General Intel HEDT Xeon/i7 Discussion

[Slayer3032]

5 hours ago, the pudding said:

very common indeed, but it's a nice look at least, and yeah, these are actually just heatsinks off of ebay, not actual hyper x stuff XD im running different ram now though, the 14900E stuff out of the trashcan style mac pro, fun tidbit of information too, you can run standard normal ecc (PC3#####E) on pretty much any consumer or HEDT board and cpu since it just runs in non ecc mode, i've run this stuff on everything from X58 to X79 and Z77 through to Z97  it's good ram if you can get it cheap 

 

yeah prolly not, but then tbf if you had it on LN2 you'd be freezing nearly everything around the socket so even a little heatsink would be plenty at that point

My GA-X58A-UD5 Rev.1 doesn't won't post on default settings with the Micron 9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2's that I have, memory support can be lacking depending on your board. However when I mix another stick in on the first slot of a channel it boots up fine, I can dial in my timings and swap it back out until my dual bios kicks in and I have to do it again.

 

It generally does that whenever it feels at random of course.

 

5 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

Ye I'm mostly teasing, the R3G should be dope af. I had the R3F, it was a damn good board too. By all accounts the R3E is even better (as it should be, being the flagship and all). But they still can't compete with them t h i c c heatsinks: 




EVGA really didn't skip finstack day at the northbridge cooling gym... 

Can you run a NH-D15/NH-D14 on a classified board with those heatsinks?

 

I don't think vertical orientation would even work, speaking of that I should really give that a try on my 450D again as I used to use that with my Antec 900 since it had that big stupid fan that 3-4 blades decided to explode into pieces all over my case back in the day.

[Zando_]

Just now, Slayer3032 said:

Can you run a NH-D15/NH-D14 on a classified board with those heatsinks?

 

I don't think vertical orientation would even work, speaking of that I should really give that a try on my 450D again as I used to use that with my Antec 900 since it had that big stupid fan that 3-4 blades decided to explode into pieces all over my case back in the day.

I don't think the NH-D15 would work lol, considering my NH-D15S blocks the top PCIe slot on my X99 classified, and the heatsink on the X58 Classified is in about the same spot in relation to the CPU socket. I run an i7 920 stock cooler on my X5670 now, before I had a gammax 400 and when I was pushing it hard, a custom loop with a heatkiller IV block. 

[Slayer3032]

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I don't think the NH-D15 would work lol, considering my NH-D15S blocks the top PCIe slot on my X99 classified, and the heatsink on the X58 Classified is in about the same spot in relation to the CPU socket. I run an i7 920 stock cooler on my X5670 now, before I had a gammax 400 and when I was pushing it hard, a custom loop with a heatkiller IV block. 

The top 1x slot on my board blocks itself with the northbridge heatsinks, has like less than 3/8" between the end of the slot and the heatsink. I wish I could stick my USB3 card into it but it's about 3 fins too long.

[the pudding]

1 hour ago, Slayer3032 said:

The top 1x slot on my board blocks itself with the northbridge heatsinks, has like less than 3/8" between the end of the slot and the heatsink. I wish I could stick my USB3 card into it but it's about 3 fins too long.

pair of beefy flush cutters would fix that kappa 

[Zando_]

1 hour ago, the pudding said:

pair of beefy flush cutters would fix that kappa 

BLASPHEMY!!!

[the pudding]

4 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

BLASPHEMY!!!

blasphemy never felt so good  

[GrockleTD]

9 minutes ago, the pudding said:

blasphemy never felt so good  

i always enjoy a good bit of blasphemy, especially spread on some heresy

[the pudding]

1 minute ago, GrockleTD said:

i always enjoy a good bit of blasphemy, especially spread on some heresy

blashery? herehy? hmmm 

[snorlaxgangs]

Delid 990x w the Vice   

[kaibsora]

11 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

Those are Westmere-EP hexacores, like I said "The rest of the W series are either Bloomfield quad cores or Westmere-EP hexacores". See the links I put for Bloomfield and Gulftown, the W3690 is the only Gulftown hexacore Xeon. 

I have a W3670, can confirm it's a Westmere-EP chip and does not work in boards that want Bloomfield or Gulftown chips. My V1.0 X58 Classy works just fine with my i7 920 and 950, not with said W3670. My Westmere-EP modded V1.0 X58 Classy 4-Way does work with the W3670, and all other Westmere-EP chips I've tried. 

W3670, Westmere-EP:


W3680, Westmere-EP:


W3690, Gulftown:


It's a really weird setup, lol. 

so im quite confused now, will the 3670 not work in my system or what? im just looking for something past 24gbs of ram support lol and with more cores on the cheap

[Zando_]

8 hours ago, kaibsora said:

so im quite confused now, will the 3670 not work in my system or what? im just looking for something past 24gbs of ram support lol and with more cores on the cheap

Westmere-EP won't work with your board as far as I can tell. These are the only hexacore CPUs that'll work (with the latest BIOS installed, IIRC it was something after 8.04 that added Gulftown support) : https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codename/29886/gulftown.html

 

You can also use Bloomfield CPUs, but they're all quad cores: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codename/28102/bloomfield.htmlz

[snorlaxgangs]

I was lapping my i7 IHS and accidentally create these "art" 

[seagate_surfer]

16 hours ago, snorlaxgangs said:

I was lapping my i7 IHS and accidentally create these "art" 

 

WOW! You just need to add a little bit of color and you will have something like this to hang on the wall. 

[Windows7ge]

Just setup my old X99 system as a BOINC crunching rig. I have to say the X99A SLI PLUS motherboard does not like installing OS's to thumb drives.

 

Installed Debian Server (CLI only) and am currently testing overclocks. Looking at 4.4GHz/1.3V right now. Going to push for 4.5GHz tomorrow. My goal right now is to match or exceed the compute per 24hr performance of my dual 2670v1 server.

 

I need the system to be stable and not kernel panic though so these overclocks are going to be tested extensively.

 

*complimentary htop*

[UrbanFreestyle]

Just found this thread and wanted to pop by and say hi! 

Listed my current specs below:

Spoiler

Asus X99-S
Intel Core i7 5960X s2011 v3
Corsair H100i GTX Hydro Cooler
Corsair RMi 1000w
Cablemod Modmesh replacement cables
EVGA GTX 980Ti 6GB
8x 4gb Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 MHz
Startech PCI Express AC1200 Dual Band Wireless-AC
1x 512gb Samsung m.2
2x 3tb Constellation e.3
NZXT H500 Case
UV LED accent lighting

But also have a few spare parts:

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SPARES

MOTHERBOARD
Asus Z97-K
Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

CPU
Intel Core i7 4790K
2x Intel i3 2120
1x Intel Xeon E5-1603
1x Intel Xeon 1225 v5
Intel Core i7 5820K s2011 v3

GPU
2x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC
1x Asus 7970 DCU-II
1x Palit GeForce GTX 570

RAM
1x 8gb 2133 Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3
1x 4gb ddr3 1066 ecc
8x 8gb Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 MHz


SSD
1x 256gb Samsung M.2 SM951
2x 256gb Samsung Evo 850 SSD
1x 120gb Intel 530 SSD

HDD
4x 2tb Barracuda

PSU
Corsair CX550

OTHER
Noctua NH-U14S
Fractal design Define R4 Black
Fractal design Define R5 White

I kind of think i should be building another rig or 2 to play with.

[Zando_]

5 minutes ago, UrbanFreestyle said:

Just found this thread and wanted to pop by and say hi! 

Listed my current specs below:

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Asus X99-S
Intel Core i7 5960X s2011 v3
Corsair H100i GTX Hydro Cooler
Corsair RMi 1000w
Cablemod Modmesh replacement cables
EVGA GTX 980Ti 6GB
8x 4gb Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 MHz
Startech PCI Express AC1200 Dual Band Wireless-AC
1x 512gb Samsung m.2
2x 3tb Constellation e.3
NZXT H500 Case
UV LED accent lighting

But also have a few spare parts:

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SPARES

MOTHERBOARD
Asus Z97-K
Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

CPU
Intel Core i7 4790K
2x Intel i3 2120
1x Intel Xeon E5-1603
1x Intel Xeon 1225 v5
Intel Core i7 5820K s2011 v3

GPU
2x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC
1x Asus 7970 DCU-II
1x Palit GeForce GTX 570

RAM
1x 8gb 2133 Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3
1x 4gb ddr3 1066 ecc
8x 8gb Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 MHz


SSD
1x 256gb Samsung M.2 SM951
2x 256gb Samsung Evo 850 SSD
1x 120gb Intel 530 SSD

HDD
4x 2tb Barracuda

PSU
Corsair CX550

OTHER
Noctua NH-U14S
Fractal design Define R4 Black
Fractal design Define R5 White

I kind of think i should be building another rig or 2 to play with.

Welcome! And noice specs, the 5960X (or a 6950X if I can find one for a reasonable price once I save up the monies) is on my wishlist as an upgrade lol, by all accounts they're excellent CPUs. 

And you should defo build a secondary rig just to tinker with, I'd see how far you can push the 5820K. I run mine at 4.6Ghz daily, aaaalmost got 4.7 stable but I didn't want to give it more voltage because this is my only X99 CPU (I do have a Xeon now but that's 10c/20t at 1.7GHz, kinda bad for gaming). 

4790K is nice too, I've always wanted to mess with one because I've heard a lot good about them. 7700K too, that was the top CPU when I got into PCs a few years ago. 

[UrbanFreestyle]

Thanks for the welcome, 

Sorry for the low quality pics but this is the rig as it stands at the moment.

I have to say i was a bit dissapointed to see the rear IO Shield doesnt glow as much as i had hoped.

[Zando_]

12 minutes ago, UrbanFreestyle said:

Thanks for the welcome, 

Sorry for the low quality pics but this is the rig as it stands at the moment.

I have to say i was a bit dissapointed to see the rear IO Shield doesnt glow as much as i had hoped.

-snip-

Oooh that's a clean mobo. I had a Prime Z370-A at one point, very similar color scheme and finish, they're gorgeous boards. Also is that the SC 980 Ti? I had one of those for a bit, they're damn good cards. I didn't have it at the same time as my MSI Gaming one though so I was never able to directly compare it (the MSI one had a beefier cooler and PCB, similar to the Classified cards from EVGA - need to obtain one of those lads sometime). 

Here's the latest picture of my rig: 


Needs some slight tweaks to the lines to get rid of the microbubbles clouding the res, I've gotta put back in the PCIe slot covers and track down my side panel screws, will probably do that this weekend or next. 

I'm running an X99 Classified board, similarly damn clean. Really love the Classy series (and my Micro2, I have one of those as well and some Classy X58 boards), but I've had ASUS boards like I mentioned before and they're really nice. ASUS usually has an excellent BIOS as well. On X58 I liked the ASUS BIOS more, on X99 the UEFI one EVGA boards have is probs my fave, but it's a personal preference thing. 

EDIT: which cables are those too? They look a lot like the ModMesh Pro Carbons I have for my EVGA PSUs, either way they're really nice looking. Am really a fan of more neutral color schemes. 

[UrbanFreestyle]

haha good eye there! yes they are the modmesh pro carbon for my RM1000i

Great looking build you have there. I was always wishing i could grab a x99 Deluxe but sadly too many credits!

Are those cards in the PCIE slots for your evo drives?

[Zando_]

9 minutes ago, UrbanFreestyle said:

haha good eye there! yes they are the modmesh pro carbon for my RM1000i

Great looking build you have there. I was always wishing i could grab a x99 Deluxe but sadly too many credits!

Are those cards in the PCIE slots for your evo drives?

Yeah, I run my 960 Evo in one and the 970 Evo in the other. The mobo slot is x2 on this board so it nerfs the speeds if I use it. If I can figure out how to mod the BIOS to enable bifurcation (it's doable on mobos from other OEMs, should be on this one too), then I can use my ASUS Hyper M.2 card, which has 4x M.2 slots, meaning I can run them all off one slot. 

And noice, as you can see from the pic, I run an RM1000i too. Very nice PSUs, and seeing full system power consumption is pretty handy. 

What's the main difference between the X99-S and the Deluxe? Not up to snuff on ASUS X99 boards, mostly just know that the Rampage V is as per usual, one of the best boards made for this platform (apparently earlier models did have problems with voltage though). 

[UrbanFreestyle]

Yeah i have the x99-a and x99-s basically the original series was:

X99-a - The entry level

x99-s - More PCIE Slots and prettier

x99-Deluxe - Best of everything, built in wifi, bluetooth etc. 

The PSUs are awesome. Everything links in, GPU, PSU and AIO all report into the link software

[Zando_]

15 minutes ago, UrbanFreestyle said:

Yeah i have the x99-a and x99-s basically the original series was:

X99-a - The entry level

x99-s - More PCIE Slots and prettier

x99-Deluxe - Best of everything, built in wifi, bluetooth etc. 

The PSUs are awesome. Everything links in, GPU, PSU and AIO all report into the link software

Yeah the software is pretty nice, though it can be clunky sometimes (I run iCUE because I have the PSU and a keyboard). Don't think I've ran the straight Link software in a bit, wasn't it merged with iCUE? 

and noice that there's a simple lineup. I really love EVGA boards but the lineup is more confusing. 

(in order of how they were released)
Micro -  mATX, 6 phase VRM, 6 SATA ports, M.2 wifi, none for drives
FTW - EATX, 8 phase VRM, 10 SATA ports, dual LAN, dual BIOS no M.2
Classified - EATX, 10 phase VRM, dual LAN, triple BIOS, M.2 PCIe 3.0 x2 and M.2 wifi

Micro2 - buffed Micro, 6 phase VRM, 10 SATA ports, M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4
FTW K - EATX, 8 phase VRM, 10 SATA ports, M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 (pretty sure it's x4)

So the Micro2 and FTW K are basically buffed versions of the older boards but with M.2 x4 slots and USB-C, but then the Classified is still the best board for overclocking and never got a refresh AFAIK, so it can get beanboozling. I got a FTW K by mistake when I ordered my Micro2 off eBay, sent it back though and got the Micro2 I wanted since the Classified had that little edge on the VRM side. 

[UrbanFreestyle]

Im not jelous at all haha always wanted a classified! On the plus side i just pulled my spare rig and found 8x8gb ddr4 so i think that will be my next free upgrade

[Zando_]

3 minutes ago, UrbanFreestyle said:

Im not jelous at all haha always wanted a classified! On the plus side i just pulled my spare rig and found 8x8gb ddr4 so i think that will be my next free upgrade

Damn that's a lotta RAM, 64GB unless my brain decided to not math today. I run 4x8GB rn, never really touch the full 32GB so there's no actual need for me to upgrade. My folding rig runs 4x4GB, mostly because it's EVGA SSC RAM and a guy on Reddit had it at a good price so I yoinked it asap. 

[UrbanFreestyle]

1 hour ago, Zando Bob said:

Damn that's a lotta RAM, 64GB unless my brain decided to not math today. I run 4x8GB rn, never really touch the full 32GB so there's no actual need for me to upgrade. My folding rig runs 4x4GB, mostly because it's EVGA SSC RAM and a guy on Reddit had it at a good price so I yoinked it asap. 

yep 64gb, Normally i wouldnt be fussed but its sat here and didnt cost me anything so swapped out the 8x4gb and put in the 8x8gb, makes sense if i have it to use it haha!

Not sure what to do with my other rigs... might have to get selling and treat myself to a new x99 classy or saber?