Major disappointment with Xeon E5-2670 system: please help

[YYR123]

That datasheet is interesting, amiss?

I am familiar with the E5-2687W 8core - I owned it for at least a year or two (I got it for a song.)

Anyway.

The whole - Processor Socket R is somewhat confusing because that is a LGA2011 chip.

Infact that is why I went with my E5-2687W because it was the most powerful chip I could just drop into replace my i7-3930k which was also LGA2011.

Maybe they are trying to cover up the fact that these are consumer grade chips? (Especially at this point in time) idk. Whatever it is it seems very weird.

[Darryl Ramm]

Same but different https://www.anandtech.com/show/7773/...not-compatible

Of course “professional” vs “consumer” is often marketing, but if you really need multi socket and ECC, then.. but often they are not the things to focus on.

But today I would be looking at single socket i9 or similar, and with that M.2 SSD that I keep mentioning. This is an old system, old architecture feel to it, with old CPUs, I hate to think what the OP paid for it..


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[dvdr]

I can answer the "paid for it" question: 400€ for the R920, 2x 145€ for the processor, 180€ for the RAM, 120€ for the graphic card. Built to order.
I have a working ProTools system on a Macbook Pro Retina, but it does not provide sufficient power for larger projects. That's why I was looking for an upgrade.
I would have loved to get a Mac, but I would have had to pay a multiple amount of money for comparable specs - at least, that's how it looked when planning the big machine. I talked to some studio pros, and they either have unaffordable high-prived Macs or deliberately went with Windows machines.

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

Same but different https://www.anandtech.com/show/7773/...not-compatible

Of course “professional” vs “consumer” is often marketing, but if you really need multi socket and ECC, then.. but often they are not the things to focus on.

But today I would be looking at single socket i9 or similar, and with that M.2 SSD that I keep mentioning. This is an old system, old architecture feel to it, with old CPUs, I hate to think what the OP paid for it..


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[Darryl Ramm]

OK that is way better than I feared


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[YYR123]

Still more than he should have for Sandy Bridge - chips.

I paid about that for my X99 / Broadwell Chip, Ram, Case, Mobo Ect.

[junkgear]

Originally Posted by dvdr

(btw., it uses an intel C602 Chipset)?

Intel C602 Specifications

[dvdr]

So, as promised, here is the Sandra Report. Again, let me thank you in advance for getting me through this with your most valuable advice!

SiSoftware Sandra


Computer
Model : Fujitsu CELSIUS R920
Serial Number : *********
Chassis : Fujitsu Tower
Mainboard : Fujitsu D3118-A1
Serial Number : ********
BIOS : FUJITSU // American Megatrends Inc. V4.6.5.1 R1.13.0 for D3118-A1x 09/20/2013
TPM - Trusted Platform Module : IFX 1.02 (PCR 24)
Intel vPro : 7.01.91.3272
NUMA Support : 2 Unit(s)
Total Memory : 64GB DIMM DDR3

Processors
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (8C 16T 2.6GHz/3.3GHz, 2.6GHz IMC, 8x 256kB L2, 20MB L3)
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (8C 16T 2.6GHz/3.3GHz, 2.6GHz IMC, 8x 256kB L2, 20MB L3)
Socket/Slot : FC LGA2011

Chipset
Memory Controller : Fujitsu Siemens Core (Sandy Bridge-E) DMI2 100MHz
Memory Controller : Fujitsu Siemens Core (Sandy Bridge-E) Integrated Memory Controller Registers 100MHz, 4x 2GB DIMM DDR3 1.6GHz 256-bit
Memory Controller : Fujitsu Siemens Core (Sandy Bridge-E) Integrated Memory Controller Registers 100MHz, 4x 2GB DIMM DDR3 1.6GHz 256-bit

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Hynix (Hyundai) HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)
Memory Module : Hynix (Hyundai) HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)
Memory Module : Hynix (Hyundai) HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)
Memory Module : Hynix (Hyundai) HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)
Memory Module : Hynix (Hyundai) HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)
Memory Module : Hynix (Hyundai) HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)
Memory Module : Hynix (Hyundai) HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)
Memory Module : Hynix (Hyundai) HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Hewlett Packard HP LP2475w
(1920x1200, 25.3")
Monitor/Panel : Dell Computer DELL U2711
(2560x1440, 27.0")
Video Adapter : NVIDIA NVS 510 (1CU 192SP SM5.0 796MHz, 16kB L2, 2GB 1.78GHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Video Adapter : NVIDIA NVS 510 (1CU 192SP SM5.0 796MHz, 16kB L2, 2GB 1.78GHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)

Graphics Processor
OpenCL : NVIDIA NVS 510 (192SP 1C 796MHz, 16kB L2, 2GB 1.78GHz)
D3D 11 : NVIDIA NVS 510 (192SP 1C 796MHz, 16kB L2, 2GB 1.78GHz)
OpenGL : NVS 510/PCIe/SSE2 (2GB)
OpenGL : NVS 510/PCIe/SSE2 (2GB)

Storage Devices
TOSHIBA-VX500 (1TB, SATA300/600, 2.5", SSD) : 954GB (C:)
Crucial_CT525MX300SSD1 (525.1GB, SATA600, 2.5", SSD, OPAL, SED) : 489GB (D:) (F:)
KINGMAX SSD 120GB (120GB, USB3/SATA600, SSD) : 112GB (E:)
Seagate ST4000LM016-1N2170 (4TB, USB3/SATA300/600, 2.5", 5400rpm) : 4TB (Y:)
Flash Reader (7.7GB, USB2/NVMe) : 7GB (X:)
hp DVD-RAM GH60L (SATA, DVD+-RW, CD-RW) : N/A (Z:)

Logical Storage Devices
System-reserviert : 549MB (NTFS, 4kB) @ TOSHIBA-VX500 (1TB, SATA300/600, 2.5", SSD)
System-reserviert (D:) : 549MB (NTFS, 4kB) @ Crucial_CT525MX300SSD1 (525.1GB, SATA600, 2.5", SSD, OPAL, SED)
Maxtor (Y:) : 4TB (NTFS, 4kB) @ Seagate ST4000LM016-1N2170 (4TB, USB3/SATA300/600, 2.5", 5400rpm)
PTLICENSES (X:) : 7GB (FAT32, 4kB) @ Flash Reader (7.7GB, USB2/NVMe)
Hard Disk (C:) : 953GB (NTFS, 4kB) @ TOSHIBA-VX500 (1TB, SATA300/600, 2.5", SSD)
Hard Disk (F:) : 440GB (NTFS, 4kB) @ Crucial_CT525MX300SSD1 (525.1GB, SATA600, 2.5", SSD, OPAL, SED)
SSD 120GB (E:) : 112GB (NTFS, 4kB) @ KINGMAX SSD 120GB (120GB, USB3/SATA600, SSD)
Optical Drive (Z:) : N/A @ hp DVD-RAM GH60L (SATA, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller #1 : Fujitsu Siemens Patsburg LPC Controller
LPC Legacy Controller #1 : T1 0B-00
Audio Device : HP GK107 HDMI Audio Controller
Audio Codec : nVidia GeForce 6800 LE [NV40.2]
Serial Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : Fujitsu Siemens Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
Disk Controller : Fujitsu Siemens Patsburg 4-Port SATA Storage Control Unit
USB Controller #1 : Fujitsu Siemens Patsburg USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2
USB Controller #2 : Fujitsu Siemens Patsburg USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1
USB Controller #3 : Fujitsu Siemens TUSB73x0 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 xHCI Host Controller
USB Controller #4 : Lenovo Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller #1 : Syba Tech TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller #1 : Intel ICH SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller #2 : Intel MCP2-E(P) XMB Ch 0 SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller #3 : Intel MCP2-E(P) XMB Ch 1 SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller #4 : Intel MCP2-E(P) XMB Ch 0 SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller #5 : Intel MCP2-E(P) XMB Ch 1 SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer v4 (600x600, Colour)
Printer : Microsoft Print To PDF (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)

Peripherals
Media Player : Inateck ASM1153E (111.6GB)
Media Player : Seagate M3 Portable (3.64TB)
Media Player : Multi Flash Reader (7.2GB)

Network Services
Network Adapter : Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connection (Ethernet, 1Gbps)
Network Adapter : Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (Ethernet, 100Mbps)

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 10 Professional 10.00.16299
Platform Compliance : x64

[Darryl Ramm]

Can you explain what is on what drive partition, were are VI samples installed? Where are session files put?

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Fujitsu mangles OEM chipset IDs?... that's weird.

[dvdr]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

Can you explain what is on what drive partition, were are VI samples installed? Where are session files put?

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Fujitsu mangles OEM chipset IDs?... that's weird.

Pro Tools sits on VX 500, that is the boot drive.
Session files - for a start - sit on the Crucial. Planning to get them an extra drive. The Crucial is supposed to only hold the Photoshop files.
VI samples currently are not used in the project - for now, they sit on an USB3.0 small SSD (not attached at the moment).
The other drive(s) - Maxtor etc. - are only used for backup purposes and were attached to hold Installation files/Downloads and backups.

What do you mean with "mangle OEM chipset IDs"?

[Darryl Ramm]

They label chips like "Fujitsu Siemens Core (Sandy Bridge-E) DMI2 100MHz"
and " Fujitsu Siemens Patsburg"... there is unlikely to be anything "Fujitsu" about those chips.