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Well the stream was geared towards newbies who weren't all too familiar with Overclocking etc. Having fun I guess. Pretty decent card and has been a worthy upgrade from the Zotac GTX1080. Been benchmarking and fine tuning the OC some. Well some folks in the linux community sure are. Have you heard of Looking Glass? GPU pass through (via VFIO), IOMMU is now pretty stable on Threadripper, at least as of Kernel 4.15.

Oh best part is I drop my 7920X server. IT'S ALL GOOD

...and I'm also gifting a Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 7 X399 board to a member on the Leve1 Techs forum. Shout out to @-TesseracT- for being the only soul here that "Got" my intentions. I also did a 2-hr live-stream fixing quite a few things on my stack, Things I covered Removed GTX1070 from the 7920X rig (far left) Moving the StarTech (Intel) NIC from the “old” pfSense Router to the 7920X rig (going to virtualise pfSense in XenServer). Installed a new “el chepo” GTX1050 into the XenServer (just for UEFI usage). Pulled out the GTX1080 from the 6850K gaming box Installed a brand spanking new Asus ROG Strix GTX1080Ti 11GB OC Edition I also walk you through on, Basics on overclocking, HOWTO. How to find the sweet spot, and fine tune. Running benchmarks in Assassins Creed Origins Playing PUBG; handling crashing due to artifacts How to deal with Overclock instability How I manage my XenServer in a virtualised Win10 in Fedora, via qemu/kvm - Shout out to Lawrence Systems Tech Talk’s Tom for his excellent guides on XenServer stuff. Highly recommended!! I boot up Gitlab and Ansible Tower (awx), connect and show they are running. I talk about mining (I think…); I’m not a miner though; but I do mine. (Watch video for clarification) - when a miner who mines isn’t a miner!! hahahah. I show you what Fedora (26) looks like a Desktop I demo running Benchmarks in Linux on the Threadripper 1950X. Also demo the epic Displayport @ 60Hz KVM by Wendell Level 1 Techs, which does GSync 100Hz. The full thread is linked here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/my-first-live-stream-for-over-2-hrs-where-i-demo-my-new-asus-rog-strix-1080ti-oc-how-to-overclock-manage-xenserver-play-pubg-wendells-kvm-lots-more/124176

Hi all - I've noticed a slight 'issue'; when I enable XMP on my Corsair Dominator Plat RAM, it auto-selects Bclk as 125Mhz and CPU with 'sync all cores' at x32 (for 4GHz on the 6850K). When I reboot in this config, CPUZ correctly reports my RAM is at 3000MHz Processors Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Processor 1 ID = 0 Number of cores 6 (max 6) Number of threads 12 (max 12) Name Intel Core i7 6850K Codename Broadwell-E/EP Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6850K CPU @ 3.60GHz Package (platform ID) Socket 2011 LGA (0x2) CPUID 6.F.1 Extended CPUID 6.4F Core Stepping Technology 14 nm TDP Limit 140.0 Watts Tjmax 100.0 �C Core Speed 3999.9 MHz Multiplier x Bus Speed 32.0 x 125.0 MHz Stock frequency 3600 MHz Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, TSX L1 Data cache 6 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L1 Instruction cache 6 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L2 cache 6 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L3 cache 15 MBytes, 20-way set associative, 64-byte line size FID/VID Control yes Turbo Mode supported, enabled Max non-turbo ratio 32x Max turbo ratio 32x Max efficiency ratio 12x Min Power 46 Watts O/C bins unlimited Ratio 1 core 32x Ratio 2 cores 32x Ratio 3 cores 32x Ratio 4 cores 32x Ratio 5 cores 32x Ratio 6 cores 32x Ratio 7 cores 37x Ratio 8 cores 37x Ratio 9 cores 37x Ratio 10 cores 37x Ratio 11 cores 37x Ratio 12 cores 37x Ratio 13 cores 37x Ratio 14 cores 37x Ratio 15 cores 37x Ratio 16 cores 37x Ratio 17 cores 37x Ratio 18 cores 37x Ratio 19 cores 37x Ratio 20 cores 37x Ratio 21 cores 37x Ratio 22 cores 37x Ratio 23 cores 37x Ratio 24 cores 37x TSC 3999.8 MHz APERF 4000.0 MHz MPERF 3999.8 MHz IA Voltage Mode Override IA Voltage Target 1280 mV IA Voltage Offset 0 mV GT Voltage Mode PCU adaptive GT Voltage Offset 0 mV LLC/Ring Voltage Mode Override LLC/Ring Voltage Target 1229 mV LLC/Ring Voltage Offset 0 mV Agent Voltage Mode PCU adaptive Agent Voltage Offset 358 mV Temperature 0 38 degC (100 degF) (Core #0) Temperature 1 37 degC (98 degF) (Core #1) Temperature 2 39 degC (102 degF) (Core #2) Temperature 3 38 degC (100 degF) (Core #3) Temperature 4 38 degC (100 degF) (Core #4) Temperature 5 40 degC (104 degF) (Core #5) Temperature 6 54 degC (129 degF) (Package) Voltage 0 1.25 Volts (VID) Voltage 1 1.28 Volts (IA) Voltage 2 +0.00 Volts (GT Offset) Voltage 3 1.23 Volts (LLC/Ring) Voltage 4 +0.36 Volts (System Agent Offset) Power 0 0.75 W (Package) Power 1 n.a. (IA Cores) Power 2 n.a. (Uncore) Power 3 n.a. (DRAM) Clock Speed 0 3999.93 MHz (Core #0) Clock Speed 1 3999.93 MHz (Core #1) Clock Speed 2 3999.93 MHz (Core #2) Clock Speed 3 3999.93 MHz (Core #3) Clock Speed 4 3999.93 MHz (Core #4) Clock Speed 5 3999.93 MHz (Core #5) Chipset ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northbridge Intel Broadwell-E rev. 01 Southbridge Intel X99 rev. 05 Graphic Interface PCI-Express PCI-E Link Width x16 PCI-E Max Link Width x16 Memory Type DDR4 Memory Size 32 GBytes Channels Quad Memory Frequency 1500.0 MHz (1:18) CAS# latency (CL) 15.0 RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 17 RAS# Precharge (tRP) 17 Cycle Time (tRAS) 35 Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 390 Command Rate (CR) 2T tCCD 4 tCCD_L 6 tCCD_WR 4 tCCD_WR_L 6 Memory SPD ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIMM # 1 SMBus address 0x50 Memory type DDR4 Module format UDIMM Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E00000000000000) Size 8192 MBytes Max bandwidth DDR4-2132 (1066 MHz) Part number CMD32GX4M4C3000C15 Nominal Voltage 1.20 Volts EPP no XMP yes XMP revision 2.0 AMP no JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency JEDEC #1 9.0-9-9-22-31 @ 666 MHz JEDEC #2 10.0-10-10-25-35 @ 740 MHz JEDEC #3 11.0-11-11-27-38 @ 814 MHz JEDEC #4 12.0-12-12-30-42 @ 888 MHz JEDEC #5 13.0-13-13-32-45 @ 962 MHz JEDEC #6 14.0-14-14-35-49 @ 1037 MHz JEDEC #7 15.0-15-15-36-50 @ 1066 MHz JEDEC #8 16.0-15-15-36-50 @ 1066 MHz XMP profile XMP-2998 Specification DDR4-2998 Voltage level 1.350 Volts Min Cycle time 0.667 ns (1499 MHz) Max CL 15.0 Min tRP 11.33 ns Min tRCD 11.33 ns Min tRAS 23.18 ns Min tRC 34.68 ns Min tRRD 4.00 ns XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage) XMP #1 9.0-11-11-21-32-n.a @ 899 MHz (1.350 Volts) XMP #2 10.0-12-12-24-35-n.a @ 1000 MHz (1.350 Volts) XMP #3 11.0-13-13-26-39-n.a @ 1100 MHz (1.350 Volts) XMP #4 12.0-14-14-28-42-n.a @ 1200 MHz (1.350 Volts) XMP #5 13.0-15-15-31-46-n.a @ 1300 MHz (1.350 Volts) XMP #6 14.0-16-16-33-49-n.a @ 1400 MHz (1.350 Volts) XMP #7 15.0-17-17-35-52-n.a @ 1499 MHz (1.350 Volts) XMP #8 16.0-17-17-35-52-n.a @ 1499 MHz (1.350 Volts) XMP #9 17.0-17-17-35-52-n.a @ 1499 MHz (1.350 Volts) XMP #10 18.0-17-17-35-52-n.a @ 1499 MHz (1.350 Volts) XMP #11 19.0-17-17-35-52-n.a @ 1499 MHz (1.350 Volts) XMP #12 20.0-17-17-35-52-n.a @ 1499 MHz (1.350 Volts) See attached. My only custom UEFI settings are: CPU Vcore set to 1.25vdc DDR4 RAM voltage set to 1.35vdc (for each channel) Choose XMP for RAM kit. This sets Bclk to 125Mhz, CPU 'sync all cores' to 32. If I force Bclk to 100Mhz, and CPU clock to x40, with XMP enabled to 3000MT/s, on reboot, my RAM is running at 2400Mhz.

I wanted to follow an update to this issue. Earlier, I had the stock UEFI 3004. Since then, Asus has posted several updates and UEFI 3505 specifically lists 'Improved DRAM compatibility'. Today, I flashed UEFI 3701 and chose the XMP profile. It instantly chose 32x 125MHz Bclk giving a 4Ghz clock. I dialed in 1.35vdc for the DDR Voltage (for each channel), 1.25vdc for CPU Core voltage and the XMP profile is DDR3000 MT/s at 15-17-17-35. First boot, success. Cinebench ran without any issues; testing it further now. Noticeable jump in CPU temps though, with the H115i pump running in 'Quiet' mode.

Thanks Colin, yeah I need to do this in Win 10 - right now, this has been 100% tested in Linux and there's no Link support there. On my 6850K rig, as I recall each boot up it goes back to white (or red if there's a pump failure) and the colour is only applied once Windows boots.

Well I wanted a twist on the Threadripper "branding". JackTheRipper would be cool if you happened to be name Jack, but I'm no Jack - just a Mike.

Hehe, spot on... is it that bad a name though? I was thinking of 'Reaper' as "Shinigami" (japanese term for Soul Reaper) (fellow otaku here..)

Cheers mate! 1950X Threadripper / 16 Cores, 32 threads Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7 - got this because it's cheaper than the Asus ROG Zenith Extreme but has a few more options than the MSI/ASrock alternatives. IOMMU groupings may be an issue but I'm looking into it. Corsair AX860i PSU Corsair 570X RGB case with Tempered glass - all round. Samsung 850 Pro 240GB SSD SanDisk 960GB SSD EVGA GTX1070 SuperClock Black card // Just to get to UEFI, sometimes to log into linux; but this box runs 99% as a linux headless rig. RAM: Planning to get a 32GB kit of 3200 MT/s Crucial Ballistix DDR4 RAM.

My new 1950X Threadripper build. Waiting on a proper RAM kit (Samsung B-die) to arrive, so running some RAM that I already have till then.

That's pretty awesome; this could have also worked http://www.caselabs-store.com/hdd-cage-expansion-kit/ Unfortunately, I didn't want to spend as much time re-ordering stuff and went the 3D printing route. Sure, the metal expansion cages are cheaper, but once I factor in the cost of shipping, it more or less works out the same as the overall 3D printing cost.

Well, his post isn't nonsenses given the lack of research done ;-)

That said, I wish Asus made a WS board with IPMI + all the USB3.1 and dual-10G NICs. Seriously, their approach at making 'product' lines doesn't make much sense at times. And to make matters worse, there's no compatible IPMI chip I could find that works with the X99-E WS/USB3.1.

Right - well consider if you can order from B&H USA. That's where I get all my stuff. I went with the X99-E WS as well, it was cheaper and I plan to buy Intel X520/550 10G cards and drop them in when my 10G switch is added to the network. ~$200/card from NewEgg ain't too bad.

Hi mate - well, I was keen in ZFS and that was the 'priority'; as far as operating systems go, FreeBSD has a track-record of being solid, considered to have a more robust network stack; it's Unix. Had there been a linux-alternative, I may have gone with that. For my professional work I mainly rely on Debian for production environments. I didn't spend too much time unRAID; it certainly is there as an option. I do plan to try my hand at setting up a EXSi lab at home, and virtualise other aspects of my lab-stuff. I'd do it mostly out of curiosity, as it's typically cheaper to just go with instances in AWS for any real need, rather than paying EXSi licensing costs. In any case, running VMs wasn't an initial priority - but I did pick the CPU/Mobo ensuring they would support it. Thunderbolt - well, VNC is nice, running headless is great (99% of my systems are headless over SSH), but if you want to have a physical terminal, say many meters away, Thunderbolt is a real option. Why? Cause PCs/Servers generate heat/noise. I can move them to my server-rack space downstairs and have a near-latency free console over Thunderbolt if I so ever wanted it. Do I need it? No. But I have the option. True, that also lets me manage UEFI stuff; an alternative would have been either (i) an IPMI chip on the board or (ii) an IP-based KVM solution.