Xeon Owners Club

just_a_random_guy · Jan 2, 2025

Hi all;

Does anyone know if the E5-1680-v2 has the processor die soldered to the IHS? I cannot seem to find any confirmation one way or the other.

Dr. Dro · Jan 3, 2025

shitlord said:
Hi all;

Does anyone know if the E5-1680-v2 has the processor die soldered to the IHS? I cannot seem to find any confirmation one way or the other.

Yes, the LGA 2011 and 2011 v3 Xeons across all generations are soldered. The same applies for the Core i7 counterparts.

Intel Ivy Bridge-E has solder under its IHS

Coolaler forum member Toppc got his hands on an engineering sample of Intel's Core i7-4960X and decided to check out what's behind the heatspreader of this upcoming Ivy Bridge-E chip. Interestingly,...

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just_a_random_guy · Jan 3, 2025

Excellent! I will not have to delid it then. Thank you so much!

Dr. Dro · Jan 3, 2025

shitlord said:
Excellent! I will not have to delid it then. Thank you so much!

Enjoy... and remember to post pics of your build when it´s done! :lovetpu:

JosefHrib · Jan 3, 2025

I want to show you another build. I switched after aprox one year from
Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids (4gen) QYFS 56 Cores 112 Threads 105MB L3 Cache, ASUS W790E-SAGE W790 8channel, 128GB 8x16GB DDR5, ASUS ROG RTX4090, Fractal Define 7 XL to
Intel Xeon Emerald Rapids (5gen) Q2SR 64 Cores 128 Threads 320MB L3 Cache, GIGABYTE MS03-CE0 C741 8channel, 128GB 4x32GB DDR5 (but soon 256GB 8x32GB), PALiT RTX4070 AD103 (but soon RTX5080/5090), Antec FLUX Pro
Now I'm just waiting for the new Nvidia graphics cards to be released.
I love my Xeon builds, both current and former. I don't understand why more people don't use Xeons (I've had a few Threadrippers and they're great too).

Veseleil · Jan 5, 2025

Ordered an E5-2620 v2 for $6. For testing purposes only. If the motherboard in question ends up being fully functional, I might pull the trigger on the E5-1680 v2, because why not. At $40 price is still a bit on the higher side for an Ivy bridge CPU, but it's still the best OC/higher clock capable one for the X79 platform.

Toothless · Jan 5, 2025

Veseleil said:
Ordered an E5-2620 v2 for $6. For testing purposes only. If the motherboard in question ends up being fully functional, I might pull the trigger on the E5-1680 v2, because why not. At $40 price is still a bit on the higher side for an Ivy bridge CPU, but it's still the best OC/higher clock capable one for the X79 platform.

1680v2 was like 100 around this time last year. Snagged one for similar price to what it is now.

Veseleil · Jan 5, 2025

Toothless said:
1680v2 was like 100 around this time last year. Snagged one for similar price to what it is now.

Now it's significantly cheaper alright, it used to be closer to $100 for a long time. But even now it may be too much for some, and finally just right for the others. It probably depends on the level of enthusiasm or/and amounts of a spare cash available.

I'm not getting richer (materially) lately, alas...

Darmok N Jalad · Jan 5, 2025

Well, I've been in the Xeon club for years now, but I did just "upgrade" from my 2010 Mac pro to a 2013 Mac Pro. These have gotten really cheap on eBay. I got a D700 model with 64GB RAM (no SSD) for $215. It came with the 1650v2, but I immediately cracked it open and put the 2697v2 I already had in there instead. Main purpose is for basic computing and running CaptureOne 2023, which really doesn't need that much GPU power. I know not everyone cared for the Trash Can design of the 6,1, but it's an amazing bit of engineering, IMO, especially as you take it apart to do the CPU swap. It's a shame it never got a GPU upgrade. It would have been cool to see this get redesigned to have the CPU on one side, a single Navi GPU on another side, and multiple SSD bays on the third.

80-watt Hamster · Jan 5, 2025

Darmok N Jalad said:
I know not everyone cared for the Trash Can design of the 6,1, but it's an amazing bit of engineering, IMO, especially as you take it apart to do the CPU swap.

PowerPC Macs were similar. Absolutely non-intuitive to crack open, but slick as snot to dis- and reassemble once you knew how.

Edwired · Jan 29, 2025

Just back with an update on my set up it still stuck in my mother's house as well she managed to burn down the kitchen no less than 10 minutes leaving the house all this happened on the 7th of November 2024. So yeah it a disaster in the long run

System Name	"Icy Resurrection"
Processor	13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900KS
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15S upgraded with 2x NF-F12 iPPC-3000 fans and Honeywell PTM7950 TIM
Memory	32 GB G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB F5-6800J3445G16GX2-TZ5RK @ 7600 MT/s 36-44-44-52-96 1.4V
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA RTX A2000
Storage	500 GB WD Black SN750 SE NVMe SSD + 4 TB WD Red Plus WD40EFPX HDD
Display(s)	55-inch LG G3 OLED
Case	Pichau Mancer CV500 White Edition
Power Supply	EVGA 1300 G2 1.3kW 80+ Gold
Mouse	Microsoft Classic IntelliMouse (2017)
Keyboard	IBM Model M type 1391405
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2
Benchmark Scores	I pulled a Qiqi~

System Name	"Icy Resurrection"
Processor	13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900KS
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15S upgraded with 2x NF-F12 iPPC-3000 fans and Honeywell PTM7950 TIM
Memory	32 GB G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB F5-6800J3445G16GX2-TZ5RK @ 7600 MT/s 36-44-44-52-96 1.4V
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA RTX A2000
Storage	500 GB WD Black SN750 SE NVMe SSD + 4 TB WD Red Plus WD40EFPX HDD
Display(s)	55-inch LG G3 OLED
Case	Pichau Mancer CV500 White Edition
Power Supply	EVGA 1300 G2 1.3kW 80+ Gold
Mouse	Microsoft Classic IntelliMouse (2017)
Keyboard	IBM Model M type 1391405
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2
Benchmark Scores	I pulled a Qiqi~

System Name	Purple Haze \| Vacuum Box
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (-30 CO) \| Intel® Xeon® E3-1241 v3
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max \| Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H
Cooling	Dark Rock 4 Pro, P14, P12, T30 case fans \| 212 Evo & P12 PWM PST x2, Arctic P14 & P12 case fans
Memory	32GB Ballistix (Micron E 19nm) CL16 @3733MHz \| 32GB HyperX Beast 2400MHz (XMP)
Video Card(s)	AMD 6900XTXH ASRock OC Formula & Phanteks T30x3 \| AMD 5700XT Sapphire Nitro+ & Arctic P12x2
Storage	ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB, Toshiba P300 3TB x2 \| Kingston A400 120GB, Fanxiang S500 Pro 256GB
Display(s)	TCL C805 50" 2160p 144Hz VA miniLED, Mi 27" 1440p 165Hz IPS, AOC 24G2U 1080p 144Hz IPS
Case	Modded MS Industrial Titan II Pro RGB \| Heavily Modded Cooler Master Q500L
Audio Device(s)	Audient iD14 MKII, Adam Audio T8Vs, Bloody M550, HiFiMan HE400se, Tascam TM-80, DS4 v2
Power Supply	Rosewill Capstone 1000M \| Enermax Revolution X't 730W (both with P14 fans)
Mouse	Logitech G305, Bloody A91, Amazon basics, Logitech M187
Keyboard	Redragon K530, Bloody B930, Epomaker TH80 SE, BTC 9110
Software	W10LTSC 21H2, PBO2, FF, MusicBee, mpv, ImageGlass, OpenRGB, FanControl, Greenshot, DS4Win, Signal

System Name	Veral
Processor	7800x3D
Motherboard	x670e Asus Crosshair Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Memory	2x24 Klevv Cras V RGB
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 Harpoon
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK

System Name	Purple Haze \| Vacuum Box
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (-30 CO) \| Intel® Xeon® E3-1241 v3
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max \| Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H
Cooling	Dark Rock 4 Pro, P14, P12, T30 case fans \| 212 Evo & P12 PWM PST x2, Arctic P14 & P12 case fans
Memory	32GB Ballistix (Micron E 19nm) CL16 @3733MHz \| 32GB HyperX Beast 2400MHz (XMP)
Video Card(s)	AMD 6900XTXH ASRock OC Formula & Phanteks T30x3 \| AMD 5700XT Sapphire Nitro+ & Arctic P12x2
Storage	ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB, Toshiba P300 3TB x2 \| Kingston A400 120GB, Fanxiang S500 Pro 256GB
Display(s)	TCL C805 50" 2160p 144Hz VA miniLED, Mi 27" 1440p 165Hz IPS, AOC 24G2U 1080p 144Hz IPS
Case	Modded MS Industrial Titan II Pro RGB \| Heavily Modded Cooler Master Q500L
Audio Device(s)	Audient iD14 MKII, Adam Audio T8Vs, Bloody M550, HiFiMan HE400se, Tascam TM-80, DS4 v2
Power Supply	Rosewill Capstone 1000M \| Enermax Revolution X't 730W (both with P14 fans)
Mouse	Logitech G305, Bloody A91, Amazon basics, Logitech M187
Keyboard	Redragon K530, Bloody B930, Epomaker TH80 SE, BTC 9110
Software	W10LTSC 21H2, PBO2, FF, MusicBee, mpv, ImageGlass, OpenRGB, FanControl, Greenshot, DS4Win, Signal

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Edwired

System Name	El-budgetero
Processor	Ryzen 5600X
Motherboard	MSI Pro B550M-VC WIFI
Memory	PNY 16GB 3600MHz
Video Card(s)	AsRock 6700 XT 12GB
Storage	WD NVME 1GB
Display(s)	ASUS Pro Art 27"
Case	Antec P7 Neo

System Name	Office
Processor	Ryzen 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS B450M-A II
Cooling	be quiet! Shadow Rock LP
Memory	16GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX 5600 XT
Storage	PNY CS1030 250GB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	Dell S2719DGF
Case	Fractal Define 7 Compact
Power Supply	EVGA 550 G3
Mouse	Logitech M705 Marthon
Keyboard	Logitech G410
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2

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