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...

Picked up 3 sets of 2x2GB Super Talent Speed series DDR3-2200 8-8-8-24 dual channel kits (WS220UX4G8) - these are Elpida 50nm Hyper ICs only ones capable of 8-8-8-24 timings at such DDR3-2200Mhz speeds.

While they're for P55 dual channel, I decided to mix these up for X58 triple channel too - not expecting 3x2GB modules to hit thos speeds at 1.65v but with a bit more volts should be okay for benching at least

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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...

Well after my brief taste of mis-matched 12GB action, I want more So I plan to include some 12GB triple channel action in my comparison X58 triple channel kits review I have planned. First contenders are A-Data brand. Haven't used A-Data memory since the old A-Data PC4000 (Hynix D43) era!


Testing begins tomorrow at http://i4memory.com/f83/12gb-data-20...testing-20350/...

New set of triple channel memory arrived from Gskill

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