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February 23, 2012, 03:56:35 AM
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This thing deserves a name when you're done with it.



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February 23, 2012, 04:39:22 AM
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Jumping back to your VT-d problem:

From what I read a few months ago putting my ESXi box together, VT-d is more chipset related than it is CPU. There are some socket 775 cpu's with vt-d enabled (see: http://ark.intel.com/products/33910/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E8400-(6M-Cache-3_00-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB)) Granted, you need a CPU that can do it, but between Manufacturer's not enabling it in BIOS and certain chipsets not supporting it, it was a pain all across the board.

If you find a board with vt-d enabled, finding a cpu that supports vt-x will be cake for the socket.

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February 23, 2012, 04:41:58 AM
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Jumping back to your VT-d problem:

From what I read a few months ago putting my ESXi box together, VT-d is more chipset related than it is CPU. There are some socket 775 cpu's with vt-d enabled (see: http://ark.intel.com/products/33910/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E8400-(6M-Cache-3_00-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB)) Granted, you need a CPU that can do it, but between Manufacturer's not enabling it in BIOS and certain chipsets not supporting it, it was a pain all across the board.

If you find a board with vt-d enabled, finding a cpu that supports vt-x will be cake for the socket.
Yes, the VT support is dependent on both the chipset and the CPU. I found this out the hard way on a different rig I built. I built it using a board with a Z68 chipset and an i7-2600k. It's the high-end overclocking edition, it should work right? Hell no. Damn Intel. I need P67 and a i7-2600 non-K in order to get the VT-d and other useful features. WTF.

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February 23, 2012, 04:43:03 AM
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This thing deserves a name when you're done with it.



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How about HashMaster? Top Hash?

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February 23, 2012, 04:57:00 AM
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Jumping back to your VT-d problem:

From what I read a few months ago putting my ESXi box together, VT-d is more chipset related than it is CPU. There are some socket 775 cpu's with vt-d enabled (see: http://ark.intel.com/products/33910/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E8400-(6M-Cache-3_00-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB)) Granted, you need a CPU that can do it, but between Manufacturer's not enabling it in BIOS and certain chipsets not supporting it, it was a pain all across the board.

If you find a board with vt-d enabled, finding a cpu that supports vt-x will be cake for the socket.
Yes, the VT support is dependent on both the chipset and the CPU. I found this out the hard way on a different rig I built. I built it using a board with a Z68 chipset and an i7-2600k. It's the high-end overclocking edition, it should work right? Hell no. Fucking Intel. I need P67 and a i7-2600 non-K in order to get the VT-d and other useful features. WTF.

Yea, I suspect it's to keep the gap between the workstation and enthusiast. But really, having a 5ghz 2600k for doing your VM work? Sounds like disaster for not having ECC.

I was throwing out the 775 reference in an attempt that maybe you can find a much cheaper option than the e3 board.

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February 23, 2012, 05:07:15 AM
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Jumping back to your VT-d problem:

From what I read a few months ago putting my ESXi box together, VT-d is more chipset related than it is CPU. There are some socket 775 cpu's with vt-d enabled (see: http://ark.intel.com/products/33910/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E8400-(6M-Cache-3_00-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB)) Granted, you need a CPU that can do it, but between Manufacturer's not enabling it in BIOS and certain chipsets not supporting it, it was a pain all across the board.

If you find a board with vt-d enabled, finding a cpu that supports vt-x will be cake for the socket.
Yes, the VT support is dependent on both the chipset and the CPU. I found this out the hard way on a different rig I built. I built it using a board with a Z68 chipset and an i7-2600k. It's the high-end overclocking edition, it should work right? Hell no. Fucking Intel. I need P67 and a i7-2600 non-K in order to get the VT-d and other useful features. WTF.

Yea, I suspect it's to keep the gap between the workstation and enthusiast. But really, having a 5ghz 2600k for doing your VM work? Sounds like disaster for not having ECC.

I was throwing out the 775 reference in an attempt that maybe you can find a much cheaper option than the e3 board.

Honestly, if you are running a low-end server, just get a Xeon E3-1230. SB, Quad, HT, VT-d for $240. Pretty much unbeatable. No reason to run a server on a 2600, k or not.

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February 23, 2012, 05:47:12 AM
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Jumping back to your VT-d problem:

From what I read a few months ago putting my ESXi box together, VT-d is more chipset related than it is CPU. There are some socket 775 cpu's with vt-d enabled (see: http://ark.intel.com/products/33910/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E8400-(6M-Cache-3_00-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB)) Granted, you need a CPU that can do it, but between Manufacturer's not enabling it in BIOS and certain chipsets not supporting it, it was a pain all across the board.

If you find a board with vt-d enabled, finding a cpu that supports vt-x will be cake for the socket.
Yes, the VT support is dependent on both the chipset and the CPU. I found this out the hard way on a different rig I built. I built it using a board with a Z68 chipset and an i7-2600k. It's the high-end overclocking edition, it should work right? Hell no. Fucking Intel. I need P67 and a i7-2600 non-K in order to get the VT-d and other useful features. WTF.

Yea, I suspect it's to keep the gap between the workstation and enthusiast. But really, having a 5ghz 2600k for doing your VM work? Sounds like disaster for not having ECC.

I was throwing out the 775 reference in an attempt that maybe you can find a much cheaper option than the e3 board.

Honestly, if you are running a low-end server, just get a Xeon E3-1230. SB, Quad, HT, VT-d for $240. Pretty much unbeatable. No reason to run a server on a 2600, k or not.

The problem for him was the cost of the board vs what he has now. It's like 1300 to change to the SB.

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February 23, 2012, 06:07:24 AM
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Yea, I suspect it's to keep the gap between the workstation and enthusiast. But really, having a 5ghz 2600k for doing your VM work? Sounds like disaster for not having ECC.

I was throwing out the 775 reference in an attempt that maybe you can find a much cheaper option than the e3 board.

Honestly, if you are running a low-end server, just get a Xeon E3-1230. SB, Quad, HT, VT-d for $240. Pretty much unbeatable. No reason to run a server on a 2600, k or not.

The problem for him was the cost of the board vs what he has now. It's like 1300 to change to the SB.

I was just speaking in reference to the mention of running a server on a 2600k. Not the best idea in my humble opinion.

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February 23, 2012, 12:33:19 PM
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8 GPU limit question:
I talked to someone who had built a hash cracker that allotted one CPU core per GPU. It was an Nvidia project.
Would it be possible to allot 1 CPU core, of a dual or quad core, per 8 GPU's in this ATI hash cracking for BTC?

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February 23, 2012, 12:46:31 PM
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8 GPU limit question:
I talked to someone who had built a hash cracker that allotted one CPU core per GPU. It was an Nvidia project.
Would it be possible to allot 1 CPU core, of a dual or quad core, per 8 GPU's in this ATI hash cracking for BTC?

CPU cores have nothing to do with the limit.  You could have a board with 24 cores (4 sockets 6 cores each) and still have the 8 GPU  limit.
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February 23, 2012, 04:07:54 PM
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What if each core is running one instance of the driver, 2 cores 2 drivers?
I guess that might require some type of virtualization?

Another thought, QubesOS (Fedora based) runs server type Xen on a single desktop but with each instance running an app instead of an OS.
Might QubesOS be able to run 2 drivers?

Still thinking...

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February 23, 2012, 05:00:25 PM
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regarding PCIe xtenders:

I simply plugged to of the regular ones together - works like a charm. Brand? Hong Kong ;-)

Give it a try!

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February 23, 2012, 06:51:25 PM
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Yea, I suspect it's to keep the gap between the workstation and enthusiast. But really, having a 5ghz 2600k for doing your VM work? Sounds like disaster for not having ECC.

I was throwing out the 775 reference in an attempt that maybe you can find a much cheaper option than the e3 board.

Honestly, if you are running a low-end server, just get a Xeon E3-1230. SB, Quad, HT, VT-d for $240. Pretty much unbeatable. No reason to run a server on a 2600, k or not.

The problem for him was the cost of the board vs what he has now. It's like 1300 to change to the SB.

I was just speaking in reference to the mention of running a server on a 2600k. Not the best idea in my humble opinion.
It was going to be my personal desktop, and the idea was that I would be able to mine on the card(s), and not worry if the mining process (or the mining operating system for that matter) crashed. In addition, it would enable me to restart my desktop remotely without worrying whether it would never come back up for whatever reason. If windows BSODed, I would have been able to reboot it remotely via dom0, and when working locally I would have all the benefits of a GPU-accelerated deskop experience.

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February 23, 2012, 09:04:49 PM
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I found the connectors that fit my server PSUs. They are Molex EXTreme PowerMass connectors, and I ordered a few today.

I also started wiring up the headers, using 14 AWG stranded wire. I know, it is way overkill, but so what. It keeps its shape very well, and is nice to work with (not too small). The black wires currently connected are for the ground, and I will be adding red for +12VDC. I'll need to find a few more colors for +5VDC and +3.3VDC.


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February 23, 2012, 10:35:56 PM
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I also started wiring up the headers, using 14 AWG stranded wire. I know, it is way the fuck overkill, but so what. It keeps its shape very well, and is nice to work with (not too small). The black wires currently connected are for the ground, and I will be adding red for +12VDC. I'll need to find a few more colors for +5VDC and +3.3VDC.

If you intend to use 4 colors when wire them to spec.
Black - Ground
Yellow - 12V
Orange -3.3V
Red - 5V

Wiring looks awesome.  Should be nice clean power.
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February 23, 2012, 10:39:41 PM
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If you intend to use 4 colors when wire them to spec.
Black - Ground
Yellow - 12V
Orange -3.3V
Red - 5V
Good idea, I wasn't thinking. I'll need to see if the place has yellow (and orange? How much 3.3v do I actually need?) in the same type of wire available.

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February 24, 2012, 01:28:08 AM
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Should name it...El Hashacabra! Cool

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February 24, 2012, 01:37:10 AM
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Good idea, I wasn't thinking. I'll need to see if the place has yellow (and orange? How much 3.3v do I actually need?) in the same type of wire available.

You could probably get by with smaller gauge wire on the 5 & 3.3 v lines too Smiley
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February 24, 2012, 02:15:35 AM
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Are you using extra long PCIe extenders? (I know the ones I have from Cablesaurus wouldn't be long enough)

Other than that, looks promising!
Yes, I'll probably have to custom order some, unless I can find a place that makes good quality extra long ones.

Haploid23 makes custom pcie extension cables fairly cheap.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=38725

I just got a few long ones (26 cm) off of him, they work and are good quality.
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February 24, 2012, 02:30:33 AM
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Good idea, I wasn't thinking. I'll need to see if the place has yellow (and orange? How much 3.3v do I actually need?) in the same type of wire available.

You could probably get by with smaller gauge wire on the 5 & 3.3 v lines too Smiley


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