Hey guys, 

 

 

I was given a few Xeon 5660 processors from a friend the other day and 128gb of memory he told me he salvaged from an old server.  Just curious if this is worth trying to build around.  It's a little older so I wasn't sure if it was worth spending time looking for parts for the rest of a build.

 

 

Thanks in advance.

Edited August 10, 20187 yr by andrewpercival

Well the cpu is dirt cheap  but there are a lot of dual socket motherboards out there that fit it. So you could just grab a second one and a motherboard an build a decent system.

i have dual 5640s and 96GB of Ram and my server seems to be running fine.

 

it really depends on how much you would pay for a second 5660 and a dual socket motherboard 

4 hours ago, Random.Name said:

a second 5660

 

Note that that second 5660 is already available:

 

16 hours ago, andrewpercival said:

I was given a few Xeon 5660 processors

 

The 5660 draws a bit of power, but is well worth it when received for free. Especially when considering the RAM price for building new systems.

You can get following MoBo on Ebay for roughly 100€:

 

https://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=Supermicro+X8DTL-iF&_sacat=0

 

Supermicro X8DTL-iF, see detailed info http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/QPI/5500/X8DTL-iF.cfm

 

Try to get the right RAM for it

 

But be aware that this will end up in expensive costs for energy

Thanks, guys, I have multiple processors so that's not an issue and a tonne of match ECC 1333 ram.    

 

 

Any other suggestions for boards, I'm not seeing a lot available for sale in canada.

 

 

Thanks again!