Xeon e5-2683 v4 ES

[tqs777]

Hello everyone! My first post over here! Have been reading the forum for quite some time and decided to join 🙂

Ok, so i've got this Xeon e5-2683 v4 ES on ebay pretty cheap. Now i am looking for a compatible motherboard. I've stopped on this one ASRock X99 Extreme4 'cause it seems to be able to handle this CPU, particularly ES. However, i would like to know if any of you guys have any experience with what MBs can actually run this cpu and can share a friendly advice on a particular MB to choose.

Appreciate your assistance!

 

[popatim]

Just keep in mind that many Engineering Samples are are pre-production samples and that yours could be very buggy, hence the price.

 

[theonerm2]

Why do you need so many cores? If gaming then you want more clock speed vs cores. A slower CPU with more cores is going to hurt you for gaming but it won't be too bad for stuff like video editing. If you do a lot of that kind of work then the Xeon might be right for you. It's all about having the right tool for the job. Any socket 2011 v3 that has been updated to support broadwell-e should work.

 

[tqs777]

Yes, i know that buying ES is a lottery, however, i have decided that it is worth a try 🙂

I don't play games much, at least not the ones that are CPU hungry, just want to setup a configuration that would last and forget about the upgrades.

From what i have heard, not all x99 motherboards are compatible with ES CPUs, even with the latest BIOS. I just want to be 100% sure that the one i buy would support this CPU.

Thanks for the responses!

 

[theonerm2]

I did some research and found that one of the ebay sellers had a list of tested motherboards.

Motherboards Tested working:

Supermicro: X10S series (all models with BIOS R2.0), X10D series (all models with BIOS R2.0), C7X99-OCE (BIOS R2.0)
Tyan: S562 series (BIOS V2.00), S707 series (BIOS V2.00), S708 series (BIOS V2.00)
Asus: Z10PE-D8 WS (BIOS 3204), Z10PE-D16 WS (BIOS 3204), Z10PA-U8 (BIOS 3202), Z10PA-D8 (BIOS 3107), Z10PC-D8 (BIOS 3104), Z10PE-D16 (BIOS 3104), Z10PR-D16 (BIOS 3104)
ASRock: EPC612 series (all models with BIOS 2.10), FH-C612NM (BIOS 1.10); X99 series (all models with BIOS 3.00 or above)
MSI: X99 Godlike Gaming Carbon (BIOS 2.4), X99 Godlike Gaming (BIOS 1.6), X99A XPower Gaming Titanium, X99A Gaming Pro Carbon (BIOS 1.1), X99A Gaming 9 ACK (BIOS 3.4), X99S Gaming 9 ACK (BIOS 2.8), X99S Gaming 9 AC (BIOS 1.B), X99A XPower AC (BIOS A.5), X99S XPower AC (BIOS 1.B), X99A/S Gaming 7 (BIOS H.E), X99A/S MPower (BIOS M.A), X99A/S SLI Krait Edition (BIOS N.7), X99A/S SLI Plus (BIOS 1.C), X99A Raider (BIOS P.4)
EVGA: X99 Family (all models with BIOS 2.01 or above)