David Knourek Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Ok I got my new Xeon up and runnig but the 60mm fans on the CPU's are noisy as hell. Does anyone know of a good cooler for the Xeon's that are quiet or can use 80mm fans? BTW Thanks again Greg the new nox is running great -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Wonderful dave! Hows the performance? You get to enjoy 4 buckets yet? I'll did up some xeon cooling info. I wish I could identify these boxxtech coolers...damn things have 60mm fans and are SILENT. While I look, here's one of the places I generally check out (they have noise samples). http://www.frostytech.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Knourek Posted January 29, 2004 Author Share Posted January 29, 2004 Thanks Greg Ill check it out. I have another problem now cause it seems the CMOS reset jumper is missing. According to the manual on the X5DAL-G it should be located at JBT1 and from the photo below you can see its missing I have an emailinto supermicro and Im hopeing that I dont have tosend this one back as its a bich installing it and setting it up. Oh one more thing Greg if you get one of these boards be prepared to mod the top cpu's right retainer clip as the put the power connector to close to the cpu. I can post a phot of that also if you want to see what I mean In the meantime Im still loading software and hopeingto test it by later tonight. Thanks again, -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Knourek Posted January 29, 2004 Author Share Posted January 29, 2004 Update: OMG here's what Supermicro had to say about the lack of the jumper poles. "Hi Dave, For safety feature, the JBT1 header does not have a pin header built. It only had two solder pad to clear CMOS. All you need to short two solder pad together for clear CMOS." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgarcia Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Dave, Here is a XEON cooler that I was going to get when I priced out a 2.8 XEON system couple months ago: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/cpu-swi-03.html Well, I think I had priced out the rev.1 of this cooler - not this new rev.2 version - looks whacky. Anyways, you could mount an 80 or 92 mm fan on these things. Good luck with your new system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Knourek Posted January 29, 2004 Author Share Posted January 29, 2004 Tkx for the heads up Xavier, I was looking at that one earlier but was trying to find out if Thermalright makes a cooler for the Xeon CPU's as they tend to cool well and are sometines a little cheaper. I use Thermalright on all my AMD's -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Woah really? Man why the heck did they do that! That sure caught me by surprise. Man thats just bad design, no if's or but's about it. I've now got three people asking for info on xeon coolers . I'll try and snag the info for you fellas this weekend. So far I've only found a bunch of 2U coolers. (Which would sound like a hurricane). Is the system working ok besides the two small snags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Knourek Posted January 30, 2004 Author Share Posted January 30, 2004 Yea I thought that was kinda sick. Anyway I got all the software loaded last night and ran a couple small tests and dam near stained my shorts from the excitement of watching those 4 buckets chase each other around like kids to an icecream truck Anyway other than the jumper issue and the tornado fans I love it! -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I love the four buckets. Its just amazing. You can tell immediately which one are the logical and the physical processors. Its a big plus that the bucket rendering systems can assign buckets to all of them...really maximizes the HT benefit. Sorry bout the jumper mess, thats a bit lame on their part. I guess truthfully I've never had to reset the X5DAE yet myself...but I can definitely see it as a pain in the ass. Maybe they are trying to discourage bios tweaking? Still looking on the fans today. I've found a few, but they all look like they'd be way to big to put two next to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I gotta say Dave...xgarcia's swifttech link looks like the quietest possible solution right now. Only question is fitment. I'm still digging, its a bit harder to find xeon heatsinks . I can find over 1000 P4 heatsinks though . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgarcia Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Guys, this is where I saw the rev.1 of the XEON Swiftech coolers....dunno why Swiftech decided to "pimp" the design. http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1857&p=3 They have a good picture in that review. Here is a Google search for the Swiftech MCX603 rev.1 And here is a good link with pictures of installation: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=985 Pic at the bottom of that page shows two of them side by side... http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/images/MCX603-V-springinstall.jpg [ January 30, 2004, 10:31 AM: Message edited by: xgarcia ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Knourek Posted January 30, 2004 Author Share Posted January 30, 2004 Yea it looks like the Swiftech mite be the best/only solution for a quiet cooler. Im trying to see if I can get it in Canada somewhere so I dont get hosed with duty Unless I can mod a 60mm to 80mm fan adapter to fit onto the Intel cooler. Thanks to you both for the links and such and if you find other Xeon coolers please post them Thanks again, -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Dave, I've found a few, but all look like screaming demons. Thermalright doesn't seem to produce anything for the server market . I thought coolermaster might have produced an AERO fan for the 604 socket, but alas, they haven't. http://www.dynatron-corp.com/products/cpucooler/cpucooler_model.asp?id=50 I was checking these out, cause it "looked" like one of them might be the skived fan in the boxxtech system. They have a variety of socket 604 coolers, but only one has a decent fan speed. They do however have a "PASSIVE" copper skived fan for 2U servers. If you had some nice large exhaust fans...it MIGHT work. Whats Skived? Its a process of "extruding" fins from a piece of copper, instead of soldering/welding them on. Tends to make a slightly more efficent assembly, increases the fin surface area, and tapers them to an edge (if you threw the heatsink like a ninja, you'd kill someone). Here's a review of the unit I posted above. You could probably replace its fan with a slower spinning, and quieter model. http://www.overclockers.com/articles715/ Here's some more... http://www.avc.com.tw/products/server/index.html# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Knourek Posted January 30, 2004 Author Share Posted January 30, 2004 I managed to find a few Coolermaster HSF's but there all 70mm fans and 36.5/dba here http://www.coolermaster.com/index.php?LT=english&Language_s=2&url_place=product_class_include&files=server_cooling.html I was also thinking that if I can find a deasent cooler that takes a 60mm fan I should be able to get a 60mm to 80mm adapter to quiet it down a bit and still keep good airflow -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andronikos Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 hi guys... I was wondering what temps your Xeons are running? My dual 2.8 Xeon System running at 32C - 50C when rendering.. Asus PC-DL deluxe - Stock heatsinks and fans... I also crete a new thread about that issue... http://www.cgarchitect.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=000379 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgarcia Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Originally posted by Greg Hess: ...Only question is fitment...Here is the installation procedure: http://www.swiftnets.com/products/installationguide_MCX603-v.pdf Looks like you have to take off a few threaded pins to fit side by side, also I think you can only use 80mm's side by side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Knourek Posted February 3, 2004 Author Share Posted February 3, 2004 I think I mite have a solution but I want to make sure it works before I start shooting my mouth off the parts should be in later this week and if it does I'll do a writeup on it with photos -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgarcia Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 yes..please keep us posted Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Knourek Posted February 10, 2004 Author Share Posted February 10, 2004 Ok by the looks of it the operation was a success and as promised here is what I did to quiet down the Dual Xeon in brief. I can post in more detail if enough people request it. My main goal was to quiet down the dual Xeon with out spending $200+ on coolers and fans. Rather I wanted to use the stock Intel coolers. In short I used 2 of the cheapest plastic (for weight) 60mm to 80mm fan adapters and 2 Coolermaster Xeon-LED Fans. I specifially used the Coolermaster fans due to there cheaper than the Panaflows I usually use and they put out 32cfm at 25dba so there rather quiet also. See Pic below. -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spline Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 hi guys... i also have a dual xeon processors and: creg: how can i make to render with 4 buckets? is this possible? ooooooooouuuu!!! i'm newer in xeon's world, and i think that my system temp is too hight. the render time is larger as temp system? cpu2 system temperature is 45 in standby and 55 when rendering. cpu1 idem 1 or 2º up or down and system temp is over 60º. i think that is not normal. how about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Knourek Posted March 3, 2004 Author Share Posted March 3, 2004 Originally posted by spline: hi guys... i also have a dual xeon processors and: creg: how can i make to render with 4 buckets? is this possible? ooooooooouuuu!!! i'm newer in xeon's world, and i think that my system temp is too hight. the render time is larger as temp system? cpu2 system temperature is 45 in standby and 55 when rendering. cpu1 idem 1 or 2º up or down and system temp is over 60º. i think that is not normal. how about it? To render with the 4 buckets on a Xeon you just have to enable HT in the BIOS. your cpu temps seem not to bad just that 60C for the case temp seems high. -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 He also needs to be running Windows XP. Windows 2000 doesn't support 4 buckets on Xeon's. As for case temp, it usually requires better airflow. Clean up cable clutter, and install better intake/exhaust fans. 60C's really high...it could also be a malfunctioning probe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spline Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 not need to configure max ? i already have ht activated in bios boot on, and didn't see the four bukets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Knourek Posted March 4, 2004 Author Share Posted March 4, 2004 Originally posted by spline: not need to configure max ? i already have ht activated in bios boot on, and didn't see the four bukets Like Greg said, are you running Windows XP? and if so what are you using for a render engine with 3dsmax? (V-Ray, FinalRender, Brazil....) -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spline Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 i'm running winXP pro 32 bits. and i'm using 3dsmax6 and vray. it's strange, but i can't see 4 buckets. rendering in bucket mode i only see 2 buckets. in my bios, the hyper-threating tecnology is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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