X79 and/or rampage IV OC'ing thread for those of us still left....

[pevac]

Where to buy x79, as if it were made of dry gold

 

[CheapMeat]

Used X79 boards are all over the place. Even some lower end boards are going for twice what they cost at launch YEARS ago. Seems like the best deal are the Chinese X79 boards; mostly on Aliexpress and eBay.

 

[dalekdukesboy]

Funny I was just looking at some of those Chinese boards wondered if they were any good or they'd suck ass at overclocking etc? They even have native M.2 slots/etc. I'm considering playing around with my build a bit to get an M.2 drive just not sure it's worth it, I know there are some that natively work with adaptor and RIVE and most you have to do a Bios hack to make it the primary drive. Also I have to go back and find it but the company Alphacool which is what my dual watercooler is made up of are coming up with some HUGE Rads....I will have to post link here if you really want to go all out and see how cool you can get X79, one of those new rads might be fun to play with.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Funny I was just looking at some of those Chinese boards wondered if they were any good or they'd suck ass at overclocking etc?

I actually have one. "Machinist" branded board paired with a Xeon E5-2667v2 and 32GB of DDR3-1866 ECC Reg(4x8GB). Runs rock solid so far. No overclocking though, which I'm personally ok with.

EDIT: VRM cooling is good as well. He's the board I bought;

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The photo's are accurate.

 

[CheapMeat]

I was mainly looking at the Chinese boards because I love dual CPU boards but I ended up going dual X99 now instead. I still have several X79 boards; two X79 ASRock Extreme11's for example that I'm turning more into NAS boxes instead. I didn't end up doing any NVMe hacks. I just used an older Samsung NVMe drive that have an embedded NVMe file and it just worked without any issue. But it just surprised me how some old X79 and even Z77 boards are going for insane prices. In fact, some lower end boards, like Extreme6 were going for MORE than Extreme11 or Extreme9 for example. And the Chinese prices are all over the place too but on the cheaper end. So you can get a fairly decent board for around $100ish. But I mainly think it's only worth it for dual CPU x79. For single X79, I'd still rather try to find a brand name one (MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS, ASRock).

 

[Sci666]

machinist boards are crap ..... theres a channel from a russian user on youtube, he is "specialised" for testing chinese x99 mainboards ,,the machinist ones are not good... and x99 is only one step above x79. technically nearly identical pcb and VRM wise....

i got also a chinese noname "kind of mini" itx for my small form factor gaming PC ... because there is no other "brand" mini itx x79 existing and i had all the x79 laying around

so it works but no good OC ! maximum 4Ghz at summer and 4,1-4,2 Ghz in winter for a e5-1650v2 :-D

for a daily use PC i would not buy a chinese board !!! for a low budget gaming PC with no OC yes but otherwise get a brand x79 board !

edit: beware some of the 4channel ram are not 4 channel ram ! especially on the small form factor mainboards... my small one has also only 2 channels but 4 ports !
check tests in internet before !
the link above ..i would never spend 120 bucks for a chinese ones .. in germany there are plenty x79 brand boards for about 100-120euros !!!! Asus, gigabyte, msi ....

 

[pevac]

To me, the boards are used for overclocking, everyone praises something
I have rampage iv extrem + 1650v2 for 240e with me in Serbia
If the seller lowered the price to 200e, I would take it.
Otherwise a weak specimen of 1650V2,1,277V 4,

I still have a problem that ebye is not delivered from Serbia.
I would have to go through Croatia ...

 

[Sci666]

iv extreme + 1650v2 for 240 is a good deal !

the extreme mainboard is the very high end mainboard of this era. so its worth it !!! cpu is also very good, you can bring it without any problem to 4.4 ghz or higher

i got this mainboard too and a 1680v2 with stable all core turbo 4.4 ghz. i could go to 4,6 but i dont want to add more voltage and more heat to it .... 4.4 with 8cores/16 threats are more then enough to run all AAA games on ultra with my 3080 at almoust or much higher than 100FPS (depends on games, raytracing etc...)

iam stuck with this mainboard. i cannot see the advantage to upgrade ... i dont want to change from enthusiast level to mainstream so the only option is x299 but its very expensive also the CPUs , and i would go to 10 core at minimum but the cost explode .... and the advantage will still be a minimum to my actual system .... my monitor is 120Hz g-sync so i woulnd see a difference of 120FPS with my CPU or 150FPS with anoter i9 CPU ..... :-D

 

[pevac]

I don't buy if it can't 4.8 ghz with 1.3v-1.35v
There are fine specimens you just need to be patient and have a little luck
I've been on 1366 for a long time and now I would like to play a bit on x79. I like overclocking, it's my only vice

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[Zyll Goliat]

To me, the boards are used for overclocking, everyone praises something
I have rampage iv extrem + 1650v2 for 240e with me in Serbia
If the seller lowered the price to 200e, I would take it.
Otherwise a weak specimen of 1650V2,1,277V 4,

I still have a problem that ebye is not delivered from Serbia.
I would have to go through Croatia ...

Really depends...I am also from Serbia and I payed 120€ for Asus Sabertooth with included I7 3820 in it of course I immediately sold that I7 and get the Xeon for myself....that was like more than a year ago....now prices are all over the place that's true but if you look around you can still find a good deal....

 

[pevac]

Really depends...I am also from Serbia and I payed 120€ for Asus Sabertooth with included I7 3820 in it of course I immediately sold that I7 and get the Xeon for myself....that was like more than a year ago....now prices are all over the place that's true but if you look around you can still find a good deal....

Throw a link if you know where it is, it can also be from the former republics so that my bikers can send it to me

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Throw a link if you know where it is, it can also be from the former republics so that my bikers can send it to me

Well I usually check the KP or Kupindo but yeah you need time,patience and a bit of luck for a good deal lately....sure if you are in a hurry then you can always try some of those Chinese boards tho' I will avoid those especially If you want to OC....but as some people said some Chinese boards are better then other Chinese boards .....some of them are actually decent when it comes to the X99 platform....
P.S. Asus Rampage IV Extreme is GREAT motherboard if you can lower price a bit that's not a bad deal after all......

 

[pevac]

Looks like the deal fell through.
Rampage + 1650v2 for 190e

Now I still have to get 1680v2 which can 4.8 with 1.3-1.35v

 

[Sci666]

i wont expect to get 4.8 ghz on this chip, stable and with "normal" temps. it has less benefits ...

i let my 1680v2 on 4.4 it is stable and i got maximum 75degree celcius( aio 240 watercooler) this is okay (!) not good but okay ....

 

[pevac]

I am on a custom loop, 480mm radiator with 4x SUNON fans
They blow like hurricanes 234m3 3100o / min 48dcb
12x12x38mm

 

[Zyll Goliat]

I am on a custom loop, 480mm radiator with 4x SUNON fans
They blow like hurricanes 234m3 3100o / min 48dcb
12x12x38mm

It's also depends of the silicon lottery.....so you basically never know but sure maybe you can get that "golden-sample"Xeon 1680 V2 and push it all the way up to the 4.8Ghz but it is more likely it will probably work in between 4.2Ghz-4.5Ghz.....

 

[mouacyk]

i wont expect to get 4.8 ghz on this chip, stable and with "normal" temps. it has less benefits ...

i let my 1680v2 on 4.4 it is stable and i got maximum 75degree celcius( aio 240 watercooler) this is okay (!) not good but okay ....

Not bad. Mine runs 4.5GHz at max 69C on 240mm + 120mm open loop.

 

[lexluthermiester]

machinist boards are crap ..... theres a channel from a russian user on youtube, he is "specialised" for testing chinese x99 mainboards ,,the machinist ones are not good... and x99 is only one step above x79. technically nearly identical pcb and VRM wise....

i got also a chinese noname "kind of mini" itx for my small form factor gaming PC ... because there is no other "brand" mini itx x79 existing and i had all the x79 laying around

so it works but no good OC ! maximum 4Ghz at summer and 4,1-4,2 Ghz in winter for a e5-1650v2 :-D

for a daily use PC i would not buy a chinese board !!! for a low budget gaming PC with no OC yes but otherwise get a brand x79 board !

edit: beware some of the 4channel ram are not 4 channel ram ! especially on the small form factor mainboards... my small one has also only 2 channels but 4 ports !
check tests in internet before !
the link above ..i would never spend 120 bucks for a chinese ones .. in germany there are plenty x79 brand boards for about 100-120euros !!!! Asus, gigabyte, msi ....

Those are some interesting opinions. I've purchased several of them for use in budget upgrades for clients and one for personal use. No problems with any of them. Rock solid performance.

 

[1000Gbps]

Sounds like if I'll sell my 2660 + Extreme9 I can finally go for a 2-week vacation on Hawaii ... Seems legit lol

 

[bobbybluz]

Sounds like if I'll sell my 2660 + Extreme9 I can finally go for a 2-week vacation on Hawaii ... Seems legit lol

I'd like to get a X79 Extreme6 but when I last looked on Ebay they were more expensive used than when new years ago. Looks like it may be time to dump the Z87 Extreme6ac I have stashed away there.

 

[1000Gbps]

Yeah, model 6 has integrated audio while model 9 has that buggy Creative Sound Core3D that always disappears from the installed hardware after some weeks of usage. No idea why ...

 

[bobbybluz]

I was just on Ebay and saw Xeon E5 1680 V2's have dropped a lot in price. There are also sellers taking offers, with the right one a 1680 V2 may possibly be had for a little over $100.

Yeah, model 6 has integrated audio while model 9 has that buggy Creative Sound Core3D that always disappears from the installed hardware after some weeks of usage. No idea why ...

I'd take a X79 Extreme9 because of the dual USB 3.0 connectors on the mobo and number of SATA inputs it has if I could find one cheap enough. The Extreme6 has two PCI slots though but only one USB 3.0, the Extreme9 would be ideal for my needs if it also had a single PCI slot.

 

[CheapMeat]

I've been using the Creative Sound Core3D for about 6 years now without issue; my experience though. I used the PCIe Recon 3D at first and then the onboard Core3D on my ASRock x79 Extreme11.

What's amazing though is that the Extreme6 sometimes goes for the same price as an Extreme9 or Extreme11; makes no sense. Personally I'd go for the Extreme9 over 6 just because I love having more PCIe slots; super versatile.

 

[pevac]

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[lexluthermiester]

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That's a solid CPU and a fair price. Gonna buy it?