Cheap X79

[dominik1411]

My friend is builidng a new cheap pc and I just wanted to hear an opinion from you guys. Should he get something like this: (cheaper X79 mobo)

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/HUANAN-Goldene-X79-motherboard-ver1-3-LGA-2011-ATX-USB3-0-SATA3-PCI-E-NVME-unterst/32890558312.html

or this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Z420-Workstation-Motherboard-LGA-2011-708615-001-619557-001-Tested-Grade-A/273361408661

Both have a tdp cap, but the hp one isn't multiplier locked.

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, dominik1411 said:

My friend is builidng a new cheap pc and I just wanted to hear an opinion from you guys. Should he get something like this: (cheaper X79 mobo)

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/HUANAN-Goldene-X79-motherboard-ver1-3-LGA-2011-ATX-USB3-0-SATA3-PCI-E-NVME-unterst/32890558312.html

or this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Z420-Workstation-Motherboard-LGA-2011-708615-001-619557-001-Tested-Grade-A/273361408661

Both have a tdp cap, but the hp one isn't multiplier locked.

I personally am a big fan of old workstation mobo's, but this isn't the best choise. take a look into some more of them with maybe even a unlocked multiplier. as for the aliexpress one, not my choise to go sketchy

[dominik1411]

2 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

I personally am a big fan of old workstation mobo's, but this isn't the best choise. take a look into some more of them with maybe even a unlocked multiplier. as for the aliexpress one, not my choise to go sketchy

A real X79 isn't an option as they are very expensive (at least where i'm located), but also the HP mobo can be overclocked via the multiplier, but you cannot disable the tdp cap.

 

The china mobo can only be overclocked to the max turbo frequency (on all cores)

[NelizMastr]

16 minutes ago, dominik1411 said:

A real X79 isn't an option as they are very expensive (at least where i'm located), but also the HP mobo can be overclocked via the multiplier, but you cannot disable the tdp cap.

 

The china mobo can only be overclocked to the max turbo frequency (on all cores)

You're not getting that much bang for the buck here. Do you NEED the Xeon and subsequent DDR3 ECC Reg support on this platform more than anything else?

[dominik1411]

47 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

You're not getting that much bang for the buck here. Do you NEED the Xeon and subsequent DDR3 ECC Reg support on this platform more than anything else?

I think the bang for the buck is pretty good, i wouldn't know what would be equally as good and had a lower price.

[asand1]

A few YouTubers including craft computing and tech yes city have featured these AliExpress x58 and x79 boards. They work fine and for the price with a cheap Xeon and sit cheap ECC registered ram tey will have amazing bang for the buck.