There's another RUclipsr, Miyconst, who reviews Ali Express X99 boards and he also agrees this is a great board. After watching his videos, I ordered an Atermiter X99 D4 and flashed it with a modified BIOS for Turbo unlock. It's running a 2.6GHz (3.4GHz Turbo) E5-2640v3 with a GTX 1070. It's been a great gaming machine while stuck inside during COVID and wildfires.
I've done three Huananzhi boards so far. X99-T8, X99-8M and X99-T8D. Very impressed with all of them. The T8D doesn't support sleep mode properly, which is a bummer, but if you are going to use it for a server that doesn't matter. The 8M and T8 all support turbo unlock and I made awesome gaming machines out of them. I've got a TF on order. I was excited to get it and try it out. After watching this, I'm more excited!! :D
Running one of these in my main rig, and let me say. If you want a dual system virtualization and rendering beast. This is the board for you. If anyone has any questions about the board, please feel free to reply :)
I ben wanting to do that very thing, i have bord,ram alredy but i want as many cores/threads as i can get for a deal of corse ,i all redy have 2 diffrent dual xeon servers but who cares.right
@@josue5019 , I believe the only difference between the two is the support for DDR3 ECC, I might be wrong, but both boards would be very good for a system now. No matter what task you throw at it since it is x99 and still a very very good platform for today :)
@@lunartigersora4690 For a secondary system no worries, it will do the job just fine. I run two systems off of my single board. ( Have two gpu's and the E5-2678v3 showcased in the video.) The boards are great if you need compatibility questions feel free to reply. :)
@@bigchew3149 Haha, I'm a nerd when it comes to x99, x79, x58. I've got some Dell Enterprise hardware but I'm looking at upgrading it all to their x79, or x99 range of servers. But that's in the long run and with COVID currently affecting Australia's used server hardware market I might be waiting a little bit for a good deal. If you got anymore questions feel free to send a message :)
Hey Bryan 🇦🇺🖐 I purchased your nVidia case $50 pc from the end of 2019 w/ gtx770 and x58 mobo. Yes it’s still going great! I’ve also purchased the Atermiter x79 mobo from aliexpress (throne with USB 3 and SATA 3 .....not the NVME version) and got a 4ghz o/c on the Intel 1650V2. Loving the board as my test bench and 3rd pc when friends are over for gaming. The vrm’s do get a lil bit warm but I have a 120mm case fan secured near the vrm’s which keeps them cool 😎. Loving this content about x58/x79/x99 etc more so then all the RTX 3000 content personally 🥰🥰. Looking forward to more this stuff! Keep up the great work. Cheers 🥂 🍻
I prefer the x99 F8 version of this board. And they DO have an OC section on the stock bios at least on my board, you just have to dig for it. It has memory timings, and cpu and cache multi OC options, I have an E5 1650v3 ES OC to 4.5ghz on the x99 f8.
Interesting. I have a couple E5-2699 v4 ES (Engineering Sample QHUP) that I wonder if I could get overclocked over 4GHz. Theoretically, that would nearly double my performance. Only thing is what would I do with my existing Registered ECC RAM and SuperMicro X10DAX?
@@BandanazX those have a locked multi. You would need to use FSB overclocking, and these boards have usb tied to fsb. Youll only be able to get it to around 13% oc before instability hits on a really good board. And this board has memory tuning, so you can lower the mhz frequency to compensate for the fsb increase and reuse the ecc reg, as this board supports it
Is it stable ? I'm planning to do the same build (but with an E5 1680-v3 instead), but I'm worried about the poor 6-phases VRMs 😕🧐. Do you have overheating issues on the VRMs ?
Really like the setup and lighting in this review. Also the format, with a bit of a slower tempo in the info talk over the product shoots. I feel quiet harmonic watching this. Well done Brian! (please more vids in this format)
I have this with a 2378 v3 and 32GB DDR ECC RAM with turbo unlock and a GTX 1080 and it's a workstation machine and can even game on a rather high level, especially with games utilizing all them cores. 800$ all in all including full RGB FANs, 512GB NVMe, 4TB Raid1 and BT5&WiFi ax card. The power of XEONs baby!
I did a xeon build based on ur vid and it works well. Parts from AliExpress. I got a klisre x79 with e5 2630v2 and 16gb ddr3 ecc for only $95. I can now open facebook with 200fps
Integrated io shield, active vrm cooling, 2 m.2 slot, Support for ecc memory, ddr3 and ddr4 support, damn this board screams quality, you'd think the price would be at least twice of what it is. Good find! Too bad the custom import fee would be too much to ship here plus the varus would delay the shipping even more
Skipped customs, using it since more than one year, with an E5 2678 v3, turbo unlock and an RX 6600 XT, working great ! 3DMark : Graphics Score 9577 - CPU Score 9139
The surplus server cpus are no comparison to modern Ryzen cpus. The price per performance is where the value is. Raw performance, Ryzen will beat even most modern Intel server cpus.
I'm running this exact board with a 2678 V3 and 64GB (4x 16GB) 1866 DDR3 ECC as my ESXi server for all of 2020 now. Paired with two cheap recycled Dell H310 controllers and really cheap recycled Intel 4-port LAN controller. I'm very impressed with this setup. Running 15 VM's non-stop it barely ever hits 160W and is stable as can be.
rockin a huananzhi x99 tf (paired with a e5 2660 v3) for almost a year now, have unlocked turbo boost and does an exceptional job ,,,i strongly recommend it for value/performance... both for gaming and editing
I bought an Atermiter X99 bundle with 16G of DDR4 and the poor E5 2620V3 and god! That works pretty well for a 200$ kit! I paired it with a Hyper 212 EVO and the temps are from ambiant 22°C to 25°C at idle and doesn't ramp over 45-48°C under load! Haven't done the 3.2Ghz hack yet but looking for it pretty soon 😁. Also, I like the Ausie Dollar because it's almost the same as Canadian Dollar!
Nice to see that there are legitimately great boards like this from China. I'd like to see companies like this make boards for more modern platforms. Could be quite competitive
I think Buildzoid in one of his video talked about a similar design, by having doubled VRMs the board splits the current across more VRMs which helps to spread out the heat load, vs a design with the same number of phases but only 1 VRM per phase?
@@soupwizard The VRM is the whole power delivery system, made up of multiple phases. Each phase is split between one or more power stages, depending on the motherboard.
Can you please explain what 12 stages are? I thought that this is 6 phases with dual low side mosfets that reduce the voltage drop during Toff? I thought this is in essence just 6 buck converters really?
I tried an ali express x79 turbo made by plexhd and it had nvme and worked amazing with a 1650v2 ans 32gb 1866 quad channel ram and a gtx 1070. Worked amazing for modern warfare.
I recently picked up a Huananzhi X99 QD4 combo for $80 for my son's first build and I'm shocked how good the build quality is. I was expecting issues with drivers etc in Windows but there were none. The Xeon E5 1650 V3 still has a valuable place today for the average user. Price performance is of utmost importance especially in today's economic climate.
That actually looks fantastic and prolongs the x99 as well, fair play they've upped their game!!! Shame that CPU can't overclock as such though, but yeah, for games not too sure but just for a beast, yeah man 12 cores 24 threads macxing out... fantastic
I've been using the huananzhi x79 v2.49p motherboards for going on 3 years now and everything is good. Bought 3 of them, using 2 as always on servers and one for my desktop. No issues and they just keep going. Highly recommend these AliExpress boards.
We have one HuanaZhi Deluxe X79 running fine at home for about 1.5 years, without issue. Solid quality. Paired with an E5-4627v2 (8C/8T, 3.5Ghz all core). I do have one cheap 60mm RGB fan blowing on the VRM because I run this rig at 3.5Ghz across all 8 cores. Just for safe measure.
I’m super keen on this board. Will certainly go 64gb ddr3 at this price and with a 12 core Xeon will be great. I also want to run 7 instances of LDplayer in the background(nox emu) and multitask at the same time so this will be good
Just when I get into a routine you come out with an extra special vid that blows me out of the water. :-) This was one of the most useful and informative reviews I have ever seen. Thanks for all your hard work.
Been using the killisre d4 with the xeon 2620 v3 for a few months now... absolutely perfect. Also the board came with an updated bios with turboboost unlock enabled. Tbh if my other build,, i7 3770k set up, starts having issues, I'll probably build another with a similar board and a more powerful xeon.
I got the Atermiter D4, looks just like the Kllsire D4, with a E5-2620v3 too and I've been really happy with it. It also has the Turbo unlock BIOS. I upgraded from a 2620 to a 2640 though to get a little bit more power.
3:30 There are many reasons to double the low side Mosfets but they do not offer much if any improvement on the quality of the power delivered. In most cases doubling the low side mosfets is done to reduce heat generated by increasing efficiency, to increasing surface area so its easy to dissipate heat or to be able to use cheaper/lower quality Mosfets to save cost. In the end its nothing more than a very basic 6 Phase VRM that is probably configured in one of those configurations: 4+2 or 4+1+1 or 5+1. I would not recommend this motherboard if you intend to try high OCs.
Glad someone knows more about VRMs. I personally wouldn't be looking to oc on this board, but it's good to know that light to moderate OCs would be ok.
@@ArtisChronicles What helps the most on keeping OCs stable is having a good transient response and what is very concerning about this board is it's dependence on fans to keep the VRM heat under control. Having fans is a good indication that the Mosfets used are NOT of high quality. As dust start clogging the fans the temperature will start to increase significantly and if one or both fans break the board will constantly overheat. The hotter a VRM is the less efficient it becomes and if the VRM reaches the Tmax it trigger overheat protection. In some boards it throttles the CPU down and in others it shutdown the PC. One of the best ways to improve transient response is by having more true or true doubled phases, true phases being the best and most expensive option. If your board don't have good transient response you will have to shove a lot more voltage to the CPU to compensate for it. That hinders your max OC because the more voltage you put in the hotter it gets and you also don't want to go above the recommended 24/7 "safe" voltage. Here is my case: I have a i7 3770k on a GA-z77mx-d3h. This board is pretty basic and also have 6 phases but to OC from 3.9Ghz to 4.4Ghz I need to change the voltage from 1.110v to 1.290v. At this OC my VRM overheats if the CPU stays under load for a long time and throttle my CPU down to 1600Ghz until its cool again. And that is a lot of voltage considering that many people can get to 4.7Ghz~4.8Ghz with this much voltage. I'm certain that I would be able to lower the voltage or increase the frequency by a lot if I had a MB with more VRM Phases. A great portion of what I know I learned by watching some of the "Actually Hardcore Overclocking" videos. ruclips.net/channel/UCrwObTfqv8u1KO7Fgk-FXHQ
I have no issue with overheating of the VRM's on the HZ X99TF; while running 3.3 Ghz (all core turbo unlock) with E5-2678V3. The entire package runs cool and I do not require an external fan for the VRM's. The CPU temps also stay relatively cool (max 60 Celsius) on air (dual 120mm fan/ 6 pipe SNOWMAN cooler).
@@jb678901 The VRM of this board already comes with 2 mini fans. Its usually a sine that they cheap out on the Mosfets. I'm not saying that it would not work I'm just raising awareness of the risks.
@Lukeylc Problems with USB are more likely to come from a bad PSU. Try a different one and see if the problems persist. Cheap/bad/failing PSU is the cause of the most common problems in a PC.
This is board definitely gives you the most bang for your buck if you are starting out on server builds. Huananzhi makes decent stuff (including Nvidia gpus and SSDs) I prefer the F8 variant myself, but that's because I have a crap ton of DDR4 I couldn't say for certain but I THINK you can swap those VRM fans out for Noctua A4's and knock down the DB's a bit (if it matters). I haven't built mine yet, because getting parts from China to the US is ridiculous right now, but I know a few folks who have and they swear by them, their X79's too.
Thanks for the interesting review. I've myself used X89 F8 with XEON E5 2620 v3 (sold as a bundle in Aliexpress) for a month in a homelab server / virtualization use 24x7. Running some VM's on Windows and Linux plus Pfsense firewall. The quality is awesome compared to those "cheap" boards available. In my use case the CPU temperatures remain really low, not even hitting 30 celcius (using Noctua NH-L12S which was already lying around). Power consumption is around 100W in total with hard disks, graphics, additional network cards etc. Due to my use case I'm using just cheapest and easiest graphics card which was lying around. That might explain something about power consumption though. I'm positively surprised and the brand motherboard manufacturers should be looking at what's going on in China and get to the next level in order to stay in the game. The only thing where I had a surprise on top of the Chinese manual, was that the M.2 slots supported only NVME in my case.
The key thing with new x99 systems is *real* overclocking support, for those 16xx series cpus, with fewer but faster cores. Those are the most gaming optimized for the price, by far. Everything else is really quality of life stuff. Not to diss access to m.2s, m.2 wifi, and optical out, id love those features, but none of them are inaccessible from simple upgrade cards - or even usb, on otherwise extremely high quality used workstation boards. It would take overclocking *and* pcie bifurcation for me to upgrade from my z440 board. Even then, id be sore over losing my legacy hardware support from my pci slot. As it stands, cpu and gpu upgrades are more important anyway.
Yeah X99 content! I got the X99-f8 (the all DDR4 version of the x99-tf, there is also an all DDR3 version the x99-t8) combo with the E5-2640 v3 and 32 GB of DDR4 for $250. It's an amazing deal and great performance for price. Also I followed Miyconst video on turbo unlock forever and it worked great on the 2640v3 (3.4 all core most if the time) I just hope those active fans last.
I bought the D4 version with 32 gig DDR 4 2133, fan and E5-2660 V3 and I am very impressed with the performance. The whole lot was just shy of $360 delivered.
@@Ozzy3333333 I Tried it in many boards all claiming to be ECC supported even my current ASRock x570 Taichi Razor and none detect it, it did work in the D4, so I'm thinking some trickery happened in that board, either way the board was rubbish, most USB didn't work, and the chipset was stuck on one mem speed, no XMP profile even offered.
Price is the major issue. These boards are $130 CAD. It also costs about $11 CAD for shipping. Unless I am buying a cheap processor, it may be OK BUT, at that point you might as well buy a cheaper motherboard. For example, a Xeon E5 2620 V3 doesnt have a high demand in terms of power consumption (even with boost unlocked) thus you can get away with none active cooling VRM. Yeah, a E5 2678 V3 processor will be more heavy (something like 120W or so) so maybe this works out fine, but those processors are OK and not really necessary for most users (especially people playing games). Actually, a E5 2620 or a 2640 V3 will suffice for majority of the games. I see this more for those processors that have a higher TDP - Such as the E5 2678 V3 or the E5 1650 V3 processors. Or if you aren't buying any RAM and rather spend about $40 or more for a mobo where you can use your old RAM, then it makes some sense (but as you said, limited in which CPU's will work with DDR3). Overall, good board. Just getting to be overpriced. Thanks for the video.
also when comparing price, they is also getting close to used prices of real X99 (none of the China boards used the chipset they are marked with) boards like say the Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4 and UD5, or the MSI alternatives like the Krait and Gaming-7 model. those should be around 130-160 USD used in good condition. if the "they are used" comes up to mind, well... the China boards are made from parts salvaged from defective or scrapped systems and are sold on an Chinese site with close to zero warranty from an producer that "in name" can be gone tomorrow. and would not have trusted the Huananzhi board if paired with an powermonster like an Xeon E5-2666v3
Bought a Jingsha X99-D8 instead of this after looking at reviews from Miyconst (a Russian techtuber that covers alot of Chinese mobo). The VRM fan could possibly be noisy and passive coolers should be adequate enough under normal usage.
@@MrSB910 Actually, Miyconst did compare temps and the big passive heatsink seems to outperform the dual mini fans approach. I suppose, if the X99TF fans ever give me a problem, and they haven't to date, I would simply buy an extruded ALU heatsink for the VRM (less than $15) , drill tap it to dimension and replace with some new thermal padding. Voila!
I got a e5 2650 v2 Xeon, Asus X79 board, 32gigs ecc ddr3, a cooler master masterbox Q300L case, a non 80 rated 600 watt PSU from amazon, and an old 500 gig SSD I had laying around. I put the computer together for about $188 dollars US . I added a used rx6500xt GPU. I lost a few FPS to gen3 PCIe board. It is doing well at games I play on Steam. All in I have bout $300 invested. The Xeon is a 8 core, 16 thread cpu and temps are good. The cpu mobo combo was about $45 US with one 16 gig stick of DDR3. I am getting 115 FPS on WarThunder in Steam. All was sourced from Aliexpress except case, power supply, GPU, and SSD. I was able to put win11 on it, but have been using Linux.
Lower PCI is 4x, one of m.2 slots is pci-2.0 (half the speed) You don't need another bios to overclock memory (its a bug or something, just press F9 on memory configuration page, and You can set memory speed, 2133 is the limit of 2678-CPU, there is voltage controll in bios for memory, but don't work) There are custom bios's for all core turbo boost (yes, without installing efi drivers etc, some with lowering voltage, for less concumption, and heat, if Your CPU can handle it)
Been using this motherboard for months now, never had any problems. Also there's a channel called "Miyconst Hardware" that has very detailed reviews of both this and all other huananzhi boards (there's a variant of this one with 8 ddr3 slots and one with 8 ddr4 slots for example)!
@@francescovolpini it's either tf if you want to save some money by getting cheap ddr3 or the ddr4 board. I'd avoid the ddr3 only version since it completely negates any real upgrade path (the e5 2697v3 , 2698 v3 and 2699 v3, the overclockable 1660 v3 and 1680 v3 as well as all v4 cpus)
@@kingacastus8915 I've been thinking about upgrades and that's a really good point but i'm not planning to upgrade, so the thing still is x99 tf or x99 t8? i think the tf will do better, but just in case ;)
I have this board. Encounter a strange problem, which huananzhi tech support not sure about. The bios does not detect Microsoft wired keyboard. But it works well with others brand. Huananzhi tech said, maybe microsoft keyboard too high end. Haha.
I use x79 platform. PlexHD x79 turbo motherboard combined with xeon e5 1650. Still good value for its money. Just mod your bios for unlocking cpu multiplier and ram timing and you get full power.
Big thanks for putting up the power draw numbers, that was always a question I had about these unlocked Xeons. Follow-up: would an upgraded air cooler be necessary for extended CPU bound workflow?
3 PCIe x16 slots are extremely useful for high throughput data servers. Can add RAID card or more than one 10Gbe NIC. 2 NVMe are essential for highspeed read and write cache.
This MB supports Intel Core, Xeon 1600, 2600 (v3, v4) all variants. Plus you can undervolt CPU and memory controller with a moded BIOS (when you really stress CPU it will underclock, to meet its TDP limit if you have Turbo unlocked all cores). Also when choosing the CPU make sure it supports the type off memory you have DDR3 or DDR4 and they cannot be mixed either DDR3 or DDR4. Another nice board is the X99-F8 that is only DDR4 board with eight DDR4 slots. Also these chinese boards cross mix and you can even flash BIOS of TF to F8 or vise versa. Look into the Russian sites for customs BIOS's or contact me I can give you the links to the sites although they are quite known and popular in Russia.
Also: HuanaZhi X99 T8 (8 x DDR3 slots); and JingSha X99 D8 (8 x DDR4 slots)...this one is similar to the X99F8, but without the dual fan VRM...just a big passive heatsink. Also, no integrated IO shield and it lacks one of the m.2's. Still, this board get's excellent results like the F8 on performance/quality. Lastly, the HZ X99 F8 bios can be flashed to it.
Im am running a 1660 v3(8cores - only 140$ on ali) at 4.3ghz 1.23v vcore on this motherboard , It takes a bit of bios modding to unlock the power limit. With a bit of ram timing tweaking this combo runs faster than a ryzen 3600 in games! I have limited the power to 200watt, so it wont blow up the vrm :)
Thomas smith I just say that because last time, I wanted to purchase a 3500x on Ali express and they sold out within hours after tec yes did a review. Good to know.
I'm using this exact motherboard and CPU. I'm very satisfied with it. The only problem I had that one of the small VRM fans got noisy so I just unplugged it, since I have decent airflow anyway.
I am thinking that when this happens, I will simply buy an extruded Aluminum heatsink on AliExpress ($15 max), roughly to the proper dimensions. Cut it to size with a hacksaw, sand the edges, drill and tap for the mounting, and sandwhich some thermal padding in between. It will take about 0.5 hrs with the proper tools.
I have this board for 31 months now with 2678v3 and rx580 and 32gb,been really happy with the bang for buck. What I don't like, the vrm fans were way to noisy, so I removed the dual fans and put a slightly larger fan and zero issues on it.
It seems you can use a heatsink inside the plastic VRM shroud. Then force air externally with a 90 or 120mm fan. I may try this once the mini fans begin to fail. Bought some spare mini's, but this approach may be preferred.
I looked into these boards a few months ago and the only downside I found was that the VRM fans can be a point of failure. There are also ddr4 only and ddr3 only variants of this board from the same company as well. Due to the fans, I feel a better option may instead be the Kllisre/JingSha X99-D8 as it has a solid heatsink on the VRMs. The down sides to it are --no integrated I/O shield, one less nvme slot, and you need a custom bios to allow overclocking and memory timings. So there's a bit of a trade off, depending on whether or not you want to deal with vrm fans. It would be great to see whether or not this board could have the vrm fans swapped with a beefier heatsink instead, maybe via mod.
A DIY Aluminum extruded heatsink, drilled/tapped for the board would work, with thermal padding. Probably a simple $15 dollar mod on AliEx. www.aliexpress.com/item/4000534192691.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.2217596cHgIvoa&algo_pvid=207f01cb-18cd-4337-bcac-83dc65424817&algo_expid=207f01cb-18cd-4337-bcac-83dc65424817-24&btsid=0b0a119a15997791070412005e764a&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
Hey, looks Huananzhi also make a very similar board with all DDR3 memory slots: X99-T8, so you could cram in 256GB (8 x 32GB DDR3-1866Mhz) for only ~US$500! I found it (and their other motherboards) on their website at www.huananzhi.com/html/1/184/185/index.html
ive got a 2678 v3 +16Gb ecc ddr3 running on an atermiter board, its an absolute beast, turbo unlock to 3.3GHz. whole combo cost 189 euro but took 2 months to get to Ireland.
Huanan X79 new version. Green with a integrated I/O shield, better audio and same VRM fans as their X99 board. That and the machinist X79 you recommended have been good systems. DDR3 was cheaper when I built them. Maybe I will do this X99 as well.
ive found LGA1700 and am5 motherboards for around 100$ aswell i recommend going for those as the motherboard is the hardest component to upgrade down the line
I have a X99 Dual CPU Motherboard from Ali Express which currently homes 2xE5-2620V3 CPUs and 24GB DDR4 2400 in 6 of the 8 slots. Why only 6 you ask? Because I can't get two of the DIMM slots to work, the board goes to a 67 (or b7) error on the board when slot 7 is populated and 60 (or b0) when slot 8 is filled. Not sure if it's the board or a duff CPU memory controller, it's definitely not the RAM. Board was £86 and CPUs £14 each and other than the RAM issue the board seems to run okay although the location of the 24 pin at the top of the board is annoying and it's E-ATX (sort of) which makes it more of a pain to build as budget E-ATX cases tend to exagerate their ability to mount such a board. Don't think I'd recommend this one though - if you search on Ali Express it's the orange/black one with 6 SATA 3 ports and 2 M.2 slots without a brand name. If anyone has been able to resolve such a RAM issue on the their dual socket X99 board, let me know.
My board has been having some difficulties, and I just flashed your unlock BIOS to maybe help it ♥️✌️ Fresh install of Manjaro Linux, running stable so far
Test these xeons with rtx3080/3090 please Ryzen3100+b450 combo are way too expensive in my area now Whereas i can get e5 2689+x79+16gb quad kit is still cheaper than a single r3 3100
Hey Brian, can you say anything or make a video about the "X79A Transcend 1356" motherboard, that thing costs 40US$ shipped, I never see a video about that mobo, but, lots of buyers are getting them...
Tech YES Xeon!!!!
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I love your commitment to “obsolete” platforms (X58/X79/X99, etc) and showing how they honestly still slay even today.
which do you recommend??
@@juniorpirela6885 X79 I think represents the best value, but X99 is the best performance by a wide margin.
@@NextMerckx Is better x79????
@@juniorpirela6885 X99 > X79
Slay what exactly?
best used parts hunter ever
thanks mang.
@@techyescity I love you for this!
you do realize that the CPU and Mobo even off of aliexpress (Questionable quality) still costs roughly close to a ryzen 3 and b450?
@@lukafireman Except the ryzen is quad core and the old xeon is 12 core.
@@MarcoGPUtuber Yes...but...but...with the Ryzen you have an upgrade path! Besides, the IPC is better....so take that!...and that!
There's another RUclipsr, Miyconst, who reviews Ali Express X99 boards and he also agrees this is a great board.
After watching his videos, I ordered an Atermiter X99 D4 and flashed it with a modified BIOS for Turbo unlock. It's running a 2.6GHz (3.4GHz Turbo) E5-2640v3 with a GTX 1070. It's been a great gaming machine while stuck inside during COVID and wildfires.
I've been waited for almost 4 months for this review, keep the x99 goodness coming!
I've done three Huananzhi boards so far. X99-T8, X99-8M and X99-T8D. Very impressed with all of them. The T8D doesn't support sleep mode properly, which is a bummer, but if you are going to use it for a server that doesn't matter. The 8M and T8 all support turbo unlock and I made awesome gaming machines out of them. I've got a TF on order. I was excited to get it and try it out. After watching this, I'm more excited!! :D
Did you got it?
@@alaricace8118 I did. It’s true it doesn’t support Sleep, but apart from that it’s great. I use it for my work workstation everyday. 😁
Did you got it ?
Running one of these in my main rig, and let me say. If you want a dual system virtualization and rendering beast. This is the board for you. If anyone has any questions about the board, please feel free to reply :)
I just want to know what this thing is truly capable of if used for a lot budget secondary system
I ben wanting to do that very thing, i have bord,ram alredy but i want as many cores/threads as i can get for a deal of corse ,i all redy have 2 diffrent dual xeon servers but who cares.right
@@josue5019 , I believe the only difference between the two is the support for DDR3 ECC, I might be wrong, but both boards would be very good for a system now. No matter what task you throw at it since it is x99 and still a very very good platform for today :)
@@lunartigersora4690 For a secondary system no worries, it will do the job just fine. I run two systems off of my single board. ( Have two gpu's and the E5-2678v3 showcased in the video.) The boards are great if you need compatibility questions feel free to reply. :)
@@bigchew3149 Haha, I'm a nerd when it comes to x99, x79, x58. I've got some Dell Enterprise hardware but I'm looking at upgrading it all to their x79, or x99 range of servers. But that's in the long run and with COVID currently affecting Australia's used server hardware market I might be waiting a little bit for a good deal. If you got anymore questions feel free to send a message :)
Hey Bryan 🇦🇺🖐 I purchased your nVidia case $50 pc from the end of 2019 w/ gtx770 and x58 mobo. Yes it’s still going great! I’ve also purchased the Atermiter x79 mobo from aliexpress (throne with USB 3 and SATA 3 .....not the NVME version) and got a 4ghz o/c on the Intel 1650V2. Loving the board as my test bench and 3rd pc when friends are over for gaming. The vrm’s do get a lil bit warm but I have a 120mm case fan secured near the vrm’s which keeps them cool 😎. Loving this content about x58/x79/x99 etc more so then all the RTX 3000 content personally 🥰🥰. Looking forward to more this stuff! Keep up the great work. Cheers 🥂 🍻
What is the cheap and best Xeon mobo according to you
great review m8 , still boggles my mind that you are the only tech tuber that does audio on mobos ( actual real tests)
Noticed that as well. Maybe he's an audiophile as well.
I prefer the x99 F8 version of this board. And they DO have an OC section on the stock bios at least on my board, you just have to dig for it. It has memory timings, and cpu and cache multi OC options, I have an E5 1650v3 ES OC to 4.5ghz on the x99 f8.
Interesting. I have a couple E5-2699 v4 ES (Engineering Sample QHUP) that I wonder if I could get overclocked over 4GHz. Theoretically, that would nearly double my performance. Only thing is what would I do with my existing Registered ECC RAM and SuperMicro X10DAX?
@@BandanazX those have a locked multi. You would need to use FSB overclocking, and these boards have usb tied to fsb. Youll only be able to get it to around 13% oc before instability hits on a really good board.
And this board has memory tuning, so you can lower the mhz frequency to compensate for the fsb increase and reuse the ecc reg, as this board supports it
Is it stable ? I'm planning to do the same build (but with an E5 1680-v3 instead), but I'm worried about the poor 6-phases VRMs 😕🧐. Do you have overheating issues on the VRMs ?
Really like the setup and lighting in this review. Also the format, with a bit of a slower tempo in the info talk over the product shoots. I feel quiet harmonic watching this. Well done Brian! (please more vids in this format)
I have this with a 2378 v3 and 32GB DDR ECC RAM with turbo unlock and a GTX 1080 and it's a workstation machine and can even game on a rather high level, especially with games utilizing all them cores. 800$ all in all including full RGB FANs, 512GB NVMe, 4TB Raid1 and BT5&WiFi ax card. The power of XEONs baby!
I love when youtubers do a fan noise test. Like i have EVER actually heard the fan.
It’s to calculate how loud it is and it’s decibels. Wdym?
I did a xeon build based on ur vid and it works well. Parts from AliExpress. I got a klisre x79 with e5 2630v2 and 16gb ddr3 ecc for only $95. I can now open facebook with 200fps
Integrated io shield, active vrm cooling, 2 m.2 slot,
Support for ecc memory, ddr3 and ddr4 support, damn this board screams quality, you'd think the price would be at least twice of what it is.
Good find!
Too bad the custom import fee would be too much to ship here plus the varus would delay the shipping even more
It is an excellent board. No complaints after using it for almost 4 months.
I asked the Chinese to write small price and mine skipped customs
@@kur352 mine too!
Skipped customs, using it since more than one year, with an E5 2678 v3, turbo unlock and an RX 6600 XT, working great !
3DMark : Graphics Score 9577 - CPU Score 9139
My 2678v3 CPU tests 14,500, why is yours so slow?
Dude, I own quite recent parts but this is actually amazing- if I build another secondary and let my mom keep my current then I'll likely go with this
I understand your feeling. I would give my PC away or sell it just to buy another one. PC building is so much fun. The only problem is the cost.
@@AliShaikh_744 cost is exactly why I only have two desktops, but if I save for a bit then I should be able to do a project.
Tech yes back with the xeons🤩
This looks like a fair competitor for ryzen
Lmao not even close dreamer boy
@@wtf847 haha this comment cracked me up i have x99 but know full well ryzen is smashing it at the moment and have been since they started trying
The surplus server cpus are no comparison to modern Ryzen cpus. The price per performance is where the value is. Raw performance, Ryzen will beat even most modern Intel server cpus.
I'm running this exact board with a 2678 V3 and 64GB (4x 16GB) 1866 DDR3 ECC as my ESXi server for all of 2020 now. Paired with two cheap recycled Dell H310 controllers and really cheap recycled Intel 4-port LAN controller. I'm very impressed with this setup. Running 15 VM's non-stop it barely ever hits 160W and is stable as can be.
That's awesome to hear. I've been tempted to get one of these with the 2678 to replace my dual X5675 Mac Pro that runs Proxmox.
the 2678 will run ddr3 will the 2690?
rockin a huananzhi x99 tf (paired with a e5 2660 v3) for almost a year now, have unlocked turbo boost and does an exceptional job ,,,i strongly recommend it for value/performance... both for gaming and editing
I bought an Atermiter X99 bundle with 16G of DDR4 and the poor E5 2620V3 and god! That works pretty well for a 200$ kit! I paired it with a Hyper 212 EVO and the temps are from ambiant 22°C to 25°C at idle and doesn't ramp over 45-48°C under load! Haven't done the 3.2Ghz hack yet but looking for it pretty soon 😁. Also, I like the Ausie Dollar because it's almost the same as Canadian Dollar!
Nice to see that there are legitimately great boards like this from China. I'd like to see companies like this make boards for more modern platforms. Could be quite competitive
the vendors and the factorys are seeing alot of western custom and feedback , and making way better quality products , china FTW
These boards are getting more and more interesting...
If my 4790K wasn't enough for me I'd definitely check one of these out.
1:50 _"And in the box you get the manual that's all in Chinese"_
Not a problem for me. I can read it!
Multilingual baby!
@@wisdoom9153 haha. I learned it as an adult.
WisDooM If you ever get to Taiwan, sightsee there but have a hard time with Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese, i guess Sir Marco is your main man there😆
@@ORBPHIL Hahah. We dont have Cantonese here. We have Taiwanese and Hakka in addition to Chinese and many First Nations languages.
Marco My bad Sir Marco. I think Cantonese is mostly used in Hong Kong especially in Chinese cinema.☺️
12 power stages, 6 phases. Phases need to be out of phase of each other (independent timing)
thanks, I will fix that for the next time.
I think Buildzoid in one of his video talked about a similar design, by having doubled VRMs the board splits the current across more VRMs which helps to spread out the heat load, vs a design with the same number of phases but only 1 VRM per phase?
@@soupwizard Makes sense as it is budget. So the components will be also. Pretty nice board though...
@@soupwizard The VRM is the whole power delivery system, made up of multiple phases. Each phase is split between one or more power stages, depending on the motherboard.
Can you please explain what 12 stages are? I thought that this is 6 phases with dual low side mosfets that reduce the voltage drop during Toff? I thought this is in essence just 6 buck converters really?
I tried an ali express x79 turbo made by plexhd and it had nvme and worked amazing with a 1650v2 ans 32gb 1866 quad channel ram and a gtx 1070. Worked amazing for modern warfare.
Glad to hear that!
I recently picked up a Huananzhi X99 QD4 combo for $80 for my son's first build and I'm shocked how good the build quality is. I was expecting issues with drivers etc in Windows but there were none. The Xeon E5 1650 V3 still has a valuable place today for the average user. Price performance is of utmost importance especially in today's economic climate.
That actually looks fantastic and prolongs the x99 as well, fair play they've upped their game!!! Shame that CPU can't overclock as such though, but yeah, for games not too sure but just for a beast, yeah man 12 cores 24 threads macxing out... fantastic
I've been using the huananzhi x79 v2.49p motherboards for going on 3 years now and everything is good. Bought 3 of them, using 2 as always on servers and one for my desktop. No issues and they just keep going. Highly recommend these AliExpress boards.
We have one HuanaZhi Deluxe X79 running fine at home for about 1.5 years, without issue. Solid quality. Paired with an E5-4627v2 (8C/8T, 3.5Ghz all core). I do have one cheap 60mm RGB fan blowing on the VRM because I run this rig at 3.5Ghz across all 8 cores. Just for safe measure.
I’m super keen on this board. Will certainly go 64gb ddr3 at this price and with a 12 core Xeon will be great. I also want to run 7 instances of LDplayer in the background(nox emu) and multitask at the same time so this will be good
I was just looking at the Xeons last night thanks for the video
Who else bothers to test the audio like that? I'll save you the trouble: nobody. I appreciate the thoroughness there.
My brother, you really have a special relationship with XEON processors lol
But i have to say you always bring some serious value on the table :)
Just when I get into a routine you come out with an extra special vid that blows me out of the water. :-) This was one of the most useful and informative reviews I have ever seen. Thanks for all your hard work.
Been using the killisre d4 with the xeon 2620 v3 for a few months now... absolutely perfect. Also the board came with an updated bios with turboboost unlock enabled. Tbh if my other build,, i7 3770k set up, starts having issues, I'll probably build another with a similar board and a more powerful xeon.
I got the Atermiter D4, looks just like the Kllsire D4, with a E5-2620v3 too and I've been really happy with it. It also has the Turbo unlock BIOS. I upgraded from a 2620 to a 2640 though to get a little bit more power.
3:30 There are many reasons to double the low side Mosfets but they do not offer much if any improvement on the quality of the power delivered.
In most cases doubling the low side mosfets is done to reduce heat generated by increasing efficiency, to increasing surface area so its easy to dissipate heat or to be able to use cheaper/lower quality Mosfets to save cost.
In the end its nothing more than a very basic 6 Phase VRM that is probably configured in one of those configurations: 4+2 or 4+1+1 or 5+1. I would not recommend this motherboard if you intend to try high OCs.
Glad someone knows more about VRMs. I personally wouldn't be looking to oc on this board, but it's good to know that light to moderate OCs would be ok.
@@ArtisChronicles
What helps the most on keeping OCs stable is having a good transient response and what is very concerning about this board is it's dependence on fans to keep the VRM heat under control.
Having fans is a good indication that the Mosfets used are NOT of high quality. As dust start clogging the fans the temperature will start to increase significantly and if one or both fans break the board will constantly overheat. The hotter a VRM is the less efficient it becomes and if the VRM reaches the Tmax it trigger overheat protection. In some boards it throttles the CPU down and in others it shutdown the PC.
One of the best ways to improve transient response is by having more true or true doubled phases, true phases being the best and most expensive option. If your board don't have good transient response you will have to shove a lot more voltage to the CPU to compensate for it. That hinders your max OC because the more voltage you put in the hotter it gets and you also don't want to go above the recommended 24/7 "safe" voltage.
Here is my case: I have a i7 3770k on a GA-z77mx-d3h. This board is pretty basic and also have 6 phases but to OC from 3.9Ghz to 4.4Ghz I need to change the voltage from 1.110v to 1.290v. At this OC my VRM overheats if the CPU stays under load for a long time and throttle my CPU down to 1600Ghz until its cool again. And that is a lot of voltage considering that many people can get to 4.7Ghz~4.8Ghz with this much voltage.
I'm certain that I would be able to lower the voltage or increase the frequency by a lot if I had a MB with more VRM Phases.
A great portion of what I know I learned by watching some of the "Actually Hardcore Overclocking" videos.
ruclips.net/channel/UCrwObTfqv8u1KO7Fgk-FXHQ
I have no issue with overheating of the VRM's on the HZ X99TF; while running 3.3 Ghz (all core turbo unlock) with E5-2678V3. The entire package runs cool and I do not require an external fan for the VRM's. The CPU temps also stay relatively cool (max 60 Celsius) on air (dual 120mm fan/ 6 pipe SNOWMAN cooler).
@@jb678901 The VRM of this board already comes with 2 mini fans. Its usually a sine that they cheap out on the Mosfets. I'm not saying that it would not work I'm just raising awareness of the risks.
@Lukeylc Problems with USB are more likely to come from a bad PSU. Try a different one and see if the problems persist.
Cheap/bad/failing PSU is the cause of the most common problems in a PC.
I had a 2670v3 in the past, coupled with 32gb of DDR4 it was a freaking beast in encoding movies videos, and montage
Easily the best tech channel for consumers on a budget 🔥
you nailed it for me in this video. Just the thing I been looking for !
That's awesome. Keep up the good work.
daammmnnn that motherboard is actually insane. i thought it would just be alright but i was very surprised. nice vid
This is board definitely gives you the most bang for your buck if you are starting out on server builds. Huananzhi makes decent stuff (including Nvidia gpus and SSDs)
I prefer the F8 variant myself, but that's because I have a crap ton of DDR4
I couldn't say for certain but I THINK you can swap those VRM fans out for Noctua A4's and knock down the DB's a bit (if it matters).
I haven't built mine yet, because getting parts from China to the US is ridiculous right now, but I know a few folks who have and they swear by them, their X79's too.
Been waiting for this build
Thanks for the interesting review. I've myself used X89 F8 with XEON E5 2620 v3 (sold as a bundle in Aliexpress) for a month in a homelab server / virtualization use 24x7. Running some VM's on Windows and Linux plus Pfsense firewall. The quality is awesome compared to those "cheap" boards available. In my use case the CPU temperatures remain really low, not even hitting 30 celcius (using Noctua NH-L12S which was already lying around). Power consumption is around 100W in total with hard disks, graphics, additional network cards etc. Due to my use case I'm using just cheapest and easiest graphics card which was lying around. That might explain something about power consumption though. I'm positively surprised and the brand motherboard manufacturers should be looking at what's going on in China and get to the next level in order to stay in the game. The only thing where I had a surprise on top of the Chinese manual, was that the M.2 slots supported only NVME in my case.
I've been waiting for you to review this one.
The key thing with new x99 systems is *real* overclocking support, for those 16xx series cpus, with fewer but faster cores. Those are the most gaming optimized for the price, by far. Everything else is really quality of life stuff. Not to diss access to m.2s, m.2 wifi, and optical out, id love those features, but none of them are inaccessible from simple upgrade cards - or even usb, on otherwise extremely high quality used workstation boards. It would take overclocking *and* pcie bifurcation for me to upgrade from my z440 board. Even then, id be sore over losing my legacy hardware support from my pci slot. As it stands, cpu and gpu upgrades are more important anyway.
Yeah X99 content! I got the X99-f8 (the all DDR4 version of the x99-tf, there is also an all DDR3 version the x99-t8) combo with the E5-2640 v3 and 32 GB of DDR4 for $250. It's an amazing deal and great performance for price. Also I followed Miyconst video on turbo unlock forever and it worked great on the 2640v3 (3.4 all core most if the time)
I just hope those active fans last.
I really like these kind of videos. Thanks!
I bought the D4 version with 32 gig DDR 4 2133, fan and E5-2660 V3 and I am very impressed with the performance. The whole lot was just shy of $360 delivered.
Sorry to say, the 2678v3/x99-tf/32gb-ddr3 is only $268 and is faster than you 2660 with ddr4
@@Ozzy3333333 My MB had problems, I sold it about a month after posting this, the problems couldn't be fixed, the MB was rubbish.
@@flightsimdev9021 ouch, maybe you can use the ram in another board.
@@Ozzy3333333 I Tried it in many boards all claiming to be ECC supported even my current ASRock x570 Taichi Razor and none detect it, it did work in the D4, so I'm thinking some trickery happened in that board, either way the board was rubbish, most USB didn't work, and the chipset was stuck on one mem speed, no XMP profile even offered.
@@Ozzy3333333 I sold the CPU for 200 and that mem for 100, so I didn't lose much.
Price is the major issue.
These boards are $130 CAD. It also costs about $11 CAD for shipping. Unless I am buying a cheap processor, it may be OK BUT, at that point you might as well buy a cheaper motherboard.
For example, a Xeon E5 2620 V3 doesnt have a high demand in terms of power consumption (even with boost unlocked) thus you can get away with none active cooling VRM. Yeah, a E5 2678 V3 processor will be more heavy (something like 120W or so) so maybe this works out fine, but those processors are OK and not really necessary for most users (especially people playing games). Actually, a E5 2620 or a 2640 V3 will suffice for majority of the games.
I see this more for those processors that have a higher TDP - Such as the E5 2678 V3 or the E5 1650 V3 processors. Or if you aren't buying any RAM and rather spend about $40 or more for a mobo where you can use your old RAM, then it makes some sense (but as you said, limited in which CPU's will work with DDR3).
Overall, good board. Just getting to be overpriced.
Thanks for the video.
also when comparing price, they is also getting close to used prices of real X99 (none of the China boards used the chipset they are marked with) boards like say the Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4 and UD5, or the MSI alternatives like the Krait and Gaming-7 model. those should be around 130-160 USD used in good condition.
if the "they are used" comes up to mind, well... the China boards are made from parts salvaged from defective or scrapped systems and are sold on an Chinese site with close to zero warranty from an producer that "in name" can be gone tomorrow.
and would not have trusted the Huananzhi board if paired with an powermonster like an Xeon E5-2666v3
Might build same system for my wife.
Thank you, best review
i buy the machinist x79 whit xeon and 16gb ddr3 ram is working very nice.stay safe
Man I bought this exactly kit last month, waiting mail service deliver my package. Hugs from Brazil
Bought a Jingsha X99-D8 instead of this after looking at reviews from Miyconst (a Russian techtuber that covers alot of Chinese mobo). The VRM fan could possibly be noisy and passive coolers should be adequate enough under normal usage.
The only advantage there seems to be quad channel DDR4 only.. otherwise you lose out on fans for the VRMs, a good IO shield, second m.2 SSD slot, etc.
@@MrSB910 Actually, Miyconst did compare temps and the big passive heatsink seems to outperform the dual mini fans approach. I suppose, if the X99TF fans ever give me a problem, and they haven't to date, I would simply buy an extruded ALU heatsink for the VRM (less than $15) , drill tap it to dimension and replace with some new thermal padding. Voila!
I got a e5 2650 v2 Xeon, Asus X79 board, 32gigs ecc ddr3, a cooler master masterbox Q300L case, a non 80 rated 600 watt PSU from amazon, and an old 500 gig SSD I had laying around. I put the computer together for about $188 dollars US . I added a used rx6500xt GPU. I lost a few FPS to gen3 PCIe board. It is doing well at games I play on Steam. All in I have bout $300 invested. The Xeon is a 8 core, 16 thread cpu and temps are good. The cpu mobo combo was about $45 US with one 16 gig stick of DDR3. I am getting 115 FPS on WarThunder in Steam. All was sourced from Aliexpress except case, power supply, GPU, and SSD. I was able to put win11 on it, but have been using Linux.
I own one of these boards, utilizing it as a render server together with multiple GPUs.
Very good budget workhorse IMO.
bro what about these mini coolers? are noise?
Nope, not noisy at all 👍
@@AnOrangeECat yoo wdym render server
Like render fam exclusive for rendering like blender?
@@niallherrera4031 rendering blender projects
The motherboard is sold as 60 dollars in China. You can buy it from Taobao for 80 bucks include shipping.
Do they sell them with cpu and ram combos because I'm not trying to figure anything out 😂
link please
Link
Do a hard disk bad sector partion off tutorial
Ok I can get into that one.
disk drives ?? temporary data
That's not how bad sectors on hard drives work my dude...
Its 2020 not 1989.
@@mrlithium69 no but my rig still uses both hard drives and optical drives
Lower PCI is 4x, one of m.2 slots is pci-2.0 (half the speed)
You don't need another bios to overclock memory (its a bug or something, just press F9 on memory configuration page, and You can set memory speed, 2133 is the limit of 2678-CPU, there is voltage controll in bios for memory, but don't work)
There are custom bios's for all core turbo boost (yes, without installing efi drivers etc, some with lowering voltage, for less concumption, and heat, if Your CPU can handle it)
Been using this motherboard for months now, never had any problems. Also there's a channel called "Miyconst Hardware" that has very detailed reviews of both this and all other huananzhi boards (there's a variant of this one with 8 ddr3 slots and one with 8 ddr4 slots for example)!
hey dude, can i ask you a question? can i use both ddr4 and ddr3 at the same time with a 2678v3?thanks!
@@francescovolpini Nope, on the manual it says to use either one, can't use both memory types at the same time unfortunately
@@kingacastus8915 that's a shame. should i get the ddr3, ddr4 or tf version then? what do you think?
@@francescovolpini it's either tf if you want to save some money by getting cheap ddr3 or the ddr4 board. I'd avoid the ddr3 only version since it completely negates any real upgrade path (the e5 2697v3 , 2698 v3 and 2699 v3, the overclockable 1660 v3 and 1680 v3 as well as all v4 cpus)
@@kingacastus8915 I've been thinking about upgrades and that's a really good point but i'm not planning to upgrade, so the thing still is x99 tf or x99 t8? i think the tf will do better, but just in case ;)
I have this board. Encounter a strange problem, which huananzhi tech support not sure about. The bios does not detect Microsoft wired keyboard. But it works well with others brand. Huananzhi tech said, maybe microsoft keyboard too high end. Haha.
I just built my wife a workstation using the machinist x99z with an e5-2660v3, works like a dream 👍
That's a bloody good, thorough review, you embarrass channels with 10's of millions of subs
Another awesome LGA 2011 platform video, nice
No no the b450 ds3h from gigabyte holds a special place in my heart
I use x79 platform. PlexHD x79 turbo motherboard combined with xeon e5 1650. Still good value for its money. Just mod your bios for unlocking cpu multiplier and ram timing and you get full power.
Big thanks for putting up the power draw numbers, that was always a question I had about these unlocked Xeons. Follow-up: would an upgraded air cooler be necessary for extended CPU bound workflow?
3 PCIe x16 slots are extremely useful for high throughput data servers. Can add RAID card or more than one 10Gbe NIC. 2 NVMe are essential for highspeed read and write cache.
The mark rober music is a bop
I literally ordered one of these last week!
Super curious to get my hands on it, it being white will also make it an aesthetic build :)
I'm personally feeling both boards, the tf and the f8. Besides colour the only other difference is one (I think f8) only supports ddr4
@@ArtisChronicles The TF has an extra 4-pin fan connector.
@@ArtisChronicles Theres also a T8 which only supports DDR3, shame its green :/
Very, very, interesting! Thnx for sharing
This MB supports Intel Core, Xeon 1600, 2600 (v3, v4) all variants. Plus you can undervolt CPU and memory controller with a moded BIOS (when you really stress CPU it will underclock, to meet its TDP limit if you have Turbo unlocked all cores). Also when choosing the CPU make sure it supports the type off memory you have DDR3 or DDR4 and they cannot be mixed either DDR3 or DDR4. Another nice board is the X99-F8 that is only DDR4 board with eight DDR4 slots. Also these chinese boards cross mix and you can even flash BIOS of TF to F8 or vise versa. Look into the Russian sites for customs BIOS's or contact me I can give you the links to the sites although they are quite known and popular in Russia.
Also:
HuanaZhi X99 T8 (8 x DDR3 slots); and
JingSha X99 D8 (8 x DDR4 slots)...this one is similar to the X99F8, but without the dual fan VRM...just a big passive heatsink. Also, no integrated IO shield and it lacks one of the m.2's. Still, this board get's excellent results like the F8 on performance/quality. Lastly, the HZ X99 F8 bios can be flashed to it.
Im am running a 1660 v3(8cores - only 140$ on ali) at 4.3ghz 1.23v vcore on this motherboard , It takes a bit of bios modding to unlock the power limit. With a bit of ram timing tweaking this combo runs faster than a ryzen 3600 in games! I have limited the power to 200watt, so it wont blow up the vrm :)
Wait till this goes out of stock in a hour
I call it the Tech YES Effect!
It wont. They have over 30k units of this particular boar on aliexpress
You underestimate the amount of boards the Chinese can build :), they might put the price up just because they can though..
Thomas smith I just say that because last time, I wanted to purchase a 3500x on Ali express and they sold out within hours after tec yes did a review. Good to know.
@@menpeko9338 lol yeah, if I want one of these I should've actually bought it a couple months ago
I'm using this exact motherboard and CPU. I'm very satisfied with it. The only problem I had that one of the small VRM fans got noisy so I just unplugged it, since I have decent airflow anyway.
I am thinking that when this happens, I will simply buy an extruded Aluminum heatsink on AliExpress ($15 max), roughly to the proper dimensions. Cut it to size with a hacksaw, sand the edges, drill and tap for the mounting, and sandwhich some thermal padding in between. It will take about 0.5 hrs with the proper tools.
I can't wait til they start selling x299 on aliexpress
Keep up the quality vids man
I cry when I see things like this and I was happy with my Ryzen (and I'm still am)...
Why does this board look better than most of the new boards under $200.
Egggxactly
I was actually looking at that board. It looks like a very good board.
I have this board for 31 months now with 2678v3 and rx580 and 32gb,been really happy with the bang for buck. What I don't like, the vrm fans were way to noisy, so I removed the dual fans and put a slightly larger fan and zero issues on it.
It seems you can use a heatsink inside the plastic VRM shroud. Then force air externally with a 90 or 120mm fan. I may try this once the mini fans begin to fail. Bought some spare mini's, but this approach may be preferred.
@@jb678901 there already is a heatsink under the dual fans, just add a 40x40mm fan on top (I have room above my board in my PC case)
There might be a possibily to put some little Noctuas on the VRMs 🤔
I looked into these boards a few months ago and the only downside I found was that the VRM fans can be a point of failure. There are also ddr4 only and ddr3 only variants of this board from the same company as well.
Due to the fans, I feel a better option may instead be the Kllisre/JingSha X99-D8 as it has a solid heatsink on the VRMs. The down sides to it are --no integrated I/O shield, one less nvme slot, and you need a custom bios to allow overclocking and memory timings. So there's a bit of a trade off, depending on whether or not you want to deal with vrm fans.
It would be great to see whether or not this board could have the vrm fans swapped with a beefier heatsink instead, maybe via mod.
A DIY Aluminum extruded heatsink, drilled/tapped for the board would work, with thermal padding. Probably a simple $15 dollar mod on AliEx.
www.aliexpress.com/item/4000534192691.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.2217596cHgIvoa&algo_pvid=207f01cb-18cd-4337-bcac-83dc65424817&algo_expid=207f01cb-18cd-4337-bcac-83dc65424817-24&btsid=0b0a119a15997791070412005e764a&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
An integrated i/o shield is honestly the best quality of life change in the history of computing.
Welcome back the almighty King Xeon!!!
Hey, looks Huananzhi also make a very similar board with all DDR3 memory slots: X99-T8, so you could cram in 256GB (8 x 32GB DDR3-1866Mhz) for only ~US$500! I found it (and their other motherboards) on their website at www.huananzhi.com/html/1/184/185/index.html
ive got a 2678 v3 +16Gb ecc ddr3 running on an atermiter board, its an absolute beast, turbo unlock to 3.3GHz. whole combo cost 189 euro but took 2 months to get to Ireland.
Huanan X79 new version. Green with a integrated I/O shield, better audio and same VRM fans as their X99 board. That and the machinist X79 you recommended have been good systems. DDR3 was cheaper when I built them. Maybe I will do this X99 as well.
Wiah cars took this safe aspect of making new variants of classic models.
Waiting for for that 3080 test with Xeon
Yes id love to see this
Have one x79 currently, ordered cheap x99 too. First is good for any retro(WinXP) up to 2018 gamewise for sure!
Can you do a review on AOC CU34G2X? Great content! Youre so detailed and accurate I want to see you benchmark this budget ultrawide panel
ive found LGA1700 and am5 motherboards for around 100$ aswell i recommend going for those as the motherboard is the hardest component to upgrade down the line
That mobo is phenomenal value for money!
4:00 the rig consumes more power when idling? :D
Haha I'm sure that was a mistake. It's usually why I try to avoid doing things when I'm too tired
@@ArtisChronicles Yup, mistakes happen...
damn i wanna use this a streaming/editing build
Got some updates
I have a X99 Dual CPU Motherboard from Ali Express which currently homes 2xE5-2620V3 CPUs and 24GB DDR4 2400 in 6 of the 8 slots. Why only 6 you ask? Because I can't get two of the DIMM slots to work, the board goes to a 67 (or b7) error on the board when slot 7 is populated and 60 (or b0) when slot 8 is filled. Not sure if it's the board or a duff CPU memory controller, it's definitely not the RAM.
Board was £86 and CPUs £14 each and other than the RAM issue the board seems to run okay although the location of the 24 pin at the top of the board is annoying and it's E-ATX (sort of) which makes it more of a pain to build as budget E-ATX cases tend to exagerate their ability to mount such a board.
Don't think I'd recommend this one though - if you search on Ali Express it's the orange/black one with 6 SATA 3 ports and 2 M.2 slots without a brand name.
If anyone has been able to resolve such a RAM issue on the their dual socket X99 board, let me know.
My board has been having some difficulties, and I just flashed your unlock BIOS to maybe help it ♥️✌️
Fresh install of Manjaro Linux, running stable so far
Would love to see you get that costom bios on that thing !!!
Test these xeons with rtx3080/3090 please
Ryzen3100+b450 combo are way too expensive in my area now
Whereas i can get e5 2689+x79+16gb quad kit is still cheaper than a single r3 3100
Hey man you okay? You sound more down than usual, Love your vids.
Hey Brian, can you say anything or make a video about the "X79A Transcend 1356" motherboard, that thing costs 40US$ shipped, I never see a video about that mobo, but, lots of buyers are getting them...