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Title: So - anyone tried a Xeon Phi yet?
Post by: Sy on December 04, 2013, 11:37:25 am

The "cheap ones" are around 1000€, i know yvg's miner got avx512 support and thats Phi only so i guess some at least owned one or bought one.

I'm thinking about getting one just for the fun of it but seeing that it's all passive cooled, guess it's designed for the massive airflow of a 19" rack case...

Title: Re: So - anyone tried a Xeon Phi yet?
Post by: tom on December 04, 2013, 09:38:10 pm

You could always get a 80mm fan and 80mm fan frame, flat piece of plastic over one side of the fan frame, one side of fan frame removed, that end goes into the air inlet of the phi.
Us miners are resourceful types ;) Cooled a 5830 this way after the stock fan bearing went.

Title: Re: So - anyone tried a Xeon Phi yet?
Post by: Aikuro on December 04, 2013, 09:43:43 pm

An actively cooled version of the Phi is also available.. it's still not cooled well enough for usage in usual desktop PCs.
It was indeed designed for the (conditioned) airflow in server racks. Yet it could work out well if you add enough fans to your PC case, but I doubt the c/m gain would be worth the effort and costs.

Title: Re: So - anyone tried a Xeon Phi yet?
Post by: smokim11 on December 05, 2013, 02:26:00 am

Wouldn't a liquid cooler do the job of cooling it?

Title: Re: So - anyone tried a Xeon Phi yet?
Post by: hiddenvalleyranch on December 05, 2013, 03:25:57 am

Quote from: smokim11 on December 05, 2013, 02:26:00 am

Wouldn't a liquid cooler do the job of cooling it?

I would hope so.

Title: Re: So - anyone tried a Xeon Phi yet?
Post by: Aikuro on December 05, 2013, 01:00:06 pm

Pretty surely it would, but first you'd have to find one for those cards (or build a custom one). :p