Xeon v3 or v4 for X10SRL-F

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zicoz

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So I recently picked up an X10SRL-F as an upgrade for my file server, and now I'm looking into what CPU and memory to get.

But I notice that I need an updated BIOS to run the v4 versions of Xeon. I'm thinking of picking up the e5-2603 since it's the cheapest CPU for the socket, and I don't really need that much power, just the expansion slots.

Is there any way to know whether or not my board supports v4?
 

Rand__

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Used or new?
Used - ask the previous owner - if its a company then most likely old bios version
New - ask vendor whether its old stock or new stock
 

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Is there any way to know whether or not my board supports v4?
That mainboard has the "-f" suffix and should support ipmi. You can connect power and the ipmi port and check the bios version.
If it's <2.0 than it only supports v3 cpus, 2.0 or newer support v4 xeons.
 
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zicoz

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Thanks, I'll give the IPMI a try.

As for price there is only a $3 difference here in Norway, but I see that they are available for about 50% off on Ebay, so I'll probably pick one up there.
 

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Is that possible without cpu and memory installed ?
If you have the license installed (about 20 bucks) you can do firmware update with unsupported CPU. In my case an X11 board with a kaby lake CPU. Haven't tried without cpu or ram.


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Yes i know re unsupported CPU, but i thought you need *a* cpu and ram. Might test that out, got a spare board...
 
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K D

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Yes i know re unsupported CPU, but i thought you need *a* cpu and ram. Might test that out, got a spare board...
Let me know how it goes. Will save me some heartburn in a couple of months :)
 

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Yes i know re unsupported CPU, but i thought you need *a* cpu and ram. Might test that out, got a spare board...
With the license key BIOS and IPMI can be updated without CPU and Memory. Did that on X10DRI that some of us got from liquid8. It came with the license.

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zicoz

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Ok, was able to access the IPMI (without CPU, GPU and license), and got this:

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So then I take it I should be ok with a v4 correct?

I am thinking maybe this:

Intel Xeon E5 2623 V4 ES QK3R SR2PJ 4Core 2.6Ghz 10MB 14nm 85W LGA2011-3 CPU | eBay

or this:

Intel Xeon E5 2609 V4 ES QK3J SR2P1 8C 1.7Ghz 85W 20M LGA2011-3 Processor CPU | eBay

Anyone got any experiences buying CPUs from Asia? The 2623 costs more than 4 times as much new here in Norway

Or maybe just go for a really cheap v3:

Intel Xeon E5 2609 V3 ES QEYV 2.0GHz 15MB 6Core LGA2011 85W 22nm 6Threads CPU | eBay
 
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Evan

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All engineering sample chips you listed 'ES'
Is that what your looking for ?
 

nthu9280

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I think QEYV is really early stepping. From what I gathered from the ES/QS thread
V3 - QH__ (QF__ may be ok for low core count)
V4 - QK__

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The v3 qs chips with 12-14 cores around 2.3ghz seem to be about the best bang for the buck. If your use cases can handle sub 2 ghz then there you can get high core counts for the same money. I like to know that I can run a desktop vm even with my file server but that's my use case.
 

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Ah, did not know that ES meant it was an engineering sample.

It is a Freenas-server that also runs Plex. Plex website says it needs (about) a 2000 passmark score per 1080p transcoded stream.

2603 v4 has a score around 8800

So I guess I should be ok with this one then:

Intel Xeon E5-2603 V4 SR2P0 1.70ghz 15M Cache CPU Processor

Which is not an engineering sample as far as I can see.