Got ahold of an old skulltrail board still in the box with two QX9775 processors. Intel D5400XS motherboard. The processors are supposed to pull 150 watts each. I plan on running two opticals and four harddrives. One video and one audio card. I don't plan on using a huge video card. I have a Sigma power supply that's 600 watts I recapped with all nichicons. Do you think it would be good enough or should I go and find 1000 watts or maybe a 1300 watt. I'm planning on water cooling the processors as well. The case will probably have about 6 fans in it. What's recommended?
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dont waste your time and effort water cooling that. this board isn't overclocking friendly....good dynatron copper sinks + air flow is all you need. @ 150w per CPU with all the extras, a 600w PSU isn't going to cut it there. 800w or higher.<--- Badcaps.net Founder
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You'll need an 800+ for sure, especially for a video card.
Honestly though, if it were me I'd throw the Skulltrail setup on ebay for $300-$350 then go with an X58 board and 6-core Xeon such as an X5670. Together can be had for under $200 and it's faster single core and almost just as fast multicore while only being a 95W chip.
Example: $70 HP Z400 board (it's plain ATX) http://www.ebay.com/itm/381267231831 + $90 Xeon X5670 http://www.ebay.com/itm/331594852564Comment
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600W should be enough for his setup IMO. He said he doesn't plan to use a huge graphics card. The two CPUs may pull 300W, but I can't see the rest of the system using more than the other 300W.Last edited by c_hegge; 07-06-2015, 10:20 PM.I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards
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it will easily if all the RAM slots are filled. FB memory is a power hog.Originally posted by c_hegge View Post<--- Badcaps.net Founder
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Re: New build.
why not use more than one psu?
i used to build server towers with one psu for the boards and another for all the drives when a big psu was 350wComment
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I guess I'll go with this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371060 . I was just wondering if I could get away with a smaller one because I have a bad habit of going too big and then going home.
Motherboard's on it's way TC. The new in box price from Amazon is $2,500, so that's what I insured it for.sigpicThe Sky Is FallingComment
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That's a nice PSU. It's even made by Delta.I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards
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Yeah, I guess I should go big because I don't know what the future will hold for this one. I may add more and more to it over time. I put a 1000 watt in the last one and this one has two processors not just one. I'll hang onto the 600 to use in the old system, it has a 600 in it now but it will need recapping eventually. I'll just swap them out.sigpicThe Sky Is FallingComment
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you realize that PSU has only one 8-pin CPU power connector, and that motherboard has two? (one for each processor)
The benchmarks of these Core-series can't compete with haswell, or even sandy bridge, requiring a much lower PSU and has greater capability
how much did you pay for it?Last edited by Uranium-235; 07-08-2015, 01:23 AM.Cap Datasheet Depot: http://www.paullinebarger.net/DS/
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Wrong. That PSU does have two CPU connectors. One is 8 pin only, the other is 4+4 pin. see http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...Story&reid=287Originally posted by Uranium-235 View Post
A pair of X9775s gets a passmark score of 8355 - http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?...682&cpuCount=2. That's actually faster than a Core i5 4690 (which gets 7612). But yes, you are right about the power consumption, and a core i7 4790K would be faster again and cheaper.you paid $2500 for this motherboard & CPU's? Are you insane? The benchmarks of these Core-series can't compete with haswell, or even sandy bridge, requiring a much lower PSU and has greater capabilityI love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
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you could of gotten a i7 LGA 2011-v3 3.33ghz 6-core and an Asus SLI board for much cheaper, with a passmark score of about 13k. Probably $500-600 totalCap Datasheet Depot: http://www.paullinebarger.net/DS/
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I got them cheaper than that actually, but mostly I got them for their rarity and novelty. I already have a six core. I was intrigued by the hybrid server/workstation aspect. It is a hobby you know? I've got 4 cyl., 6 cyl., and v-8 cars, I enjoy them all. This board was the first to do SLI and crossfire. I plan on filling all the memory. Wonder if I should go bigger? Hmm.sigpicThe Sky Is FallingComment
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