Supermicro at last!

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I've really become fond of my AMD dual core machines, but I've been less than fond of the assortment of MOBO's available, as we've had several problems with the two Tyan systems we've been shipping around for tours. (We've always preferred Intel procs until this last year)
However, Supermicro has finally gotten around to building a mobo for the dual AMD's, and we took delivery of it last week.
I put it on a stress test cycle last week prior to heading to NAB Post Plus, so the machine ran Stress Prime 2004 for 5 days, and didn't skip a beat. Next is to install the RAID system, as we only tested this with 2 SATA drives, one a boot and the other storage. FWIW, it was slightly faster in test mode, than is the Tyan system with the same 275 procs on it.
Additionally, the Tyan system doesn't like the Decklink cards much, it seems like we have to reset the BIOS almost every time we change any hardware just for the Decklink cards. The Supermicro *appears* to not have that issue.:thumbsup:

Supermicro H8DCE mobo.

I've always been a big Supermicro fan. They cost more (usually) but well worth the cost in past systems. After we do some render tests, I'll post some render times.
 
I would like to know all the components in your system if this is possible..(case, memory type, coolers etc.) I use Vegas and need a speed boost. Is there a big boost in rendering speed from the 265 to the 275 chips?
Also do you have the dual video cards in or is it a waste? I plan to use a Raptor 74G for the system drive and several SATA drives striped for storage.
 
I have dual HEAD vid card in it, yes....It's a Supermicro case, I'll have to look at the power supply. 1394 card is an ADS PCIx card...
I don't know how fast the 265;s were, can't imagine the 275 would be a helluva lot faster, but could be...It kicks serious butt over what we've been using though.
We also bought 4 X2 systems, and compared to the PentiumD...it's about 10% faster. For less $$
 
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