Silent cluster project.
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:08 am
Want to build a small cluster (all fitting in a standard case). My current case is just around 19cm wide.
main board will be ... well not sure yet which one.
Generaly speeking rendering cluster is my concern, so keep that in mind.
Generaly speeking Core2Duo has overall best performace/watt ratio.
So for nodes it seems to bring up the best capacity.
viewtopic.php?t=33425
Showing that an E4300 is about 21,02W, were as BE-2350 is 29,57W. And generaly speeking rendering will be faster on E4300. (not accouting overclocking) but then we don't have a direct performace guage since OC'ing alters power requirements not tested here.
Additionally, a system is as good as all their parts, and hence the problem.
Generaly AMD has the advantage of memory controler being build in, as i can get the cheapset motherboards and almost no performance loss.
Intell on the other hand has that issue.
And since i want this project to fit into a standard case i ended up with the following board.
ASUS P5VD2-MX SE - P4M890 - can't confirm if its dual or single channel. but fits the bill in the size department at 18.3cm
there is still a
ASUS P5PE-VM - i865G - is about 19.3cm. a tad to big, but is dual channel, (will have to check reviews for actual performance and compatibility with core2duo)
Still generaly speeking the first one is perfect for my case.
Since mDTX is no were to be seen in Poland, the first above board ASUS P5PE-VM seems to be the board to get.
Problem is that it contains single memory controler, based on the scares information i can get. I simply can not find any decent review of this board compared to dual channel board.
And hence my problem.
I need to find a review showing me performance loss between dual and single channel controler with regards to rendering output.
Will it be worth to sacrifice dual channel and go with single channel?
I guess this question also applies to AMD systems.
So if you recall any benchmarks for AMD and Intel with regards to single vs dual channel. This is for the new platforms, so S939 is out, etc.
Now above all of this i'm basing this project on my old case. I guess the simplest option is to upsize it to a wider case. Something more then 19cm preferably in the 22+cm range. Any recomendations with that regards.
But getting back to main issue dual vs single mem. Since i want to get each node as cheap as possible, looking into the dual vs single performance is of importance to me, so if you seen a review i'd appricate it.
And finaly i hope that you can read through this post and understand what i'm going for.
main board will be ... well not sure yet which one.
Generaly speeking rendering cluster is my concern, so keep that in mind.
Generaly speeking Core2Duo has overall best performace/watt ratio.
So for nodes it seems to bring up the best capacity.
viewtopic.php?t=33425
Showing that an E4300 is about 21,02W, were as BE-2350 is 29,57W. And generaly speeking rendering will be faster on E4300. (not accouting overclocking) but then we don't have a direct performace guage since OC'ing alters power requirements not tested here.
Additionally, a system is as good as all their parts, and hence the problem.
Generaly AMD has the advantage of memory controler being build in, as i can get the cheapset motherboards and almost no performance loss.
Intell on the other hand has that issue.
And since i want this project to fit into a standard case i ended up with the following board.
ASUS P5VD2-MX SE - P4M890 - can't confirm if its dual or single channel. but fits the bill in the size department at 18.3cm
there is still a
ASUS P5PE-VM - i865G - is about 19.3cm. a tad to big, but is dual channel, (will have to check reviews for actual performance and compatibility with core2duo)
Still generaly speeking the first one is perfect for my case.
Since mDTX is no were to be seen in Poland, the first above board ASUS P5PE-VM seems to be the board to get.
Problem is that it contains single memory controler, based on the scares information i can get. I simply can not find any decent review of this board compared to dual channel board.
And hence my problem.
I need to find a review showing me performance loss between dual and single channel controler with regards to rendering output.
Will it be worth to sacrifice dual channel and go with single channel?
I guess this question also applies to AMD systems.
So if you recall any benchmarks for AMD and Intel with regards to single vs dual channel. This is for the new platforms, so S939 is out, etc.
Now above all of this i'm basing this project on my old case. I guess the simplest option is to upsize it to a wider case. Something more then 19cm preferably in the 22+cm range. Any recomendations with that regards.
But getting back to main issue dual vs single mem. Since i want to get each node as cheap as possible, looking into the dual vs single performance is of importance to me, so if you seen a review i'd appricate it.
And finaly i hope that you can read through this post and understand what i'm going for.