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Moving to larger PC.. Help and thoughts

Jay A. Kelley

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I have decided to make a new thread in order to take advantage of the wonderful intelligence on there.

Some of you may remember I was going to move to MAC cause it had Divinci, and I thought, since it can also boot windows, I have nothing to lose..

Wrong. From a hardware perspective, I lose a lot of choices when going to MAC and in the days of CUDA with Premiere Pro, these choices are more important than ever.

Also, the tea leaves I am reading tell me that MAC pro has become the bastard child of Apple. They account for very little money in the company, and upgrades along with better systems have been SLOW. Meanwhile, Adobe (ala Premiere) seems to be a changed company. Their engagement with customers is better than ever, their softwarehas become truely groundbreaking. While Apple may have been the first to pick up the ball with RED, they falled to carry it over the goal posts. Avid and Adobe have far surpassed them in terms of feature set and consistancy. It's true that Divinci is MAC only.. But I believe that to be a temporary situation.. They are going to follow the money, and right now, sales of CS5 are flying.

MAC has become inconsistant, slow, and undependable (From my view, it's not law folks.. It' s an informal feeling I get from watching the company and what they do).

So that said, I need your help.. I want to build a MONSTER editing system.

Here's what I want to get:
Motherboard:
EVGA Classified SR-2 (Super Record 2)
http://www.evga.com/products/prodlist.asp?switch=5


Case:
LIAN LI PC-P80 Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112159

Power Supply
SILVERSTONE OP1000-E 1000W ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256043

The processors will be XEONs (6 core) but I would like advice for the right ones. (I.E. how much of a difference between 2.66 and 2.93)

Also I would like advice for the best RAM. Here's what it can use (Go to 5520 motherboard support) (I am only looking for 12gb to start, so I play to fill 6 slots with 2gb.. But which ones?!)
http://www.evga.com/support/motherboard/

Also.. The system features 7 or 8 PCIe X16 slots. Does this work for the RED Rocket? Also can you put NON video cards into these slots (like a scsi controller) I have read that you can because it's a standard, but want to be sure.

The graphics card will be the NVidia 470. I have a SCSI RAID array, and will most like build a couple RAID ZERO arrays in the system for cache and editing.

From research, it seems that the PCIE x16 or x8 is the upcoming standard, so this is good. Also, is it safe to assume that USB 3 is BACKWARD compatible to USB 2 and 1?

It will be a HUGE system, but I read that these computers (and the new processors generate a LOT of heat), and I am not working in a small area, so I'm fine with a large case. Also I want something easy to work it.

Please give me a lot of advice, I will not buy anything for 48 hours in order to take into account your recommendations.

One more thing I'd like to bring up: There is a SUPERMICRO board that also has a number of PCIe X16 slots:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/QPI/5500/X8DTH-6F.cfm

However I am told that even those they are x16 slots they are ONLY 7 lanes! Also there is no USB 3.0 and I feel it's a good idea to be ready for that.

Ok, have at it!

:thumbup1:

Jay
 
I can answer a few of your stray questions
The pci slots can take any size card if thy are indeed x16 slots. USB 3 is indeed backwards compatible.
And as far as the case goes I would look for something cheaper. Lian li is a super premium brand and the quality is supreme but they also charge a hefty premium for the prestige, you could save quite a bit by getting some from cooler master or antec and it would be no less sturdy or spacious.
 
Hi Jay,

You're about to embark on a great adventure, sure to be filled with ups and downs at every turn. :)

Here's a quick PCIe primer for you. The PCI Express host interface has a maximum number of lanes that it supports, typically the host interface is part of the "south bridge" controlling chipset on a motherboard. And this is true for all current Intel offerings. The Intel "Tylersburg" 5520 chipset has a maximum of 32 PCIe lanes, for example. These get divided up amongst the available PCIe slots. Every motherboard may handle this differently. Sometimes the lanes per slot are hard-wired and sometimes you can configure them via firmware/BIOS settings to allocate a desired number of lanes per slot.

You will find that most slots out there are "X16 slots" as far as the physical slot goes. This means it will accept a full-size and full-powered X16 PCIe card. This does not always mean that the slot actually has 16 lanes to use!!! There are currently no "perfect" PCIe solutions and I have yet to see one without flaws.

If we look at the two motherboards you linked to, here's what they offer for PCIe configurations.

The EVGA Classified SR-2 http://www.evga.com/articles/00537/
This motherboard uses the Intel 5520 chipset and has 32 PCIe lanes to divide up amongst 7 slots. They advertise 4-way SLI, which is possible if you lock the first 4 slots as X8 lanes and the remaining 3 slots are disabled. I'm not how configurable all their PCIe options are on this board, but there are enough slots and bandwidth to install an X16 video card, and X8 RED Rocket and X4 RAID controller and one more X4 device or a few X1 devices, etc..

PCIe devices are [almost] always downward compatible with fewer lanes. You can install a RED Rocket in an X4 or X1 slot if you want.

The SuperMicro board you linked is a really nice board. I happen to own a system built on that motherboard. It has dual 5520 chipsets, which means there is potential there for up to 64 PCIe lanes. It has 8 PCIe slots that are X16 compliant on the hardware level. However, they are all locked at 8 lanes 5.0Gbps PCIe 2.0. Very solid, wonderful configuration. But it seems that no slot can be configured as X16. Not an issue as I'm unaware of anything but high-end video cards/GPU cards that are capable of using X16 slots. Most of them work just fine and uninhibited in X8 slots. This is a larger motherboard and while it does have more lanes and one more slot, it does lack the USB3 and some of the other features of the EVGA gaming/workstation board. The SuperMicro board is intended for large servers, potentially some workstation applications.

USB 3.0 hosts out there now are downward compatible. However, when you connect USB2 devices to most hosts, everything slows to USB2 speeds. I don't know if that's a limitation of the current hosts I've used or if it's actually part of the spec. The EVGA SR-2 board has one USB3 header with 2 ports and I believe has two USB2 headers as it has 10 ports with 4 of them internal. But I don't know for sure how many headers it does have. It looks like a nice board, it is definitely one I would consider.

I'll be building myself a new PC workstation here soon, but I'm waiting for the next Intel CPU and chipset update. Which is promising more PCIe lanes on the south bridge and we're getting a more unified core and cache design -- more efficient 6-core design. The CPUs should arrive in the OEM channel within the next couple months, the chipset will arrive by the end of the year. And then I think we'll see 8-core CPUs early next year.

For cases, I recommend the Lian-Li or Thermaltake. Antec is nice too and can be a bit cheaper, same with cooler master. Just compare features and sizes. You will find that the case pricing isn't going to be a huge concern in the grand scheme of things. Typical premium on a Lian-Li or other premium case brand is $25 to $50. If you're finding case models that are more than $70 cheaper than the Lian-Li, there is typically something wrong with them in my experience. Or you are being over-charged for the "premium" case.

As for Apple and the Mac Pro... Hopefully an update soon, with the next CPU release. But their design for the Mac Pro has stagnated and gone downhill. Apple had it right with the first Mac Pro -- they were one PCIe slot short, but they let us configure our lane assignments. With the '08 model, they screwed up -- still one slot short, and really 2 slots short since they decided to hard-lock the PCIe configuration. '09 Mac Pro was better since they gave us all PCIe 2.0 slots, but still one for sure, maybe 2 slots short of what everyone needs. In their defense, the chipset they're using supports a maximum of 40 PCIe lanes in the current Mac Pro, but the configuration of 2 X16 and 2 X4 doesn't fit everyone. I think they need an extra slot and a configuration of 1 X16, 2 X8 and 2 X4. But that isn't what we have.... :violin:
 
Wow Jeff.. This is Golden.. I owe you a drink.

(Edit: Jeff, I went back and looked at the EVGA product page again.. They are posting the following config for the PCI-E slot arrangement:
4x16 or 6x8 + 1x16... This tells me they have 64 lane available, not 32... Would you agree? If this is true, then I am loving the EVGA board more than supermicro again! :)

Let's talk about the lane assignment for a moment. My main issue is that since I am running Premiere CS5, I want to give all 16 lanes to the Nvidia 470. After that, I really don't care since I really doubt the other cards are getting much out of anything more than a 4 lane system anyway. Would you agree?

If you were to say that 16x is overkill for the Nvidia, then I would perhaps consider the SuperMicro again.

The EVGA board is very impressive, but it's HUGE.. The Lian Li PC80 one of a handful of cases that can handle it. So the Lian Li is the choice there.

I love the Motherboard Case Combo of the SuperMicro though. I'm using the Nvidia GTX 470 and this system is being built to really crank out Premiere Pro.. However, based on your letter, I am beginning to wonder if a 16 lane PCIe bus is more than the stuff I am putting into it needs...


Jay
 
Jay, I see you follow the (Colin) Powell Doctrine that was attributed to him during Desert Storm. That is, amass overwhelming force before attacking.

But for those who may be frightened half to death by the cost of what you are assembling, I am going to outline what I'm working on at present.

MSI brand mobo 760GM-E51
Bought this in a combo purchase along with an AMD Athlon II X3 Rana (435) The price of the combo was $99.95 with free shipping.

I bought this to run Premiere CS5 and they say that for AMD one needs a Phenom II processor, which is a step above the Athlon. But many of the Athlons being sold are actually Deban dye Phenom IIs with the fourth core locked. The MSI motherboard will easily unlock such a core and also will then enable a 6MB L3 cache which on the Athlon II is listed as three 512 kb individual core caches. I don't yet know if I got one of the plain Athlons or one that is a reduced core Phenom. Either processor can be safely overclocked, according to the reviews, to about 3.7 Gh on air (that is, without having to use a water system or other means to enhance cooling) and with the standard heatsink.

I will be using my old Dell Dimension 8400 case and factory RAID 0 system drive, along with other things like the optical drive and various add ons like an older model Quadro card. (I know, I know... CUDA shoulda woulda.) I also have an ATI Radeon card that will match up with the onboard ATI GPU and will work in tandem like a Crossfire setup, even though the mobo only has one PCI-E 16lane slot, one single lane slot, and 2 pci slots. For the editing-only machine I am setting up, that will be just fine. (If the Leadtech Spurs Engine card would work as a render only card, I would put it into the single lane slot and use the machine for more than just editing, probably. Otherwise, I will likely use it for a USB 3.0 card) No extra cost here.

But RAM is an extra cost. This is more-or-less a practice build since it is my first one, and I want to keep costs down is case it catches fire at some point. :)

So I bought some A-Data Gaming RAM DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)... only 2x 2GB sticks, for something like $95 dollars for the pair. They were on sale. Free shipping but not the normal Newegg UPS three day free shipping that is sometimes offered.

Since I have monitors galore I won't need to add that. I do however need a larger power supply than the old 350 watt Dimension one. So I ordered a Rosewill 600 watt that was also on sale for about 40 bucks I think. A few bad reviews about a swicth on the back but some very good reviews also.

I also ordered Windows 7 Home Premium for system builders at a cost of $95, with free shipping... also from Newegg.

If all goes as planned, I will use this machine for editing on Adobe CS5 Premiere Pro. I will copy that edit onto an e-sata docking station hdd, then take docking station and all to my dual quad Xeon core Dell server turned workstation, and use that machine as a render machine only.

I don't know if this is going to work because I don't even have all the parts yet... but if it does, this will have one pro of being inexpensive. And I'm sure that there will be many cons that posters on here will find with this setup. Please voice them so anyone reading this will not try the same thing unless they are willing to risk ending up with a possibly useless machine, even for doing small jobs on the cheap.

Jay, I 'm not trying to hijack your thread, but am instead trying to add to it by showing the other end of your very enviable build.
 
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That's cool.. As long as my questions get answered!

I also do a lot of work in Lightwave, and this system will be like having a 24 computer render farm... Not bad.. But first I need Jeff or somebody to keep helping me out here!

Jay
 
Jay A. Kelley said:
That's cool.. As long as my questions get answered!

I also do a lot of work in Lightwave, and this system will be like having a 24 computer render farm... Not bad.. But first I need Jeff or somebody to keep helping me out here!

Jay
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Understood and will remove my post.
 
HEY! You did not need to do that! I was messing around!
I think choices are GOOD.. But I am stressing out right now cause I am TRYING to get this thing built and don't want to make any serious mistakes.

Jay
 
Jay A. Kelley said:
HEY! You did not need to do that! I was messing around!
I think choices are GOOD.. But I am stressing out right now cause I am TRYING to get this thing built and don't want to make any serious mistakes.

Jay
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O.K., I put it back up... (Jay, you are makin' me crasy:out:):laugh:
 
Jay A. Kelley said:
(Edit: Jeff, I went back and looked at the EVGA product page again.. They are posting the following config for the PCI-E slot arrangement:
4x16 or 6x8 + 1x16... This tells me they have 64 lane available, not 32... Would you agree? If this is true, then I am loving the EVGA board more than supermicro again! :)
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I'm not sure what they're doing exactly. EDIT> I got it figured... see next post...

Let's talk about the lane assignment for a moment. My main issue is that since I am running Premiere CS5, I want to give all 16 lanes to the Nvidia 470. After that, I really don't care since I really doubt the other cards are getting much out of anything more than a 4 lane system anyway. Would you agree?
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I think you should give the full X16 to your nVidia 470. The last thing you want is a bottleneck if the GPU starts kicking back a lot of data, which it can. 90% of the time, it will probably be just fine in an X8 slot, but it's better to allow for more when possible. The RED Rocket performs best in an X8 slot. In an X4 slot it works good, but I have seen it bottleneck itself in an X4 slot when it's trying to pump out a lot of frame data. The Rocket is not PCIe 2.0 compliant, so it runs its lanes at 2.5Gbps each. That's 1900MB/s max throughput after overhead, which is way more than the card is going to deliver. However, if you downgrade the slot to X4, you cut that in half. And 950MB/s is not enough to handle 4K 16:9 output at 24fps & 12bpc. Or more precisely, once software catches up to the rocket where realtime transcodes are possible, you're not going to be able to do realtime transcodes at 4K, let alone 5K, if your Rocket is stuck in an X4 slot.

The system has onboard RAID controllers, but they're pretty limited. Plenty good for internal storage, though. I'm assuming you will add another RAID controller for good external storage. Make sure it's a PCIe X8 or if it's X4 make sure it's PCIe v2.0 compliant for 5Gbps lanes. That way it will have enough bandwidth to handle anything the Rocket can throw at it and you won't have to worry about the controller being a bottleneck, just the drives you attach to it.
 
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If you're putting dual 6-core chips, you're going to want more than 12GB of RAM.

Since you mention that you're using Adobe products, to get the benefit of extra cores in AE, you need about 2 GB per core.

So, since you've got 12 physical cores, that's 24 GBs. And since you've also got 12 more cores from hyperthreading, that's another 24 GBs.

So 12 GBs of RAM is only a quarter of what you would need to take full advantage of your CPU's for rendering.

I would go for more RAM before more CPU most days, especially now that we're in the era of 64-bit apps.
 
OK here's how the PCIe configuration works on the SR-2.

It's a single Intel 5520 chipset. The chipset provides some different lane configurations in addition to 32 x1 @ PCIe 2.0. Technically, there are up to 42 lanes if used properly, but we'll get to that in a minute.

SLI is accomplished not by dedicated bandwidth for each SLI slot, but by nVidia's SLI linkages, which interleave and share bandwidth between multiple slots. This can be both a good and a bad thing... It lets you hook up multiple GPU, but bandwidth can become an issue if you're doing heavy data computations on the GPU and kicking it back onto the system bus. There are no bridges/linkages for CrossFire/X and it's supported, but will use each slot for what they are.

On this board, slots 1, 3 and 5 are marked X16/X8 and slots 2, 4 and 6 are always operating at X8.

Not that cut and dry, though... If you run multiple cards for SLI, you would install them in slots 1, 3, 5 and 6 if you used all 4. With the nVidia SLI bridges, they all pile onto the same 16 lanes. With other devices, some are capable of sharing bandwidth, I'm not sure if lanes can be specified between the odd number slots.

It seems the desired peripheral configuration on this motherboard is to place your X16 GPU in slot-1. It covers and occupies slot-2 (which I believe can be disabled and allocated elsewhere). Slot-3 can be set to run as either X16 or X8 and it's probably best to leave it as X8 and install your RED Rocket. Place your RAID controller in Slot-4, leaving slots 5 and 6 open for other things.

I have to also agree with Charles. 12GB is not going to be enough if you want to really use this motherboard and dual 6-core CPUs. There are 12 DIMM sockets on this board which operate as dual-channel configuration and when both banks are fully populated, the board is capable of triple-channel operation, but at lower clock speed and memory timings.

It supports up to 4GB DDR3 modules, so officially supporting up to 48GB RAM. I would say you should be alright with 24GB, but 48 would be sublime. Charles' mention of 2GB per core is very good to follow, but in reality the RAM requirements are more of a curved approximation. You need a lot more up front and as you add more and more cores, the need somewhat diminishes. But with 12 slots in 2 banks, you're somewhat limited. I think you would find 24GB to be adequate for most things, even overkill a lot of times. But as soon as you pile up renders across 24 virtual cores, you could very well wish you had that full 48GB in there. I would also go with more RAM and slightly slower CPUs if the budget dictated.

All the Westmere 56xx 6-Core Xeons are pretty much identical except for clock speed. Don't bother with the 2.26GHz ones, the 2.66GHz are the same price and often a few $$ cheaper. It will cost you about $425 each to go to the 2.93GHz ones and they are about 10% faster across the board. Another $300 each gets you the 3.33GHz ones, which are about 8% faster or about 18% faster than the 2.66GHz. I think your best choices are to go with the 2.66GHz CPUs unless you want more and then it's best to just spend the ~$1400 upgrade and go right to the 3.33's.. There's also the 3.06 and the 3.46 GHz models. The 3.06 are hard to find and the same price as the 3.33's The 3.46GHz are also scarce and not worth the huge price over the 3.33's.

If you go ECC DDR3 and run triple-channel (which you should), it supports 1333MHz clock. I would get ECC DDR3 that is rated for 1600MHz, possibly 1800MHz if the timings are good. Look at OCZ, Mushkin and Corsair.

That will give you RAM that is able to play with some overclocking and shouldn't burn up as fast even at the 1333MHz speed under lots of heavy load.
 
Guys, I just got this system from NewEgg. Thought I'd pass it on because I've done a lot of research on the components and feel like for the money you can't get a better set-up. I have it overclocked to a very stable 4.3 ghz on this aftermarket aircooler I picked up. The motherboard listed is the best x58 motherboard especially for the money if not flat out (google it). I went with a single cpu motherboard becuase the overclocked 980x does better in cs5 then dual xeons. It also means I can drop in another gpu in SLI when I want. I went with the evga superclocked plus 470 with backplane to keep it cooler. The 480's are just too hot and eat up too much power... The case is also one of the best on the market for airflow and price and was just recently released. I only went with 12 gigs of ram for now but got the 4 gig modules so I can drop in 12 more when prices come back down.

Here is my NewEgg list (Had lots of rebates and freebies included):


MSI Big Bang-XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Item #: N82E16813130289 G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-12GBRL Item #: N82E16820231358 Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.33GHz LGA 1366 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80613I7980X Item #: N82E16819115223 EVGA 012-P3-1475-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) SuperClocked+ 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ... Item #: N82E16814130554 COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case Item #: N82E16814130554 COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-G1 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long ... Item #: N82E16835103065 GELID Solutions GC-Extreme Thermal Compound Item #: N82E16835426020
 
Steve Cee said:
Guys, I just got this system from NewEgg. Thought I'd pass it on because I've done a lot of research on the components and feel like for the money you can't get a better set-up. I have it overclocked to a very stable 4.3 ghz on this aftermarket aircooler I picked up. The motherboard listed is the best x58 motherboard especially for the money if not flat out (google it). I went with a single cpu motherboard becuase the overclocked 980x does better in cs5 then dual xeons. It also means I can drop in another gpu in SLI when I want. I went with the evga superclocked plus 470 with backplane to keep it cooler. The 480's are just too hot and eat up too much power... The case is also one of the best on the market for airflow and price and was just recently released. I only went with 12 gigs of ram for now but got the 4 gig modules so I can drop in 12 more when prices come back down.

Here is my NewEgg list (Had lots of rebates and freebies included):


MSI Big Bang-XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Item #: N82E16813130289 G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-12GBRL Item #: N82E16820231358 Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.33GHz LGA 1366 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80613I7980X Item #: N82E16819115223 EVGA 012-P3-1475-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) SuperClocked+ 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ... Item #: N82E16814130554 COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case Item #: N82E16814130554 COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600... Item #: N82E16835103065 GELID Solutions GC-Extreme Thermal Compound Item #: N82E16835426020
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Thanks to Steve for some great specific suggestions. Adding to my list:
Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

GELID Solutions GC-Extreme Thermal Compound

This will put me to 48 Gigs of RAM. Which is good, but it is pushing my budget a little and causing me to back down to 2.66 Mhz Xeons instead of the 2.93.

Guys please confirm the following Processors will work for what I am trying to do:

Intel Xeon X5650 Westmere 2.66GHz LGA 1366 95W Six-Core Server Processor BX80614X5650

Jeff I understand about the slots.. Sounds like it's still a good solution for me, so I am happy!

For the record, I have no real intention of using SLI unless Premiere supports it.

I'm getting very close now.. I will put an updated list up soon for people to check.

Jay
 
Here is where I am currently:

quantity of item 1
LIAN LI PC-P80 Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Item #: N82E16811112159
$299.99

SILVERSTONE OP1000-E 1000W ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
Item #: N82E16817256043
$159.99

GELID Solutions GC-Extreme Thermal Compound
Item #: N82E16835426020
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $13.99

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-12GBRL
Item #: N82E16820231358
$1,799.96 ($449.99 each)

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-G1 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long ...
Item #: N82E16835103065
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $99.98 ($49.99 each) QUESTION: IS THIS HEAT SINK COMPATIBLE with my XEONs?

Pioneer Black Blu-ray Disc/DVD/CD Writer SATA Model BDR-205BKS - OEM
Item #: N82E16827129051
$199.99

Intel Xeon X5650 Westmere 2.66GHz LGA 1366 95W Six-Core Server Processor BX80614X5650
Item #: N82E16819117231
$2,049.42 ($1,024.71 each)

EVGA Classified SR-2 Motherboard - $600

I have the graphics card (Nvidia 470)
And RAID array

Jay
 
Thanks Elsie,

I just ran my Config through their pricing.. over $7,000.00....

For grins I went to apple and tried to build out a similar system there... You can't! And what you can do tops $8,500 without breathing!!



YEEE OUCH!
 
Jay I'm on the same quest.. Great thread thanks for posting!
I love my MBP,FCP and Redcine-X, but think I can get more bang for the buck from a PC .. but I do want Resolve for my PC!


Dave
 
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