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Sent from my iPhone > On 4 Jan 2017, at 18:14, mr meowski 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. > > *nvidia tesla grid class GFX cards* > > Haha, that's quite something to casually throw in there amongst cheap > random parts! You can buy a stack of those prehistoric Xeons for a few > quid on Ebay and DDR3 ECC RAM is easy to get hold of - you're going to > have to bring something pretty major to the table for someone to do > swapsies on a Grid though. > > You're also going to be wasting your time putting a monster like that on > such a crappy platform I'm afraid, the S5500 simply won't be capable of > driving it properly. AFAIK all Grid cards are PCIe v3 x16 just for a > start, and even a second hand one would be worth much, much more than > the rest of that ancient server! I know, but you'll be surprised at what people chuck. ive got an nivida k2000d in the other box - works really well with the grid driver, providing accelerated 3d to two vms :) - cost me Â80. so no harm in asking you know pcie auto downgrades as long as the card is pcie 1.1 or above. > > Cheers > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq