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So I recently received an hp z800 but it's missing one of cpu fans(mount is missing as well). I was wondering if it was possible to use a 4 pin cpu fan on 5 pin cpu slot on the motherboard. What fan could I get to replace it? Thanks in advance!

Budget (including currency): 500€ (base workstation is free or very cheap) Country: Austria Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: ALLPLAN, OBS, Zoom, Cinema 4D, Lumion Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Status: conceptional phase Monitors: for now 2 HD or WQHD but in future maybe 3-4 alternatively 1 4K monitor Peripherals: for now Mouse, Shuffle Board USB Controller, USB microphone, 1080p webcam in future: phantom powered large diaphragm microphone, hooing up some used DSLR for content creation In the next months i might have the opportunity to get my hands on an old DELL workstation free or very cheaply... We used it for professional work in the company I am working for but we got new beasts of workstations equipped with the best i9 series 12x and 16GB graphics cards so some old stuff hast to go... The why: I teach the software ALLPLAN to students at universities in german speaking countries (in person and online) and take part in third party financed research projects for the uni with the software. My current laptop (i7 4700mq and GTX 770M) used to handle most functions very well, never had performance issues up till now, but the GPU is not supported bythe software anymore (OpenGL version too old and no more driver updates) and some visual features dont work anymore (openings in walls not showing up, some 3D perspectives not working...) and it starts to impact the quality of my lessons. I also had the problem that the graphics card started freezing when I was attending a Zoom Meeting and sharing the CAD/BIM software. I got it to temporarily work again by setting throttle to 100% but thats no long time solution for me... I don't feel like buying a comparable up to date laptop right now for about 2000€ as there just was the first big leap in GPUs for quite some time (RTX30x and RTX40x) and with a laptop I am permanently stuck with whatever it comes with out of the box... and I see my work getting more mobile so I would prefer a ultrabook like the Surface Laptop Studio with something like a 3050 Ti (really any dedicated GPU should be enough in my experience) one or two years down the line My solution: Update 2xCPU workstation with a "cheapish" NVIDIA GPU and some RAM for CAD/BIM, 3D Modelling, Architectural Photo and Video Rendering and Live Streaming and Video Content Creation for Teaching and now and then some gaming in HD or WQHD Streaming in 4k when the districts fibreoptic cable is finished Case: To be honest i would even buy it for the nice case (DELL Precision T5600) its in... it has a steel carry handle on the front and the back and great accesibility with a removable side panel and lots of ventilation openings. Overall a lot of room to work with. I am responsible for basic IT support (software install and licenses and hardware related tasks, no server or network stuff) and I always prefered the older DELL cases to the new smaller Lenovo ones in nearly every aspect... Built out of suprisingly thick sheet metal and with lots of places for IO. CPU: Regarding CPU I am very open to your recommendations and suggestions. I know it can't match modern CPUs, even top end ones being suprisingly cheap compared to the crazy GPU prices, but for my usecase it might just work... Especially the cheap first option... Following are some ideas I have right now... 1/2 CPU Slot Intel Xeon CPU E-5 2620 0 2/2 CPU Slot empty Option 1) Because of my usecase I might actually benefit from filling the second CPU Slot. We have one Workstation with 2 matching CPUs and I notice the difference. You can get it used for around 10€ now - to be honest I am seconds away from just YOLO ordering that one XD Option 2) I am even thinking about getting the most powerfull CPU I can fit in the socket... It is an LGA2011 (Sandy Bridge) so an Ivy Bridge CPU is possible) I still have to find out if LGA2011-1 CPUs are the same as the LGA2011 I already know LGA2011-3 or LGA2011 v3 aren't compatible. I could get also one or two used Intel Xeon Processor E7 8893 V2 for about 100€ each from a professional IT supplier that cleans and tests them. Cooling: I will just by a matching Noctua Cooler or get a used cooler and add NEW ventilators to it before installing - for rendering jobs constant cooling is very important. I might also add some other ventilators from decommisioned workstations for taking air in and out of the workstation - as I have access to them... If I feel fancy, I might add some Noctua fans on the case itself and a fan controller. And some Noctua Thermal Paste or another non conductive Thermal Paste - not feeling like adding liquid metall as the motherboard is mounted vertically and I don't feel like taking this risk... Motherboard: unknown 2 CPU motherboard (likely OEM) with 2x4 RAM slots for DDR3 RAM RAM: at least one RAM slot is damaged (computer won't start if a RAM is installed, if you install more than one RAM the computer starts to throttle like a vacuum cleaner, so another one might have issues as well) currently equipped with 16GB of DDR3 RAM (slow one 1600MHz but we have faster ones in some Workstation and you don't notice the difference the software we use) we have many old DDR3 RAM Sticks laying around that I can also get just by asking so I just have to try around which slots still work and how much RAM i can put in at max... but i won't be needing any more than 16 to 32 GB for now I also have two old PCs standing around at home that have compatible RAM but were only equipped with ancient Intel i3 or i5... GPU some old AMD Firepro (not supported by the professional software I use) ONLY NVIDIA is recommended by the companies that produce the software I am using, so sadly AMD is not an Option at all I am not afraid of a used GPU, even one from a miner would be fine as it doesn't have to survive for years... But if I can't find a used one for a good price and from a trustworthy seller I might just buy a RTX 3060 Ti or RTX 3050 Ti... If I can't find anything matching my criteria I will just buy any GPU that runs the OpenGL specs I require... Because most of my usecases are CPU heavy rather than GPU - I tested the new 16GB CPUs my company bought - I had to try really hard to get them to 20% workload (mostly moving in the 3D environment at veery high resolution and frames per second - the software saddly doesn't really use the GPU for Rendering any of Camera Flights or pictures) Only real requirement is that it supports 3-4 monitors in HD or WGHD and some 4k streaming or video editing on a single monitor. SSD: some 512GB or 1TB SSD in sale or I keep the old one installed in the PC - after it is overwritten and deleted according to company policy... RAID or backup in general doesn't matter, as the important stuff is in the cloud and stuff that is personaly important to me is backed up to external drives manually but regularly Network: a 2x1Gbit Network Card is already installed doesn't have WIFI - will be added same for bluetooth SoundCard: thinking about adding an PCIe Soundcard https://www.thomann.de/at/esi_maya44_ex.htm may add one for using Large Diaphragm microphones (recording tutorials and streaming lessons) have one powered by USB, it has a nice sound quality but I have to stick close to it and talk a bit louder... I already tried phantom powered microphones at a friends place - even cheap record you much louder, more relaxing for me in the longterm PowerSupply: will uninstall and clean with compressed air and see if I have to get a more powerfull one... RGB: maybe some simple and cheap lighting just for fun XD the cooling openings would show light from inside the tower but nothing complicated USB: if i happen to stick with the device long term If i have fitting slots left i might add a USB3.0 or USB4.0 card for backing up projects (building models and Renderings and videos can get huge - no motivation to run a NAS or similiar server) Operating System: already comes with Win10 Pro maybe even Win11 Pro I will repost in this thread if I really start my project... Feel free to share your tips or opinions with me - I am very open to suggestions and criticism and happy to benefit from your experiences.

Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to flash the D946GZIS BIOS to the D946GZAB motherboard with a positive outcome. I was planning on replacing the e2160 CPU for a XEON e5440 to the GZAB and I can't manage to find a .rom file of the D946GZAB BIOS (I found only .exe). Or maybe anyone knows where i can find the BIOS for D946GZAB in a .rom format?

Both AMD’s Threadripper and Intel’s Core X HEDT processors have been dormant for years now. But Intel’s Sapphire Rapids Xeon W is the spiritual successor, and hits AMD where they stopped competing.

I just switched my cooler from a dying intel 120 aio to a corsair i100 240, the mobo is an HP fmb-0902 from a z400 workstation, and has a xeon w 3540 or 3520. Once I did so, it proceeded to hit 100° within 30 seconds, so I repasted it, and nothing, tried adding washers to the backplate, and being careful to not overdo it, nothing, I over did it, nothing, went back to the same cooler, now that's not helping either. The best I can do is stay in the os long enough to see its on fire and power off. I'm suspecting the vrm could be old and crapping out, thus overvolting the cpu, but that's my only guess I have left. Any guesses would be nice, and if you'd like more info, then I can update my post or something as well. (Other specs. 24gb of 1333mhz by Samsung/SEC chips pc3-12800u-11-11-b1. Evga 3080 ftw3 hybrid lhr. Inatek [yes, actually called inatek] usb3.0 card. Realtek 2.5g lan card. Tplink wifi6e/bluetooth card. Apevia atx-wr680w psu [which I know sucks, and cpuld be the problem even]. HP to atx 24 pin adapter, and a stolen resistor from the old front panel header because hp hates you. Chipset is also an Intel af82801jir I think? It goes by x58 express on HP's website)

I have an HP Z420 Workstation with an Intel XEON E5-1603 CPU. I want to install an Intel XEON E5-2670 CPU. Since the PC is used (and has no manual), how do I know which BIOS version should be installed before I upgrade the CPU?

Hi. Some time ago I became interested in the topic of xenons. I bought atermiter x79 on lga 1356, 16GB ram ddr3 ecc 2RX8 and 2420 cpu. I paid for it 40USD. I bought the 2420 only as a test processor to check if the board and ram work, because the target procesor 2470 v2 I bought on aliexpress. On 2420 everything works. But on 2470 when I try to install windows I get whea uncorrectable error. The processors have the same tdp, so it's not the fault of the power supply or the board. Is it possible that the 2470 only works in the bios and when I try to install/load windows it pops up an error? Thank you in advance for your help.

I'm doing research into building a custom media server that will run an immersive experience for my company. The problem I've been running into is that information about building these is nil, and commercially available ones are woefully underpowered and have an insane price tag. What I could find was that I can use quadro sync to match the framerates of every output while also supporting projection overlap, but instructions on this tech is unclear on nvidia's website. It leaves me with questions like: Generally how does Quadro Framesync work and what are the requirements? Does there need to be one Quadro per computer or multiple Quadros per? Do I need additional components for this technology to work? What is required to run a single server for the max output of 32 displays? Xeon chips also make you dive down a rabbit hole, where sockets and motherboards for those sockets differ, although I feel like I can narrow the search once I know the requirements for Nvidia's side of processing. This is going to be a behemoth of a computer, but the commercially available ones are at most 12 outputs and worth upwards of $50,000 which should be super easy to beat with price, speed, and overall power consumption to boot. Any help would be appreciated!

Ok so I have this 8 months old pc that started having a weird issue from some weeks ago... It crashes, but if I turn off the pc holding the power button, I need to reseat the cpu for it to post again, but if I pull the cable or push the O button on the psu, I don't need to reseat and it will post just fine. The psu is working properly cus I tested it on another pc Cpu: Intel Xeon E5-2620v3 Motherboard: Kllisre X99 B5 v1.1 (Black Version) I didn't find people with the same issue using this mobo or this cpu, so I might be the first Help me pls (I attached a picture of the socket's pins

Hey there so im Lemi, 21 year old from BC, Canada and been using my PC to be able to Upscale and Ingest 4K Video footage from my photo/video shoots for clients and heres my little rant/ramble about my recent switch from a Threadripper 2970wx to a Xeon Gold 6230 So yesterday I finally got my “new” Workstation built with an ASUS Z11PA-U12 / Xeon Gold 6230 64GB 2933Mhz RAM and honestly been loving over my previous X399 board with a TR 2970WX and its been rock solid and have had zero slow downs that my TR system had while Encoding and Digesting Video footage pipeline and infact seen some decent improvements, for my FPS in AI Upscaling has gone from 0.23fps with the 2970wx + Radeon Pro Duo to 0.44fpss (pretty much doubled) with the Xeon 6230 + Radeon Pro Duo! I was hesitant at first due to it being a little older platform but with the perks of having some nicer features such as Hex Channel memory that im planning on using due to being able to grab 384gb 2666 for fairly cheap what would significantly help me as im on the verge of running out of memory again, the Mini SAS and Oculink connectors will also come in handy as looking to get into U.2 and a bunch of SATA Drives for mass storage rather than depending on my current NAS from the mid 2010s what is a huge bottleneck. Looking forwards to getting myself a new cooler such as the noctua LGA3647 one + a Radeon 7900xt / Workstation counterpart in the next year or so if ever released and hope to run this system for a good few years before considering upgrading, couldnt say that about the 2970wx that seemed to be riddled with little issues and nags. The Pros: Fairly cheap Picked up the ASUS LGA3647 Board + Xeon 4108 + Cooler + 16GB RAM for under $400 got the Xeon 6230 separately for $260 Its well tested and reliable for the workloads and heavy IO thats about to come into its world Has plenty of PCIe lanes and connectors to be able to get what i need done for 2 GPU, 1 NIC + U.2 PCIe card for storage, also turns out this board support Optane Persistent Memory so would love to give that a try for some RAM disk to help increase IO for my AI / Video work Has IPMI and BMC so i can now remote in and do what i need todo when needed without pulling myself out of bed to check if i have any errors with a project due to iKVM The Cons: EOL Platform and will no longer receive CPUs Due to being older lack of PCIE 4 and therefore being bottlenecked on IO speed Was a little tricky to get Windows 11 Enterprise to boot on this board due to my 2x HDDs for whatever disappearing when CSM was disabled, but a BIOS flash fixed that, but wasn’t the best experience with someone whos never dived into Enterprise gear/BIOS’s The lack of coolers / 3rd party support for things such as CPUs/Water blocks for the boards *at least the one I am on, cant seem to find a single soul who owns one, but that’s more of a product issue rather than a platform one. so here’s my two cents on the experience and usage of my new workstation, not sure if anyone is going to read my little ramble / findings but hey feel free to leave any comments and or ideas about what i could try to do to upgrade the system, id be more than willing to listen!

Hello there, i have bought an old Server/Workstation with an Intel S500VSA4Dimmr Maoinboard and a E5320 CPU, I installed RAM 4x4GB 2Rx4 PC2-5300F. I installed Linux Mint to test if everything works and with one CPU everithin worked perfectly fine, but when i install the second E5320 int don´t boot anymore. I testet both seperate from each other and they worked both. I hope somone here can help me or can at least say what i can test to get it working. Kind regards, Technik_Panda

Budget (including currency): 500€ Country: Spain Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, overall for playing Rust, wich is a game wich mainly uses a Cpu to run instead of a Gpu. Other details: Current build: Intel Xeon E3 1220 3.1 GHz, GTX 1050 Ti, 16 Gb Ram, 0C3YXR Dell System Board (Motherboard), Socket LGA1155 (yes I do know that I may have to change the motherboard too for the socket but I still want to know wich is the best Xeon Cpu I can get right now). I heard about modified Xeon Cpus, something like laptop Cpus, I do accept suggestion about those too if they really are better than a normal Xeon

I've been eyeballing some of the new Xeon E-23xxG CPUs for a new server build, for example, the E-2378G (https://www.intel.ca/content/www/ca/en/products/sku/212262/intel-xeon-e2378g-processor-16m-cache-2-80-ghz/specifications.html) I see that it was released Q3'21, but have not been able to find a single retailer to purchase the CPU from in Canada Is this because of current supply chain issues causing low supply? Or is it because server-grade components don't reach consumer outlets until a while after their launch date? (I'm not sure how enterprise and consumer markets differ in terms of rollout schedules) In essence, when might I realistically be able to get my hands on one of these? If it's supply chain issues I can just keep searching and hoping for stock, but if its because consumer rollout is typically delayed then I might just look at the 22xx series instead...

Hello, I want to buy a xeon kit from aliexpress, and I don't know which processor to buy, I have tried to search for benchmarks on the internet, according to passmark, the difference is 1000 points, winning the 2683 v4 with 17388 points and losing the 2690 v3 with 16453, but i don't know if it is that better. Currently i have an i5-9400f in my setup, but i need more cores for video editing and other types of work while gaming or multitasking, i have seen some i7 and i9, but they are above the price of these mobo and cpu with ram kits, and the performance of these xeons are better than the i7 or similar to the ninth generation i9. So which one do you recommend? Thank you. here are the links of the kits. https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLRooKK 2690 V3 32GB RAM https://a.aliexpress.com/_mrRxkbG 2683 V4 32 GB RAM

Budget (including currency): US$2000 / IDR30.000.000 Country: Indonesia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Android Emulator on WIndows (Bluestacks, NoxPlayer, LDPlayer, etc) Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Hi friends. I am planning to build a PC, can be new or used. It will be used for running android emulator (multi instance), around 30 multi instance at the same time. the Apps i want to run on the emulator is ROX (a game , for AFK farming) and crypto tab (it is a browser app, like chrome , but i can also do a cloud mining). So this PC will be almost 24 hour ON. I read some article and watch video on the Internet, they say Intel Xeon is good and suits for my needs, is it true ? Because i dont know much about processor, and i also rarely hear about Intel Xeon. What i know is Intel core i3 - i9.. so is it true, if i want to run multi instance, better to use Xeon rather than intel core ? or do you guys know any other better option ? Also, what about RAM, VGA , etx. can u guys help me to find the best PC build ? Thanks and have a nice day !

Hi. I recently "upgraded" my system from an i5-4460 to a Xeon E3-1230v3. The upgrade was going majorly well except for the fact that the Intel stock cooler would make the CPU reach 90 degrees Celsius or higher, sometimes throttling when going over. I invested in a used Noctua NH-U14S, and it was like magic how it cooled down my temps to 60 degrees max. The problem I'm having is that I benchmarked the cooler's performance using CPU-Z's Stress and Bench settings, and the CPU sticks to 3.5Ghz at idle and at load (Base clock is 3.3, Turbo is 3.7). Single Thread Stress also for some reason only reaches 3.5Ghz max. But, when I benchmark the CPU using Cinebench R23 and Blender Benchmark, the CPU goes to 3.4Ghz for 5 seconds, and then immediately sticks to 3.3Ghz for the entirety of the benchmark, going back to 3.5Ghz when done. The temps are fine at 40 degrees at idle and 60 degrees max under load. I have no idea why this is happening. I've tried turning off Intel SpeedStep Technology and the problem still persists. My power plan is at High Performance, but changing it to Balanced doesn't really change the behaviour of the CPU sticking to 3.5Ghz at idle. Any help? Edit: Prime95 torture test also has the same behaviour. CPU downclocks to a strict 3.2Ghz while torturing, and goes back up to 3.6/7 when stopped. Motherboard: GIGABYTE B85M-D3H Rev. 2 CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230v3 RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 @ Single Channel (Broke a pin on my motherboard that doesn't let me use the other slots) Graphics Card: MSI Gaming X Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Super 4GB PSU: Included Cheapo 500W PSU with the Case: Cooler Master Force 500

Hello, I am looking for any help in finding a micro-ATX motherboard compatible with this CPU for a mid-range workstation. Idealy the motherboard would have at least 2x pcie3x16 slots, and 1 M.2 and at least 6 sata ports. Idealy below £150 on the used market Any help would be grately appreciated.

This year I am planning to build a desktop platform with a Xeon E5-2670 v1 processor that I recently bought. It is difficult to find good realistic single processor benchmarks of this platform. I'm not interested in the latest hardware. I'm considering buying a GPU close to the processor's year of manufacture and maybe even a GTX 1070 or GTX 1080. I understand that newer Xeon motherboards support standard DDR3 RAM. How can I know which RAM is for server and which is not? What other aspects should I take into account when assembling this platform?

Budget (including currency): 6.000.000 IDR Country: Indonesia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Android Emulators ( Bluestack, NOX, LDplayer, etc ) Other details Hello guys, can someone help me building xeon based pc ? I want to use it for opening 5+ emulator instance for gaming Some friend suggest me with xeon E5 2640 V3 + Huananzhi X99 mobo, Planning to add rx 550 for the build too, does the 8/16 xeon cores fully utilized by the android emulators ? Lastly those 2640 have base clock 2.6 ghz and turbo boost to 3.2 ghz, is it okay to open many instance ? Thankyou all, hope you have a nice day !

Over this holiday season my primary hypervisor server is going to be going through some changes that I've been planning for a while. It's going to be an upgrade & downgrade at the same time. Details about the CPUs & Coolers Details about the Motherboard Details about the RAM Details about the NVMe Storage More to come later! The most exciting thing being I don't actually know if everything is compatible with one another. I guess we'll just have to wait and find out!

Budget: Maybe 1000€ ish Country: Finland Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games, but other than that no clue, asking for a friend Other details: No parts, a PC or peripherals of my own other than headphones. 4K 120fps alternating between the two depending on situation, but that might be a long shot (do recommend a RES and FPS this could run) The specs of the system I'm looking at are: HP Z240 tower workstation Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 | 16 GB DDR4 (single channel, 2133MT/s and CL15) | 512 GB SSD (HP sata III) | GTX 1650 4GB (New) | Windows 10 Pro Ready to use PassMark score is 16293 Price 699€ (with tax) There's also another option with a 1660ti that's 999€, otherwise same specs, PassMark score 20457 So basically the company that's selling these buys workstations in bulk, deletes all data and slaps graphics cards in them. Are these good value? Is cpu the bottleneck in the 1660ti model? Are we in a simulation? Anything else I should find out before pulling the trigger (if at all)? Thank you in advance Edit: added some info on RAM and SSD

Hello everyone, I would like to share my AIDA64 results for memory test on Windows 11 & Dual xeon 4210 . Everyone has been talking about slow l3 cache on Ryzen CPU's and windows 11. Can anyone advice on the below : I have been experiencing very slow system performance since upgrading .... Thanks

Hi I have a Xeon E3-1245 v2 (https://ark.intel.com/content/www/de/de/ark/products/65729/intel-xeon-processor-e31245-v2-8m-cache-3-40-ghz.html) and Iam currently using an Asus P8Z68-M PRO(https://www.asus.com/ch-de/SupportOnly/P8Z68-M PRO/HelpDesk_Knowledge/ i know it is the German version but yeah). I have some DDR3 ECC Memory but can't use it on that board. Does anybody know a good motherboard that can use ecc with this chip?

So a bit of an unusuall problem... Im not interested in buying xeons for my gaming rig since that is obviously not optimalm use case, and thats been already proven over and over again by multiple people. I already have two xeons scalable 8171M (26 cores x 2,6ghz). My uncle when he was still with us was "kind off" power user in CAD and so on. So my question is, will it be even possible to use them in home rig? And taking in consideration incomming direct storage technology, will it improve gaming in any way (assuming ofcourse that new title is written in this new api) (Sorry for bad english, I never lerned it, so Im sure there is a ton of errors)

Does anyone know how to optimize avx/avx2 emulation using intel's sde.exe? (software development emulation) Using the sde program, I was able to start and play star citizen. (I use that game as a base test for avx emulation) The problem is that the game plays at one frame per minute. Any ideas, alternate programs and/or a different method of doing this would be great. And I would love a reply. P.S. I know this topic is useless to most people but I think it's cool to see if it can be done, And I'm sure it would help people with old xeons.