Xeon Owners Club

phill · Nov 8, 2020

Knoxx29 said:
On July 2018 i quit the PC world but I am coming back at the beginning of next year.

I hope that you're doing well mate!!

How's the little one doing??

I was just testing the Rampage 3 Black and my 290X... They are great for warming up the room!! :laugh:

Just about 1/2 the power from a 650w PSU!!

Was hoping to have a few more Xeon's this evening but sadly they went for more than I wanted to pay for.... Always another fish.......

bobbybluz · Nov 9, 2020

I have three XFX R9 290X's and one 290. I keep them because they're registered and have the full XFX lifetime warranty. I don't think they offer that anymore. They do run warm but don't do a bad job of driving large 4K displays. I got them dirt cheap parting out bitcoin mining rigs a few years ago. The previous owners never bothered registering them with XFX so I got the full warranty. 1000+ watt PSU's have no problems with them.

phill · Nov 9, 2020

I never had the 290X series so when I saw this boxed model, I just thought, ah what the hell

Seems to work really well, I've had a few benchmark runs with it which I'm happy with, only stock just so I could test the card but happy days

Reminded me to never test a rig when taxing it on a cardboard box as it can get a little warm... It's great for testing to see it turn on etc but..... Still, setup a little differently now but working fine

Had no idea what the two switches where on the GPU until a little light Googling later revealed all I needed to know

Apparently the first pic was to show at a glace temps... Showing blue upto 60C, then yellow from 61C to 80C and then red for anything over 81C I believe I read.... I never saw it change colour!! :laugh:

The second switch I found out was with turning the fans on altogether or when it hit a certain temp.. A bit strange I thought but went with it anyways

I'm not sure that the card will close much, according to TPU's review of it, it wasn't the best.. But then I've never really bothered with GPU overclocking on any of my gaming rigs, if the games aren't running fast enough, well I buy a new card :laugh:

Edwired · Nov 9, 2020

I was bashing about with the overclock the other night while drinking Bacardi Gold and 7up was feeling fuzzy when hitting 4.5ghz such a nice feeling but later that night i was bashing it to see if it can boot 4.6ghz and it does boot but started to fail both cinebench r15 and r20 as this was on the maximum voltage of 1.35v on vcore and qpi

phill · Nov 9, 2020

I would overclock this one, but with the dropped on air cooler that I currently have cooling it, I believe from running 3D Mark Vantage, it was hitting nearly 90C under load so I decided against pushing it further for the moment :laugh:

I need some water cooling! lol

Edwired · Nov 9, 2020

phill said:
I would overclock this one, but with the dropped on air cooler that I currently have cooling it, I believe from running 3D Mark Vantage, it was hitting nearly 90C under load so I decided against pushing it further for the moment I need some water cooling! lol

To be honest i haven't checked the temperature as far i know it was below 70 to 75c on the cores as i was going for the maximum score on cinebench mainly

phill · Nov 9, 2020

I'm not sure I'd like to run CineBench with the current cooling :laugh:

I might give it a go and see what happens

Edwired · Nov 9, 2020

phill said:
I'm not sure I'd like to run CineBench with the current cooling I might give it a go and see what happens

Dont be a chicken and get it done lol

phill · Nov 9, 2020

I'll give it a go when I'm home from work... I'm sure it'll be fine but I need to get it under water for sure!! lol

AvrageGamr · Nov 11, 2020

Need help. Possible hard drive failure. Using ssd for boot and standard disk drive for storage. ssd works fine, mech drive isn't found (see pic 1 ). Tried different cables, slots etc, still nothing. Diagnostics shows nothing wrong with pc. However set up utility says raid is enabled (pic 2). Is it supposed be like that since ssd's and mech drives aren't compatible. Thanks.

Edwired · Nov 11, 2020

Just looking at that are you using the ssd as standalone to boot the operating system if yes you are suppose to use ahci mode for one ssd/hdd or if raid is been used it will work with two exact same ssd/hdd can not be mixed brand, model or sizes

AvrageGamr said:
Need help. Possible hard drive failure. Using ssd for boot and standard disk drive for storage. ssd works fine, mech drive isn't found (see pic 1 ). Tried different cables, slots etc, still nothing. Diagnostics shows nothing wrong with pc. However set up utility says raid is enabled (pic 2). Is it supposed be like that since ssd's and mech drives aren't compatible. Thanks.

AvrageGamr · Nov 11, 2020

SSD ( SATA 0 ) has Windows. the second hd ( SATA 1) is a 1 tb 7200 rpm WD drive for Steam, etc. Raid isn't compatible with ssd's and mech drives. Worked as 2 different drives before. Bought it from a local computer store years ago so this is the first time I have had to go into the set up menu. I did not change the settings and yet it says raid is on. Can it turn on raid by itself? Also, I get the same error message if I plug the mech drive into one of the other empty SATA ports

Edwired · Nov 11, 2020

If you are able to boot into the operating system by pressing F1 to continue then download Hard Disk Sentinel to see the hard drive health if it starting to fail back up the everything to the another hard drive as soon as possible otherwise you risk losing the files on it

AvrageGamr · Nov 11, 2020

I can boot into the o.s. no problem. However with the mech drive connected it takes forever to load. The mech drive isn't powering up for some reason, so nothing can read it. Was planning on replacing it with a 1tb 870 Evo anyway.

Edwired · Nov 11, 2020

Most likely the drive mainboard died or have bad sectors or the head inside of it gone bad. Look like you have to redownload the steam games. The best tip for you is to prevent ssd/hdd failures in the future is to back up on a weekly or monthly on a external hard drive so you have a better chance without losing important contents

AvrageGamr · Nov 11, 2020

Everything that was on that drive I can redownload. Just bought a Samsung 870 QVO 1TB. Just about to install it and see what happens.

Edwired · Nov 11, 2020

AvrageGamr said:
Everything that was on that drive I can redownload. Just bought a Samsung 870 QVO 1TB. Just about to install it and see what happens.

Good to know sure let us know how you get on when it done

bobbybluz · Nov 11, 2020

Try that dead drive in a USB docking station and see what happens. I use Speccy to see if they have bad sectors if it shows up in Windows.

AvrageGamr · Nov 12, 2020

Edwired said:
Good to know sure let us know how you get on when it done

Got it installed, works great.

Edwired · Nov 13, 2020

lexluthermiester · Nov 13, 2020

Knoxx29 said:
I really appreciate everyone for keeping this Thread alive

Long time no see man! How you been?

Zyll Goliat · Nov 14, 2020

Toothless · Nov 15, 2020

Mmmm spicy. 2/3 of the things I need to finish up the dual x5680.

lexluthermiester · Nov 15, 2020

Toothless said:
Mmmm spicy. 2/3 of the things I need to finish up the dual x5680.

Solid CPU. What are you going to do with it?

Toothless · Nov 15, 2020

lexluthermiester said:
Solid CPU. What are you going to do with it?

It's my WCG cruncher right now, but after I nab a couple of AIOs for it (already chatted with someone about it but I need paydays) and see if I can clock er' at 4ghz.

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

System Name	"The black one in the dining room" / "The Latest One"
Processor	Intel Xeon E5 2699 V4 22c/44t / i7 14700K @5.8GHz
Motherboard	Asus X99 Deluxe / ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 w/4 Silverstone FM121 fans / Arctic LF II 280 w Silverstone FHP141's
Memory	64GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 (8x8) / 96GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 1080 Ti FTW3 / Asus Tuff OC 4090 24GB
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus, 1TB Samsung 860, 4 Western Digital 2TB / 2TB Solidigm P44 Pro & more.
Display(s)	43" Samsung 8000 series 4K / 50" Vizio M-series 4K
Case	Modded Corsair Carbide 500R / Modded Corsair Graphite 780 T
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essence STX/ Asus Xonar Essence STX II
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i / Seasonic Prime GX-1300
Mouse	Logitech Performance MX, Microsoft Intellimouse Optical 3.0
Keyboard	Logitech K750 Solar, Logitech K800
Software	Win 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 IoT / Win 11 Enterprise IoT LTSC 24H2
Benchmark Scores	https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V11/display.php?id=202122048229

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

System Name	The Blind Grim Reaper
Processor	Xeon X5675 Westmere-EP B1 SLBYL 4.20ghz @ 1.256v
Motherboard	Asus P6X58D-E
Cooling	Noctua CP12 SE14, Redux Noctua 1500rpm fan Arctic F14 x3 for intake and exhaust
Memory	Corsair XMS3 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 x6
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SC Single Fan Model
Storage	Crucial mx300 750gb main system + 1TB mx500 for games and music
Display(s)	22 inch samsung curved
Case	NZXT Phantom 530 black
Audio Device(s)	Nvidia HDMI through HDMI adaptor for output sound for turtlebeach x12 headset
Power Supply	Antec HCG 850 watt
Mouse	no brand
Keyboard	normal usb keyboard
Software	Windows 10 22H2 v1 (main is) and Windows 11 22H2 v2 on WD 250gb 7200rpm (testing purposes os)
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R20 = 2046cb

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

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System Name	DELL 3630
Processor	I7 8700K
Memory	32 gig
Video Card(s)	4070

System Name	Minotaur
Processor	Intel I9 7940X
Motherboard	Asus Strix Rog Gaming E X299
Cooling	BeQuiet/ double-Fan
Memory	192Gb of RAM DDR4 2400Mhz
Video Card(s)	1)RX 6900XT BIOSTAR 16Gb***2)MATROX M9120LP
Storage	2 x ssd-Kingston 240Gb A400 in RAID 0+ HDD 500Gb +Samsung 128gbSSD +SSD Kinston 480Gb
Display(s)	BenQ 28"EL2870U(4K-HDR) / Acer 24"(1080P) / Eizo 2336W(1080p) / 2x Eizo 19"(1280x1024)
Case	NZXT H5 Flow
Audio Device(s)	Realtek/Creative T20 Speakers
Power Supply	F S P Hyper S 700W
Mouse	Asus TUF-GAMING M3
Keyboard	Func FUNC-KB-460/Mechanical Keyboard
VR HMD	Oculus Rift DK2
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	Fire Strike=23905,Cinebench R15=3167,Cinebench R20=7490.Passmark=30689,Geekbench4=32885

System Name	Veral
Processor	7800x3D
Motherboard	x670e Asus Crosshair Hero
Cooling	Corsair H150i RGB Elite
Memory	2x32 Corsair Dominator
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 7900XTX Red Devil
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx, 2x AOC 2425W, AOC I1601FWUX
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	Blue Yeti + SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Samsung HW-T550
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Nightsword
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK