[Adywebb]

On the strict instructions of Mucks , I am going to post the progress of my new PC build.

Its a bit different this time, in that it is effectively a server system - something I've never attempted before, so its going to be a case of learning and solving as I go along.

The Spec:

2 x Intel Xeon X5340 CPU's (8 x 2.4GHz/1066 FSB)
2 x Dynatron 4-Heatpipe CPU Coolers, fitted with Vantec Tornado 80mm Fans
Supermicro X7DAE Mobo
4 x 1GB Crucial DDR2-667 FB Dimms
80GB Samsung SATAII HDD
Sony DVD-ROM
Sony Floppy Drive
Supermicro SC743T-650 Case (650W Single Rail PSU)
Windows 2003 Server Edition

[Adywebb]

First thing to do was BSEL mod the CPU's to 3GHz/1333FSB - this is done by placing a minute piece of electrical tape on the G30 pin, magnifying glass, tweezers and razor blade highly recomended!!

Here is the finished mod, note the tiny black dot over on the lower far right of each CPU covering the G30 pin:




And here they are nicely tucked up in their beds on the Supermicro mobo - how cute!



The next stage will be the fitting of the heatsinks and mobo

[crazylegs]

Nice...

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the build...Must have cost a tidy penny...

[PotGuy]

Ady you crazy sod

How you are you thinking this will take?

[Techy]

What you gonna use it for Ady?

[Adywebb]

It cost a lot less than you would think - I had some help from a friend in the States who managed to source some ES CPU's etc

I'm hoping to have it up and running by next weekend, unless I start feeling a little sick at work, in which case it might be sooner

Its going to start its life crunching, beyond that I have no idea!!

[feckit]

Originally Posted by Adywebb

First thing to do was BSEL mod the CPU's to 2.66GHz/1333FSB - this is done by placing a minute piece of electrical tape on the G30 pin, magnifying glass, tweezers and razor blade highly recomended!!

Not into Modding so what does this do to the G30pin?

[Spezi]

Originally Posted by feckit

Not into Modding so what does this do to the G30pin?

In the infamous words of Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor it's going to give him "MORE POWER".

[Adywebb]

It cuts out the connection of the G30 pin, which increases the FSB to 1333.

With Intel Xeons (and most other CPU's) the clock speed is determined by the Front Side Bus (FSB) multiplied by the multiplier. Unfortunately the multiplier is locked going upwards so you can't just increase the multiplier to gain speed - this leaves adjusting the FSB as the sole method of squeezing more clock speed out of a Xeon - however socket 771 mobos have few overclocking features, so pin-modding is the way around it.

[Ian]

I'm looking forward to see what this baby can do Are you going to have this plugged into your home network and then use RDP to connect to the machine to control it?