These days pretty busy with work. For work related reasons, I am building a new multi-core monster in the form of dual Intel Xeon E5-2650 Sandy Bridge based LGA2011 cpus. Each Intel Xeon E5-2650 has 8 physical cpu cores with Hyperthreading = 16 total cpu threads per cpu. So dual Intel Xeon E5-2650 will have a total 16 physical cpu cores and 32 cpu threads

Mostly, this server will be used in Linux/CentOS based testing. But with 8-16 memory dimm slot motherboard support and up...

Been a while since I had new gear to play with and had the time away from work to give the new gear some attention

• Intel Core i7 2600K L038A660
• Gigabyte P67A-UD7

First pairing will be with 256GB Crucial RealSSD C300 on Marvel SATA 6G port 6 and 2x2GB A-Data 2000X DDR3-2000Mhz 9-9-9-24 memory modules, pretty old kits from Elpida BBSE days.

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While I bench and test the latest gear, I always kept to my very old 24/7 main work rig but it's time to upgrade the 24/7 main work with more up to date gear and finally after many years a new pc case - Lian Li PC-7FNWX with USB3.0 ports and side window.

Old 24/7 main work rig ~6yrs old now:

• Pentium 550 3.4Ghz Prescott
• DFI 875P-T motherboard
• Gecube 9800Pro Extreme PCI
• 1GB Kingston KHX3200 Winbond BH-5
• Pioneer DVD-RW IDE
• 80GB WD IDE
• 8x 320GB Seagate 7200.8 ( 2x

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These are pre-Xmas toys which will be tested very soon. Preview photos up for now

1. i5 750 L925B626 s1156 cpu
2. 4GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000C8 P55 Dual channel DDR3 memory
3. 4GB G.Skill F3-17600C7D-PIS P55 Dual channel DDR3 memory
4. 4GB G.Skill F3-12800C7D-4GBRH P55 Dual channel DDR3 memory
5. 80GB Intel X25-M G2 34nm SSD
6. LSI MegaRaid SAS 9260-8i 6GB 8port SAS/SATA Raid 6
7. DFI LP DK P55-T3eH9 P55 motherboard
8. Corsair H50-1 CWC50-1 water cooling for 775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3

i5...

Picked up 2 new items both off ebay stores. Xeon W3570 3847A696 unlocked cpu multiplier LGA1366 socket cpu and Pentax K-7 DSLR camera's battery - D-LI90 (bargain at AUD$26 vs local cost at >AUD$150 !)




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