I got a TR3970x which will be delivered in a few days.
Only 2 2080 supers, but the price was so good, I could not hold off (about $7000 after tax and shipping).
I think I will wait for the 7nm+ TR to get the next one, probably late 2020 or early 2021.
I got one of those stupid fast AORUS PCIE 4 m.2 drives for my system disk.
I will probably be sorry I did not wait for the 3990x in about 5 months, but then it would have been harder to get a 4990x.
I bought a stop-gap machine
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I bought a stop-gap machine
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Re: I bought a stop-gap machine
Gee, Dad, can I have your hand me downs? LOL
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Re: I bought a stop-gap machine
Well, I am about to retire Ezekiel (my 64 core box that does about 47M NPS on the Asmfish bench).
This new box will do more than twice the NPS at 1/3 of the power.
If you want to pay for crating and shipping, I would send you that machine (but keep the sound proof box).
Warning, it weighs 100KG, so the shipping would be rather high.
And the 4 1200 watt power supplies suck juice with a slurp and a burp.
These are two recent messages from my power company:
In the winter, when I run it like gangbusters, I get electric bills of $600 to $700 per month.
This new box will do more than twice the NPS at 1/3 of the power.
If you want to pay for crating and shipping, I would send you that machine (but keep the sound proof box).
Warning, it weighs 100KG, so the shipping would be rather high.
And the 4 1200 watt power supplies suck juice with a slurp and a burp.
These are two recent messages from my power company:
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Billing period Nov 16, 2019 – Dec 15, 2019
Compared to this time last year, your electricity use is projected to be 36% higher.
That’s 1,166 kWh more than the same time last year.
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You used 83% more than your neighbors.
Efficient Neighbors 1,240 kWh
All Neighbors 1,678 kWh
You 3,077 kWh
Oct 18, 2019 - Nov 15, 2019
This is based on 95 similar homes an average of 1 mi from you. Efficient neighbors are the most efficient 20% of this group.
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Re: I bought a stop-gap machine
If you should plan to run it inside of an ordinary house, a sound proof box is necessary.
When the squirrel cage blowers hit full bore it sounds like a jet airplane taking off.
You can't watch TV in the same room with it, and conversations are difficult.
When the squirrel cage blowers hit full bore it sounds like a jet airplane taking off.
You can't watch TV in the same room with it, and conversations are difficult.
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But sharing ideas is an even greater virtue. We have another word for this. It is called teaching.
But sharing ideas is an even greater virtue. We have another word for this. It is called teaching.
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Re: I bought a stop-gap machine
I was just joking. I live in an old condo which only has 100amp service. I think it would fry my circuits! On the up side, I don't pay for electricity, though.
It "sounds" like a real beast!
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I'm using a hand me down from my son who bought a new gaming PC.
This one is only 4-core, but as mentioned, I can't put too much on any one circuit.
It "sounds" like a real beast!
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I'm using a hand me down from my son who bought a new gaming PC.
This one is only 4-core, but as mentioned, I can't put too much on any one circuit.
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Re: I bought a stop-gap machine
haha I also joined the TR3970x club, but went just one lowly 2060 Super for now, Special , no tax, no shipping fees , about $5K totalDann Corbit wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:14 pm I got a TR3970x which will be delivered in a few days.
Only 2 2080 supers, but the price was so good, I could not hold off (about $7000 after tax and shipping).
I think I will wait for the 7nm+ TR to get the next one, probably late 2020 or early 2021.
I got one of those stupid fast AORUS PCIE 4 m.2 drives for my system disk.
I will probably be sorry I did not wait for the 3990x in about 5 months, but then it would have been harder to get a 4990x.
including a Crucial P1 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD (rated 2000/1750 MBs), delivery around 12/25 ( didn't pull the string until Monday) - how about that for timing?
dually 2080 Supers , would have raise the total cost to $6500.
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Re: I bought a stop-gap machine
here's a link for anyone who wants to price out a TR system - free shipping in the US till the end of the week ...MikeB wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:35 amhaha I also joined the TR3970x club, but went just one lowly 2060 Super for now, Special , no tax, no shipping fees , about $5K totalDann Corbit wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:14 pm I got a TR3970x which will be delivered in a few days.
Only 2 2080 supers, but the price was so good, I could not hold off (about $7000 after tax and shipping).
I think I will wait for the 7nm+ TR to get the next one, probably late 2020 or early 2021.
I got one of those stupid fast AORUS PCIE 4 m.2 drives for my system disk.
I will probably be sorry I did not wait for the 3990x in about 5 months, but then it would have been harder to get a 4990x.
including a Crucial P1 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD (rated 2000/1750 MBs), delivery around 12/25 ( didn't pull the string until Monday) - how about that for timing?
dually 2080 Supers , would have raise the total cost to $6500.
www.velocitymicro.com
before you buy, pm me first ... as a member in their affiliate program, I may be able to get you a slightly better price ( a few bucks, nothing earth shattering)
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Re: I bought a stop-gap machine
Dann, that's a monster - what kind of R&D do you plan with it?
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Re: I bought a stop-gap machine
It will be doing projects around the clock
Sometimes analyzing openings
Sometimes analyzing ancient or modern games (especially correspondence)
Sometimes working on special chess problem sets
I plan to modernize my systems to get the electric company to leave me alone
The 3970 system is about as powerful as 2/3 of the systems I have at home.
I have other equipment not at home.
Sometimes analyzing openings
Sometimes analyzing ancient or modern games (especially correspondence)
Sometimes working on special chess problem sets
I plan to modernize my systems to get the electric company to leave me alone
The 3970 system is about as powerful as 2/3 of the systems I have at home.
I have other equipment not at home.
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But sharing ideas is an even greater virtue. We have another word for this. It is called teaching.
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Re: I bought a stop-gap machine
I bought this:
I also ordered another big fast Nvme drive for swap.
I wanted 128 GB ram, but they only sold it with 64. I can retrofit it later
it only comes with Windows, but that is easy to fix. i put Ubuntu on a 1 GB ssd and boot from that,
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AMD Threadripper Xtreme (NO MONITOR)
*BASE_PRICE: [+3075]
CABLE: None
CARE1: CPU Thermal Compound - Our Cooler Master MASTERGEL High Performance Thermal Compound can improve cooling performance as well as prolong the life of your CPU. [+10]
CAS: EVGA DG-8 E-ATX Full-Tower Ultimate Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window [+83] (EVGA DG-85 K-Boost)
CASUPGRADE: None
CC: None
CD: None
CPU: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper 3970X 3.7GHz [4.5GHz Turbo] 32Core 64Threads 144MB L3 Cache 280W Processor (Ship On or After Dec 6 2019) [+620]
CS_FAN: Default case fans
ENGRAVING: None
EVGA_POWER: None
FA_HDD: None
FAN: Asetek 690LS 360mm Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ Copper Cold Plate - Extreme Performance [+22] (3 x Standard 120MM Fans)
HDD: 1TB GIGABYTE AORUS (PCIe Gen4) NVMe M.2 SSD - Seq R/W: Up to 5000/4400 MB/s, Rnd R/W up to 750/700k [+93] (Single Drive)
HDD2: 8TB (8TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [+260] (8TB x 2 (16TB Capacity) RAID 0 Super Performance [+260])
HEADSET: None
IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
KEYBOARD: CyberPowerPC Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard
MEMORY: 64GB (16GBx4) DDR4/3200MHz Quad Channel Memory [+246] (Performance Memory by Major Brands)
MICROPHONE: None
MONITOR: None
MOPAD: None
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS ROG Zenith II Extreme E-ATX w/ WiFi 6, RGB, Dual LAN, 4 PCIe x16, 8 SATA3, 5 M.2 SATA/PCIe [+525]
MOUSE: CyberPowerPC Standard 4000 DPI with Weight System Optical Gaming Mouse
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition)
OVERCLOCK: Pro OC (Performance Overclock 10% or more) [+19]
POWERSUPPLY: 1,600 Watts - LEPA G1600-MA 80 Plus Gold Certified Modular Power Supply [-13]
PRO_WIRING: None
PROJECTOR: None
RUSH: Standard processing time: Guaranteed Delivery Before Christmas
SERVICE: 3 Years FREE Service Plan (INCLUDES LABOR AND LIFETIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT)
SLI_BRIDGE: EVGA GeForce RTX NVLink SLI Bridge [+91]
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: None
USBHD: None
USBX: None
VIDEO: EVGA GeForce® RTX 2080 SUPER™ BLACK Gaming 8GB GDDR6 (Turing) [VR Ready] [+260] (Dual Card (SLI) [+858])
WARRANTY: PREMIUM WARRANTY: Standard 1 Year Parts WARRANTY + ONE (1) YEAR SHIPPING [+19]
WNC: None
WTV: None
_PRICE: (+6428)
$6,428.00 × 1 $6,428.00
Subtotal: $6,428.00
Sales Tax: 10%$650.30
Shipping UPS Ground: $75.00
Grand Total: $7,153.30
Note: Your order will be shipped the next day after the production is completed.
I wanted 128 GB ram, but they only sold it with 64. I can retrofit it later
it only comes with Windows, but that is easy to fix. i put Ubuntu on a 1 GB ssd and boot from that,
Taking ideas is not a vice, it is a virtue. We have another word for this. It is called learning.
But sharing ideas is an even greater virtue. We have another word for this. It is called teaching.
But sharing ideas is an even greater virtue. We have another word for this. It is called teaching.