Comment by varelse

In a desperate attempt to get me to take Xeon Phi seriously, Intel once sent me a free Xeon Phi server. I still have the thing, but because the boards were passively cooled, the server fans sounded like an F-14 (edited) trying to take off from an aircract carrier when I booted the thing up. I ended up extracting the Xeon Phis and using them in consumer cases with a much quieter fan blowing on them. It also weighs a ton, but I digress...