What is the CPU model?
Let's share our farming setup
Spec Dell Precision 5810 Tower, E5-1620 3.50GHz, 32GB RAM, 256GB SSD as purchased now with 2 x 2tb ssd and 4tb hdd
Is āLogical Processorsā enabled?
No option worded to that effect. I have upgraded bios from A19 to A31 this morning and tried various bios switches and still reports only as 4
can you give a screenshot from you BIOS CPU-options?
Guys, I had a lightbulb moment and booted with grml to see what htop showed and then i went into /proc. It turns out the cpu is not what was advertised! Its not a E5-1620 @ 3.5 but an E5-1603 @ 2.8 I have contacted seller to resolve.
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Well then not a great answer but atleast we know whatās up now!
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Good thing you checked! Hope the seller sends you 8threads cpu
Little update.
Found a nice deal (180ā¬) on an Intel server with the following specs:
- 2x Intel Xeon E5-2640 (12/24vCPU);
- 128 GB RAM;
Added a 2TB Sabrent SSD for around 200ā¬, so a total of ~400ā¬ for everything.
Farming ~1052 TFT/month, in @Mik terms, a ratio of around 0,38ā¬ per TFT.
Letās new internet 
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Wow that really is an amazing ratio. Hard to beat!
The E5-2640 has 6323 passmark for 6 cores so you even have the 1000+ passmark per core.
What is the Inter server model exactly?
Looks like a very good 3node to get in European countries.
Yeah, it really was an amazing deal !!!
Canāt really answer that question, everything I know is what says in this sticker:
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1u network rack depth node build, kind of a alpha with lower end hardware to test the cooling strategy, this node is quieter then my laptop.
Specs are 8 vcpu, 32gb ram, 1tb hdd
Specifics are Xeon 1230v3, 32gb pc3-12800 UDimm ecc ram, 1tb nvme ssd. Has an onboard ten gig nic, this one actually has six of them, itās my router wonāt be deployed as a node, but another just like it with the dual 10gigabit version motherboard 
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Hello, Iām about to buy one of those X3850 X5. As you posted the NIC must be replaced. I assume this is a ZOS compatibilty issue. Is there a particular NIC you could recommend? Thanks
Hey @nooba,
what a beast!! Looks like you end up with 4x CPUs each with 20 threads?
Iām not sure that NIC must really be replaced. The X3850 comes with Broadcom 5709C controller. Some farmers seem to have problems with those but I guess thatās a firmware thing. You should give it a another try.
If you indeed canāt make it work. I can confirm the following NICs working fine with ZOS.
- BRCM GbE 4P 5720-t
- IntelĀ® GbE 4P I350-t
- IntelĀ® 2P X520/2P I350
Here is a list of the supported NICs on the X3850 X5
source: System x3850 X5 (7143) Product Guide (withdrawn product) > Lenovo Press
At least the above mentioned intel cards are supported.
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Are you in the US? I can send you a NIC.
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Edit: āhe is from vienna, I think.ā ā¦ thatās the guy form the post he replies to.
I have to take a look at my hardware cemetry. I think I have a couple of nics flying around that migth fit. Have to check. will let you know.
Soā¦ if you are from US Nelson can help you out.
If you are from Europeā¦ I can help you.
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Hi Nooba,
I have had problems with it of course but it was with ZOS V1 so it could be that they have fixed that in the meantime.
I used default 1GBs intel NICs with PXE each about 30 euro
https://geizhals.at/intel-pro-1000-gt-desktop-pwla8391gtblk-a1769439.html?hloc=at
these times its more expansive ā¦ at about 40 euro
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Hey guys thank for your help. Actually Iām from Portugal.
Thanks for the info. The CPUs are Xeon E7-4860 20 vCPUs/each for a total of 80 V/cores. Iāll try to setup the server with the original controller, if I run into problems I will look into this cards.
Thanks again.
First few of many boxes for Monday build out have arrived, fingers crossed itās all here in time 
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