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Hello everyone, I'll try to keep this simple and short, but first let me tell you a little bit about my current system (first owner): CPU: i7-3930K @ 4.4GHz (custom loop) RAM: 32GB G.Skill @ 2300MHz Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Formula (updated BIOS) GPU: nVidia GTX 1080 Ti (recently upgraded) Me and my friend (we have identical systems) are looking into purchasing something like a used Xeon E5-2687W v2, which would be used for general work, but also gaming. So I'll keep our question simple and straightforward: how would one approach this upgrade and what type of issues could one bump into, when popping this type of processor into one's system? What about overclocking? I know Xeon's aren't really meant to be OC'd, but could something like 4.2GHz be achieved? So basically I'm looking for someone kind enough to share some personal experience and information regarding this upcoming endeavour! I'd like to thank all of our fellow budget friendly DIYers in advance for the info and help - we both appreciate it!

Hello folks I have a weird problem with my cpu turbo frequency , i don't know why , it doesn't turbo to the advertised frequency by intel when on load . So basically when I make a cinebench r15

I found this used c602 board and I searched online if c602 supports the xeon e5-2689 cpu, and it is not on the list. But then I realized that the e5-2689 is not a market-retail product so it might not be on the list. Can someone tell me if it will work?Thx

Help me build architect Workstation PC (NO GAMING)[INDIA] for long term 5-7 years please help I've a budget of Rs 250,000/$3500 I've bought a LG 27" 4k MONITOR already I've learnt Xeon are good for reliability and good for long rendering runs Are ryzen 9 same Graphics QUADRO RTX P4000 i like how's Xeon W2255 vs Ryzen9 3900x for my use ---------------- Software's using ( mostly 3d modelling buildings ,and rendering n animations) Revit,sketchup, Twinmotion,vectorworks,rendering softwares ,vray,Rhino 5,grasshopper, illustrator, Photoshop, premier pro -Architect Bhavesh Panse Email- arbhaveshpanse@gmail.com

I currently own 2 Intel Xeon e7 4830v2 but no fitting motherboard. As you can see in the attached image the Pin-layout of Ivy-Bridge EX is different than the Sandy-Bridge EP, Ivy-Bridge EP and the Haswell EP layouts so you would need the LGA 2011-1 Socket to run theese CPUs alongside the C602J Chipset. After some digging i found some motherboards that would cost about 5k$ and some Servers that would cost about 400$ without anything in them but i dont own a Server closet. Are there different options i missed or can anyone in the commuinity sell me one used cheaper? I would be happy if someone knows some ways to get them e

Here are my specs- OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard System Model HP Z800 Workstation System Type x64-based PC System SKU FF825AV Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5670 @ 2.93GHz, 2927 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 6 Logical Processor(s) Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5670 @ 2.93GHz, 2930 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 6 Logical Processor(s) Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard BaseBoard Product 0AECh BaseBoard Version D Platform Role Workstation Secure Boot State Unsupported PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.18362.752" Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 48.0 GB Total Physical Memory 48.0 GB Available Physical Memory 43.3 GB Total Virtual Memory 55.0 GB Available Virtual Memory 50.4 GB Page File Space 7.00 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys Kernel DMA Protection Off Virtualization-based security Not enabled Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes I'm using an older CPU, the Xeon x5670 and I'm wondering whether it is worth it to buy an RTX 2060 and up, or just buy an older GTX card instad. I plan on gaming with this. (Budget is around 300-700 CAD) I would not really like to change the CPU/buy another PC, since that is over my budget. I use PCIe x16 2.0 slots in my motherboard. I have a 800 WATT power supply. Alright, thanks.

Hello I am thinking about upgrading my setup and I've stumbled across the e5 2690 v3 and I can't find many videos about it I found one like 5 years old from Linus and all the others were from other e5 26 series like the 2640 and I was wondering if the 2690 v3 is any good for gaming. I'm also thinking about unlocking the turbo boost and that's why older videos like Linus are not representative of the performance I'm expecting. If someone can help me I would appreciate. If there's any mistake in my writing I'm sorry, I'm not a native speaker.

Ik that More cores means more good, but I was wondering is it good enough for streaming along with a 750 Ti and 8 gigs RAM (Basically a modified HP Z400). I'm thinking Streaming Minecraft using OBS with no shaders

Budget (including currency): Any within reason. Country: USA (Florida) Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 1080p Gaming - Multimedia Other details: Building this just to sell it. Had most parts laying around. Cpu: Xeon X5675 OC@ 4.4ghz MoBo: ASUS Rampage II Extreme X58 Ram: 24gb (4X6) Patriot Viper Xtreme ddr3 OC@ 2000mhz Psu: Corsair 750m bronze Cooling: Corsair H100i AIO Fans: Corsair Air AF120 Quiet 120mm fans Case: InWin 805 Storage: Pny 480gb X2 & 500gb Segate HDD X2 Expansion: Usb 3.0 pcie card - Creative SoundBlaster 24bit Sound Card GPU: ??? I was thinking an rx580 'cuz current prices are 100$ give or take. But to make it more appealing; maybe a 1660ti or 1060? Do I look for a good deal on a gtx980ti or something of that realm? Go new gen? Like I said my intention is to sell it on the marketplace so whatever you guys think will make a sale. Also if you don't mind letting me know a price to list it at. Thank you.

Hey guys, did you seen this fake GPU(xe)？ Some days ago, I get a Xeon Phi Co-processor on XianYu (Like ebay), when I get it and open its cover, I was so surprised, here are its pictures. (I know Xeon Phi is not GPU) Its core is same as Intel Xeon Phi x200 family CPU. But its BGA. This Xeon Phi has a PLX:PEX8733 and intel chipset C612J. It has a MicroUSB to test. I don't know why, intel often make some so strange EngineeringSample like this. AIDA64： CPU World： This is my video link：https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1za4y1a7rj/ Bilibili：結城安穗-YuuKi_AnS (My English is not good, may have some mistakes)

Hi i have two xeon 5640 and they runn at like 80c when doind light gaming and some multitasking but my gpu is only at 60c https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-CPU-Cooler-Heatsink-Fan-for-Quad-Core-54XX-CPU-Socket-J-LGA771-New-/131310325400?hash=item1e92b48e98:m:mT1rxCVA3kOPonyfhWriMtw I think i have that cooler is 80c ok for xeons

Alright, my father finally lent me a desktop that I can actually customize instead of using an old Toshiba laptop. However, it is a HP z800, running 2 Xeon 6 core X5670 CPUs (max turbo 3.33 ghz), 48 Gigs of ram (DDR3, 1333 mz), 1100 watt power supply. The GPUs are 2 Nvidia Quadro NVS 290s, very old graphics cards that I would like to remove and put in something different. I want to select and purchase a GPU that fits with my system (that doesn't bottle neck it too much) and gets me a good amount of FPS in most games (Minecraft, Tomb Raider games, other popular steam games). My budget is 500-600 Canadian dollars. I would personally not like to upgrade and buy a full new computer, as that would be very expensive for a teenager like me. More specs will be included below: OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard System Model HP Z800 Workstation System Type x64-based PC System SKU FF825AV Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5670 @ 2.93GHz, 2927 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 6 Logical Processor(s) Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5670 @ 2.93GHz, 2930 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 6 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard 786G5 v03.60, 2016-02-24 SMBIOS Version 2.6 Embedded Controller Version 255.255 BIOS Mode Legacy BaseBoard Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard BaseBoard Product 0AECh BaseBoard Version D Platform Role Workstation Secure Boot State Unsupported PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.18362.752" Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 48.0 GB Total Physical Memory 48.0 GB Available Physical Memory 43.3 GB Total Virtual Memory 55.0 GB Available Virtual Memory 50.4 GB Page File Space 7.00 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys Kernel DMA Protection Off Virtualization-based security Not enabled Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes Apologies if I get something wrong, I am very new to computers and learning more about them everyday. Below is the PDF with even more specs for the z800, such as PCI ports and more. 13278_na.pdf

Recently I picked up a fully operating dell r200 server with a xeon3220 and 4gb of ddr2 for 20$. initial plans was to host a small website, one that would possibly see 3-4 users simultaneously. The need for a transcoding server just arose and i dont believe it has the balls to transcode x8 1440p@25fps h.264 streams to 720p@5fps mjpeg for my mobile viewing pleasure. The biggest cpu i believe i can cram in to the lga775 socket is a xeon3380 or xeon3370 along with 8 or 16gb of ram, not sure what it will support. So i guess my question is can it host the website and transcode. or should i move on to a slightly newer server.

Hey community. I need help. I recently bought a dual xeon rig for driving 8 different displays simultaneously. got everything home, installed my SSD, set up my raid, Installed my 2 GTX2070 cards. Life was great! Everything worked perfectly, got some pretty decent cinebench scores considering the age. Took the computer to where it was needed, went to boot up - And it wont post. Gets stuck on Qcode “bC” or “6C” - the jury is out on which it is. 6C relates to a system DXE initiallizing process. But it gets no further. Fans spin and powers on, but no post. Ive tried everything I know of, reset CMOS (both with jumper, and battery) removed GPU’s, Reseated GPU’s, reseated CPU’s, reseated RAM, tried with 1 CPU and 1 stick of ram, changed powersupplys, checked the other CPU, Checked different sticks of ram, and every combination in between. NOTHING. I dont know where to go from here. Someone help. 2x Xeon E5 2687v2 Asus Z9PE-D8 ws 2x Noctua NH-U12s 64gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz DDR3 500gb Western Digital Blue SSD 2x 4tb Seagate Barracuda HDDs 2x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 Corsair H1200i

Hey guys I am using an older xeon CPU and found out it's kinda rare. Can someone out there please tell me something about the xeon e5 2658 v3 12 Codes CPU?

He seems to be the 3647 processor, but rather the 3647 processor. Just a little bit bigger. This is LGA4189-4 IceLake Xeon. But I don't know it has how many core.

Hi i want to upgrade my i3 2100 to a xeon e3 1220 can i do that?

My DAC (topping d10) is USB power and data , now I know why it's bad now it's too late. It distorts under 'random' situations but I got it down I think to the available power of my USB ports on the motherboard and my excessive collection of things plugged in. I don't know how to test it as only the DAC distorts and only on 'blue' not 'red' both PC's are windows, Intel, 700w power supply's, all drivers are the same and it's configuration is the same only difference is Blue I haven't activated windows because the run time is 9 years ( ex register) and I wanted to test stability, can I diagnose the USB ports power delivery in any way. If I'm missing something I'd love to know haha Gigabyte Ga h55m d2h ; btw

hi is their lga 1366 or 2011 or 1356 (only ddr3 ram) xeon cpu under 55 usd which I will pair with cheap Chinese 65 usd motherboard (no oc supported) that have performance close to ryzen 5 2600.

I was waiting for pricing to come down, waiting for over 2 years, actually, when the Human Malware hit, and instead, I decided to just stick with my current system for a little longer. So, I upgraded my CPU, since that was pretty much the only thing I could realistically upgrade and get a performance boost, without a totally new system. Specs: EVGA 980 SSD Boot drive 32GB of DDR3 RAM H97 Gigabyte board with the BIOS that supports the E3 V3 series of Xeon CPU's Windows 8.1 Originally, I had a Core i5 4440, 3.1 GHZ with a 3.3 boost clock. I spent a bit of time looking for a 4790, 4790k, 4770, or 4770k to come up for sale at a reasonable price. $300 for a used Haswell CPU is not a reasonable price. I could buy a brand new one off newegg for that, so I waited. Then I noticed that my board supports the Xeon CPU's, and since I have no need for onboard graphics, I grabbed one for around $100 shipped to my door. Xeon E3 1280V3, 3.6 GHZ base, 4 GHZ boost clock. So, I dropped it in, and realized I needed a new CPU cooler. I grabbed a Noctua NH-D16S, and was shocked that it fits in my case. What happens if I load it down, is the CPU clocks down to 3.5 GHZ. Temps are at 54C, I'm only pulling 81 watts through the CPU, I've got it set in BIOS to turbo until well past 90w. This board isn't an OC board, hence H97, so I'm wondering if attempting an all-core turbo is causing something to revert in BIOS, and reset the base clock multiplier to 35 instead of 36? It does turbo to 4 GHZ, but I've noticed that even on 'spikey' loads, it doesn't tend to go much past 3.8 or 3.9, and the only time I really see 4.0 is when it's idling, and the multiplier just kinda bounces around from 3.2 to 4.0 randomly. Any suggestions for keeping my clocks up when running heavy loads longer? I'd like to at least not clock down until temp becomes an issue, but I'm not sure if this board will do that... Maybe I should have grabbed a Broadwell CPU, though that would require a BIOS update...

Hey everyone, hope everyone is staying safe out there during this terrible times, I have an Intel Xeon E3-1225 v2 Ivy Bridge CPU in my desktop, and I'm upgrading. I'd like this system to become a server, running Linux. It will primarily be serving movies with Plex. I have a question re: transcoding. I wanted to see which would be better at H.264 and H.265 decode and encode, Intel HD Graphics P4000 with QSV, or NVENC on a GeForce card, probably either a 1030 or a 1050. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! PS: I'm not sure which forum to post this in. Move it if you need to.

Out of curiosity, has anyone had any experience / any luck overclocking X56XX xeon CPUs? I'm going to pick some up and I was just mildly curious if I could do it. P.S. I'm talking dual socket here.

Hi guys! I had recently upgraded my computer, installing a new CPU, GPU and heatsink. I have never installed computer parts before so I wanted to check if everything was identified by the computer. After checking the GPU, I installed HWMonitor to see if I did a fine job applying the paste and topping it with the heatsink. I'm pretty worried because after doing some research online I think my computer should not be idling at 40-50c. The other thing that worries me is that the hottest core is usually about 10c+ hotter than every other core. I have not overclocked, I have reapplied thermal paste and remounted, and I bought it from Ebay. My question is if this is just the standard Nehalem Xeon Processor temps or if my cpu cooler (Intel xts100h) is not gonna cut it. Thank you for your time.

Hi All, As stated in a previous post of mine, I am currently building my first home sever. I'm planning to to use my home server; - as a NAS - to run virtual machines (Maybe even a Minecraft server on a VM) - to run a plex server On my previous post when asking what CPU would be recommended to us, I was told to look at Xeon E CPUs. Having spent hours researching into Xeon E's and looking what's available, I'm contemplating getting an Intel® Xeon® E-2176G. The price of which would cost me circa £400. I was just wondering what the difference was between a Xeon E-2176G and a i7 9700k and if I would benefit opting to use one over another ? Any advice would be welcomed. Many thanks, DaButterGamer

Hi everyone! Maybe a short introduction from me: I'm Finn, I'm 26 and work as an engineer in composites (mostly carbon epoxy, mainly manufacturing and design). I finished my studies 1.5 years ago and got into computers during my studies, mostly getting my info from Linus and the crew, super thankful for you guys while I was building my first computer back in 2017! I would have been lost, going from knowing absolutely nothing! After leaving uni, I've been out of the game for a while but stumbled over the old pictures I made of when I was building my custom carbon computer case and thought I'd share these with you all! It is my first post here after a while of ghosting around but I thought you guys may be interested, so I joined up It started back in 2016 when I was still studying engineering and I was working on CPU and GPU heavy tasks (larger CAD models, analysis, 3D scanning etc) so I built my first computer with a dual socket server board with two Xeon E5 2680 (V1). That worked well but it was a pain in the space to have as it was absolutely huuuge. After moving from Germany to Sweden to do an internship at Koenigsegg, for which I dragged my huge pc along, I decided I needed something smaller but still powerful. I was looking for something with similar power, not break the bank, but also a case that would fit into a backpack and also look nice. Usually all of those points don't fit together... well... so I decided to make my own case. I wasn't that rich, so I thought I would try and get a second hand CPU and GPU and base the rest around those. After a while I found someone selling a Xeon E5 2680 V4 for quite cheap and a Quadro M4000. I based the following off of those and started making a design. The motherboard I chose was not the smallest, like the mini- ITX boards Linus used for his small builds but the Asus X99-M WS/SE. The micro-ATX does take a bit more space but it offers 4 full sized ram slots so ram is cheaper, proper I/Os and has 3 PCI-E slots as well. Going with a mini-ITX would have felt like an apple move... I got the cad models of the other parts (or dimensions and made space-holders) before buying and played tetris to see what parts worked best. These are the ones I chose at the end: PSU - ST350 Silverstone Cooler - R15 Dynatron Fan - 120mm Noctua This is how the rough CAD model looked like. The actual build did change a bit to make space for things I didn't consider enough at the beginning, like more space for cables, a 3D printed air channel to guide air from the fan over the cooler and bla bla bla things change I guess After getting the parts, I started with the base frame. This was going to be the back-bone of the case. Everything would bolt to it, so it was going to be nice and strong. It's hard to think of every detail (like the through-holes for cables, space for the nuts on the rear of the stand-offs, cable bend radii etc etc) when you build something for the first time, especially when you make it with carbon fiber, because once you mold it, there's little you can edit. I did end up making the back-bone twice because I wasn't happy with the first result. For the carbon guys, I'll just incorporate the details of how I made the case as well. The backbone was made using a wood mold. I just cut blocks of MDF to the right dimensions, stacked them together and fastened them with wood screws. I finished the surface with bog to make it nice and smooth. To make the part, I used dry fibers, placed these down on the mold Picture 1 below) and did an infusion (Picture 2). This is when you put the dry fiber and the mold into a bag, pull a vacuum from one side and let the resin run in form the other. The vacuum pulls the resin through the part. It's not the easiest way because you need a 110% perfect vacuum with no leaks in the bag but it does create a very good material quality if it goes right. The Back-bone carbon panel is roughly 4mm thick and super stiff. The back-bone was then cut, drilled and fitted out to hold all of the components. I didn't have access to any CNC equipment so all of this was done by hand and took ages. Here you can see the cut-outs for the PSU cooler, the fan, the PCI-E extension cable and the motherboard stand-offs. After making the back-bone, I made the visual panels that form the outside everyone will see. These are bonded and bolted to the back-bone. This approach de-couples the functional part that holds everything and has many attachments (back-bone), from the visual parts (which usually do quite little). This makes both much easier to make. Here I again did an infusion, using a glass panel as a mold. This creates very beautiful finishes. These panels were 1.5mm thick, also quite stiff and strong These panels were cut to size and bonded to the flanges of the back-bone. It was super difficult to get everything to line up nice and square. If anything was out by even 0.5 mm, you would see that immediately at the edges where to panels come together. After that I started making the I/O cut-outs. I didn't want to use the std I/O shield because it used too much vertical space. This process was also hard because you needed these holes to fit the GPU and motherboard but you need the GPU and motherboard mounted to be able to know where to put the holes... Chicken and the egg... This also took ages but didn't end up too bad. For the next version I would def. do this differently and make it look more OEM. I have access to CNC machines now so I would probably just copy the I/O shield and cut that directly into the back-panel and laser engrave the lettering around the ports. The pictures below are with all the parts fitted into the frame. Still no cables on the first image or side covers, but at least it looks like a computer You can see that everything is quite close and theirs not much space. See where the PSU cables should come out on the first picture below? Theirs maybe 25mm space. I actually had to re-wrap the cables to make the bend after the connector more compact to not impact the fan After some more work on the side panels, the cable management, GPU attachment points, air flow slots and dust covers, etc etc etc it finally looked like this. I'm still not sure about the panel finish. I kind of like the high-gloss but it's super sensitive to scratches so I might give it a light sand and polish. Koenigsegg does this to some of their parts. It removes the top layer of resin and exposes the bare carbon fibers. This makes it more scratch resistant and gives it a shiny, more metallic look as well One thing I had to consider was cooling and air flow. I chose a Xeon, because of their lowish TDP. The E5 2680 V4 has 120w, the M4000 has 120W as well. The idea was to de-couple both the GPU and CPU cooling exhausts. The Fan would pull air from an opening in the lower rear side of the case (image 3 above on the bottom right beside the GPU), through to the front side and push it through a 3D printed duct over the CPU and out the opening on image 2. The GPU would pull air from the same opening as the CPU and exhaust it out the back and side through the vent where you can see the Quadro logo in image 4. I trialed this with a prototype paper ducting and it didn't work that bad. This case would most likely not comfortably support a heavier CPU tho as it was running at 85°C at full load if I remember correctly. You could probably add a bit of height to the case and gain some cooling but I guess you're always smarter after you're done... I also added sound dampening material from bequiet to the inside of all panels. This and the fact that the fan is quite a far inside the case makes it pretty bearable to sit beside. The case is still not 100% complete. I still haven't made the 3D printed duct and some other small things. After I got to the state above, I finished uni and moved to New Zealand to work at Rocket Lab, a small company building rockets to send small-sats to low earth orbit. That work casually takes up 120% of my time so it hasn't progressed since 1.5 years, but it works ok so it's fine I guess One day our CEO Peter Beck walked by while I was showing one of my friend the case and he went balls to the walls telling me that I need to make this into a business (I guess thats in a CEOs genes...). I told him that I would honestly rather spend my time sending stuff to space than building over priced computer cases... I might make a V2 some time, build it for more modern parts, maybe for an AMD CPU and use a super small water cooling system to deal with the heat. We will seeeee! Hope you guys enjoyed this! Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions!! Cheers