Re: [H] time for upgrade
Frankly, I've had so many servers with bad DDR4 DIMMs (we typically max 2P boxes at 768GB or 1TB of RAM each) that I'm scared to run DDR4 w/o ECC on anything I care about. Even with ECC, many of them fault out with multi-bit errors, which it can detect but not correct. Still infinitely better than silent data corruption. Happy to see a form of ECC become standard with DDR5, but I suspect it was borne out of pure necessity more than anything else. -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of _ Winterlight Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 12:09 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] time for upgrade I was considering an ECC ram after this catastrophic experience. And I ran dual Xenons 20 years ago. What astonishes me is the number of different models of any CPU. The W-1200 has 43 different CPU choices ranging from $400 to $4000. From: Hardware on behalf of Greg Sevart Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 3:31 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] time for upgrade Plus considerably more PCIe lanes--but ultimately an older platform and at a pretty big clock speed disadvantage. -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of Al A Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 5:01 PM To: Hardware Group Subject: Re: [H] time for upgrade I agree with the Xeon. If you can swing it, get the 22xx series Xeon for 4 channel memory. Al On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 8:15 PM Greg Sevart wrote: > My recommendation at this point given your requirements would be a > W-1200 series Xeon and ECC Unbuffered memory. > >
Re: [H] time for upgrade
I was considering an ECC ram after this catastrophic experience. And I ran dual Xenons 20 years ago. What astonishes me is the number of different models of any CPU. The W-1200 has 43 different CPU choices ranging from $400 to $4000. From: Hardware on behalf of Greg Sevart Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 3:31 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] time for upgrade Plus considerably more PCIe lanes--but ultimately an older platform and at a pretty big clock speed disadvantage. -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of Al A Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 5:01 PM To: Hardware Group Subject: Re: [H] time for upgrade I agree with the Xeon. If you can swing it, get the 22xx series Xeon for 4 channel memory. Al On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 8:15 PM Greg Sevart wrote: > My recommendation at this point given your requirements would be a > W-1200 series Xeon and ECC Unbuffered memory. > >
Re: [H] time for upgrade
Plus considerably more PCIe lanes--but ultimately an older platform and at a pretty big clock speed disadvantage. -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of Al A Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 5:01 PM To: Hardware Group Subject: Re: [H] time for upgrade I agree with the Xeon. If you can swing it, get the 22xx series Xeon for 4 channel memory. Al On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 8:15 PM Greg Sevart wrote: > My recommendation at this point given your requirements would be a > W-1200 series Xeon and ECC Unbuffered memory. > >
Re: [H] time for upgrade
I agree with the Xeon. If you can swing it, get the 22xx series Xeon for 4 channel memory. Al On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 8:15 PM Greg Sevart wrote: > My recommendation at this point given your requirements would be a W-1200 > series Xeon and ECC Unbuffered memory. > >
Re: [H] time for upgrade
My recommendation at this point given your requirements would be a W-1200 series Xeon and ECC Unbuffered memory. X299 is a dead platform, and if you're not considering anything AMD, I think that's (W1200 series) the best solution. e.g., Asus Pro WS W480-ACE (A SuperMicro board like the X12SAE would be a fine choice - perhaps even better as SuperMicro focuses on DIY servers and higher-end workstations almost exclusively) Xeon W1290P (10C, 3.7-5.3GHz) 2666/2933 ECC UDIMM memory (e.g., from Asus compatibility list: https://www.newegg.com/hynix-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/0RN-000W-003A4 though I personally would go with a couple 32GB/2933 sticks like https://store.supermicro.com/32gb-ddr4-2933-mem-dr432l-hl01-eu29.html) -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of _ Winterlight Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 2:37 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] time for upgrade I have had my ASUS E6896_P9X79_WS board with Intel i7-4930K , 64GB of Crucial Ballistic DDR 3 and a Nvidia 1070 going on 8 years. It has served me well but in the last year I have had to replace the 850w Seasonic PS, the Thermaltake CPU water cooling and now a memory dimm has gone bad which caused all sorts of corrupt files. I am not a gamer. What I need is rock solid dependable performance and if I want to play a game or edit video it is no problem. So now I am thinking maybe I should consider doing a major upgrade of a Asus Workstation motherboard, modern Intel CPU, and DDR4 ram. I know AMD is all the hot CPU now but I prefer the stability and compatibility inherent with Intel products. I gave myself a $1500 - $2000 budget and went looking to see what I could do. The problem I am having is the multitude of choices. It looks like there are six Asus WS boards to choose from a huge assortment of I7 and I9 CPUs and I will probably stick with Crucial for the RAM. Any guidance from the collective is appreciated.
