I just wanted to let you know that I recently bought the HP Z420 machine with the e5-1650 processor and 8 gb ecc ram!) runs great!) thank you for your comments and directions!!!!))))
i had one more question - I do need to think fo a backup solution just in case - I was wondering if you can...
thank you for your reply....I wonder if a XEON E3-1230V2 based system can pull of recalculating 500 MB excel files thousands of times daily???? Please let me know what you think of the following server (it costs 2 times less than the top z420 workstation using the e5-1650 Xeon):
DELL...
thank you very much for your reply.....yes they provide the guarantee that should help if anything fails.......I wonder what you think of the i7 3930k stability as opposed to its Xeon version e5 1650?
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I need your advice in finalizing the decision on the workstation that I will use to work a large-scale number crunching project. I need a computer to both finalize the analysis system framework and also for the production pc to later perform the daily analysis of the stock price data...
it is interesting to note that Lenovo ThinkStation S30 0569 features the same porcessor but is almost 1000$ more expensive at a hefty $2,924.00 (http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-056961U...+S30+0569)...I wonder why such a large price differential?)
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frankly I need massive amounts of power...the analysis pipeline is not fully finished yet and it will probably will be much more complex at the final stage - meanign there might be even larger files - clsoe to 1 gbs that must be jungled up and down many thousands of times daily...I have one...
yes thank you for your reply...I was originally planning to go with my own custom build but found it hard to find the e5-1650 processors so I decined it mitgh be better to buy the hp workstation.....the economy might be not that masive if I went my own troute and assembled an e5-1650 based...
yes....I agree that going with the pre-built workstation might be the best way to go - especially if I am going to get it in split payments vs buying all teh parts of the self-build at once.....
yes cheaper but probably the self-built might not be as solid as the one created by a manufacturer.....given teh fact that I have no personal experience of building custom pcs - only can buy parts at different places and have some tech guy to assemble it for me......
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I wonder if there are any owners of HP Z420, Intel® Xeon E5-1650, 8GB here?(http://www.amazon.com/HP-Workstation...eon+E5-1650%2C))) I am seriously considering this workstation for a large number crunching project that would involved recalculating large excel files (300-mbs, and 500mbs...
I have foudn the folloiwng workstation that features the Xeon E5-1650 3.2 GHz!!!!:
HP Workstation Z420 - Xeon E5-1650 3.2 GHz
take a look here - http://www.amazon.com/HP-Workstation...d_sim_sbs_pc_6
I wonder if anyone has this PC to comment on how it functions?
thank you very much for clearing this out for me...
I think I have finally nailed a very attractive offer that might well suit my needs perfectly....well nearly perfectly....
I have found a workstation by HP which features the much coveted Intel Xeon E5-1650 processor!!!!!!! and its price is...
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I wonder if there are some happy owners of E5-1650 over here who can comment on how hard it was for them to get hold of this marvellous processor. I cannot seem to find it being offered in any store on the internet...are they no longer produced or in very limited suppy?
Thanks!
thanks)...those xeons are pretty expensive....))) for now I could go the
E5-1650 route but of course it will be interesting to find a dealer here) I wonder what kind of work you submerge your dual xeon beast into?)
thank you for this amazing test you did for me))) very much appreciated!))) yes the speed does seem to rise proportionately to the number of cores used in the calculation....I wonder what XEONS make up your dual Xeon setup???
btw I have done some investigation and found this twin-brother of i7...
thank you very much for this direct and valuable reply.....he thing is I woudl be more than happy to go the ecc route if I had a local reseller in the vicinity of the place I am staying in - in case of a memory failure or a motherboard - I would need to replace these with an order that would...
that is super great to hear....as for the ecc memory - I can theoretically get away with the ecc memory by doing the following steps - I create a single calculation loop and perform it after say each of the 50 loops to see if the results match - to make sure there is no corruption in the files...
yes thanks...I have been thinking of that...)
I wonder if any one with i7 3930K or XEON E3 127V2 can comment on the multi-threading boost to EXCEL 2010 or EXCEL 2007 performance???? I need this to make the final decision between these two setups...do you think the multi-threaded EXCEL 2010 in...
yes that makes sense for sure))) thank you))) I wish I could test both cpus on one of my files)) btw - most of my workbooks are over 200 mbs in size - some can approach 500mb - you think both of these cpus will handle the load well????? I am hesitating about the i7 3930k as it has some hidden...
thank you very much for this detailed and very practical reply...my workbookms are made from separate subsysems s to speak each working on the same 4 initial price columns...so I guess this can be split into separate threads....I am selecting between the e3 1275v2(4 cores ivy bridge) and i7...
that os very reassuring to hear....I wonder if I have separate parts of the workbook - each of which starts with the column of prices and calculates different parts of the model which are then aggregated by some other processes....does this mean that this all will be calculated by a single...
thank you very much for your reply...interesting I found a hardware diagnostic shop near my place this evening))) could be a fast way to correct any hardware errors if they occur...
I am no more concerned about how excel 2010 can utilize the multi-threaded calculation....I could go with i7...
thank you for your generous attention!)
I need to introduce one more element into the equation...sorry to have left it out before....I need to spend quite some time outside of the Europe and USA - in eth Western Europe - where the server grade parts take a week to arrive - a week is intolerable...
I wonder if you have tried running your i73930k for long periods of time..like 10 hours at the maximum load....I wonder how it behaved? lets say for 8-10 hours in a row....at 95% (no over-clocking) - did you see any hints of instability in its performance?
Thanks!
thank you for your suggestion....yes Amazon servers must be fine but I have limited experience using them....do I need to upload all my software to their server to perform the calculation?
thank you for the confirmation....I wonder if you have experience running multiple VMS on the E3 1275V2 machine?) I can do this analysis in sequence or parallelize it through 4 vms.......I will think more about adding the VMS - with excel 2003 each running in one WinXP VM - this can be really...
yes I think Asus board woudl be great....I foudn it at local dealers!) I found this ram here as well:
Kingston 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 ECC CL11 DIMM (Kit of 4) - KVR16E11K4/16 (KVR1600D3E11SK4/16G)
it is the same memory as you recommended at first right??? just double-checked because they do not...
I found the following ECC memory at the local provider:
Kingston ValueRAM 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1333 Server Memory Model KVR1333D3E9S/4G (www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?...82E16820139077)
I guess the only difference with the one you suggested is that it is lower...
thank you for your reply......I might search for for these)) I was wondering if REGISTERED ECC has any link to it being UNBUFFERED? THANKS A LOT AGAIN!)
thanks a lot for this superb list of the parts that you use))) I am certainly plannign to start with the motherboard and the CPU you suggested....I wanted to ask (already found them at the local distributors) - do you think any kind of the ECC ram will work with this cpu+motherboard combination...
hello)) thank you for the utterly practical advises))) It woudl take me long to arrive at the Xeon e3-1275 v2 that you suggested)) I am certainly much more inclined to go this route now.....I mitgh start with a single Xeon e3-1275 v2 machine and buy some high end dual XEON later on...also...
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