Testing Xeon E5 2650v2 with Chinese X79 Motherboard

After watching some videos from Jeff @CraftComputing and @TechnoTim, I ordered up some cheap Chinese X79 motherboards off eBay. These motherboards are “re-manufactured”, meaning the chipsets are reclaimed from retired server hardware and built into new motherboards to help sell their massive inventory of used server hardware to homelabbers and consumers. I also picked up a pair of used Intel Xeon E5-2650v2 (8c 16t) processors and 4x 16GB of used DDR3 1866Mhz PC3-14900R ECC memory. In this video I do some basic benchtop testing to make sure nothing I paid for was DOA and explore the BIOS on this Machinist X79G LGA2011 Motherboard.

TIMESTAMPS

  • 00:00 - Why I’m testing used Xeon processors with Chinese Motherboards
  • 01:16 - Machinist X79G Motherboard Overview
  • 03:04 - Cooler Adapter for AM4 Coolers on LGA2011 Sockets
  • 03:46 - Noctua NH-U9S Cooler Overview
  • 04:41 - DDR3 Memory 4x16gb PC3-14900R 1866Mhz ECC RAM
  • 05:19 - Intel Xeon E5-2650v2 Processor
  • 08:20 - Thermal Paste
  • 08:40 - Installing the Noctua NH-U9S on LGA2011
  • 10:47 - CR2032 CMOS/BIOS Battery
  • 11:09 - Asenno 128GB m.2 NVME SSD HDD
  • 11:33 - Zotac GeForce GT 710 PCIE x1 Graphics Card
  • 12:12 - HDPlex 200W NanoATX DC-ATX Fanless Power Supply
  • 14:35 - Hook up Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse
  • 15:08 - Concessions for Chinese Re-manufactured Motherboards
  • 16:04 - Power On!
  • 17:16 - Bios Recognizes all 4 of my RAM Sticks
  • 17:50 - Bios Power Management Controls
  • 18:12 - Bios CPU Configuration
  • 19:24 - Bios Hardware Monitor and Smart Fan Control
  • 21:43 - Bios Recognizes my Asenno 128GB NVME SSD
  • 21:58 - Bios Reporting Realtek Network
  • 22:07 - Bios Recognizes Memory at 1867Mhz
  • 22:43 - Summary and Conclusions

DISCLOSURE

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