SIXTEEN Cores for the Price of EIGHT!

[WONDERMIKE]

@Sir0TekIt is actually quite easy to get exactly what you want without bad surprises like slower SATA, PCIe or missing memory channels when you look up the models on https://xeon-e5450.ru/. Even using the browser translation it is very straightforward. Personally I use a 2667v2 32gb 1866 ecc and a 1080ti on the Jingsha X79-P3 and the only thing I miss out on is the sleep mode. I also ordered nearly all the models availbable out of curiosity and because I have to get rid of a box of Xeons and 4GB dimms, so I use them for low budget 1080p gaming builds and sell them.

 

When you have access to cheap Xeons/ECC ram then it is worth it I think, but in most countries I doubt you save a lot compared to AM4 hardware.

 

Regarding the video: they need to go to the cpu power settings in the bios where you find

 

- long duration power limit

- long duration maintained

- short duration power limit

 

and just enter "250" to get rid of the boost problem. This way the cpus should boost to 3.6GHz on all cores. I encountered this behaviour with one of these chinese boards myself but not all of them have this behaviour. I was surprised when Linus came up with weird stories about the way this generation boosts.. all the Sandy/Ivy Bridge Xeons I worked on were able to boost exactly as Intel specified.

[Sir0Tek]

7 minutes ago, WONDERMIKE said:

@Sir0TekIt is actually quite easy to get exactly what you want without bad surprises like slower SATA, PCIe or missing memory channels when you look up the models on https://xeon-e5450.ru/. Even using the browser translation it is very straightforward. Personally I use a 2667v2 32gb 1866 ecc and a 1080ti on the Jingsha X79-P3 and the only thing I miss out on is the sleep mode. I also ordered nearly all the models availbable out of curiosity and because I have to get rid of a box of Xeons and 4GB dimms, so I use them for low budget 1080p gaming builds and sell them.

 

When you have access to cheap Xeons/ECC ram then it is worth it I think, but in most countries I doubt you save a lot compared to AM4 hardware.

So these boards mentioned do allow to change timings, multipliers and so on on lga2011? Very nice and good to know. And these boards and Xeons are nice gaming-machines nowadays, for sure. Do you know similar 1155-variants (got some nice I5's here I'd like to revive). Mainboards for this socket are either almost useless or darn expensive, it seems.

For me a mainboard doesn't only provide the sockets for cpu, memory, graphics card and drives, it needs to work with some legacy-hardware already owned. And it has to provide its features regardless of the OS used.

[Bradamante]

Now I wonder if this thing is hackintoshable ...

[WONDERMIKE]

On 1/12/2020 at 12:01 AM, Sir0Tek said:

So these boards mentioned do allow to change timings, multipliers and so on on lga2011? Very nice and good to know. And these boards and Xeons are nice gaming-machines nowadays, for sure. Do you know similar 1155-variants (got some nice I5's here I'd like to revive). Mainboards for this socket are either almost useless or darn expensive, it seems.

For me a mainboard doesn't only provide the sockets for cpu, memory, graphics card and drives, it needs to work with some legacy-hardware already owned. And it has to provide its features regardless of the OS used.

 

To adjust timings you usually have to flash a modified BIOS from the russian Xeon wiki I linked. But you can determine the RAM speed without flashing it so simple overclocking 1333@1600 or 1600@1866 works ootb.

 

Multipliers can be adjusted in the CPU section, yes. But not all Xeons have unlocked multipliers.

 

1620 yes

1620 v2 no

1650 yes

1650 v2 yes

2667 no

2667 v2 no

2689 no

2630 v2 no

2640 no

...

 

It's a good idea to look this up in the wiki as well because there is no logical pattern how Intel decided when to lock the multipliers. Overclocking results vary a lot and you have no way to adjust vcore or anything, so for example I was able to push a 1620 to only 4GHz but a 1650 v2 was rockstable at 4.1GHz on two different boards with the same VRM configuration.

 

As for 1155 I have no experience with chinese boards but since they sell a lot of 1155 Xeons I would assume they have some decent boards to pair them with as well. The real goal for them is to sell on all the old serverhardware and the way to do it is to give us some board options. It's like they created a market for old hardware that would have been otherwise impossible to sell in bigger numbers.

[DavidKalinowski]

I think i would rather just buy a dell power edge or hp proliant server off ebay for less money. might only get 2x6 core but at close to the half the cost, I can deal.

[itaqua974]

i have a question
i have a motherboard almost the the same has this one but it is an x99 socket
in this kind of motherboard the ram slot is very close to th cpu
so what kind of radiator do you recommand? Considering of using ecc ram with thermal sheild that increase the height of the ram
the ram slot is exactely the same black and orange and 4 slot on top of cpu slot and 4 slot under the cpu
If you dont use the righ cpu cool you will have to bend a little your ram to put it on the slot that is the nearest of the cpu
spoiler don't use a radiator parallel to the motherboard, not enough space between the borad and the radiator
and when your search for a radiator, brand don't tell us the dimension between the part that goes on to the cpu and the part where is mounted the fan wish can be pretty handy

[tpenn]

On 1/4/2020 at 12:12 PM, nicklmg said:

Buy Intel Xeon processors on Amazon (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/1HEe6Ts

 

Get this motherboard on Aliexpress: https://geni.us/Gc9PU

 

Buy Noctua NH-U12s on Amazon (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/9arXgs

Does anyone have a user manual to this board?

[TimedPing]

1 hour ago, tpenn said:

Does anyone have a user manual to this board?

Most Chinese motherboard doesn't typically have "real" manual, even the printed one inside the box is only very basic knowhow, but here the AliExpress Link that contain this specific motherboard information under "Description" section.