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Does anyone know any way to adapt JCORSAIR1 Headers to something more common like USB or addressable RGB for example? Trying to run a set of 5 Corsair SP RGB PROS on a ROG Rampage IV Formula. I am trying to avoid the options of running my pre-existing RGB hub through say a Commander PRO. I also cant upgrade my motherboard very much because I am running a i7 3930k which has quite a old socket. If anyone knows of a Motherboard with a LGA 2011 socket that also supports JCORSAIR1 That would be great.

Over the course of the past few years, my old rig from 2013 has been becoming less and less stable. For a while it wouldn't post unless I reseated every DIMM and cleared the CMOS. That evolved to only accepting two sticks, to only one, at which point my friend just needed *something* to get him through, so it lived its past two years with him working fine on just one 8gb HyperX Blu. He's now informed me it won't post at all. Until now I did no research and assumed the issue lied in a failing motherboard, as it's randomly gone corrupt a few times after normal shutdowns, but always succeeded to restore from the gigabyte dualbios backup. Recently I've come across a number of old treads discussing 3930k RAM issues, specifically some of them having very weak memory controllers and the fact that they don't seem to like ram that's over 1600mhz. I'm heading over to pick the machine up later today; it's been a while since I've seen it, so this is all from memory. The X79-UD3 only has four DIMM slots, and specified one and three for use with two sticks, so I think I figured it had some kind of dual channel compatibility... I don't know, it worked for about three years like that, reporting all 32gb before getting weird. I don't have spare desktop parts anymore, so anything I try swapping I'll have to be buying first. What are the chances the IMC finally just gave up and I have an essentially dead 3930k? Maybe I could order some old 1066 DIMMs and see what that does.. I'm going to check for cracked VRMs, bulging caps etc but otherwise I don't really know a good route for troubleshooting here. Any thoughts on this old battleaxe are much appreciated, thanks for reading -Jesse Oh wow, just realized I've never updated my Sig, and now I can't find the page to do so... those specs are accurate besides the 4.5GHz OC and 8gb kit which I swapped for a matching 16gb kit almost immediately after building.

Hey peeps, I am currently running a secondary rig with the old x79 platform. I have had the CPU at 1.35 V for 4.5 Ghz all it's life so far but I wanted some extra juice from it. When I bump the voltage up to 4.8Ghz@1.4V, the temperatures shoot up to 90C which is weird as the 1.35 V never went above 70C, and the system thermal throttles. I have the current system: i7 3930k cooled with a Noctua NHD-15 Rampage 4 extreme 32 GB dominator GT Radeon HD 7950 (trusty old card ) HX 850i I have great case airflow as well. I saw Linus' overclocking guide for x79 and he ramped the voltage all the way up to 1.55 V and was fine. Why am I overheating at 1.4V??? Funny as he used an H100i which is outperformed by my NHD-15 ~GabeN

hey peeps, i was browsing ebay recently and saw 3970x and 4960x CPUs around the same price. I currently have a 3930k and was wondering if I shoud bother upgrading at all. I kindda wanted the PCI-E 3.0 support. Don't want a 4930k as it is almost the same price as the 4960x without the X rating Please provide your 2 cents 3930k vs 3960x vs 3970x vs 4960x

What the hell is going on?? the CPU is at 45C idle and ramps to 80 C load with a predator 360. Specs: i7 3930k @ 4.5Ghz 1.35V + speedstep enabled Rampage 4 extreme EK predator 360 I have mounted the block like 10 times already with no change . really not happy with the temps. Please help

Hey peeps, Recently installed a predator 360 on my x79 rig and was pushing for the highest OC i could manage. 5.0Ghz flat out blue screened and froze. I have 4.9 stable but there is a bit of an issue. I have set the vCore to 1.4V but on my voltage monitoring software, I can only see the CPU running at 1.341V. Chaging the multiplier just changes the vcore even if I leave the vcore at 1.4 in the bios. 4.0Ghz -> 1.251V, 4.3Ghz-> 1.301V, 4.5Ghz-> 1.311 and 4.9Ghz-> 1.341V. It is kindda doing whatever it wants and taking my input as an overhead ceiling which is good for power consumption and heat but it is not letting me have a stable 5Ghz oc. dont know what is going on. I am pretty sure if i force the CPU to run at 1.4V I will be able to manage 5.0+ but for some reason it is doing what it pleases. I need help forcing the cpu to run at specified vCore under load.

Current specs Intel Sandybridge-E i7 3930k ,6 core, 12 thread cpu Asus P9X79 pro motherboard Coolermaster Nepton 140XL aio cooler Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400mhz ram, 16gb (4x4gb) quad channelled Samsung 850 EVO 250gb SSD 1tb HDD Corsair CX750m semi modular psu KFA2 GTX770 OC gpu Aerocool Predator x3 case. What upgrades can I perform, preferably not cpu or mobo, what would be the best to upgrade first?

intro: I had a x79 motherboard from china with a Xeon E5-2670 V2 but wanted higher clock speeds, so bought a second hand MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) with I7-3930K. I didn't want to reinstall all software so I swapped the mb and cpu on the same SSD and OS, not expecting it to work, but it sort of did... the problem: When I start the computer it freezes on a screen with B2 on it. After about 2 minutes the screen goes black for another minute and then, suddenly, Windows starts... From then on it almost works like it should, but some software seems not to work properly and my CPU fan runs at 100% all the time. It just seems like the mb is not booting at all, but just starting up(if that's possible) what i have tried: Installing new driver and utility for graphics card(1050 TI 4G OC) update mb driver update windows swapping graphics card into other PCI-E slots using the multi BIOS switch on the mb having OC Genie on and off entering BIOS, but when entered, it freezes too. At this point I am willing to do a clean reinstall of windows, but I feel like this won't solve the issues.

So I've been rocking on my i7 3820 from the summer of 2012 (my god, has it been 4.5 years?). I chose the X79 platform for my first build, because I thought it would bring the best performance (quad channel memory and all the pcie lines ). Well it's certainly been very solid, but if I knew what I know now, I would probably have just gone with a mainstream system and saved some bucks. Back then the new Sandy Bridge Extreme edition 6 core chips were pretty expensive, so I settled for the 3820. I have done few "suicide runs" at 4.9 GHz, but for the 24/7 use the 3820 has been running cool and happy at 4,3 GHz (~1.29 V). It's still a very good chip, as there haven't really been any significant ipc gains since Sandy Bridge... So I thought heck, instead of building a totally new expensive system for some unimportant performance gains, I'll just update my partially locked (could be oc'ed past 4.3 GHz, but it was still kinda a pain in the ass) 4 core to an unlocked 6 core. Not really an upgrade that would bring everyday desktop performance to the next level (I think such doesn't exist atm...), but something nice for a couple of heavier workloads (okay, it's just for fun ). These days even the highest end SB-E parts can be found second hand for relatively cheap (at least when you compare to what they were going for even few years ago). I thought I'd check what I could find on ebay, and in the end I ended up winning some random auction on an i7 3970X of all things This cpu was stupidly expensive in 2012, but now It's possible to obtain it for a fraction of the original price. I would have been good with either 3930K or 3960X, but the 3970X is what I ended up with (the bragging rights... a little too late though ). Btw, if you are curious what the H100 AIO cooler pre applied tim looks after 4.5 years, here: Well I guess it looks just normal, and it's been good for all this time. Also, I've been wondering how long the H100 will still keep going until either the liquid has evaporated too much or the pump breaks... Anyway, while I was cleaning the parts with an old "credit card", I noticed the i7 3970X I got had a tiny bump around the edge of the hole in the heat spreader. I carefully chambered it away (lol), but I was surprised it was there. As a side note, looks like acetone can clean the markings off of the socket's cpu retention plate, along with any grease on the cpu So got the new cpu installed, booted successfully in the bios, i7 3970X recognized in the bios, yay! Tried to boot a couple of times in the windows: bsod "machine check exception" After heavily underclocking I made it into windows. I decided to reseat the cpu just in case. In the process I noticed I should have put a little more tim than just a "rice", so I put a healthy X. Eventually I got the cpu running fine, after tinkering with the settings in the bios. In the end it seemed to boil down to the fact that this 3970X just plain old required more vcore to run than what I was expecting. After adding some more juice it runs and overclocks quite nicely. The problem is that my H100 with push/pull can't keep up with this thing running at 4,8 GHz on 6 cores. First of all, the cores will hit 91 C in high stress test (throttling). And second, there is secondary kind of heavier throttling even if the cores are under 91 C, but high load is sustained for longer periods of time. After changing all power/current settings to max in bios, I thought it might be due to the motherboard VRMs overheating. So, I changed the rear fan from exhaust to intake and ghetto mounted it in an angle to blow on to the socket area: It might have improved things a bit, but the throttling still persisted. I noticed it starts to happen soon when the "cpu" temp gets around 67 C, so I guess it's the cpu throttling after all when it hits the Tcase limit of 66.8 C. So for now I'll settle for 4.6 GHz (+0.05 V offset mode gives ~1.37 V max, seems pretty stable so far). I guess I might ditch the H100 and add the cpu in the custom loop and also get an additional radiator. It would also improve the noise levels somewhat, but if I do that I guess it would be time to upgrade the case to something nicer as well, unless I do some (more) ridiculous mods You might think this is kind of pointless (which it kind of is), but I thought it might be interesting to actually try a cpu (only) upgrade which brings 1.5x performance increase (+ some from higher oc) in multi threaded scenarios. So far I'm happy with the results and I think it's still probably going to be good for years to come (I'm going to test out how long can I keep on going with this system, until I feel like I really need more performance)

My x79-up4 board died a month ago, so I got an Intel DX79Si of EBAY. I've been looking through Intel’s website and could not find anything else than the latest bios revision. Looking with waybackmachine https://web.archive.org/web/20150918230750/https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/55799/Intel-Desktop-Board-DX79SI I found the network drivers but that’s about it. Anyone know where I can acquire a full set of driver or an ISO of the original disc maybe? Thank you

As you can see, this is while running csgo fps benchmark map, ive set the core ratio to 45x, but the cpu only goes to 42 when gaming. Why is this ? This doesnt happen when i set power mode too high performance and use manual voltage. But when using offset and balanced power mode, the cpu doesnt go higher than 4.2ghz. Any ideas?

So, I have a X79 Sabertooth and a I7 3930k laying arround and I am thinking about building a NAS server (a small one) with this parts, but The 3930k is a Power hungry processor, what I want to know is if I tune the BIOS to Power saving (only 2 cores, turbo boost off, hyper threading off) and all of that, The 3930k Will be a viable option for a low consumption NAS server?

As you can see, 4cores are parked, but in regestery ive set the value to 0, wich should make all cores active. Whats going on? Also in msconfig checked all 12cores as cpu active.

As you can see, this is my 3930k idle, doing nothing, ive overclocked using manual voltage, and cpu power is always 80-90w, is this normal? When system is under load the temps doesnt go higher then 75c. But why are idle temps 50-60c? Im cooling it with a coolermaster hyper 212 (i think, im not so sure, i bought the cooler used)

Hi guys, I was recently given a friend's old pc. It's running a 3930k in a MSI Big Bang XPower II with 16GB of ddr3. For some reason the CPU (not overclocked) will be running at 3.8GHz, then slump to 1.2GHz and then stay there. I tried updating the bios but I cant get it any higher than v1.5, from v1.4. The next version is 2.1. Any and all help is appreciated!

Hi everyone, I am currently running a 3930k (OC 4.4ghz) with a GTX 1080 (OC to 2ghz) and I am currently debating of upgrading my monitor from a 1080p 120hz to a 1440p 144hz IPS display. My only worry is about my CPU. I know when you go up in resolution you are more so relying on GPU power than CPU, but I am worried the CPU might not be able to push that 144hz. I am currently looking at upgrading my CPU, but wondering to upgrade to 9900k, or wait until Zen 2 (I know the 9900k is a big cost but Ryzen 2700x isn't a big enough performance jump for me). Also anyone have any recommendations for a 1440p 144hz IPS monitor? Thanks for the help in advance

Good day! A few days ago I upgraded my gpu to 1080ti (Evga FTW3), but my cpu is a i7 3930k at 4.1Ghz, which I upgraded to 2 months ago. Originally I didn't plan on going with such a powerful gpu, so that's why I chose this cpu. But the 3930k is bottlenecking the gpu pretty badly (60% cpu usage, 60% gpu usage in BF1 and others). So my question is: Should I get a (used) 8700k + MoBo + RAM and sell my 3930k + MoBo + RAM, or try to OC the 3930k higger and just lice with it? (temps stay around 55C) Also, a side question. Do you sell your PC while they have some value (~2 years) and build a new one? Or just upgrade some parts? Thanks in advance! Andrew279cz (Current setup) i7 3930k Asus Rampage IV Formula 4x4GB DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 Evga 1080ti FTW3 AOC 2460PF (FHD 144hz)

about 5 years I built a PC and it's still able to do everything I want today without any problems. Is the 3930k overclocked at what I have gonna have any problems running the next gen NVIDIA cards at 1080p. 1440p, or 5760x1080p? But even beyond gaming, is it still a good workstation processor today? Cause if I upgrade I'm gonna have to buy a new mobo/ram along with the processor. If it matters I'm getting 1275 on novabench.

hi, i have a 3930k on a Asus p9x79 pro and i can only overclock to 4.6ghz stable cpu: i7 3930k (rev c2) cooler: scythe mugen 3 (push pull) mobo: p9x79pro (Rev 1.xx) ram: 16gb ddr3 gpu: gtx 1070 psu: rm750x

Anyone out there still rocking an I7-3930k in 2018? I been using it since 2012 when I first built this system. Its still rock solid in 2018. So I don't know if I ever need to upgrade. My system has gone through some component upgrades over the years. When I originally built it. It had a GTX 680, 1 SSD and 3 HDDs. in 2018 my system currently has 5 SSDs and a 1080 TI. You can read my system specs in the signature below.

Since I'm getting a new GPU (GTX 1070) soon and also want to up my PCs physics simulation/rendering/CAD capability I've decided to also upgrade the rest of my system and get a 6-core/12-thread CPU. Here are my options: #1 Buy an Intel Core i7 3930k and a high-end X79 mainboard used. Pros: Ridiculously cheap 6-core CPU (about 100€ ~ 120$ where I live), ridiculously cheap high-end X79 MBs around (I could get one for 100€ from a friend), allready have pretty good DDR3 RAM, great overclocking, there isn't really an upgrade path to speak of (there are 8-core/16-thread xeons for X79 around though) Cons: IPC is even worse than Ryzen lul, not really an upgrade path, no warranty at all due to german zivil consumer laws Total cost of upgrading: ~200€ (VERY tempting price to performance?) #2 Buy an Intel Core i7 5820k and an entry-level X99 mainboard used. Pros: Better performance than a R5 1600X while it costs about the same, way better performance than a i7 3930k, somewhat current architecture, excellent upgrade path all the way up to a 10-core/20-thread CPU, very decent overclocking Cons: relatively expensive option, would need to buy very expensive DDR4 RAM, no warranty except for the RAM, more than twice the price of a 3930k Total cost of upgrade: ~500€ (CPU: 220, RAM: 160, MB: 120) #3 "Dude, just buy a Ryzen" Purchase a R5 1600X and a X370 mainboard new. Pros: A bit cheaper than a 5820k while only slightly slower, faster than a 3930k, very capable overall, get to learn about overclocking on a new architecture, possibly(!) a very good upgrade path (who knows what Ryzen 2 might bring us - maybe 16-cores/32-threads? Otherwise at least a relatively affordable 8-core/16-thread), warranty for all the parts Cons: Most expensive option, doesn't overclock well, needs DDR4 RAM, still not as well developed of a platform, would need a new cooling solution, also more than twice the price of a 3930k Total cost of upgrade: ~550€ (CPU: 220, RAM: 160, MB: 130, decent air cooler: 40) (also, ouch... My poor wallet) What I don't want / what's not an option: Coffe Lake. Way to expensive here in Germany, if you can get one at all. X299/2066 It's bullshit and no one should support intel for their crap. B350 mainboards. I wan't all the features and all the overclocking from my mainboards. What do you guys think would be the best option? All help and all comments are appreciated, thanks in advance! Edit: What I allready have: Intel Core i7 4770k 4x4GB of DDR3 Corsair 1866 RAM Supports OC Profiles Asus Z87 Deluxe Mainboard GTX 1060 6GB soon to be replaced by a 1070 750W Corsair PSU Corsair H80 960 GB Corsair SSD

I am really fed up with the sub-par performance my 6350 can offer nowadays, it used to be a beast (especially for the price of 110 euros) back in 2013 but now that I do more intensive video editing and games are harder to run I struggle to find a balance of good settings, framerate and resolution. So I've been scouring ebay to find good deals on used cpus and motherboards and I have found some decent pieces but im not sure if I should go for it, my budget is around 250 euros + shipping to greece but I might be able to pull 270 off with a bit of waiting. The cpus I have found so far include: Xeon E5-1650 , Xeon E5-2670 , i7-3930K , Xeon X5690. If you have something else in mind that is better or about as good I would much appreciate if you would tell me. Also I would appreciate if you had a candidate for a motherboard that goes with that cpu (all withing the budget)

Hi guys, so I have acquired a used 3930k and now need a mobo to go along with it. I want cheap as possible, just need ability to OC, used is fine. Thanks

Hey guys, I have some overclocking questions. In the past I have overclocked my CPU a bit irresponsible, just slapping a stable voltage at a moderate frequency without giving it much thought. Now I want a good overclock, since I am a video editor so an extra 20% boost, means about 20% less render time and on a 10 hour render thats 2 hours less which is very important to me. I am running a Intel 3930K on a Gigabyte X79-UD3 1. First question... Leaving LLC at auto gives me MASSIVE Vdroop ... If I set the votage at 1.385V CPUz reports that my CPU is running at 1.300V at full load. At LCC set to Turbo I am getting 1.368V out of 1.380V ... the settings available to me are Normal, Medium, High, Turbo, Extreme. Should I push it to Extreme or should I settle with this. 2. Running Prime95 at 1.368V out of 1.380V I am getting a bit high temps... at around 85-90C across all cores. The setting Im using is for maximum heat output. Should I care about this, when Im stable, since when I am rendering temperatures are significantly less (about 10-15C less). 3. Such voltages and overclocks are pretty useless to me 95% of the time during the week and I noticed that when I set my voltage and frequency overclock manually, it just stays there no matter what. When I am running at defaults my CPU drops to 0.9V at 1.2GHz which is more than enough during my daily tasks. Can I get the best out of both worlds? Thank you.

Howdy! Long-time nerd, first-time poster! I'm running an older 3930k workstation (from 2012) out of my home office. I'm running 64 GB of DDR3 RAM in this system. I'm noticing that, as I replace and purchase new software and change the use cases of the machine, I'm able to max out that RAM. I've read articles and seen LinusTechTips videos showing the 5930k (might have been a 5960x actually) CPU running with 128GB of RAM. I recall that BIOS updates exist to give support to the "E" CPUs for 128GB of RAM. At launch, these "E" chips support up to 64 GB of RAM. Since the 3930k is an older model, I'm having a hard time finding confirmed information that it can also support 128 GB of RAM. I'm considering doing the upgrade but I honestly don't know if the CPU can handle it. It will be going in an ASUS p9 x79 Pro motherboard. If anyone knows if it's possible, with a BIOS update/etc. to get the 3930k to support 128 GB of RAM I would very much appreciate it. I would just build a whole new system but: 1) I'm waiting for the 6950x benchmarks and 2) I'm cheap and the RAM upgrade would basically fix all my immediate problems. I think I found evidence that the 4930k can support 128GB of RAM but I can't find a fricking thing on the 3930k. Thanks! -Nerd