Is there any m-atx boards to take advantage of cheap Xeon E7 v2 processors?

[jang430]

I see this:

Intel Xeon E7-2890 V2 2.80GHz 15 Cores 37.5MB CPU LGA2011 SR1GV Tested Grade A 636946533502 | eBay

My case is only good for m-atx. Seems like too good of a bargain.

 

[johndoe123]

Nope.

Not a good deal for an E7 Xeon, either.

 

[linuxmanbg]

Because no motherboard available or not atx just eatx and bigger.

 

[jang430]

That's why .

 

[cheezehead]

mATX boards didn't exist in the mainstream for LGA2011. They are common place with LGA2011-3 boards (ie E5/E7 v3 models). There are some v2 compatible ATX boards, otherwise you could take a look at some of the proprietary formats and might find something that may fit with some case dremeling.

 

[BlueFox]

Xeon E7 is not 2011 or 2011-3 It's 2011-1 and they're not compatible. The only boards for the E7 line are proprietary. Even Supermicro doesn't have a board for E7 v2 CPUs aside from a single one that's to be used in multi-node chassis. Everything else winds up with memory risers and proprietary power connectors, so no chance of putting them in a regular case. There's a reason the CPUs go for so little. A few years ago it was the same story with E7 v1 CPUs (which are socket 1567).

 

[AXm77]

mATX boards didn't exist in the mainstream for LGA2011. They are common place with LGA2011-3 boards (ie E5/E7 v3 models). There are some v2 compatible ATX boards, otherwise you could take a look at some of the proprietary formats and might find something that may fit with some case dremeling.

How about "non-existing" Asus Rampage IV Gene - mATX with LGA 2011 supporting Xeons E5 V2 (and NVMe too).

 

[JDMWAAAT]

How about "non-existing" Asus Rampage IV Gene - mATX with LGA 2011 supporting Xeons E5 V2 (and NVMe too).

I have one of these, it's great. E5-1650 v2 overclocked to 4.5 GHz on all cores.

 

[cheezehead]

How about "non-existing" Asus Rampage IV Gene - mATX with LGA 2011 supporting Xeons E5 V2 (and NVMe too).

So they do exist, not many popping on ebay for cheap...most $300 with some lucky auctions around $150.

 

[mineblaster]

um... that xeon is lga 1567 .so matx arent a thing for that motherboard as are used in quad socket system like like hp dl580 gen7
e5 xeons are lga 2011 like 2690 v2 or 2697 v2

 

[mineblaster]

ive seen on ark that they are lga 2011 but the require a c602j chipset but i dont see many

others have tried
Can a xeon e7 run on an x79 motherboard?

 

[Sable]

The problem lies with the socket. E7 v2 are designed for LGA2011-1 socket which is diffrent from the 2011-0 socket (that is used in the x79 motherboards). Simply put, the E7 v2 processors DO NOT FIT in anything you can find other than expensive proprietary motherboards with at least 2 sockets minimum (to my best knowledge) and those are hard to find.

 

[Markess]

For what its worth...

The Xeon "EX" series E7-xxxx V2 and V3 CPUs share the same socket (LGA 2011-1), and Intel designed them to have backward/forward compatibility. So, its possible that motherboards designed for Haswell EX (Xeon E7-xxxx V3) will also work with this CPU (assuming the vendor didn't lock the CPU selection). Broadwell EX (Xeon E7-xxxx V4) also used this socket, but I don't know if the compatibility extended to them when the process shrank from 22 to 14nm.

I doubt the Haswell EX (Xeon E7-xxxx V3) boards are any cheaper though.