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I believe it does. Most Asrock boards support it. I think the Asus WS might also

Black thanks - I have the x99 board but could shelve it and do x79. There are OeM 1680v2 for 319 but boards are very high. Or I could get the 1680v3 QS for 369. I know there are threads for QS. If someone knows of one please share link but I can’t find one talking about the e5-16xx Xeon QS...

Yeah, I see your point. I started this out thinking I'd be able to put in a xeon when prices come down, yet they haven't yet on the LGA 2011-V3. I saw the 1680v3 QS for about 360 and got interested again. The 5960x for example I see online usually for about $500+. Maybe I should just sell...

So sorry meant v3 What do you guys think about the cpu z pic I uploaded

I believe it is stepping “2” Hard to know exactly but this is the CPU id picture

Hi did anyone confirm 1680v2 overclocking? I've seen some come on sale that were QS and showing CPU Z with 47x100 multiplier. But that is at 1.449 volts which seems to be crazy high. I did end up grabbing an x99 ASUS Rampage V board for about $100. The QS 1680 v3's can be had for $350-400...

I'd definitely like more than 6. At least 8 and ideally I'd be in a position to have 12 cores. The fastest performance I have seen on the x79 is from the E5-1680v2 and that's $400. Yeah the RAM is one main reason I wouldn't do the x99 now or even why I just don't do the main stream set up. I...

At this point would you guys recommend I try this out with x79 or buy a x99 motherboard and wait for prices to come down? I have been reading all the threads and researching like crazy this weekend - call it a binge lol. But I'd enjoy a project like this. I could just wait for the coffee lake...