Asus P9X79 PRO + Xeon E5-2667 v1 - Does this combo work?

[nsherin]

Hi,

I have an Asus P9X79 PRO motherboard and have managed to obtain an Intel Xeon E5-2667 v1. The Asus website mentions that the board supports the v2 version of this CPU. Does anyone know if the v1 version will work?

Many thanks!

 

[g00ey]

Just make sure that the sockets match, i.e. if the Xeon is LGA2011-3 then so should be the socket of the motherboard. There are different variations of the LGA2011 sockets which are not cross-compatible. So you should check that out in the datasheets or ask the sellers.

The "v<n>" of the CPU won't matter, it will work. If the version of the CPU is newer than specified as supported in the ASUS datasheets, Asus should provide firmware updates for their BIOS. It may still work anyway without the BIOS updates.

The "2" means that the CPU supports motherboards with 2 sockets. If you won't need using 2 CPUs on the same motherboard, you may save a few bucks by getting a Xeon E5 1667 instead and you may get a better clock speed.

 

[nsherin]

Thanks for your reply, g00ey.

I'm a bit confused. The Asus website page for the board says:

Intel® Socket 2011 for 2nd Generation Core™ i7 Processors - so I have no idea what socket version that is.


And Intel's site says FCLGA2011.

Asus say v2 CPUs work but don't mention if v1 CPUs do.

The CPU won't cost me anything - it's been donated from a retired server at work.

 

[sergifq]

In that case op just try it, it won’t harm you.

 

[nsherin]

Many thanks, I will give it a try.

 

[nsherin]

Hi all,

Good news - the E5-2667 worked absolutely fine out of the box - the board arrived with the 1104 BIOS. All of my 8GB DDR3 DIMMS were detected too without issue.

After finding the Arctic Freezer 33 Plus being too fiddly to install, I initially used an BXTS13A cooler that I bought for the i7 3820 that came with the board. Oddly, it was idling at 55C on the first evening I got the machine up and running. By the second evening, it was running at around 42C - much better. However, I really wanted a proper Xeon cooler, so have now installed a SuperMicro SNK-P0050AP4 cooler. Temps are the same as the Intel cooler.

I initially had issues with the graphics card driver crashing under Windows 10 - it's an AMD R9 380-based card. Last night, I flashed the board using the BIOS Converter and then flashed to the 4107 BIOS. Cleaned out the AMD drivers and reinstalled version 18.51. So far, all is good and the system feels smoother and more stable after the BIOS update.