Hello everyone,
I decided its time to lay off retro a bit and invest into my main PC.
For various reasons I'm open to talking about, but really not necessary to explain them now, I won't be going for a new PC but have ordered a Xeon to replace the i7.
Board : MSI X99S MPOWER (MS-7885)
BIOS : 06/13/2019 M.D2
CPU : Intel Core i7-5820K
Memory disposition;
DIMM B1 : 4GB @ 1067 MHz
DIMM B2 : 4GB @ 1067 MHz
DIMM C1 : 16GB @ 1499 MHz
DIMM D1 : 4GB @ 1067 MHz
DIMM D2 : 4GB @ 1067 MHz
Ordered : Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 (CM8066002022506)
Of course as you can see the memory is really suboptimal, 4x4GB was bought in 2015 and I've just dumped in a 16GB stick meanwhile without any regards for performance.
Some sellers have noted this CPU requires ECC RAM, but I'm unable to find ECC RAM on support list on MSI's site. So if someone could verify I don't need ECC that would be great.
Can I expect PC to just boot up with Xeon, or do I need to switch to faster RAM first? Normally I'd wait for chip to arrive to test it, before investing in new memory.
Third open question is M.2 support via PCI-X adapters - I have no experience here whatsoever.
Looking forward to hearing your opinions and experiences with Xeons on X99 consumer boards.
I decided its time to lay off retro a bit and invest into my main PC.
For various reasons I'm open to talking about, but really not necessary to explain them now, I won't be going for a new PC but have ordered a Xeon to replace the i7.
Board : MSI X99S MPOWER (MS-7885)
BIOS : 06/13/2019 M.D2
CPU : Intel Core i7-5820K
Memory disposition;
DIMM B1 : 4GB @ 1067 MHz
DIMM B2 : 4GB @ 1067 MHz
DIMM C1 : 16GB @ 1499 MHz
DIMM D1 : 4GB @ 1067 MHz
DIMM D2 : 4GB @ 1067 MHz
Ordered : Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 (CM8066002022506)
Of course as you can see the memory is really suboptimal, 4x4GB was bought in 2015 and I've just dumped in a 16GB stick meanwhile without any regards for performance.
Some sellers have noted this CPU requires ECC RAM, but I'm unable to find ECC RAM on support list on MSI's site. So if someone could verify I don't need ECC that would be great.
Can I expect PC to just boot up with Xeon, or do I need to switch to faster RAM first? Normally I'd wait for chip to arrive to test it, before investing in new memory.
Third open question is M.2 support via PCI-X adapters - I have no experience here whatsoever.
Looking forward to hearing your opinions and experiences with Xeons on X99 consumer boards.