cool, but i have to ask, what did u do while installing windows? is there something i have to buy to run windows, and how can i connect wifi without ethernet
Thanks for the video. The aliexpress link does not workung. could you explain a little bit more in detail, how the bios dump thing is working? Maybe in case of similar china mobo's? Thanks
Updated the link. Basically I use flahrom to dump the internal BIOS, it might work in most cases, but might not work on some. When it doesn't work, you need SOIC8 clips and dumping it via USB. After dumping you just use the github repo I use in the video to clean out / shrink the ME, then you flash back the modified BIOS image, either using flashrom directly again, or if flashrom directly doesn't work, you'll again write it back using SOIC8 clips. Hope it helps
You are right, that's why these boards are so cheap, but from what I've seen so far, they seem to be doing pretty OK. Support-wise though, you probably won't get much, but as for longevity, they should last a couple of years.
The nice things about these boards is the onboard M.2 support but the old chipset/CPU is starting to grow long in the tooth especially with no VGA/BMC. And I say that as someone who has V2-V5 xeons running in my homelab (that I'm in the process of replacing). The good thing is that they are cheap which for some use cases can trump more modern features assuming power usage/costs isn't too high.
thanks for the review, now i can decide what i want to buy.
Thanks for sharing 😀.
Great review this CPU support virtualization?
cool, but i have to ask, what did u do while installing windows? is there something i have to buy to run windows, and how can i connect wifi without ethernet
Thanks for the video. The aliexpress link does not workung. could you explain a little bit more in detail, how the bios dump thing is working? Maybe in case of similar china mobo's? Thanks
Updated the link. Basically I use flahrom to dump the internal BIOS, it might work in most cases, but might not work on some. When it doesn't work, you need SOIC8 clips and dumping it via USB. After dumping you just use the github repo I use in the video to clean out / shrink the ME, then you flash back the modified BIOS image, either using flashrom directly again, or if flashrom directly doesn't work, you'll again write it back using SOIC8 clips. Hope it helps
I have my huananzhi x79 for 2 years long at it work fine
same here i'm running huananzhi x79 zd3 for 2 years still working fine
You can buy just the Huananzhi motherboard for a mere $65.
The only issue I have with these motherboards is how long are they going to last and in an event of failure is there any support available or not.
You are right, that's why these boards are so cheap, but from what I've seen so far, they seem to be doing pretty OK. Support-wise though, you probably won't get much, but as for longevity, they should last a couple of years.
They are giving 3y warranty
The nice things about these boards is the onboard M.2 support but the old chipset/CPU is starting to grow long in the tooth especially with no VGA/BMC. And I say that as someone who has V2-V5 xeons running in my homelab (that I'm in the process of replacing). The good thing is that they are cheap which for some use cases can trump more modern features assuming power usage/costs isn't too high.
A good use could be as a ssh server
Do you mean a media / file share host...? Because SSH servers are incredibly lightweight packages you run on nearly any machine
@@boneappletee6416i think he means maybe headless (without the gpu). That would cut the power draw a little too !