Hi Forum, Hi Dave, DS1054z arrived today
My 1st scope
My 1st post
Saw a link to the forum whilst typing the below on youtube, thought i might be better here....
Seeing heaps of comments re "try plugging in the additional power connector".
It's not going to happen as the PSU involved does not have the connector, only comes in the
850W and higher models (check qty of EPS connectors in TechSpecs tab.
It might be a good idea to upgrade considering the workload involved should fully load both CPU's whilst in progress, hence why not make maximum power available?
I do understand your reasons for not using the GPU, thumbs up on that.
RE: Hyperthreading, it has no significant benefit in this scenario.
You will likely find it has no effect on the i7 if you turn it off there too.
It is fairly normal for the HT cores to not appear fully loaded in some cases.
Best practice when theorizing speed is to forget the HT exists and count using physical cores, IE your i7 has 4 x 3.xGHz, new rig has 12x2.6GHz
I think i can rustle up 8 sticks of near matched (2gig?)DDR3 memory, can confirm in the morning.
If you're interested in trying it let me know.
I think RAM + CPU power + SSD source&destination (i know you don't wanna hear it) along with some method tweaking will net you some excellent results.
Ultimately i think we should see all 12 cores fully utilized through every step where multi-threading could possibly be used.
If your hard disks are not the bottleneck at any point then i really believe you've yet to find the best method/codec to do this.
I think you are yet to see the best of this dual socket beast, don't give up on it yet.
You came across on the video as if to say "My way is the best way" and didn't sound too keen on hearing any opinions, but maybe consider that some of us actually are good at this kind of thing (but i promise i suck at engineering, 1st ever scope arrived today, i'll be watching your other vids to learn to use it!).
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Other things i'd try....
1)Try looking for bottle necks in Resource Monitor, i usually open it from the performance tab of task manager.
Check the various tabs, i would head straight to the Disk tab and see if any disks are near or at 100% Active time (blue line in graphs).
2)Rotate the CPU fans as you considered.
The thermal paste install method was A1 in my opinion if a little much in qty, but you mentioned that.
3)Fire up the intake fans to encourage fresh ambient air into the case.
If you'd like to cut back on fans then make it the exhaust fan, the warmer air will find its way out due to both convection + positive case pressure from intake fans (leave the top open).
The cpu fans will also encourage airflow in the right direction.
The intakes will also provide airflow to the PSU/GPU if/when needed, possibly stopping the GPU from ramping up its noisy fans (they are only quiet whilst they are slow!)
Please be kind, i'm new!