(source: AMD Q4 2023 Earnings Call transcript at Seeking Alpha)Lisa Su said:(on a question about projected CPU uptake by cloud and other large customers)
As we go into 2024, I think the rate and pace of growth will depend a little bit on the macro and just overall CapEx trends. But from our standpoint, we are starting to see some of our larger customers plan their refresh cycles. There's a lot of let's call it older equipment that has yet to be refreshed and the value proposition for refresh is so strong because the energy efficiency and sort of the footprint of the newer generations are so much better than sort of the four or five year old infrastructure that we do see that refresh cycle happening as we get into 2024. I think the exact timing, we will have to understand more as it, as the market evolves as we go through the year.
Originally about a $4k part?I am thinking of upgrading my X99 to a Xeon E5-2699v3. Found some for under $40.
I don't know what the actual board/chipset is, but I upgraded a Dell Precision T5810 from an E5-1650v4 to an E5-2699v3 that I got from Amazon for about $40 a while back. I made sure the BIOS was updated before the swap and didn't have any problems at all with it. The individual CPU cores are less powerful, but there are a LOT more of them, and overall almost 3x the computing power for BOINC. Not bad for only a few bucks!I am thinking of upgrading my X99 to a Xeon E5-2699v3. Found some for under $40.
Hmm, yeah the RDIMMs I got are rated for 2133MT/s, but since I have a fancy Asus X99 board, and not a locked down server board, I could OC them if I want lol. When I first installed them, they were actually running at 2666MT/s, because that was what my previous Corsair Vengeance kit was set to in BIOS via XMP.I don't know what the actual board/chipset is, but I upgraded a Dell Precision T5810 from an E5-1650v4 to an E5-2699v3 that I got from Amazon for about $40 a while back. I made sure the BIOS was updated before the swap and didn't have any problems at all with it. The individual CPU cores are less powerful, but there are a LOT more of them, and overall almost 3x the computing power for BOINC. Not bad for only a few bucks!
The CPU boosts itself from stock 2.3GHz to around 2.8GHz when all cores are under full load. And it probably could do more than that but the stock Dell cooler is totally inadequate and the CPU is pretty warm at that point. Maybe someday I'll find a cheap big heat sink that I can throw on there to keep it cooler and maybe running faster.
This site says the 2699v3 and 2697v4 are virtually identical in overall computing power, so either one should be a good option. From my limited experience, the main reason to go with the v4 would be to let faster RAM (DDR4 2400) actually run at faster speeds. But if your RAM actually is DDR4 2133 then that wouldn't make any difference...
If you decide to OC or do bios hack on haswell, I was rocking xeon haswell E5-4669 v3 with bios hack. I think the E5-4669 v3 may be tightly binned (since it is intended for a 4p system) and probably using the "higher-end" production bins. I also think the E5-2699 v3 was using the "higher-end" bins but looking at the msrp price from Intel at launch, 4669 v3 was priced at $7007 while 2699 v3 was at $4115, so maybe Intel did something extra special to cater for 4p vs 2p needs. Anyway if temperature and power are important consideration during OC, the 4p chip ran cool at lower voltage though the max turbo clock is just 2.9GHz while 2699 v3 can go up to 3.6GHz. There is a debate in the original forum if the bios hack actually permits the xeon haswell to run well above the chip TDP.I am thinking of upgrading my X99 to a Xeon E5-2699v3. Found some for under $40.
Though there is still various Broadwell-EP kit to be sold off too.This sounds as if there could be opportunities to purchase Epyc Rome (still nice) and Xeon Cascade Lake-SP (meh, 14nm++) on the used market over the course of this year:
Might need to be a group buy / group run type situationThough there is still various Broadwell-EP kit to be sold off too.
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Those of you who happen to have a 1750 kW wall outlet in the kitchen or garage may want to take a look at this auction.
Though there is still various Broadwell-EP kit to be sold off too.
https://www.servethehome.com/leaky-...-at-perhaps-a-deal-intel-supermicro-mellanox/
Those of you who happen to have a 1750 kW wall outlet in the kitchen or garage may want to take a look at this auction.