Chinese clone Intel X58 LGA 1366, Is it trustworthy?

[ArmitageZ]

Would you guys trust one of these motherboards to run a 5500 series 1366 Xeon processor?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/131739591301?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... The manual might be all in Chinese... the Typical problem you get from DELL/HP/? MB's is finding the drivers needed/update for a NEW'r OS and with the Hardware LAN/audio/? chips, used on the MB (support).

 

[ArmitageZ]

So its not worth the trouble? This is a Intel clone supposedly.

 

[bambiboom]

Would you guys trust one of these motherboards to run a 5500 series 1366 Xeon processor?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/131739591301?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

ArmitageZ,

The Ebahhh motherboard may be OK, but to me it's of an uncertain quality.

You might consider for a similar price, a Dell Precision T3500 which is x58 and can use Xeon W3500, W3600, X5500 and X5600 4 and 6 cores,has two GPU slots, for example:

Dell Precision T3500 Xeon W3520 Quad-Core 2.67GHz 8GB 320GB Win 7 Pro installed > $89.75

There are many, many of these. the components are very high quality, there is a surprisingly good support form Dell- drivers, plentiful parts, and etc.

I had good results with a similar system

Purchased for $53 + $24 shipping 12.12.15:

Precision T3500 (2011) (Original) Xeon W3530 4-core @ 2.8 /3.06GHz > 4GB (2X 2GB) DDR3-1333 ECC > GeForce 9800 GT (1GB)> WD Black 500GB
[Passmark system rating = 1963, CPU = 4482 / 2D= 609 / 3D=805 / Mem= 1409 / Disk=1048]

For my use as a backup /streaming system, actually the original system as delivered would've worked. But I upgraded:

CPU: $60
RAM: $43
GPU and Drives: Left over from upgrade of Precision T5500

Results:

3. Dell Precision T3500 (2011) (Rev 2) Xeon X5677 4-core @ 3.46 / 3.73GHz > 12GB (6X 2GB) DDR3-1333 ECC > Quadro 4000 (2GB) > PERC 6/i + Seagate 300GB 15K SAS ST3300657SS + WD Black 500GB > 525W PSU> Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > 2X Dell 19" LCD
[Passmark system rating = 2751, CPU = 7236 / 2D= 658 / 3D=2020 / Mem= 1875 / Disk=1221]
[PT9 BETA > Passmark system rating = 2696, CPU = 6595 / 2D= 636 / 3D=2391 / Mem= 1811 / Disk=1203]

With a PERC H310, the disk could be made 6GB/s and using an SSD, have a disk mark similar to the T5500 listed. The PERC controller changed the disk score from 1940 to 2649.

This is very likely to be much easier and overall less costly than assembling from parts.

Cheers,

BambiBoom

Modeling:

1. HP z420 (2015) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 (6-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz) > 32GB DDR3 1866 ECC RAM > Quadro K4200 (4GB) > Intel 730 480GB (9SSDSC2BP480G4R5) > Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > 600W PSU> > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Logitech z2300 speakers > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440)>
[ Passmark Rating = 5064 > CPU= 13989 / 2D= 819 / 3D= 4596 / Mem= 2772 / Disk= 4555]
[Passmark V9.0 Beta Rating = 5019.1 > CPU= 14206 / 2D= 779 / 3D= 5032 / Mem= 2707 / Disk= 4760] 3.31.16
[Cinebench R15 > CPU = 1014 OpenGL= 126.59 FPS] 7.8.15

Rendering:

2. Dell Precision T5500 (2011) (Revised) > 2X Xeon X5680 (6-core @ 3.33 / 3.6GHz), 48GB DDR3 1333 ECC Reg. > Quadro K2200 (4GB ) > PERC H310 / Samsung 840 250GB / WD RE4 Enterprise 1TB > M-Audio 192 sound card > Logitech z313 > 875W PSU > Windows 7 Professional 64> HP 2711x (27", 1920 X 1080)
[ Passmark system rating = 3844 / CPU = 15047 / 2D= 662 / 3D= 3550 / Mem= 1785 / Disk= 2649] (12.30.15)

 

[Shaun o]

Pretty simple, it`s an unbranded motherboard.
My advice stay away from it.

It will most likely contain the cheapest type of capacitors on the market.
Life time wise I would not expect it to last if used for as long as a branded known server board.

So if the data you intend to run with it is important and the system needs to run 24/7 when in use.

Pass.

The whole Idea of a server board is it`s designed to run 24/7 reliably with a lot of fault tolerance in and up time life hours before any failure of the board.

Buy a cheap one, unbranded and your asking for trouble, if the data being used on it or for the network is important and needs to be accessed 24/7.

For home use take the risk if you wish.
Just bear in mind even then the board as it`s unbranded may not have a long life expectancy if cheap.

 

[ArmitageZ]

I plan to play games and work with 3D Design software. Which MOBO of that list would you prefer?