Few questions about smicha's watercooled 7 gpu build

Mon May 29, 2017 8:27 pm

itou31 wrote:Did you go dual CPU or single ?

Supermicro X10DRX

Mon May 29, 2017 9:06 pm

So we have "old 4", and now the "standard 7", and soon, we will have "extra 11" !!

Mon May 29, 2017 9:38 pm

itou31 wrote:So we have "old 4", and now the "standard 7", and soon, we will have "extra 11" !!

Yes

Tue Jul 04, 2017 11:52 am

itou31 wrote:Final rig,
Tested and running OK.
Thanks to Smicha and Tom for advices.
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What's the model of your power supply ?

Tue Jul 04, 2017 7:55 pm

Do you guys know who can custom build for me 7gpu water cooled rig? Not sure if I can do this.

Tue Jul 04, 2017 8:17 pm

coilbook wrote:Do you guys know who can custom build for me 7gpu water cooled rig? Not sure if I can do this.

Me, Smicha or I can give details of some companies ;) it depends where are You from & what are You willing to spend =)

Tue Jul 04, 2017 10:03 pm

jeunack wrote:
itou31 wrote:Final rig,
Tested and running OK.
Thanks to Smicha and Tom for advices.
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What's the model of your power supply ?

I have one LEPA 1600W and one Corsair RM850
My Xeon need more than 300W.

Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:31 pm

ok and you have the ASRock Rack EP2C612 WS ?

Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:35 pm

Hey all - resurrecting this thread as it seems to be fairly close to at least some of my questions right now. I've been running my 7x 980 TI build - EP2C612 WS + 2x Intel Computer CPU 2.1 8 BX80660E52620V4 (https://ark.intel.com/products/92986/In ... -2-10-GHz-) for a while now - all is well with it and octane. What was a huge surprise to me is how bad After Effects runs on it. When I built the machine, After Effects was an after thought, I do most of my work on mac, but more and more I'm using my PC, and I would love to use it to render AE as well as octane. My ancient trashcan mac runs circles around this pc. I can get 4-5 command line renders going on the mac (most of my work is very large format; 5k and above), where the pc struggles with 1-2 reliably, and is slower on most renders.

So what can I do to upgrade this so it handles both AE and Octane? According to the EP2C612 WS specs https://www.asrockrack.com/general/prod ... ifications I can't just swap in an i7 or i9, is that true?. So if I swap the motherboard out, what are my options? Is the Asus X99-E WS the only 7 GPU option I have, or are there others? Is it stable these days? Are there AMD options? What CPU gives me the best bang for the buck here?
If I have to, I'll build a 2nd rig, but do to space and power considerations, I'd like to try to get the one I have running as efficiently (and fast) as possible. While I'm dismantling stuff, I might upgrade a few of the cards as well, but that will be a secondary consideration. I may transfer whatever parts are left over to a second rig anyway, but primary is getting this one going.

Thanks for any insight!

(as an aside, really nice rig, itou31!)

Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:59 am

Why these bastards (Asrock, Asus, Supermicro, et al) must use green pcb on such pricey Dual-CPU 7+ GPU workstation mobos is beyond me! Yuck! Even if the case has no windows and flashing lights etc, and is never seen by anyone, it would just make me feel that my WS is just a little more badass, if the mobo is black or charcoal gray inside The Beast...