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On 04/01/17 14:11, Joseph Bennie wrote: >> On 4 Jan 2017, at 13:31, M. J. Everitt via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On 04/01/17 13:15, Joseph Bennie via list wrote: >>> Looking for any of these: 2 premium & quiet >100TDP LGA1366 heatsinks with Fan, >>> DDR3 EEC Ram , nvidia tesla grid class GFX cards... for a project to build a VM >>> server using an Intel S5500U Motherboard and 2xE5520 CPU's. and or an micro ATX >>> case to fit a AAHD2-HY. >>> >>> >>> or Â50 ... the AAHD2-Hy with working CPU/heatsink+fan and 8GB ram. >>> >>> >> Possibly a stupid question (not being into multi-cpu systems seriously >> YET) .. but I'm guessing you're not including the motherboard in that? >> out of curiosity which one is it? and what configuration is the RAM? You >> might say I'm .. interested .. sorta! :] I'll let Tom have first refusal >> though if he's keen .... > you've lost me... > > The intel S5500U/E5520 isn't currently for sale .. I'm looking for parts for > that, as the recommended intel heatsink is not fit for purpose, (passive copper > )... it needs an Active copper heatpipe + fan, and I've only got enough ram for 1 > cpu currently. Gotcha - you threw a lot of stuff in your first email which got muddled in me head .. and I've just finished a coffee .. perhaps I need another.... !! > I do however have another similar Dual server board with chassis, currently its > also sporting a single E5520 cpu. Cpu's like these are cheap on ebay (like <Â20) > If you ever wanted to go do this route I'd be happy to invite you over for a > coffee and give you an intro and a box of parts to get you started. the CPS got a > bad rap due to there chipsets overheating - nothing a Â5 fan from mapin wont fix! > Its well worth the effort - I've got 3 Enterprise grade machines here build from > ebay server parts and leftovers. for a faction of the price of a single off the > shelf workstation. Thanks for the offer .. another of my mate's is further down the line on multi-cores, so I'd welcome any further expertise to pool knowledge! Where are you based, and I can see where my locus takes me? I'm up from Okehampton in Hatherleigh, but travel around a fair bit. > yes the AAHD2-HY is for sale, its a full AMD MB/CPU/Ram/heatsink bundle. - i just > stripped it out of a fanboy Corsair case thats now housing the S5500U motherboard. > > I think is an A4 chip with integrated radeon GFX. I did a test install of win10 > without issues to check it worked. Aha, I've got an As-rock board with lots of PCI-E slots I briefly used for GPU coin-mining back when it was almost-fashionable. [yeah I know, complete waste of time... well, I say that .. but I can get two years VPN for the peercoins I mined! It too has a modest A4 processor in it .. so probably no point duplicating! :) Cheers, Michael.
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