x58 Question.

[GloriousPain]

Long story short of friend of mine has an older x58 setup he's trying to upgrade a bit with a higher end xeon and some ecc ram and he's curious if it'd be compatible; as far as I can tell it should be but I'm not an expert in hardware this old or server stuff in this configuration. 

 

He has an EVGA x58 SLI (the one with the green ram slots not the other one) and currently an i7 920 and 6GB of ddr3. 

 

He's curious if he could get a Xeon x5650 and some ECC ram he found on amazon.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Processor-X5650-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B01MXYNEFC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1545359957&sr=8-3&keywords=xeon+x5650

 

https://www.amazon.com/Tech-Micron-PC3-10600-ProLiant-BL2X220C/dp/B01C7YTBVA/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1545340651&sr=1-2&keywords=ram%2Bddr3&refinements=p_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A677429011&th=1

 

Any ideas if this would actually work as intended? As far as I can tell/know IT SHOULD... but I don't know, what I don't know so maybe I'm missing something figured I'd ask around on here due to the big x58 community.

[Electronics Wizardy]

The cpu should work. 

 

I don't think the ram will work as its registered, and most desktop boards are unbuffered ecc only(and there is a good chance it will run in non ecc mode)

 

[RogueLizard]

Just now, GloriousPain said:

Long story short of friend of mine has an older x58 setup he's trying to upgrade a bit with a higher end xeon and some ecc ram and he's curious if it'd be compatible; as far as I can tell it should be but I'm not an expert in hardware this old or server stuff in this configuration. 

 

He has an EVGA x58 SLI (the one with the green ram slots not the other one) and currently an i7 920 and 6GB of ddr3. 

 

He's curious if he could get a Xeon x5650 and some ECC ram he found on amazon.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Processor-X5650-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B01MXYNEFC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1545359957&sr=8-3&keywords=xeon+x5650

 

https://www.amazon.com/Tech-Micron-PC3-10600-ProLiant-BL2X220C/dp/B01C7YTBVA/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1545340651&sr=1-2&keywords=ram%2Bddr3&refinements=p_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A677429011&th=1

 

Any ideas if this would actually work as intended? As far as I can tell/know IT SHOULD... but I don't know, what I don't know so maybe I'm missing something figured I'd ask around on here due to the big x58 community.

I ran an X5650 at 4.4Ghz on an ASUS Sabertooth X58 with 24GB of ECC RAM. I think they'll be fine.

[Stefan Payne]

11 minutes ago, GloriousPain said:

Any ideas if this would actually work as intended?

No it won't.

You need a Server Chipset on the Board to use registred ECC RAM, a Xeon is not enough.

 

I know that, tried it!

With my L5640 or so on ASUS P6T.

[GloriousPain]

1 minute ago, Stefan Payne said:

No it won't.

You need a Server Chipset on the Board to use registred ECC RAM, a Xeon is not enough.

 

I know that, tried it!

With my L5640 or so on ASUS P6T.

like it won't work at all or it just won't as ECC? cause it's just ECC cause it's cheaper and my friend is on a super tight budget. 

[Stefan Payne]

Just now, GloriousPain said:

like it won't work at all or it just won't as ECC? cause it's just ECC cause it's cheaper and my friend is on a super tight budget. 

Won't work at all, no post.

 

ECC is no Problem, except for some anceint OEM Boards. Normal Consumer Boards just ignore it if not supportet but work anyway.

 

Buffered/registred is the Problem. THAT has to be supported by the CPU and with Intel also the Chipset. 

Your CPU supports it but the chipset does not, so no POST for you!