Xeon Owners Club

[Toothless]

Don't we all? GPU market really sucks...

I'll take some 900 series cards if they weren't so overpriced.

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

Was gonna test that, but remembered I put the 1070 on my 3930k rig. I need more gpus I swear.

Oh man, I got my 1660s here on a prayer following a discord restocking thread. Not gouged thankfully, but still, ask anyone 2 year’s ago about a 1660s and you were a peasant among the master race, now who’s laughing.

I'll take some 900 series cards if they weren't so overpriced.

Still got my 970 with a modded BIOS for better TDP limits tucked away, a just in case contingency.


Edit:
For a P6T deluxe, what fan-size would ya'll recommend placing over the northbridge heatsink? I'm thinking 40-80mm range from noctua or something else quiet.

I plan to replace the TIM under the mobo heatsinks when my orders arrive, but I was looking at my temps on HWinfo and it doesn't specifically say 'northbridge'. Instead it says 'motherboard' (max 43 degrees) and 'auxiliary' (max 32 degrees). Looking at the setup, my waterblock cooler technically is blocking passive air cooling to the northbridge from my side 120mm case fan (remember I have a horizontal layout - silverstone Grandia GD07). Figured if I'm doing all this maintenance why not add some cooling there.

 

[Toothless]

Oh man, I got my 1660s here on a prayer following a discord restocking thread. Not gouged thankfully, but still, ask anyone 2 year’s ago about a 1660s and you were a peasant among the master race, now who’s laughing.


Still got my 970 with a modded BIOS for better TDP limits tucked away, a just in case contingency.


Edit:
For a P6T deluxe, what fan-size would ya'll recommend placing over the northbridge heatsink? I'm thinking 40-80mm range from noctua or something else quiet.

I plan to replace the TIM under the mobo heatsinks when my orders arrive, but I was looking at my temps on HWinfo and it doesn't specifically say 'northbridge'. Instead it says 'motherboard' (max 43 degrees) and 'auxiliary' (max 32 degrees). Looking at the setup, my waterblock cooler technically is blocking passive air cooling to the northbridge from my side 120mm case fan (remember I have a horizontal layout - silverstone Grandia GD07). Figured if I'm doing all this maintenance why not add some cooling there.

Just a ziptie and a little fan that can at least move air is good.

 

[Edwired]

I had a fan above the cpu heatsink which had a broken fin and I knew I had another fan the same blade design somewhere so I ended up cutting it and plastic weld it together It actually worked better than I thought. Only downside is the balance issue which there's abit of a wobble vibrating throughout the case so all I have to do is shave the mended plastic part so it can be less wobble effect

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

Was thinking similar above, anyone actually using 1 of these tiny fans?

 

[Toothless]

Was thinking similar above, anyone actually using 1 of these tiny fans?

I've got a stupid small one. Makes a bit of noise but moves enough air to keep it cool. It's like, tiny.

Edit because double posting is bad.

I just remembered that I have two x5680's, that's in the troubling SR-2. I also have two x5675's in a Dell OEM and the R3F. What if, bare with me, I swapped them? That'll tell me if it's the memory controllers or the board with the poofing memory banks.

Oh and still losing banks at 1280mhz. Figured I could try this.

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

I've got a stupid small one. Makes a bit of noise but moves enough air to keep it cool. It's like, tiny.

Watching the youtube reviews of the 40mm, dare I say cute??

Narrowed it down to these available locally, the A4x20 on paper seems to have increased static pressure performance for high flow resistance (like heatsinks/readiators).


Noctua NF-A4x10 FLX
https://noctua.at/en/nf-a4x10-flx

• Premium quiet fan, 40x40x10 mm, 12V, 3-pin Molex, 4500/3700 RPM, max. 17.9 dB(A), >150,000 h MTTF
• Award-winning 40x10mm A-series fan with Flow Acceleration Channels and Advanced Acoustic Optimisation frame for superior quiet cooling performance
• Ideal replacement for noisy or broken 12V 4cm fans in 3D printers, DVRs, NAS, switches, routers, other network and storage devices, etc.
• 3-pin 12V FLX version can be run 4500 or 3700 rpm using the supplied Low-Noise Adaptors to fine-tune the fan for maximum airflow or near-silent operation
• Includes anti-vibration mounts, fan screws, Low-Noise Adaptor, extension cable and OmniJoin adaptor set for connecting the fan to proprietary fan headers

Noctua NF-A4x20 FLX
https://noctua.at/en/nf-a4x20-flx

• Premium quiet fan, 40x40x20 mm, 12V, 3-pin Molex, 5000/4400/370 RPM, max. 14.9 dB(A), >150,000 h MTTF
• Award-winning A-series design with Flow Acceleration Channels and Advanced Acoustic Optimisation frame for superior quiet cooling performance
• 40x20mm size ideal for 1U applications or replacing fans in network and storage equipment (routers, switches, NAS etc.) or other devices such as DVRs
• 3-pin FLX version provides 5000/4400/3700rpm speed settings via Low-Noise Adaptors to fine-tune the fan for maximum airflow or near-silent operation
• Includes anti-vibration mounts, fan screws, extension cable and OmniJoin adaptor set for connecting the fan to proprietary fan headers

Edit because double posting is bad.

I just remembered that I have two x5680's, that's in the troubling SR-2. I also have two x5675's in a Dell OEM and the R3F. What if, bare with me, I swapped them? That'll tell me if it's the memory controllers or the board with the poofing memory banks.

Oh and still losing banks at 1280mhz. Figured I could try this.

Worth a shot, I never put much thought into things until giving items a clean since I'd be lazy to swap setups that work down the line. Cleaning justifies the effort

 

[Toothless]

Watching the youtube reviews of the 40mm, dare I say cute??

Narrowed it down to these available locally, the A4x20 on paper seems to have increased static pressure performance for high flow resistance (like heatsinks/readiators).


Noctua NF-A4x10 FLX
https://noctua.at/en/nf-a4x10-flx

• Premium quiet fan, 40x40x10 mm, 12V, 3-pin Molex, 4500/3700 RPM, max. 17.9 dB(A), >150,000 h MTTF
• Award-winning 40x10mm A-series fan with Flow Acceleration Channels and Advanced Acoustic Optimisation frame for superior quiet cooling performance
• Ideal replacement for noisy or broken 12V 4cm fans in 3D printers, DVRs, NAS, switches, routers, other network and storage devices, etc.
• 3-pin 12V FLX version can be run 4500 or 3700 rpm using the supplied Low-Noise Adaptors to fine-tune the fan for maximum airflow or near-silent operation
• Includes anti-vibration mounts, fan screws, Low-Noise Adaptor, extension cable and OmniJoin adaptor set for connecting the fan to proprietary fan headers

Noctua NF-A4x20 FLX
https://noctua.at/en/nf-a4x20-flx

• Premium quiet fan, 40x40x20 mm, 12V, 3-pin Molex, 5000/4400/370 RPM, max. 14.9 dB(A), >150,000 h MTTF
• Award-winning A-series design with Flow Acceleration Channels and Advanced Acoustic Optimisation frame for superior quiet cooling performance
• 40x20mm size ideal for 1U applications or replacing fans in network and storage equipment (routers, switches, NAS etc.) or other devices such as DVRs
• 3-pin FLX version provides 5000/4400/3700rpm speed settings via Low-Noise Adaptors to fine-tune the fan for maximum airflow or near-silent operation
• Includes anti-vibration mounts, fan screws, extension cable and OmniJoin adaptor set for connecting the fan to proprietary fan headers

Worth a shot, I never put much thought into things until giving items a clean since I'd be lazy to swap setups that work down the line. Cleaning justifies the effort

It barely has any kind of dust or fur in there, so it would be purely a test of IMC and whatnot.

 

[Edwired]

Watching the youtube reviews of the 40mm, dare I say cute??

Narrowed it down to these available locally, the A4x20 on paper seems to have increased static pressure performance for high flow resistance (like heatsinks/readiators).


Noctua NF-A4x10 FLX
https://noctua.at/en/nf-a4x10-flx

• Premium quiet fan, 40x40x10 mm, 12V, 3-pin Molex, 4500/3700 RPM, max. 17.9 dB(A), >150,000 h MTTF
• Award-winning 40x10mm A-series fan with Flow Acceleration Channels and Advanced Acoustic Optimisation frame for superior quiet cooling performance
• Ideal replacement for noisy or broken 12V 4cm fans in 3D printers, DVRs, NAS, switches, routers, other network and storage devices, etc.
• 3-pin 12V FLX version can be run 4500 or 3700 rpm using the supplied Low-Noise Adaptors to fine-tune the fan for maximum airflow or near-silent operation
• Includes anti-vibration mounts, fan screws, Low-Noise Adaptor, extension cable and OmniJoin adaptor set for connecting the fan to proprietary fan headers

Noctua NF-A4x20 FLX
https://noctua.at/en/nf-a4x20-flx

• Premium quiet fan, 40x40x20 mm, 12V, 3-pin Molex, 5000/4400/370 RPM, max. 14.9 dB(A), >150,000 h MTTF
• Award-winning A-series design with Flow Acceleration Channels and Advanced Acoustic Optimisation frame for superior quiet cooling performance
• 40x20mm size ideal for 1U applications or replacing fans in network and storage equipment (routers, switches, NAS etc.) or other devices such as DVRs
• 3-pin FLX version provides 5000/4400/3700rpm speed settings via Low-Noise Adaptors to fine-tune the fan for maximum airflow or near-silent operation
• Includes anti-vibration mounts, fan screws, extension cable and OmniJoin adaptor set for connecting the fan to proprietary fan headers

Worth a shot, I never put much thought into things until giving items a clean since I'd be lazy to swap setups that work down the line. Cleaning justifies the effort

I used to have two that was in the ballpark of 40mm superglued them together and wired it together and put it on the heatsink of the asus p5q deluxe with double sided tape with abit of thin anti vibration pads. It works like a treat

Just spotted this one has 13000rpm fan speed

Supermicro 40MM 13000RPM 4-Pin Fan - Black | eBay

Supermicro 40MM 13000RPM 4-Pin Fan - Black | Computers/Tablets & Networking, Computer Components & Parts, Fans, Heatsinks & Cooling | eBay!

www.ebay.ie

 

[1freedude]

Its official. I have 5 Xeons now. A x5650 in my x58 Sabertooth, and two each e5640 in two ProLiant rack servers. X58 is running Linux Mint to power my AR (augmented reality) sandbox, and the servers are running Windows Server 2019 w/ desktop experience.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Its official. I have 5 Xeons now. A x5650 in my x58 Sabertooth, and two each e5640 in two ProLiant rack servers. X58 is running Linux Mint to power my AR (augmented reality) sandbox, and the servers are running Windows Server 2019 w/ desktop experience.

HAHA! I have 7 in my home...nee ner...

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

I used to have two that was in the ballpark of 40mm superglued them together and wired it together and put it on the heatsink of the asus p5q deluxe with double sided tape with abit of thin anti vibration pads. It works like a treat

Just spotted this one has 13000rpm fan speed

Supermicro 40MM 13000RPM 4-Pin Fan - Black | eBay

Supermicro 40MM 13000RPM 4-Pin Fan - Black | Computers/Tablets & Networking, Computer Components & Parts, Fans, Heatsinks & Cooling | eBay!

www.ebay.ie

saw that one locally available too, although the reviews paint a rosey picture similar to the dell tube-turbine. If my HTPC was shoved in an icebox in the basement sure, under the TV Noctua hundo%


EDIT:
I was combing through old google posts and came across some thermal shots of my P6T Deluxe v2 under load, never thought any were out there! Notice how toasty some areas get not covered by any heat sinks and rely on passive cooling or just good airflow in a case:

They designed the P6Td v2 board with 16+2 phase power, the 2 power phases for the QPI/DRAM controller (IMC, Integrated Memory Controller) by the copper heatpipe nearest the rear I/O's look particularly hot. Based on reviews they can withstand 80+ temps, but given the age of these boards that's probably 1 too many heat cycles in it's life. I have a few extra tiny copper heat sinks and thermal pads from my GTX970 VRM mod I'll probably throw on there because why not, but @Toothless maybe it's something holding back on your board for the dead DIMM's?

 

[Toothless]

saw that one locally available too, although the reviews paint a rosey picture similar to the dell tube-turbine. If my HTPC was shoved in an icebox in the basement sure, under the TV Noctua hundo%


EDIT:
I was combing through old google posts and came across some thermal shots of my P6T Deluxe v2 under load, never thought any were out there! Notice how toasty some areas get not covered by any heat sinks and rely on passive cooling or just good airflow in a case:
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They designed the P6Td v2 board with 16+2 phase power, the 2 power phases for the QPI/DRAM controller (IMC, Integrated Memory Controller) by the copper heatpipe nearest the rear I/O's look particularly hot. Based on reviews they can withstand 80+ temps, but given the age of these boards that's probably 1 too many heat cycles in it's life. I have a few extra tiny copper heat sinks and thermal pads from my GTX970 VRM mod I'll probably throw on there because why not, but @Toothless maybe it's something holding back on your board for the dead DIMM's?
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It's worth a shot. I've got enough fans to try it and hopefully didn't toss the heatsinks that came with my Arctic gpu cooler.

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

It's worth a shot. I've got enough fans to try it and hopefully didn't toss the heatsinks that came with my Arctic gpu cooler.

If you have a spare card I'm sure one of the VRM heat sinks would make a great donor

 

[Toothless]

If you have a spare card I'm sure one of the VRM heat sinks would make a great donor

Have one too. I actually have fans pushing air over the gpu and around that area. Picture is somewhere buried in here.

 

[freeagent]

Having one of those thermal cameras would totally scratch my OCD itch. That is awesome man. I want one..

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

Having one of those thermal cameras would totally scratch my OCD itch. That is awesome man. I want one..

Noice!

Having one of those thermal cameras would totally scratch my OCD itch. That is awesome man. I want one..

Gift and a curse, seeing these thermal images has me re-thinking efficient placement of my 40mm noctua fan I just bought that was only meant for the north bridge. Who'd of thought there was sooo much heat going undistributed

 

[freeagent]

Hurricane level airflow through your case is a huge help!

 

[Edwired]

It rarely the vrm overheating on the dram side as in the picture it clearly less compare to the vrm to the cpu side. What you marked in the pictures are coils it the black mosfet the one with 4 legs on one side and flat bit on the other side sitting next to the coils. It always them that throttles if it overheating

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

Yup, that was intentional. The heat is especially high on the QPI/DRAM chokes which offer no cooling solution other than passive air and is exceeding 80 degrees (likely 100+). Just a theory to @Toothless' missing DIMM's which could be IMC issues caused by heat in the collective VRM area near the CPU, for my P6Td V2 this would be on my list of guesses.

Capacitor coils are exceptionally resilient up to 130 degrees, you likely won't get temps that high on them unless there's really poor airflow or hot pockets of trapped air. Chokes IMO are debatable. I did a similar heat sink mod for my GTX 970's VRAM and chokes, this helped bring my overall temps down from 87 to 62'ish for the VRM area running stable long session overclocks.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

One of the reasons why I love X79/Sabertooth.....

 

[Toothless]

One of the reasons why I love X79/Sabertooth.....

So, funny thing actually. A friend of mine upgraded his 2604 or whatever to a 1680v2 on his x79 Sabertooth, and right off the bat 4.5ghz on 1.38v. We had to tweak it because we both weren't ready for the 230w power pull and heat that came with it.

Solid board it seems.

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

One of the reasons why I love X79/Sabertooth.....

oooooooo that is lovely. Seriously beats this piss ugly growth for the P6T:

 

[Zyll Goliat]

oooooooo that is lovely. Seriously beats this piss ugly growth for the P6T:


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Well....yeah but that also serve the purpose.........BTW P6T was and still is SOLID board.......

 

[Toothless]

oooooooo that is lovely. Seriously beats this piss ugly growth for the P6T:


View attachment 199242

I need about six of those