Thanks for doing these videos. Lots of people have made use of the x99 platform and are blown away when paured with a decent gpu and the turbos are unlocked. 1440p in a world where some people end up with a 3rd gen i3 and gt 710 that the games kids want wont even start has been a godsend as a cheap fix for these problems
Bad news from Brazil, now (15 october) all purchases over $50 are subject to an import tax directly on the website, similar to how VAT is charged. But here it is 92.7%... A 100$ product will now cost 192.7. You can now buy a Motherboard for you and another motherboard for the government 🤡 In the past, there was a 5% chance of being arbitrarily taxed 55 USD upon arriving in the country. Aliexpress brings some x99 mb's and gpus refurbished by the Chinese to warehouses here, they sell for around 25$ more. I really hope they increase/advance this business model, gets waaaaay more easily to get refunds returning the packet. There is also discussion about selling coupons to artificially reduce the value of the product below 50 USD, so that the tax is reduced from 92.7 to 17%
@@Miyconst And the government intends to remove this 50 dollar exemption and tax all items in the next year. They use as an excuse the method that has failed for 50 years to protect "local industry". The "local electronics industry" today is limited to buying products from AliBaba and reselling them here 🤡. Big companies can do this, the end consumer can no longer.
Considering how familiar you are with AE, it would be interesting to hear what percentage of it didn't work out. Sort of a "Hall of shame" video. I've thought about getting a SOYO card or two but I know I'd hold a grudge if I got ripped off. SOYO back in the day was pretty amazing.
I assumed x99 cpu's with lower core count but higher clock speeds would generally always be better for gaming than the higher core count cpu's. Is this assumption incorrect? I recently bought a xeon 2687w v3 due to its higher base clock and turbo clock speeds compared to most other x99 cpu's. Should I have gotten a 2667v3 or 2697v3 instead? Out of all the x99 cpu's i currently own(1650v3, 1660v3, 2643v3, 2687w v3, i7-5960x, and i7-6850k) I seem to get better gaming performance from slightly overclocked 1650v3's and i7-5960x more than I do with the other cpu's i have. I'm interested in a 1680v3 i found for a reasonable price but am a little concerned that my understanding of these cpu's gaming performance might be misguided. Would someone care to help me understand how to get max performance from my x99 build and which cpu's i should be considering for gaming?
@@T.Lspitz it's too much to cover in a comment, so please join my Discord for details, in general, cache size matters just as much as the clock frequency. The unlocked Xeons like E5-1650 V3 / E5-1660 V3 can potentially beat high-core count versions when overclocked, but Chinese X99 motherboards mostly don't support overclocking and the VRM is way too bad to supply enough power for these ultra-hungry chips.
Wonderful guide as usual, seems like I bought a QD4 motherboard combo for a workplace pc, let's see how much time it last. Greetings and keep the amazing work as the Scholar of Xeon.
I really love seeing your videos. I wanted to mention: Maybe you can add 3D printing / CAD to your video work and partner with some 3d printing companies. For example: 3d printing some parts to help you with computer modding and building. Like missing cooler retention parts that would normally be plastic. I have quite a lot of friends at 3d printing companies and if you like, I can send them in your direction. I did the same for Ben Heck hacks.
It would be nice to see some proposals (if any) for Skylake SP platform. I've noticed some good prices for the Gold Xeon series. Not sure about the platform as a whole, if it make sense to consider it. Especially comparing it with the EPYC (first/second gen)
It's an interesting platform to consider, but the only viable option for motherboard is the uses workstations, such as Dell T7820. Unfortunately the prices in Europe are still far from adequate, so I am waiting until it drops to the USA level.
I've bought a budget motheboard in Ali, the X99H. Its VRM are much better than QD4 and MR9a, which I also have but it is dual channel only. The chipset is C224. I've put a 1660 v4 in it and it is a very good budget pc.
It doesn't heat as the other MBs when I put it to test @@Miyconst .The BIOS is also neat as it has the memory timmings available to edit. QD4 aso has it. MR9a doesn't.
Dear Sir! please provide a video of M.2 drives on Ali Express like you give information of motherbaords Huge fan from Pakistan watched all of your videos
Chinese SSDs are a gamble. They use different memory chips and different controllers in every batch. It makes no sense to review them because no matter what I say it will be a lie. I recommend to stay away from those SSDs.
what your opinion about selling b350 4600G 16GB to buy E5 V4's with cheaper 32/64 GB RAM ? coz at the same price of v4 combo i can only get consumer 32GB DDR4. my plan is to host game server, open MMORPG games to grind items (multiple accounts), and do coding without closing my game. BTW, thank you for your deep review this help me alot understanding the mobo variant
If you care about stability - avoid Chinese X99, but you can pick a used Dell / HP / Lenovo workstation and install E5-2697A V4 into it with cheap DDR4 ECC REG RAM.
Question: Do 1Rx4 and 2Rx4 RDIMM REG ECC ram sticks work with the Machinist x99 motherboards? And what is your recommendation for cheap ddr4 for this x99 setup? Thank you for the hard work on affordable gaming PCs!
Hello, I have the Qiyida E5-A99. I am really happy with this board and can't complain. Everything is running Stable. I was hoping you would do a review on this board, because I don't know what to look for to test the actual quality. But for the people who want to buy this board I can tell that it is a good choice for the money, if you buy it in a bundle with CPU and RAM.
@@Miyconst Thanks for you reply. I am using the E5 2690 V4. So I can't Unlock it. I can't change anything of the Ram in the Bios. The Ram that came with the board is 3200MHz and it is running at 2400MHz, so I think it is fine.
yes hell of the deals and discounts i bought 11900kf with msi mortar for 105 OMR (omani rials) which was running in amazon near 200 OMR, R5 5600 + MSI B550m for 58 OMR, ryzen 7 5700X for 49 OMR , Ellise RX580 for 19 OMR etc (i actually sale gaming pc locally as for side income)
Please test the 2697A v4! Just bought 2 for a dual motherboard. Had 2 2697 v3 before, and we discussed turbo boost unlock on those two if you remember. Now I bought these two new ones
hi miyconst, i wanted to ask you a question, i bought a huananzhi qd4 combo with xeon e5 2680 v4 and 32 gigs of ram and gtx 1080 ti but they haven't arrived yet, and i live in kuwait so the temperatures in summer are 50 degrees celsius, and i have a case called xpg invader with 3 fans ( 2 on the front and 1 on the back ) do you think it is enough for cooling the qd4 and its vrm ?, ( im worried that it will break because of heat ).thanks in advance and keep spreading knowledge.
It sounds like you have a safe setup. E5-2680 V4 is not too heavy on VRM and if your chassis has at least somehow decent vents for the airflow, four fans should be enough. If you want to be double sure, you can install a flower-like cooler so it also blows air to the VRM itself.
I have a question about the open air bench, do you have any idea of how many 3.5 inch drives you can mount on it? Wondering if I could use it for a NAS build I'm planning since it's very cheap and might fit a lot of drives, even though dust could be a problem. Great video as always BTW, thanks for showing us all the best deals
I would strongly recommend to use a closed cabinet for mechanical drives. These drives are sensitive to kicks, pushes, dust and so on. Still, answering the question, I don't think this particular test bench has any place for 3.5" drives.
well I just got my QD4 motherboard :( I am gonna keep using it tell it's dead I guess, I spent 60 dollars on it so that is kinda sad that it may be deffective
Dang. I bought a huananzhi x99 qd4 cpu, ram, mobo combo during the singles day sale. I haven't yet fully powered it on yet but here's hoping I got a good one 🤞
Thanks for the video. Since about a year I have got a Huananzhi X99 CH8 board and works just fine (almost good) with proxmox and 2 dedicated graphics card passthrough to virtual machines. Just ordered the Huananzhi X99 F8 for another proxmox server. The good thing with proxmox you can install Windows 10 and Windows 11 without limitation or install quirks. What did the HUANANZHI X99 F8 LGA 2011-3 XEON X99 Motherboard with Intel E5 2680 V4 with 2*16G DDR4 RECC memory combo kit set NVME SATA cost me in November 2023 at sale and coupon? It cost $AU 196.36 incl. shipping.
I just bougth a Jginyue B550i few weeks ago, but it did not get image with any GPU, this was sad tho. The seller return the money, but I had my hopes too high with tha modetherboard. Also, it's only compatible with ryzen 4000 and 5000, so it's not an option to reuse old CPUs.
i saw machinist has 2 new mobos a cheaper one with 8phase vrm 'mr9s' but with b85 bs... and a more expensive 'mr9d' with c612 heard anything about them? the b85 i reckon wouldn't work in pcie 16/16x can you confirm? I'm new to all this and have few options here
Love your videos man! What would you prefer for a budget build, an e5 2697 v3 or an e5 1660 v3? Are they even close in performance? Thank you again so much for the videos.
I would go with E5-2697 V3. The E5-1660 V3 has to be heavily overclocked and that means expensive motherboard, expensive cooler, expensive power supply, and still comparable performance to E5-2697 V3.
I wonder what you think of E5-2690 v4 vs E5-2697A v4. Looks like the 2690 v4 is ~30 Euros at the moment and should provide most of the performance of the 2697A and 2697 v4. They have very similar base and boost clocks, but the 2697A has two more cores (16C/32T vs 14C/28T). Also, for ultra budget, the 2680 v4 is under 15 Euros now, so it's cheaper than the 2697 v3 (but doesn't offer TBU, of course).
E5-2690 V4 is an interesting alternative, and E5-2680 V4 is also an option. I somehow missed that E5-2680 V4 went down in price so much, for $15 it's a good option for motherboards with bad VRM.
@@Miyconst Hello friend. Is it the bigger cache that make e5-2667 better gaming cpu than some of the faster ones? Or do the 2 extra cores actually make a difference in gaming? If cache size matters it would be interesting to see 2643v4 (3.33MB) and 2637v4 (3.75MB) vs 2667 and 1650v4.
Machinist X99 PR9 was on limited sale some days ago, worth keeping an eye on it for future purchase as budget x99?. You praised it in the review, wondering if something changed.
I assume you are asking about X99-RS9. As I said, the motherboard is kinda ok, but the VRM is pathetic. So, you are the one to decide whether it's worth it or not.
As usual, great content, thanks for all your hard work. Weird to see Huananzhi doing some shady work with QD4, but if they are dumb enough to follow Jingsha, let them fall (they could have easily dominate the X99 market with that, shame) Interesting too see AM4 and LGA1700, those prices are half and less compared to EU-market boards. I do suspect some price gouging by mainstream manufacturers, but if Maxsun can keep it steady, they could really turn out as a decent budget saver GPUs: At least we can buy a decent one without giving a kidney on the counter. Crypto first, and now AI, are destroying the market my 2 cent: it's 2023, almost 2024, and X99 is not dead. AMD and Intel really have to pick up their pace and lower prices, or else i do suspect that in the future, we could be talking more and more about other Architectures, like ARM or RISC-V, stagnation nowadays is no more an effective way of conducting production
Are there any worthwhile full size ATX options for AM4? B550 chipset preferably, but 450 would be okay too if the board is good. :) Thanks for the video! ❤️
Thanks for the tips friend, unfortunately in Brazil the new government is thirsty for taxes, and has limited international purchases to 50USD with rates of 20.4% and above that, 92%, which makes it impossible to buy good computers. We were left with only x99 and Intel 2, 3, 4th and video card, just remanufactured rx580, full of problems.
Maybe it's time to dismiss the corrupted officials? Global companies look for opportunities to move production out of China, Brazil could be an excellent option.
There's also the SOYO RX 6600m 8GB (white) which uses the regular AMD drivers. It outperforms the RTX 2060 Super as shown on YT benchmarks, it is also cheaper
Will this motherboard: Jingsha x99-D8 (which looks identical to Kllisre X99-D8) will be sufficient enough for E5-2697A V4 or should I pick E5-2667 V4 or anything else?
From my investigation, the Jieshuo RTX A2000 is using RTX A2000 Mobile die, but with double the VRAM from 4GB officially to 8GB with same 128 bit memory bus, the limited specs from the seller description also match the description of RTX A2000 mobile than RTX 3050 or desktop variant of RTX A2000. Also interestingly, A2000 have slightly higher TDP than desktop RTX A2000, hence why Jieshuo card have 6 Pin power connector, unlike official desktop RTX A2000 that only draw power from PCIe slot.
@@Miyconst sadly no, I bought the card recently for my client video transcoding server, and didn't try any benchmark on it because I shipped the finished server to the client. In linux I just install latest nvidia driver package, but in windows I need to mod the official nvidia RTX Quadro driver 537.58 and added the device ID trough NVCleaninstall, since I dont trust the driver provided by the seller. I believe the GPU-Z showing RTX A2000 Mobile GPU in the description. Please take all my words with a grain of salt.
@@Miyconst Yeah i contacted huananzhi and they said there's nothing to update for now. im really sad cause i wanted to buy the 14th gen processors, that's why i asked you cause maybe you know something about it 😥
Hello Miyconst, i am concerned about the 2997A v4's max working temp is only at 78C, i intend to use a 6 copper pipe air cooler, my room temperature is usually at 33C, is it going to be enough?
@@Miyconst Thank you for your reply! 😄 Im looking for a set up to game at 1080p and do some other works as well, probably streaming. Im aiming at an RX6600, X99 TF-Q motherboard. Here they have CPU offers like 2699v3, 2690v4, 2697a v4 and 2686v4 all at around 40USD. Im wondering between 2690v4 and 2697a v4, which do you reccomend ?😁
Hi again, @@Miyconst i just got an i7 12700KF offer from a relative for just 120 euros, so im considering an LGA 1700 socket motherboard, do you think that the Huananzhi B760M D4's VRM can handle it at 125W ?
@@zucenic4807 hi again, I do not speculate over the motherboards that were not tested by me, as always, I would suggest to scan your local stores and used market for deals and only then turn to AliExpress. If I would have to do a wild guess, then it should be fine if you don't torture it and cool well.
This a620 from gigabyte was tested by an Brazilian RUclipsr, iskandar, and the vrm, as you appropriately say, is pathetic, with 7600x, playing counter strike, it was 100°c
when ever it is possible please tell us about M.2 memories please both pcie 3.0 and pcie 4.0 is it scam or good to spend that money for data backup and usage of M.2 for AE 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I use Firebat 3.0, not had any major issues for my gaming, I also use Juhor Ram 32GB 3200 all in my main system with no issues, I made some videos of my builds.
I need some info I want to build a X99 kit with a E5 26xx CPU and I need minimum 128 GB ram. Now you can find 32GB DDr4 2400 for 55$ and 64GB DDR4 2400 for 70$ Will this 64GB modules work, what is the max memory possible and 4 slot MBo are there any custom Bios hacks somewhere
I have never tested the 64 GB modules so I can't comment on that but most if not all motherboards I tested worked with 4 x 32 GB Samsung DDR4-2133 ECC REG LRDIMMs. The boot time is very slow though.
Hi need some help with undervolting v3 CPUs, we currently have -50mv for all our x99 boards but it doesn't seem to let some CPUs turbo to max or high enough. We're planning of using -70mv or -80mv with all our x99 boards, would that be fine for these x99 CPUs? 2640, 2673, 2678, 2680, 2695, 2697, 2698 v3 CPUs
@@Miyconst We have just tried -70/-50/-50 using S3turbotool on X99-P4 Motherboard. Tested with E5-2673V3 12c/24t 105W CPU + SNOWMAN T4-1 Cooler, we're getting 3092MHz on all cores and 4201 pts on Cinebench R20 which seems to be higher than what you've been getting on the E5-2678V3? I don't quite get it. Using other X99 boards we're also getting lower scores but using this X99-P4 board we're getting much higher scores
Hello So I'm planning to build my system unit with these server CPU. The specs is : Mother board-Jginyue x99m-plus original chip (ddr4/ddr3 variant) Intel xeon e5 2680 v4 Rx 5500xt 8gb 32gb ram 2400mhz ecc ( 2400 mhz is the maximum frequency can only hold with this cpu) 1tb SSD 550 bronze rate psu (is this enough ?) So concluding all of these is I'm satisfied with the build but I don't know if it's good, what do you think? And I know that's there are still better xeon out there but this feels alright for me Mainly use for gaming and I'm aware that is a workstation and not for gaming , tbh I could still change if I wanted to.But I still want the xeon lol. For gaming performance is this build good enough, will these have stutter?, does anti-lag support Rx 5500xt?. As long as it can play 1980p 60fps and not stuttery, heck I could even play 45 fps medium settings and lock it there. I'm not that very demanding. As long as it has solid 60 fps good enough for me. And is it optimize for windows 10 ?. Because it said that windows 11 don't support the cpu,so windows 10 it is.
Also for the wattage tho can I lock it like 40-60 wattage at most when undervolting. And what best settings for that if ever . I saw those xeon cpu hit a whopping 90 wattage lmao 💀
It's only you who can decide if the PC is good enough for gaming. Play the games you like and evaluate the performance. If it's good - it's good. Overall it's a decent budget build, but in some games it will struggle. Undervolting is not possible with V4 CPUs as far as I know.
No, officially non of them support SLI, but X99-TF/F8 I tested did support it. SLI is useless either way, so I am not sure why somebody would bother about it.
@@sourcilavise3788 SLI and multi-GPU is not the same. Any motherboard with two PCI-E X8/X16 slots will work with two Nvidia GPUs, but SLI is a different thing.
@@Miyconst I'm still learning as I've started doing stable diffusion training with a 3090 FE and I thought it would be even better if I had two GPUs (with ATX motherboard on X99 chipset to have like 48Go VRAM) but as I've read, SD doesn't really manage two GPU at the same time and isn't SLI compatible. Could you also confirm me if using two GPU on two PCIE x16 slots limits them to x8 speeds instead of x16 during rendering or is it just rubish and it depends on the task ? I'm more on the system engineer than developper so I might have misconceptions about those notions.
@@sourcilavise3788 number of allocated PCI-E lanes per GPU depends on your CPU & motherboard design. It has nothing to do with the task, like gaming, rendering, or Stable Diffusion. All Xeon E5 V3/V4 CPUs have 40 PCI-E lanes, so it's possible to have two X16 slots, but many cheap motherboards would route it as X16 + X4 / X8 even though two slots have physical size of X16.
I've been only intel since the Core 2 Duo days but I'm disappointed in the LGA 1700 platform. I have an ASrock ITX z790. When I populate both m.2 slots or just the top one, the pcie goes to x8 4.0. In the future, I'd prefer 4.0 x16. This has made me hesitate getting any more Intel products. My AM5 has been good to me.
Do you have a way that I can make a donation to your channel? I have learned so much from your excellent videos. I have built several xeon workstations specific to audio production and would have been lost without your excellent videos.
Can you please recommend me a motherboard that has overclocking unlocked for the 2696v3 CPU? They recommended me the X99-AD4 but I saw someone overclocking the CPU with the HUANANZHI X99-8M-F. I don't know which one to pick.
@@Miyconst which motherboard should I buy then? They used a bios hack to unlock them. Which one is more stable so I may get the right motherboard? -HUANANZHI X99-8M-F -X99 D4 Motherboard -HUANANZHI X99 TF X99 - X99-AD4 Or should I just get an MSi or branded 2011lga motherboard? I can't find any of the branded for gaming ones low as 120 dollars. No one wants to buy the branded lga 2011 motherboards so I'm asking the offline motherboard sellers to reduce the price by 50%.
@@kop7125 please watch the video, I have provided my opinion and answered this exact question, there is no much more I can say except what's already said in the video.
@@Miyconst So all the motherboard mentioned here are always unstable and there's no info for the new motherboards that they're making as stable? I'm trying to contact the sellers of these motherboards and they're not responding at all when it comes to overclocking
@@kop7125 look, no one can every guarantee anything when it comes to the Chinese X99/X79 motherboards, they provide no support, no warranty, and no specification. They change components and layout without prior notification. Whatever you buy form AliExpress is always at your own risk. X99-MR9A I tested and it was ok, but it gives absolutely no guarantee that if you buy the same it will be ok as well. X99-MR9A Pro is the same motherboard with a different look, as far as I know, and X99-MR9S I didn't test at all, according to me it's pointless and overpriced.
Hello, I just got E5-2666 V3 2 pcs only $10, do you have any suggest dual cpu board for these 2666 V3? Thanks in advance and always appreciate all effort you put into these x99 video clips for us
@@Miyconst My work uses 3 browsers (Chrome, Firefox and Brave) with each 7-800 tabs. I have ever used Ryzen 5950x before it handles this work quite well, but I sold that system when I got e5-1660v3 last week. With motherboard Asus x99 deluxe push 1660v3 to 4.5Ghz, it still not smooth as 5950x. Both use same amount of ram 64gb 3200mhz. Then, I think it could be better if I use dual CPU board with dual 2666 V3
that A2000 from Jieshuo - as much as i managed to dig myself with and from other YT videos... it is actually an MOBILE A2000 chip - tho it requires a modded drivers on windows soo..... yea...
@@Miyconst i kinda named it wrong modded drivers overall are not a bad idea - just look at Nimez (or was it.. nimes?) for AMD but it is much different story on nvidia cards when you are forced to use some janky chinese drivers that you don't even know for how long will be updated - and just as you mentioned in the video, who knows if Nvidia won't find a way to simply block products like that OFC if you are an Linux user, there won't be that much of a issue... but who knows :/
@@Karti200I totally understood what you mean. Modded drivers and Nvidia a big no go, they do prevent such things as much as possible, and may figure out a way to block it in the future so your GPU ends up to be a useless brick.
So QD4 is junk??? mine is working currently. U know what...i will try this with 2698 v3...if it breaks...then i will sell everything. Why should i trust other Chinese mobos?
I wouldn't recommend anything related to the Epyc options, even if they arrive in a working condition they are a pain to set it up and once you manage it you realize they are very bad for gaming, just a waste of time and money.
I'm looking into buying one X99 Motherboard for a project, it needs to be able to run an E5 2697 V3 or 2698/2699, I'm looking into the MR9A V1 since the price it's really good and interesting, but looking around I found also the MR9A PRO and the MR9S, the MR9S it's the pricier of the three being at 94€, what are the differences between all the versions? Thank you
Awesome video, thank you 👍❤
Thanks for doing these videos. Lots of people have made use of the x99 platform and are blown away when paured with a decent gpu and the turbos are unlocked. 1440p in a world where some people end up with a 3rd gen i3 and gt 710 that the games kids want wont even start has been a godsend as a cheap fix for these problems
This is great. I like these aliexpress summaries as I live in the middle of nowhere and depend on aliexpress.
Bad news from Brazil, now (15 october) all purchases over $50 are subject to an import tax directly on the website, similar to how VAT is charged. But here it is 92.7%...
A 100$ product will now cost 192.7.
You can now buy a Motherboard for you and another motherboard for the government 🤡
In the past, there was a 5% chance of being arbitrarily taxed 55 USD upon arriving in the country.
Aliexpress brings some x99 mb's and gpus refurbished by the Chinese to warehouses here, they sell for around 25$ more. I really hope they increase/advance this business model, gets waaaaay more easily to get refunds returning the packet.
There is also discussion about selling coupons to artificially reduce the value of the product below 50 USD, so that the tax is reduced from 92.7 to 17%
*Wow that's expensive I thought UK tax at 20% was a joke!*
92.7% tax?? That's insane! I feel sorry for you. Electronics help developing economy and small business, it should be tax-free..
Brazilian government fucking over its citizens as usual
@@Miyconst And the government intends to remove this 50 dollar exemption and tax all items in the next year. They use as an excuse the method that has failed for 50 years to protect "local industry". The "local electronics industry" today is limited to buying products from AliBaba and reselling them here 🤡. Big companies can do this, the end consumer can no longer.
How can they charge you import fees when you ARE CHINA now?
As always you go above and beyond with reviews, good on ya bro
Thanks for the support!
Thanks for calling my attention on the qd4 in discord. I almost made a mistake. Thank you, and keep the videos coming. 😃
Considering how familiar you are with AE, it would be interesting to hear what percentage of it didn't work out. Sort of a "Hall of shame" video. I've thought about getting a SOYO card or two but I know I'd hold a grudge if I got ripped off. SOYO back in the day was pretty amazing.
I bought one and I'm happily surprised! About half the price of a "real" brand
I've used Soyo GPUs and they work just fine. Owned by the same company that owns Maxsun and Teclast
I couldn't help myself and got the SOYO 2060 super with the dragon motif. Stress tested it out of the box and it's been solid. Very happy with it.
Randomly clicked on this video while waiting for my QD4 to arrive. Wish me luck!
Good luck! I hope yours QD4 works well!
Thankfully my came in fully working. It's had more than a month of sleepless uptime in my HTPC playing games and casually browsing.
The E5 2696 V3 and 2699 V3 are also available at very good prices.
For sure.
I assumed x99 cpu's with lower core count but higher clock speeds would generally always be better for gaming than the higher core count cpu's.
Is this assumption incorrect?
I recently bought a xeon 2687w v3 due to its higher base clock and turbo clock speeds compared to most other x99 cpu's. Should I have gotten a 2667v3 or 2697v3 instead?
Out of all the x99 cpu's i currently own(1650v3, 1660v3, 2643v3, 2687w v3, i7-5960x, and i7-6850k)
I seem to get better gaming performance from slightly overclocked 1650v3's and i7-5960x more than I do with the other cpu's i have.
I'm interested in a 1680v3 i found for a reasonable price but am a little concerned that my understanding of these cpu's gaming performance might be misguided.
Would someone care to help me understand how to get max performance from my x99 build and which cpu's i should be considering for gaming?
@@T.Lspitz it's too much to cover in a comment, so please join my Discord for details, in general, cache size matters just as much as the clock frequency. The unlocked Xeons like E5-1650 V3 / E5-1660 V3 can potentially beat high-core count versions when overclocked, but Chinese X99 motherboards mostly don't support overclocking and the VRM is way too bad to supply enough power for these ultra-hungry chips.
Wonderful guide as usual, seems like I bought a QD4 motherboard combo for a workplace pc, let's see how much time it last. Greetings and keep the amazing work as the Scholar of Xeon.
I hope yours QD4 works well.
I really love seeing your videos. I wanted to mention: Maybe you can add 3D printing / CAD to your video work and partner with some 3d printing companies. For example: 3d printing some parts to help you with computer modding and building. Like missing cooler retention parts that would normally be plastic. I have quite a lot of friends at 3d printing companies and if you like, I can send them in your direction. I did the same for Ben Heck hacks.
Thanks for the idea and offer. Would you be able to ping me on Discord?
Note the EPYC 7551P is for Single Socket ONLY. Dual socket motherboard must use EPYC 7551, which is for dual-socket motherboard.
Very well spotted!
It would be nice to see some proposals (if any) for Skylake SP platform. I've noticed some good prices for the Gold Xeon series. Not sure about the platform as a whole, if it make sense to consider it. Especially comparing it with the EPYC (first/second gen)
It's an interesting platform to consider, but the only viable option for motherboard is the uses workstations, such as Dell T7820. Unfortunately the prices in Europe are still far from adequate, so I am waiting until it drops to the USA level.
There are also really good super deals on Ali there was a Elsa Rx 5700xt for 97$ and a b550 maxsun for 53$
Yup, these time limited deals show up here and there.
@@Miyconstare this good cards or almost dead cards
THX for the video!! Ahoj from Morava.
very good as always keeping us in the loop very good video thanks
I always love these end of the year videos from you! Great stuff as always, and I hope you have a merry Christmas!
I appreciate your support, as always!
Such informative video! Thank you my friend!
hey miyconst. was thinking of buying the Machinist X99-MR9A PRO, nowadays its price is at 86 euros. whats ur take on this mobo?
Thank you for your video. Can you expand on what you mean when you say that these LGA 2011-3 motherboards have "weak" VRMs?
Also, do you have any experience with the Kllisre X99 E5-F4?
I wish you uploaded your video earlier as I ordered a huananzhi qd4 combo yesterday,hope it arrives working.
I hope yours QD4 works well.
Interesting video 👍
And great video BTW!
Legend! All the good content that the people want!
Amaizing job!
I've bought a budget motheboard in Ali, the X99H. Its VRM are much better than QD4 and MR9a, which I also have but it is dual channel only. The chipset is C224. I've put a 1660 v4 in it and it is a very good budget pc.
How do you know the VRM is much better? Any specs available?
It doesn't heat as the other MBs when I put it to test @@Miyconst .The BIOS is also neat as it has the memory timmings available to edit. QD4 aso has it. MR9a doesn't.
Dear Sir! please provide a video of M.2 drives on Ali Express like you give information of motherbaords Huge fan from Pakistan watched all of your videos
Chinese SSDs are a gamble. They use different memory chips and different controllers in every batch. It makes no sense to review them because no matter what I say it will be a lie. I recommend to stay away from those SSDs.
Thanks alot sir ❤ big fan 🎉
This is so crazy. I just watched the AliExpress Q4 of 2022 last night.
what your opinion about selling b350 4600G 16GB to buy E5 V4's with cheaper 32/64 GB RAM ? coz at the same price of v4 combo i can only get consumer 32GB DDR4. my plan is to host game server, open MMORPG games to grind items (multiple accounts), and do coding without closing my game. BTW, thank you for your deep review this help me alot understanding the mobo variant
If you care about stability - avoid Chinese X99, but you can pick a used Dell / HP / Lenovo workstation and install E5-2697A V4 into it with cheap DDR4 ECC REG RAM.
Question:
Do 1Rx4 and 2Rx4 RDIMM REG ECC ram sticks work with the Machinist x99 motherboards?
And what is your recommendation for cheap ddr4 for this x99 setup?
Thank you for the hard work on affordable gaming PCs!
I have never tested 1Rx4 or 2Rx4 ECC REG modules but online resources claim that all ECC REG memory works, so only testing will reveal the truth.
Hello, I have the Qiyida E5-A99. I am really happy with this board and can't complain. Everything is running Stable. I was hoping you would do a review on this board, because I don't know what to look for to test the actual quality. But for the people who want to buy this board I can tell that it is a good choice for the money, if you buy it in a bundle with CPU and RAM.
Thanks for the info. What CPU are you using and did you implement Turbo Boost Unlock? Do you have RAM timings in the BIOS?
@@Miyconst Thanks for you reply. I am using the E5 2690 V4. So I can't Unlock it. I can't change anything of the Ram in the Bios. The Ram that came with the board is 3200MHz and it is running at 2400MHz, so I think it is fine.
@@jantrentmann6328how about the RAM timings? Is it available in the BIOS?
yes hell of the deals and discounts i bought 11900kf with msi mortar for 105 OMR (omani rials) which was running in amazon near 200 OMR, R5 5600 + MSI B550m for 58 OMR, ryzen 7 5700X for 49 OMR , Ellise RX580 for 19 OMR etc (i actually sale gaming pc locally as for side income)
Please test the 2697A v4! Just bought 2 for a dual motherboard. Had 2 2697 v3 before, and we discussed turbo boost unlock on those two if you remember. Now I bought these two new ones
I will see what I can do.
hi miyconst, i wanted to ask you a question, i bought a huananzhi qd4 combo with xeon e5 2680 v4 and 32 gigs of ram and gtx 1080 ti but they haven't arrived yet, and i live in kuwait so the temperatures in summer are 50 degrees celsius, and i have a case called xpg invader with 3 fans ( 2 on the front and 1 on the back ) do you think it is enough for cooling the qd4 and its vrm ?, ( im worried that it will break because of heat ).thanks in advance and keep spreading knowledge.
It sounds like you have a safe setup. E5-2680 V4 is not too heavy on VRM and if your chassis has at least somehow decent vents for the airflow, four fans should be enough. If you want to be double sure, you can install a flower-like cooler so it also blows air to the VRM itself.
@@Miyconst thank you,i appreciate the help.
I have a question about the open air bench, do you have any idea of how many 3.5 inch drives you can mount on it? Wondering if I could use it for a NAS build I'm planning since it's very cheap and might fit a lot of drives, even though dust could be a problem.
Great video as always BTW, thanks for showing us all the best deals
I would strongly recommend to use a closed cabinet for mechanical drives. These drives are sensitive to kicks, pushes, dust and so on. Still, answering the question, I don't think this particular test bench has any place for 3.5" drives.
well I just got my QD4 motherboard :( I am gonna keep using it tell it's dead I guess, I spent 60 dollars on it so that is kinda sad that it may be deffective
Everything what you buy from AliExpress may be defective. I hope yours QD4 works well.
thank, if my board broke I will remeber to tell you about it so ppl will know :) @@Miyconst
Dang. I bought a huananzhi x99 qd4 cpu, ram, mobo combo during the singles day sale. I haven't yet fully powered it on yet but here's hoping I got a good one 🤞
How did the mobo work for you? I’m going to gamble on one soon.
Thanks for the video. Since about a year I have got a Huananzhi X99 CH8 board and works just fine (almost good) with proxmox and 2 dedicated graphics card passthrough to virtual machines. Just ordered the Huananzhi X99 F8 for another proxmox server. The good thing with proxmox you can install Windows 10 and Windows 11 without limitation or install quirks. What did the HUANANZHI X99 F8 LGA 2011-3 XEON X99 Motherboard with Intel E5 2680 V4 with 2*16G DDR4 RECC memory combo kit set NVME SATA cost me in November 2023 at sale and coupon? It cost $AU 196.36 incl. shipping.
What a cute baby~!lol
Great information and explanation as always bro..
Thanks for the support.
Sure thing@@Miyconst
Thanks a lot
*Maxsun B550 & A520 is what I've been pairing with 5600 from Aliexpress for £45ish and £80Ish on average*
Yup, that is a very good deal.
@@Miyconst I noticed that you put €45 for Gloway 32GB DDR5 5200, I think this is a typo, only 16GB gets close to that, 32GB is £70+
@AlexHusTech are the Maxsun B550 boards able to overclock and do any of them have troubleshooting led's or a Q-code readout?
@@T.Lspitz I'll get back to you on that, I just received another yesterday for another build, just need to check it out.
@@AlexHusTecheh.. they updated the price and I didn't notice, when I prepared the slides it was 32 GB for €45.
Myconst can you respond to my previous comment about the V3 and v4s xeons? I found some for really good prices but idk which one to get
1650 V4 is a decent CPU
I can only respond if you tell me what you found and for what price 😀, the general recommendations are available in this exact video.
@@Miyconst I told you in a previous video comment section I thought you may have missed it
@@Miyconst I found 2697v3 for 8$ , 1650v4 for 10$ and 2667v4 for 17$
I thought at that moment that they were really good prices
i would love to see that 2697a or 2697 v4 review,
The E5-2697A tests are done, I just need to find a free spot and record a video..
For Nvidia mobile modify to PC: there's a frankendriver. Still not recommended.
Interesting indeed.
Question:
Would you go with LGA 1700 platform for a 500$ gaming pc over AM4 considering future upgradability?
It really depends on your local pricing. In Sweden I would go with AM4 .
@@Miyconst Thank you for the quick answer. I think I will go with AM4 for competitive pricing in Turkey.
I used to have an excellent Soyo motherboard in the times of the AMD K6-2 and K6-3....
Yeah.. those were the times..
Soyo Dragon. Nostalgic.
I just bougth a Jginyue B550i few weeks ago, but it did not get image with any GPU, this was sad tho. The seller return the money, but I had my hopes too high with tha modetherboard. Also, it's only compatible with ryzen 4000 and 5000, so it's not an option to reuse old CPUs.
I have tested the motherboard with Ryzen 7 3700X and it worked just fine.
i saw machinist has 2 new mobos a cheaper one with 8phase vrm 'mr9s' but with b85 bs...
and a more expensive 'mr9d' with c612
heard anything about them?
the b85 i reckon wouldn't work in pcie 16/16x can you confirm? I'm new to all this and have few options here
Have you had a look at the SZMZ X99 S3 board? (Another socket 2011 - looks similar to the other full size atx board you mentioned)
No, I did not test this specific one.
Love your videos man! What would you prefer for a budget build, an e5 2697 v3 or an e5 1660 v3? Are they even close in performance? Thank you again so much for the videos.
I would go with E5-2697 V3. The E5-1660 V3 has to be heavily overclocked and that means expensive motherboard, expensive cooler, expensive power supply, and still comparable performance to E5-2697 V3.
Damn, you did an amazing job ! This channel is great =)
Slava Ukraini, btw 🙏
Героям Слава! Thanks for the support.
Hi and Many thanks for pour vidéo
What do you thinks about qiyida E5D4 if i optimise vrm cooling with 2680 v4 no turbo boost
Dalton from France
I have not tested this motherboard, but it looks rather pathetic.
Great review as always. Do you know any test results for the engineering sample i9s? Reviews for the cpus are hard to find.
No, these CPUs are overpriced, thus nobody wants to waste money for a review.
I was hoping you'd cover the power supplies as well. Not sure where to get good ones. Especially flex 1u power supplies.
Definitely not from AliExpress. 😃
Silverstone has some of the best flex PSU's right now and some for a fairly reasonable price too
in your next review could you include a dual socket motherboard?
I could but there is really nothing to cover. The only option I can recommend is Dell T7810.
What is the most power efficient e5-26XX v4 CPU for light multithreadded tasks? I plan on getting one for a Proxmox server with multiple VMs.
Any particular reason why you want a V4 Xeon and can't just pick a Ryzen 3900/5700/5900 with much better efficiency and performance?
@@Miyconst Main reason is because I want cheap ECC support with a lot of PCI lanes under $120 ish.
Hey, I have a leftover i7-5820k from when the mobo died years ago, which motherboard would you recommend?
I wouldn't really bother unless it's a fun project. In that case an X99-F8 from Huananzhi would be a good fit.
I wonder what you think of E5-2690 v4 vs E5-2697A v4. Looks like the 2690 v4 is ~30 Euros at the moment and should provide most of the performance of the 2697A and 2697 v4. They have very similar base and boost clocks, but the 2697A has two more cores (16C/32T vs 14C/28T). Also, for ultra budget, the 2680 v4 is under 15 Euros now, so it's cheaper than the 2697 v3 (but doesn't offer TBU, of course).
E5-2690 V4 is an interesting alternative, and E5-2680 V4 is also an option. I somehow missed that E5-2680 V4 went down in price so much, for $15 it's a good option for motherboards with bad VRM.
@@Miyconst Hello friend. Is it the bigger cache that make e5-2667 better gaming cpu than some of the faster ones? Or do the 2 extra cores actually make a difference in gaming? If cache size matters it would be interesting to see 2643v4 (3.33MB) and 2637v4 (3.75MB) vs 2667 and 1650v4.
Hi mi8, I would like to get your opinion on what cpu to buy, I was thinking of buying the E5-2697 V3 or E5-2680 V4.
It really depends on what you want. E5-2697 V3 is a stronger CPU but it requires TBU and consumes more power.
@@Miyconst But what motherboard do you recommend with the E5-2697 V3, I was thinking of buying the Machinist MR9A.
Machinist X99 PR9 was on limited sale some days ago, worth keeping an eye on it for future purchase as budget x99?. You praised it in the review, wondering if something changed.
I assume you are asking about X99-RS9. As I said, the motherboard is kinda ok, but the VRM is pathetic. So, you are the one to decide whether it's worth it or not.
Sorry my bad, different mobo, X99 PR9 is the one currently sold.@@Miyconst
@@Kanivalos80 I have never tested or prized the PR9 version, from the looks it seems to be pathetic and not worth the attention.
As usual, great content, thanks for all your hard work.
Weird to see Huananzhi doing some shady work with QD4, but if they are dumb enough to follow Jingsha, let them fall (they could have easily dominate the X99 market with that, shame)
Interesting too see AM4 and LGA1700, those prices are half and less compared to EU-market boards. I do suspect some price gouging by mainstream manufacturers, but if Maxsun can keep it steady, they could really turn out as a decent budget saver
GPUs: At least we can buy a decent one without giving a kidney on the counter. Crypto first, and now AI, are destroying the market
my 2 cent: it's 2023, almost 2024, and X99 is not dead. AMD and Intel really have to pick up their pace and lower prices, or else i do suspect that in the future, we could be talking more and more about other Architectures, like ARM or RISC-V, stagnation nowadays is no more an effective way of conducting production
Thank you for the support! When comparing the prices, don't forget that EU has 20-25% VAT that you gotta pay for every AliExpress package.
I was thinking about getting the Huananzhi QD4, so what kind of shady work that they're doing with the board, may I ask? Thank you in advance
@@AnhBui-oj4px check video, high defect rate issues.
what about those super cheap ZSUS X99 boards that cost like 30€?
It's a pathetic motherboard that I can't recommend at any circumstances.
Boa tarde, muito obrigado pela informação e um abraço
Are there any worthwhile full size ATX options for AM4? B550 chipset preferably, but 450 would be okay too if the board is good. :) Thanks for the video! ❤️
On AliExpress? I don't think so.
@@Miyconst Ok, was worth a shot. :) Thank you for answering! ❤️
Thanks for the tips friend, unfortunately in Brazil the new government is thirsty for taxes, and has limited international purchases to 50USD with rates of 20.4% and above that, 92%, which makes it impossible to buy good computers. We were left with only x99 and Intel 2, 3, 4th and video card, just remanufactured rx580, full of problems.
Maybe it's time to dismiss the corrupted officials? Global companies look for opportunities to move production out of China, Brazil could be an excellent option.
There's also the SOYO RX 6600m 8GB (white) which uses the regular AMD drivers. It outperforms the RTX 2060 Super as shown on YT benchmarks, it is also cheaper
RX 6600M in general works with regular drivers, regardless of the brand.
Hello friend! help us find the Kllisre B760M BIOS and Drivers page. I bought this to use 14 generation. Thank you
I am sorry to disappoint, but I don't think such BIOS exists.
Will this motherboard: Jingsha x99-D8 (which looks identical to Kllisre X99-D8) will be sufficient enough for E5-2697A V4 or should I pick E5-2667 V4 or anything else?
It will be fine for both, E5-2697A V4 and E5-2697 V4.
From my investigation, the Jieshuo RTX A2000 is using RTX A2000 Mobile die, but with double the VRAM from 4GB officially to 8GB with same 128 bit memory bus, the limited specs from the seller description also match the description of RTX A2000 mobile than RTX 3050 or desktop variant of RTX A2000. Also interestingly, A2000 have slightly higher TDP than desktop RTX A2000, hence why Jieshuo card have 6 Pin power connector, unlike official desktop RTX A2000 that only draw power from PCIe slot.
Do you have any performance numbers? Do you know if it works with the official drivers?
@@Miyconst sadly no, I bought the card recently for my client video transcoding server, and didn't try any benchmark on it because I shipped the finished server to the client. In linux I just install latest nvidia driver package, but in windows I need to mod the official nvidia RTX Quadro driver 537.58 and added the device ID trough NVCleaninstall, since I dont trust the driver provided by the seller. I believe the GPU-Z showing RTX A2000 Mobile GPU in the description. Please take all my words with a grain of salt.
You know something about updating the bios of huananzhi lga1700 motherboards? I really wish they could release a bios for 14th gen for the h610m plus
The BIOS updates should be available in a short while. You can text AliExpress sellers and ask for a copy.
@@Miyconst Yeah i contacted huananzhi and they said there's nothing to update for now. im really sad cause i wanted to buy the 14th gen processors, that's why i asked you cause maybe you know something about it 😥
@@victorsantos6591 why would you bother with the 14th gen? It's the same thing as the 13th gen.
@@Miyconst i already wanted to buy the 13600k before, but the 14600k is the same price too, so why not lol.
@@victorsantos6591if you have money for i5-14600k then you also have money for a decent motherboard :)
Hi, meybe you try test Mchinist X99 PR9? :)
PR9 looks like something I would never recommend.
seems you forgot about 2690v4.
14 cores 3.2GHz all cores, 35mb cache and 30-40 usd.
and about Atermiter mb.
E5-2690 V4 realy seems interesting. Atermiter I recommend to stay away from.
Hello Miyconst, i am concerned about the 2997A v4's max working temp is only at 78C, i intend to use a 6 copper pipe air cooler, my room temperature is usually at 33C, is it going to be enough?
Usually it should be enough but 33C ambient is kinda high so you need to test and see.
@@Miyconst Thank you for your reply! 😄
Im looking for a set up to game at 1080p and do some other works as well, probably streaming.
Im aiming at an RX6600, X99 TF-Q motherboard. Here they have CPU offers like 2699v3, 2690v4, 2697a v4 and 2686v4 all at around 40USD. Im wondering between 2690v4 and 2697a v4, which do you reccomend ?😁
I would probably pick the E5-2697A V4 if the price is the same.
Hi again, @@Miyconst i just got an i7 12700KF offer from a relative for just 120 euros, so im considering an LGA 1700 socket motherboard, do you think that the Huananzhi B760M D4's VRM can handle it at 125W ?
@@zucenic4807 hi again, I do not speculate over the motherboards that were not tested by me, as always, I would suggest to scan your local stores and used market for deals and only then turn to AliExpress. If I would have to do a wild guess, then it should be fine if you don't torture it and cool well.
This a620 from gigabyte was tested by an Brazilian RUclipsr, iskandar, and the vrm, as you appropriately say, is pathetic, with 7600x, playing counter strike, it was 100°c
Exactly, so good cooling is a must.
I wish the x99-k9 wasn't so goofy, it's almost a decent motherboard
Yeah.. I wish so as well.
@@Miyconstare you planning to test that new k9?
Hi, I got the Machinist X99-K9. Is it safe to apply the TBU? I read on your video the BIOS is unknown for this motherboard
AliExpress and safe are not compatible with each other. Even if you know what you are doing, it's still possible to brick the motherboard.
Hi Miyconst would you recommended a E5-1620v4 or a E5-2640v3 for a budget gaming build on the X99 platform
E5-2640 V3 with Turbo Boost Unlock.
@@Miyconst for my knowledge, can you briefly list the main differentiator that led you to choose the 2640v3? I will do a google search also 🤣
@@anthonyt34778 Cores vs 4 Cores, 20 MB vs 10 MB cache :D
when ever it is possible please tell us about M.2 memories please both pcie 3.0 and pcie 4.0 is it scam or good to spend that money for data backup and usage of M.2 for AE
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I use Firebat 3.0, not had any major issues for my gaming, I also use Juhor Ram 32GB 3200 all in my main system with no issues, I made some videos of my builds.
what do you think about x99 pr9 motherboard? it looks cool!
It's pathetic.
ok thanks@@Miyconst
I need some info
I want to build a X99 kit with a E5 26xx CPU and I need minimum 128 GB ram.
Now you can find 32GB DDr4 2400 for 55$ and 64GB DDR4 2400 for 70$
Will this 64GB modules work, what is the max memory possible and 4 slot MBo
are there any custom Bios hacks somewhere
I have never tested the 64 GB modules so I can't comment on that but most if not all motherboards I tested worked with 4 x 32 GB Samsung DDR4-2133 ECC REG LRDIMMs. The boot time is very slow though.
@@Miyconst Slow. why???
YOu know maybe where I can find any info about 64GB modules
@@ivanaomi23 because the more memory you have the longer it takes to initialize it. I have no clue about the 64 GB sticks, sorry.
Hi need some help with undervolting v3 CPUs, we currently have -50mv for all our x99 boards but it doesn't seem to let some CPUs turbo to max or high enough. We're planning of using -70mv or -80mv with all our x99 boards, would that be fine for these x99 CPUs? 2640, 2673, 2678, 2680, 2695, 2697, 2698 v3 CPUs
Nobody can guarantee any undervolting level. It's a silicone lottery, some CPUs are fine, others are not.
@@Miyconst We have just tried -70/-50/-50 using S3turbotool on X99-P4 Motherboard. Tested with E5-2673V3 12c/24t 105W CPU + SNOWMAN T4-1 Cooler, we're getting 3092MHz on all cores and 4201 pts on Cinebench R20 which seems to be higher than what you've been getting on the E5-2678V3? I don't quite get it. Using other X99 boards we're also getting lower scores but using this X99-P4 board we're getting much higher scores
I'm from italy and on aliexpress i see higher prices than your. For example 5700xt costs around 170€ (i see on your links)
That's because in EU we have to pay VAT for Ali packages, it's 20-25% depends on the country.
Hello So I'm planning to build my system unit with these server CPU.
The specs is :
Mother board-Jginyue x99m-plus original chip (ddr4/ddr3 variant)
Intel xeon e5 2680 v4
Rx 5500xt 8gb
32gb ram 2400mhz ecc ( 2400 mhz is the maximum frequency can only hold with this cpu)
1tb SSD
550 bronze rate psu (is this enough ?)
So concluding all of these is I'm satisfied with the build but I don't know if it's good, what do you think? And I know that's there are still better xeon out there but this feels alright for me
Mainly use for gaming and I'm aware that is a workstation and not for gaming , tbh I could still change if I wanted to.But I still want the xeon lol.
For gaming performance is this build good enough, will these have stutter?, does anti-lag support Rx 5500xt?.
As long as it can play 1980p
60fps and not stuttery, heck I could even play 45 fps medium settings and lock it there. I'm not that very demanding. As long as it has solid 60 fps good enough for me. And is it optimize for windows 10 ?. Because it said that windows 11 don't support the cpu,so windows 10 it is.
Also for the wattage tho can I lock it like 40-60 wattage at most when undervolting. And what best settings for that if ever . I saw those xeon cpu hit a whopping 90 wattage lmao 💀
It's only you who can decide if the PC is good enough for gaming. Play the games you like and evaluate the performance. If it's good - it's good. Overall it's a decent budget build, but in some games it will struggle. Undervolting is not possible with V4 CPUs as far as I know.
y'know maybe im actually first
Do you know if any of those motherboard (and especially X99 ATX ones) officially support Nvidia SLI so you can plug two 2-slots cards ?
No, officially non of them support SLI, but X99-TF/F8 I tested did support it. SLI is useless either way, so I am not sure why somebody would bother about it.
I've messed up two concepts I think... anyway, not all softwares supports SLI so your rendering process just has to support multi GPU usage@@Miyconst
@@sourcilavise3788 SLI and multi-GPU is not the same. Any motherboard with two PCI-E X8/X16 slots will work with two Nvidia GPUs, but SLI is a different thing.
@@Miyconst I'm still learning as I've started doing stable diffusion training with a 3090 FE and I thought it would be even better if I had two GPUs (with ATX motherboard on X99 chipset to have like 48Go VRAM) but as I've read, SD doesn't really manage two GPU at the same time and isn't SLI compatible. Could you also confirm me if using two GPU on two PCIE x16 slots limits them to x8 speeds instead of x16 during rendering or is it just rubish and it depends on the task ? I'm more on the system engineer than developper so I might have misconceptions about those notions.
@@sourcilavise3788 number of allocated PCI-E lanes per GPU depends on your CPU & motherboard design. It has nothing to do with the task, like gaming, rendering, or Stable Diffusion. All Xeon E5 V3/V4 CPUs have 40 PCI-E lanes, so it's possible to have two X16 slots, but many cheap motherboards would route it as X16 + X4 / X8 even though two slots have physical size of X16.
I've been only intel since the Core 2 Duo days but I'm disappointed in the LGA 1700 platform. I have an ASrock ITX z790. When I populate both m.2 slots or just the top one, the pcie goes to x8 4.0. In the future, I'd prefer 4.0 x16. This has made me hesitate getting any more Intel products. My AM5 has been good to me.
Welcome to the AMD side!
how to enable intel virtualization on x99 motherboard?
In BIOS, but many Chinese motherboards don't have this option.
@@Miyconst Any type of x99 Chinese motherboard that supports Intel Virtualization?
@@felixfebryanto2662 most of them support virtualization.
Do you have a way that I can make a donation to your channel? I have learned so much from your excellent videos. I have built several xeon workstations specific to audio production and would have been lost without your excellent videos.
I am glad to be helpful. By the end of the video description there is a PayPal donation link.
Can you please recommend me a motherboard that has overclocking unlocked for the 2696v3 CPU? They recommended me the X99-AD4 but I saw someone overclocking the CPU with the HUANANZHI X99-8M-F. I don't know which one to pick.
It's not possible to overclock locked V3 Xeons with the CPU clock multiplier, no matter what motherboard you pick.
@@Miyconst which motherboard should I buy then? They used a bios hack to unlock them. Which one is more stable so I may get the right motherboard?
-HUANANZHI X99-8M-F
-X99 D4 Motherboard
-HUANANZHI X99 TF X99
- X99-AD4
Or should I just get an MSi or branded 2011lga motherboard? I can't find any of the branded for gaming ones low as 120 dollars. No one wants to buy the branded lga 2011 motherboards so I'm asking the offline motherboard sellers to reduce the price by 50%.
@@kop7125 please watch the video, I have provided my opinion and answered this exact question, there is no much more I can say except what's already said in the video.
@@Miyconst So all the motherboard mentioned here are always unstable and there's no info for the new motherboards that they're making as stable?
I'm trying to contact the sellers of these motherboards and they're not responding at all when it comes to overclocking
@@kop7125 look, no one can every guarantee anything when it comes to the Chinese X99/X79 motherboards, they provide no support, no warranty, and no specification. They change components and layout without prior notification. Whatever you buy form AliExpress is always at your own risk. X99-MR9A I tested and it was ok, but it gives absolutely no guarantee that if you buy the same it will be ok as well. X99-MR9A Pro is the same motherboard with a different look, as far as I know, and X99-MR9S I didn't test at all, according to me it's pointless and overpriced.
Hello, I just got E5-2666 V3 2 pcs only $10, do you have any suggest dual cpu board for these 2666 V3?
Thanks in advance and always appreciate all effort you put into these x99 video clips for us
Why would you want a dual socket board?
@@Miyconst My work uses 3 browsers (Chrome, Firefox and Brave) with each 7-800 tabs.
I have ever used Ryzen 5950x before it handles this work quite well, but I sold that system when I got e5-1660v3 last week. With motherboard Asus x99 deluxe push 1660v3 to 4.5Ghz, it still not smooth as 5950x. Both use same amount of ram 64gb 3200mhz.
Then, I think it could be better if I use dual CPU board with dual 2666 V3
count me in wanting to see he erying b760itx
that A2000 from Jieshuo - as much as i managed to dig myself with and from other YT videos...
it is actually an MOBILE A2000 chip - tho it requires a modded drivers on windows soo..... yea...
Well.. modded drivers is a big no go.
@@Miyconst i kinda named it wrong
modded drivers overall are not a bad idea - just look at Nimez (or was it.. nimes?) for AMD
but it is much different story on nvidia cards when you are forced to use some janky chinese drivers that you don't even know for how long will be updated - and just as you mentioned in the video, who knows if Nvidia won't find a way to simply block products like that
OFC if you are an Linux user, there won't be that much of a issue... but who knows :/
@@Karti200I totally understood what you mean. Modded drivers and Nvidia a big no go, they do prevent such things as much as possible, and may figure out a way to block it in the future so your GPU ends up to be a useless brick.
So QD4 is junk??? mine is working currently. U know what...i will try this with 2698 v3...if it breaks...then i will sell everything. Why should i trust other Chinese mobos?
You should never trust Chinese AliExpress boards, QD4 or not QD4.
Its really hard to understand you when you say different processor numbers.
That's why there are slides with text to read, but I will try to be more clear.
I wouldn't recommend anything related to the Epyc options, even if they arrive in a working condition they are a pain to set it up and once you manage it you realize they are very bad for gaming, just a waste of time and money.
Just like I have said in the video, EPYC are awful for gaming.
lulinha is adding +90% for every buy above 50 dollars in aliexpress
Damn so most of these mobo cpu combos are trash then. Rip
only 2673V4 or 2680V4 the rest is all garbage
I'm looking into buying one X99 Motherboard for a project, it needs to be able to run an E5 2697 V3 or 2698/2699, I'm looking into the MR9A V1 since the price it's really good and interesting, but looking around I found also the MR9A PRO and the MR9S, the MR9S it's the pricier of the three being at 94€, what are the differences between all the versions? Thank you