General Intel HEDT Xeon/i7 Discussion

[Zando_]

Just now, THFourteen said:

Haven’t really played anything else yet, bought a Switch earlier this year and ploughing through Zelda!

Zelda Master Race! I need a Switch too, but I keep buying PC stuff... 

[NoxiousOdor]

Just now, ImadKnight said:

 

Ah okay, thanks. Think I'll look for a 1060 3gb then. 

How much are the 3gb 1060's? From what I have heard it is a bad value and it is normally worth it to go with the 6gb ones

[THFourteen]

2 minutes ago, WhisperingKnickers said:

is that fan usb powered?

LOL 

 

Fantastic spot. 

 

No, that’s actually the Microsoft 360 pad wireless dongle cable. I ran it up the motherboard and the dongle is sitting under the PC shroud, the two pads are paired to it so it never needs touching. 

 

Reason : I have two young kids so less things dangling outside the case the better, and the case is tucked away under a table in the living room next to the TV so nobody can see the crappy wiring you spotted :-)

[IKnight]

Just now, WhisperingKnickers said:

How much are the 3gb 1060's? From what I have heard it is a bad value and it is normally worth it to go with the 6gb ones

Over here in Sweden, the cheapest 1060 3gb is about $270. 6gb cards go from around $340. And 1050ti's are from around 150. 

[NoxiousOdor]

1 minute ago, THFourteen said:

LOL 

 

Fantastic spot. 

 

No, that’s actually the Microsoft 360 pad wireless dongle cable. I ran it up the motherboard and the dongle is sitting under the PC shroud, the two pads are paired to it so it never needs touching. 

 

Reason : I have two young kids so less things dangling outside the case the better, and the case is tucked away under a table in the living room next to the TV so nobody can see the crappy wiring you spotted :-)

Ooh okay that makes sense haha. That is pretty creative. It doesn't look bad at all I was just thinking that it was weird for a random cord to go out the back of the case

[NoxiousOdor]

2 minutes ago, ImadKnight said:

Over here in Sweden, the cheapest 1060 3gb is about $270. 6gb cards go from around $340. And 1050ti's are from around 150. 

Oh those prices are unfortunate, In that case I guess you would have to decide if you want a faster clock with the 1060 or more vram with the 1050ti

[NoxiousOdor]

5 minutes ago, THFourteen said:

see the crappy wiring you spotted :-)

Also You should see my cable management! I have my 24 pin power going in front of my motherboard underneath my gpu and heat sink fans haha. I will post pictures later but I bought a core extension so that will look nicer than it does right now

[THFourteen]

7 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Zelda Master Race! I need a Switch too, but I keep buying PC stuff... 

Heh I’m not a console gamer at all, but with the kids now my PC time is limited and with this i can play on the train to and from work every day and get my gaming fix. I had a 3DS too which I loved but this is a whole different ballgame. 

[IKnight]

5 minutes ago, WhisperingKnickers said:

Oh those prices are unfortunate, In that case I guess you would have to decide if you want a faster clock with the 1060 or more vram with the 1050ti

Yeah, prices are really killing any lure the cards have. 

[john bono]

I've got a dell studio xps 9100, just upgraded to w3690 cpu(from i7 960).   I'd like to get a speed bump, but my MB doesn't support overclocking.   Is there any value in upgrading the MB?  What kind of boost can I get if I do so?

[NoxiousOdor]

11 minutes ago, john bono said:

I've got a dell studio xps 9100, just upgraded to w3690 cpu(from i7 960).   I'd like to get a speed bump, but my MB doesn't support overclocking.   Is there any value in upgrading the MB?  What kind of boost can I get if I do so?

you could probably overclcock quite a bit but be careful, I know dell has a habit of making their cases incompatible with standard motherboard mounting points so double check to see if your current motherboard is atx or not

[Intelfreak]

1 hour ago, THFourteen said:

Heh alright here’s mine. It’s nothing special, it’s not my main PC and nobody can see it...

 

Specs:

NZXT S340

Xeon 5650@4ghz 

Gigabyte EX58-UD4P

12GB Corsair RAM two different types, I can’t remember which!

EVGA 1050Ti with an extra +150MHz clock and 400mhz memory

Noctua NH-D14

 

Nice rig you got there and i like that the cpu cooler is bigger than the gpu, it is a big lump of metal. I shut know, since i have the same cooler. You can see my rig back on page 7. Its the one with the i7 980x cpu in it. Yeah i no, not a xeon but she runs great.

[asand1]

My RAM is rated at 1600Mhz, but the CPU is only rated 1333. Can I OC the RAM to 1600ish and be OK?

[NoxiousOdor]

1 minute ago, asand1 said:

My RAM is rated at 1600Mhz, but the GPU is only rated 1333. Can I OC the RAM 20 1600ish and be OK?

@Lord Nicoll Of the people I know here you are the most likely to know the answer to this

[Pasi123]

3 minutes ago, asand1 said:

My RAM is rated at 1600Mhz, but the GPU is only rated 1333. Can I OC the RAM 20 1600ish and be OK?

Do you mean that your CPU is rated 1333MHz? It's OK to set speed to 1600MHz if thats what you mean.

[IKnight]

22 minutes ago, asand1 said:

My RAM is rated at 1600Mhz, but the GPU is only rated 1333. Can I OC the RAM 20 1600ish and be OK?

Why would that possibly not work? 

[asand1]

1 hour ago, Pasi123 said:

Do you mean that your CPU is rated 1333MHz? It's OK to set speed to 1600MHz if thats what you mean.

Exactly what I meant lol. Typos from texting and walking. Thanks. 

[asand1]

1 hour ago, ImadKnight said:

Why would that possibly not work? 

IDK, I've just never messed with RAM much.

[asand1]

BSOD'd at 4.5Ghz/15xxmhz and decided to turn it back down to 4Ghz.

[IKnight]

1 hour ago, asand1 said:

BSOD'd at 4.5Ghz/15xxmhz and decided to turn it back down to 4Ghz.

That's still pretty high. Well, in relation to me.

[Vash Baldeus]

On 10/4/2017 at 12:23 AM, WhisperingKnickers said:

I'll be one of the first to mention my system. I don't currently have pictures because my side panel is being professionally painted and it is looking really cool

 

As far as hardware goes my system was not really a budget machine. I had initially wanted it to be but I got sucked in and ended up making it more custom than I had originally planned too.

 

My specs are in my signature but I will past them here with the amount I paid for each of them:

 

CPU: (x2) Xeon X5690 

I bought the xeons as a pair for about $360 If I remember correctly. It is still expensive but hey man two cpus.

 

Motherboard: Supermicro X8DTI-F

I got this motherboard after I bricked my old  dual socket. I got this one on ebay for $90 plus shipping.

 

RAM: 56GB ECC Server Memory

I actually have 64gb (8x8) but I think one of my dimms is bad (how will I get by with just 56?!). I bought all 64 gigs from a cool guy on the forums for $90

 

GPU: MSI GTX 1060  GAMING X 6GB

I wanted a 1080 but those were expensive so I got the 1060 for about $300 including shipping I think.

 

Case: NZXT S340

I got this case because I wanted a small mid tower on a budget, as well as I knew that this mid tower could specifically hold my eATX motherboard which almost entirely fills the entire case.

 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500Gb and a 2Tb HDD

I got the SSD originally as a gift for the laptop I used to use and I got the HDD for free from a friend.

 

PSU: XFX 750W PRO Black Edition

I bout this PSU because it had dual CPU support and I bought it for $50 from a guy on the forums here.

 

Display(s): 24" Acer G246HL and an older dell screen

I got this for $60 from a friend of mine.

 

Cooling: Noctua NH-U12DXi4 and a Noctua NH-U9DXi4

I actually ordered two of the NH-U12Xi4 but they sent me a mismatched pair. These are two of the few heat sinks that naively fit the special server board mounting holes. They were about $40 each on Newwgg if I remember correctly.

 

Keyboard: Corsair Gaming K70 LUX RGB MX Browns

I got a refurbished one on Newegg for about $100

 

Mouse: Logitech G600

I got this as a gift when a old friend broke my previous mouse accidentally. It supports up to 72 macros and it costs around $60

 

Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX 5.1 Sound Card with 600 ohm Headphone Amp

My motherboard doesn't have integrated sound and so I bout this on Newegg for about $30

 

Operating System: Windows 10 Pro

I spoiled myself and spent $200

 

 

 

I can run every game I have tried aside from ARK survival on ultra and very high settings and my highest cinebench score was 1564

 

I also have the x58 ASUS Rampage 3 which I am planning to put an X Xeon into and overclock

200$ on Windows 10? Waste of Mullah!

[IKnight]

1 hour ago, Tibbles said:

Are LGA 1366 and LGA 2011 boards still expensive? I'd like to acquire one of dem low power Xeons one day..

Still like ~$100. More if you want a good one. 

[Lord Nicoll]

13 hours ago, WhisperingKnickers said:

@Lord Nicoll Of the people I know here you are the most likely to know the answer to this

 

13 hours ago, asand1 said:

My RAM is rated at 1600Mhz, but the CPU is only rated 1333. Can I OC the RAM to 1600ish and be OK?

 

13 hours ago, Pasi123 said:

Do you mean that your CPU is rated 1333MHz? It's OK to set speed to 1600MHz if thats what you mean.

What he said, you should be able to overclock probably even over 1600MHz if you're good with RAM. Maybe even 1866MHz if you're voltage happy and have good RAM IC's and a good IMC.

[Glorious_LDR92]

19 hours ago, THFourteen said:

Heh alright here’s mine. It’s nothing special, it’s not my main PC and nobody can see it...

 

Specs:

NZXT S340

Xeon 5650@4ghz 

Gigabyte EX58-UD4P

12GB Corsair RAM two different types, I can’t remember which!

EVGA 1050Ti with an extra +150MHz clock and 400mhz memory

Noctua NH-D14

 

I love me the S340 case. I recently migrated my X58 system over there. Now I'm looking for a Xeon to really join the club. 

[Zando_]

5 minutes ago, Glorious_LDR92 said:

I love me the S340 case. I recently migrated my X58 system over there. Now I'm looking for a Xeon to really join the club. 

I should get an Elite one (Tempered Glass FTW!) for my long term LGA1151 build....