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Title: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: Snowwolflair on September 01, 2018, 10:24:44 PM
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Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: njee20 on September 02, 2018, 07:57:41 AM
Is that entirely surprising...?! You could probably mine Bitcoin with that without much stress.
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: Paul-H on September 02, 2018, 08:17:14 AM
Is there any software that is capable of using that many cores?
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: Snowwolflair on September 02, 2018, 10:43:52 AM
Its a many hands make lite work solution.  Win 10 will handle this many cores and it shares them around whatever i'm running.  Typically i will have up the BBC news live, a CAD program or two and a handful of websites, some with video, and it just avoids any delays while it waits for resources. 

Its using 2nd generation Xeons (current generation is 4) and DIMM3 memory which is cheap relative to the DIMM4 built into a second hand city trader type workstation case, so very economic for the power.
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: njee20 on September 02, 2018, 07:30:32 PM
So you're using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut? Crack on.
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: Snowwolflair on September 02, 2018, 07:37:52 PM
Quote from: njee20 on September 02, 2018, 07:30:32 PM
So you're using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut? Crack on.

Almost, i can crack the entire packet of walnuts at one go and a few Brazil nuts on the side  :D
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: B1uejay on July 04, 2019, 12:33:57 AM
I just stumbled across this; what motherboard are you using?
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: Snowwolflair on July 04, 2019, 12:50:09 AM
Quote from: B1uejay on July 04, 2019, 12:33:57 AM
I just stumbled across this; what motherboard are you using?

Its an HP Z820 case and motherboard which are last generation dual Xeon desktops for trading floors and are good value second hand.  You then populate them with what you can afford.  My configuration is modest  :D

The Z840 is state of the art and will run processors with double the number of cores with almost double the clock speed and are what they use for video editing etc.
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: Paddy on July 04, 2019, 09:09:47 AM
Now that is a beast.  I thought I was doing well with my quad core i7 and 16GB RAM.  :goggleeyes:

Paddy
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: joe cassidy on July 05, 2019, 11:53:27 AM
How much Lego/Meccano did you use in the construction of the beast ? :)
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: Snowwolflair on July 05, 2019, 11:55:27 AM
Quote from: joe cassidy on July 05, 2019, 11:53:27 AM
How much Lego/Meccano did you use in the construction of the beast ? :)

Only two Mamod steam engines  :D
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: joe cassidy on July 05, 2019, 12:26:15 PM
No Philips Electronic Engineer kits ?
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: Snowwolflair on July 05, 2019, 12:28:20 PM
Quote from: joe cassidy on July 05, 2019, 12:26:15 PM
No Philips Electronic Engineer kits ?

Now you are showing your age, i had these +50 years ago.  :)
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: joe cassidy on July 05, 2019, 12:32:57 PM
I was fascinated by the photocell, that transformed light into electricity.
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: Railwaygun on July 05, 2019, 12:39:23 PM
i had the DIY transistor radio with earpiece

I had "built" it myself, so I was allowed to take it to boarding school and listen to  it in the dorm.

Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: Snowwolflair on July 05, 2019, 12:45:35 PM
Quote from: Railwaygun on July 05, 2019, 12:39:23 PM
i had the DIY transistor radio with earpiece

I had "built" it myself, so I was allowed to take it to boarding school and listen to  it in the dorm.

Our school allowed us to rig a 150ft copper wire so we could build crystal radios. Just good teachers.

As an aside, I became an engineer because my Physics master was a rampant Communist.  Let me explain:  He worked for Shell and got sacked for Communist agitation so he became a teacher, and he taught Physics the way he preached communism  :D

He even looked like Lenin  8)
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: themadhippy on July 05, 2019, 12:52:47 PM
QuoteDIY transistor radio with earpiec
Thats just showing off,i had to make do with a tandy crystal set,it was perfect for me as i could take it apart  and rebuild it,unlike any other radio i got my hands on ,taking them apart was easy,rebulding? er weres that bit go?
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: joe cassidy on July 05, 2019, 12:55:18 PM
Quote from: Snowwolflair on July 05, 2019, 12:45:35 PM
Our school allowed us to rig a 150ft copper wire so we could build crystal radios. Just good teachers.

Our school gave us 10' of string and 2 cocoa tins  :(
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: kirky on July 06, 2019, 08:05:59 AM
Quote from: joe cassidy on July 05, 2019, 12:55:18 PM
Our school gave us 10' of string and 2 cocoa tins  :(

These days the parents have to pay for the string and the tins.
Title: Re: Been building a new computer (40 CPU Cores barely breaking a sweat)
Post by: railsquid on July 07, 2019, 06:31:46 AM
Quote from: kirky on July 06, 2019, 08:05:59 AM
Quote from: joe cassidy on July 05, 2019, 12:55:18 PM
Our school gave us 10' of string and 2 cocoa tins  :(

These days the parents have to pay for the string and the tins.

These days the parents have to pay for tablets which run an app which simulates two tins and a piece of string, and which cost hundreds of thousands to develop and still doesn't work properly.