stuff so name me some components to buy...

For info, I've had a quote on such a server and it's five figures. Beat that.

Thanks!

cheesebury · 10 Jun 2010 at 16:14

Anyone?

kerrgreg · 10 Jun 2010 at 16:30

Whats it going to be used for? and will it be overclocked im guessing not unless you have managed to secure a SR-2...

cheesebury · 10 Jun 2010 at 16:44

Automated/high frequency trading. So, no, not overclocked.

cheesebury · 16 Jun 2010 at 12:44

One last try before I go and buy some random bits and hope they work OK.

MasterPlan1 · 16 Jun 2010 at 14:49

Something like, a Intel S5520SC, coupled with your chips, and a 5u case, that'd set you back 3.4K (from a competitor), then, 1.4k on 24GB of ECC RAM from Crucial, topped off with a 1kW PSU, then slap in there whatever you want in the way of disks. Should come to just slightly under the five figure number you had quoted.

I'd trust an Intel board over a Tyan or any other make, Crucial are tried and tested.

Oh, and hi, not sure if you remember me, but yeah... #cstrike.uk, redlan, **** etc.

cheesebury · 16 Jun 2010 at 17:33

Yes, I do. Hello

5U?! The 3.33 box I have at the moment is in a nice, compact, 2U case

Does it really need a 1kW PSU too considering it's just going to be 2x CPUs and a pair of HDDs?

MasterPlan1 · 16 Jun 2010 at 18:02

Every server I work on that's running that substantial amount of hardware usually comes with a beefy psu, and there was a 2u case on the same site, but again anything I've worked with that's high powered comes in a big case

You still down in Kent ? I think I saw you up bluewater one time with your missus ages ago, but again that was ages ago and I was too scared of rejection to say hi in case you didn't remember me :'(