Xeon Owners Club

[SenditMakine]

It was from local hungarian seller, cpu was damaged (capacitor broken off) but repaired.
You can try buy cheap cpu-s from aliexpress. The best buy is currently the 2670v3 70-80 USD.
I upgraded my main rig to s3647 because the cpu-s are cheaper. I got 6138 ES 80 USD aliexpress, but the motherboard is very costy. (250 USD)

Nah, I wouldn't want to get less clock speed than I already have, my goal was something like a 1660v4, 1680v3
Or if I have the money even a 2697v3 or 2696v3

 

[lexluthermiester]

Was looking for a upgrade from my 2620v3

By upgrade do you mean gaming performance or overall general performance?

If for gaming look into the following CPUs;
1650v3

1650v3 in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

2643v3

2643v3 in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

Or if a general performance boost is desired;
1660v3

1660 V3 in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

2667v3

2667 V3 in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

All of these offer a big boost over what you have now, so what you go for depends on what your main use-case scenario is.

 

[Toothless]

Well, after the previous seller decided to wait a week to refund me. Another order of ram finally gets in today for the x5680 build. Gonna see how this one runs.

 

[SenditMakine]

By upgrade do you mean gaming performance or overall general performance?

If for gaming look into the following CPUs;
1650v3

1650v3 in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

2643v3

2643v3 in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

Or if a general performance boost is desired;
1660v3

1660 V3 in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

2667v3

2667 V3 in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

All of these offer a big boost over what you have now, so what you go for depends on what your main use-case scenario is.

Was looking for general performance, I plan to do some virtualization and more cores are somewhat important, just didn't want to get a 22c that runs at 2.2GHz and would actually perform worse in games.
I want more cores and more clock speed lol
But surely that 2667v3 took my attention

By upgrade do you mean gaming performance or overall general performance?

If for gaming look into the following CPUs;
1650v3

1650v3 in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

2643v3

2643v3 in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

Or if a general performance boost is desired;
1660v3

1660 V3 in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

2667v3

2667 V3 in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

All of these offer a big boost over what you have now, so what you go for depends on what your main use-case scenario is.

Surprisingly ebay is cheaper than aliexpress

 

[lexluthermiester]

Was looking for general performance, I plan to do some virtualization and more cores are somewhat important, just didn't want to get a 22c that runs at 2.2GHz and would actually perform worse in games.
I want more cores and more clock speed lol
But surely that 2667v3 took my attention

Cool. That said, you may also wish to look at the 2687Wv3;

2687w v3 in Computer CPUs and Processors: Search Result | eBay

Get the best deals for 2687w v3 at eBay.com. We have a great online selection at the lowest prices with Fast & Free shipping on many items!

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It's pricey, but if you need the extra cores and want to keep clocks above 3ghz, it's worth it, especially as opposed to buying a whole new system with a high core count CPU. You WILL NEED better cooling for said CPU.

Surprisingly ebay is cheaper than aliexpress

Not surprising to me at all...

 

[SenditMakine]

Cool. That said, you may also wish to look at the 2687Wv3;

2687w v3 in Computer CPUs and Processors: Search Result | eBay

Get the best deals for 2687w v3 at eBay.com. We have a great online selection at the lowest prices with Fast & Free shipping on many items!

www.ebay.com

It's pricey, but if you need the extra cores and want to keep clocks above 3ghz, it's worth it, especially as opposed to buying a whole new system with a high core count CPU. You WILL NEED better cooling for said CPU.


No surprising to me at all...

Yeah, that's too expensive, but I can see myself buying it some time in my life, that x99 mobo won't be going anywhere. May as well just bump it to the limit

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Yeah, that's too expensive, but I can see myself buying it some time in my life, that x99 mobo won't be going anywhere. May as well just bump it to the limit

I believe that best overall upgrade might be if you go for 2678 V3 12c/24t they are been very affordable also they work on decent speed(for gaming)+ you can do the TURBO hack on that CPU(works on all V3)...GL

 

[FireFox]

if you go for 2678 V3 12c/24t they are been very affordable

You can get it in Germany for 100€ or best offer on Ebay or the 2680 V3 for 117€ or best offer, tbh not bad at all.

 

[flatty]

If you have time to "hunt" you can find good Xeon deals even on ebay.
It just take weeks/month

 

[sam_86314]

Three-week update: I'm getting a sneaking suspicion that my Xeon isn't going to come...

As far as I can tell, this is USPS's incompetence, not the seller's fault.

Probably gonna cancel the order. You know something is up when it would be quicker to drive across the country to pick it up than to have USPS ship it to me.

EDIT: Both the seller and I are going to try and contact USPS to figure out WTF is going on.

 

[SenditMakine]

I believe that best overall upgrade might be if you go for 2678 V3 12c/24t they are been very affordable also they work on decent speed(for gaming)+ you can do the TURBO hack on that CPU(works on all V3)...GL

That's exactly the spot I'm looking for, somewhere around 10 to 14 cores, I use turbo hack (thanks to miyconst videos) ans it works great with my new 1070

You can get it in Germany for 100€ or best offer on Ebay or the 2680 V3 for 117€ or best offer, tbh not bad at all.View attachment 193530

What always screws me is the transporting, I live in brazil and *everything* that comes here is taxed, so I'm probably gonna pay at least half the price of the product on taxes, that's why I usually import from china, they almost always export itens and goods off the grid and somehow my government doesn't get its hands on it.

If you have time to "hunt" you can find good Xeon deals even on ebay.
It just take weeks/month

I really don't mind, love to hunt for fair prices and good deals

 

[Watermelon5]

Can't include a pic now... but have DUAL Xeon e5-2690 8 core CPUs. Running in HP z620 workstation.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Can't include a pic now... but have DUAL Xeon e5-2690 8 core CPUs. Running in HP z620 workstation.

Nice!

 

[sam_86314]

After three long weeks of waiting, USPS finally decided to get off their asses, and conveniently "found" my package after I submitted a missing item case.

I got a Xeon E3-1220 V3. It's basically an i5-4440 with a higher boost clock, 2MB more L3 cache, and no iGPU

In theory, it should give my 2600K a run for its money; pretty good for a $35 CPU.

 

[bobbybluz]

It's getting near the time to redo the thermal paste (Gelid GC Extreme) on my Asus X99 Deluxe rig. I'm debating swapping out the 5960X in it for an E5 2683 V4 I have on hand. Twice the cores at half the speed. I looked on Ebay and the 5960X prices have dropped like a rock while the 2683 V4's are holding steady at what they were a year ago.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

It's getting near the time to redo the thermal paste (Gelid GC Extreme) on my Asus X99 Deluxe rig. I'm debating swapping out the 5960X in it for an E5 2683 V4 I have on hand. Twice the cores at half the speed. I looked on Ebay and the 5960X prices have dropped like a rock while the 2683 V4's are holding steady at what they were a year ago.

What is suppose to be the purpose of that RIG?

 

[bobbybluz]

Audio and video production work. I know the Xeon is more efficient in that department plus runs cooler.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Audio and video production work. I know the Xeon is more efficient in that department plus runs cooler.

Yeah that's for sure....ain't going to be bad even for gaming...especially with that R9 Fury X you not going to notice any difference....

 

[bobbybluz]

The 2683 V4 also sucks less power. 120 vs 140 watts at stock clock speed for the 5960X not to mention heavily OC'd the 5960X is a genuine power hog. When I had the 2683 V4 in the ASRock X99 Extreme4 it idled 10 degrees F cooler than the 5960X plus was vastly cooler under load with essentially the same cooling. I suspect the 5960X is also beginning to show signs of core degradation after many years of overclocking it. It's been running slightly warmer the past few months.

 

[SenditMakine]

After three long weeks of waiting, USPS finally decided to get off their asses, and conveniently "found" my package after I submitted a missing item case.

I got a Xeon E3-1220 V3. It's basically an i5-4440 with a higher boost clock, 2MB more L3 cache, and no iGPU

In theory, it should give my 2600K a run for its money; pretty good for a $35 CPU.

Great value for this cpu, congrats!

The 2683 V4 also sucks less power. 120 vs 140 watts at stock clock speed for the 5960X not to mention heavily OC'd the 5960X is a genuine power hog. When I had the 2683 V4 in the ASRock X99 Extreme4 it idled 10 degrees F cooler than the 5960X plus was vastly cooler under load with essentially the same cooling. I suspect the 5960X is also beginning to show signs of core degradation after many years of overclocking it. It's been running slightly warmer the past few months.

Plus, you can use reg ecc memory too

 

[bobbybluz]

Great value for this cpu, congrats!


Plus, you can use reg ecc memory too

It's already a fully functional rig, has 64GB of G.Skill DDR4 2600 non-ECC in it. Since the CPU temp has been slowly creeping up recently it's time to figure out why. With the AIO pump off I can easily swap the 5960X for the 2683 V4. I know beyond doubt it'll immediately run cooler after doing that. I also have a 14 core 2683 V3 on hand but that has two less cores and can only run the memory at 2133mhz. The V4 runs at 2400 and will take a BLCK of 103.5.

 

[SenditMakine]

It's already a fully functional rig, has 64GB of G.Skill DDR4 2600 non-ECC in it. Since the CPU temp has been slowly creeping up recently it's time to figure out why. With the AIO pump off I can easily swap the 5960X for the 2683 V4. I know beyond doubt it'll immediately run cooler after doing that. I also have a 14 core 2683 V3 on hand but that has two less cores and can only run the memory at 2133mhz. The V4 runs at 2400 and will take a BLCK of 103.5.

Great upgrade, where did you bought all these CPUs? I wish I had that kind of thing on the shelf

 

[bobbybluz]

Great upgrade, where did you bought all these CPUs? I wish I had that kind of thing on the shelf

Ebay wheeling & dealing. I make lowball offers on things that have been on there for extended periods of time without selling. The 2683 V4 was recently replaced by a 22c/44t 2699 V4 in my ASRock X99 Extreme4 rig. It's always good to keep an inventory of spare parts in this hobby/addiction.

 

[SenditMakine]

Ebay wheeling & dealing. I make lowball offers on things that have been on there for extended periods of time without selling. The 2683 V4 was recently replaced by a 22c/44t 2699 V4 in my ASRock X99 Extreme4 rig. It's always good to keep an inventory of spare parts in this hobby/addiction.

Yeah, I started to work 4 months ago so I don't have all that money, every penny I had was half into investing and half into my current rig, I do plan on upgrading it but not that soon, but my goal is to be like you guys with lots of this stuff on inventory, so cool

 

[Toothless]

So ends a chapter of fun times and stressful situations. The SR-2 will not receive any more changes besides a GPU swap in the future.

Got new ram, chips will take 160x25 but nothing more it turns out. Old ram was locked to anything under 1333, but new ram runs just fine at 1600. Grabbed the 12GB that came with the board and all good. We're at a total of 36GB @1600mhz. Stable, fast, and pretty.

Like mentioned, needs a GPU swap for something better but until then, she'll be chooching away on Rosetta until it gets too warm to keep er' going. Such a wonderful machine.