🇬🇧 Detailed review of Huananzhi X99-F8D Dual LGA 2011-3 | E5-2678 V3 | E5-2620 V4 | Turbo Unlock

Detailed review of the best Chinese dual CPU X99 motherboard for Intel LGA 2011-3 socket - Huananzhi X99-F8D. Unlocking turbo boost with Intel Xeon E5-2678 V3 and testing Xeon E5-2620 V4. Testing different RAM configurations: 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 160 GB (max supported is 256 GB), in single, dual, quad, hexa, and octal channel configurations.
Intro: 00:04
Motherboard specification: 00:21
Testing ports & slots: 02:41
Testing features: 05:04
VRM thermal test: 05:43
Testing Xeon E5-2678 V3: 07:49
Testing Xeon E5-2620 V4: 10:38
Verdict: 12:10
Alternatives: 14:14
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[@Miyconst]

❗ I have purchased this motherboard (and any other Huananzhi product) with my own money. Huananzhi did not pay me a single cent. In the video, I describe my experience with this shop, and not advertising for them.

[@wikinger2012ttv]

I love your channel very much! please more keep it going. I wish i can help you. maybe i can. please drop your Business-email. Thank you very much!

[@wikinger2012ttv]

15:39 bottom right Max Supported x8. please why? I wanted just in case a minimum of 1 or 2x 16 slots 3.0. are that possible with that board and 2 CPUs config? maybe I figured it out when I watched ur video to the end. :)

[@Miyconst]

@@wikinger2012ttv No worries, I have tested all three slots with a PCI-E x16 GPU, all three support x16 bandwidth, the Nvidia GT 710, which is my the "go to" video adapter for testing support maximum PCI-E x8.

[@Miyconst]

@@wikinger2012ttv My business and private email, is the same as my KZbin name: [e-mail].

[@deyu260]

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[@cbuosi]

Excellent review. I have an single 2011.v3 and am planning in upgrading memory and add an extra CPU (server machine). Your channel is VERY helpfull. Cheers from your brothers from Brazil!

[@booboo699254]

Excellent review, thank you very much. This is the one I have my eye on as well. I do hope they fix the mixing RAM modules though, as it worries for future serviceability (such as having to replace a module or upgrading for more RAM).

[@TheGangstaSanchez]

Una tasa de café y listo para deleitarme con su review, Gracias nuevamente por su trabajo!, Saludos desde Venezuela.

[@raffiqzin]

This is definitely my new favorite channel.

[@cultofsogga5863]

Not only tech channel it also helps me to improve my english. Listening on 1.25x)

[@gabrielecarbone8235]

I listen to 1.75 :D

[@cultofsogga5863]

@@gabrielecarbone8235 I listen to russian at 2x😂

[@HCaetano]

Thanks for the detailed review! I'm thinking of getting the Plus version, from what I've read it's the same as this one except with more PCI-E slots and additional features.

[@DanielGT_93]

Curious about Huananzhi Video cards, like the brand a lot. Great video as always!

[@kirksteinklauber260]

Nice video!! What I see a big miss opportunity for these Chinese boards is the lack of IPMI ideal not just for powerful workstations but also deploy affordable servers for home labs and SMB companies!

[@Miyconst]

That's kinda true, but if the demand will rise, thy will figure out how to add it.

[@mrbilalhaider]

True, this plus general sense of reliability. These two things are holding me back right now from ordering this board for my virtualization server

[@andibiront2316]

I really appreciate the memory testings you did. The problem with mixing RAM modules is BIOS related. Or should I say, it can be fixed with a good BIOS, something that none of these no brand boards have (they all use an stock Intel template with minor modifications). Every generation of Xeon gets a little bit better with RAM and that's why the v4 can cope with the memory training mixing manufacturers. In my experience, v1 has issues running 8 DIMMs (even on Intel branded boards), that were kinda fixed with v2, which has issues running 8 DIMMs with 4 ranks, that are kinda fixed with v3... and so on. Those CPUs support those kind of configurations, but the training is crucial, and they need a good BIOS for it. That is why a good branded server board with c612 takes like 5 minutes to POST with 512GB RAM.

[@Miyconst]

The issue seems to be BIOS related, but I can't confirm that, since there is no BIOS which works better on this board.

[@andibiront2316]

@@Miyconst Yeah, it has to be. I have several Xeons v4, v5 and v6 at work (Scalable and Scalable 2nd gen, but everyone refers to them as v5 and v6...) with 768 and 1536GB of RAM, and the OEMs send whatever is at stock at the moment. It's pretty common to have different vendors on the same server. That's what JEDEC is for. Something you could try is with the T8D BIOS, POST with one RAM vendor, and set the timings manually. Then add the other vendors RAM. I had to do that on Xeons v1 that didn't play nicely with quad rank modules. Also, sometimes when adding too many ranks on one channel you'll have to lower the frequency, but it's not the case with this board in particular that only supports 1 DPC.

[@Miyconst]

@Lukeylc Why? Features are more important than the look, in my opinion.

[@Miyconst]

@Lukeylc Maybe, but it would also increase the motherboard cost for no good reason, that why I would rather prefer if Chinese fix the USB 3.0 issues.

[@42svb58]

Installed 8gb 2133mhz Samsung 4x sticks with 2x E5-2650L v4 and love it for virtual machines! Tight squeeze into my LAN box case! I wish the SATA ports were off to the side instead of the rear though.

[@nicacioedu]

Greetings from Saskatchewan, Canada. Very informative video, bro. Keep up the good work.

[@Miyconst]

Thanks Eduardo! Greetings back from Stockholm Sweden.

[@user-nt8xn4ie6b]

Чудовий, ретельний огляд.. Дякую...

[@nailuyal4789]

Nice review. Does this motherboard support Linux? Especially Linux for Oracle

[@Miyconst]

I have tested it with Ubuntu - no issues detected.

[@abdullahalhalabi1]

I like the way of your explaining, Many thanks for you

[@mrzackkygmaimgthai238]

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[@Miyconst]

Beware: the motherboard I have tested is X99-F8D, not X99-T8D.

[@mrzackkygmaimgthai238]

Miyconst oh sorry Im wrong xD

[@mrzackkygmaimgthai238]

Miyconst always love ❤️

[@mrzackkygmaimgthai238]

Miyconst Okay then I will buy f8d because ddr4 ram :)))

[@jb678901]

For me, X99 makes a lot of sense for leveraging cheaper FOUR-channel DDR3 and a large number of cores/threads on excellent CPU's like the E5-2678V3. Else, there is Ryzen.

[@Miyconst]

That's true. Recently, though, I was able to find second hand DDR4-2133 ECC REG for about the same price as DDR3. Thus, even DDR4 X99 options are getting more and more value when it comes to workloads which can utilize many CPU cores and many gigs of RAM.

[@jb678901]

@@Miyconst Yes, crazy times call for re-evaluation. If REEC DDR4 is coming down in price, then the upgrade path from V3 to V4 is compelling as we eventually see server farm V4's decommissioned en masse.

[@eclipsegst9419]

I hope that those v4 chips come down in price soon. i guess they must still be in fairly widespread use. they are about 5x the price of a v3. but id imagine those v3s only dropped in price recently when everyone using the socket upgraded to v4. now we just have to wait for those machines to all get replaced with "x299" (i forget the server version name) style units and the v4 should drop. it certainly has some very interesting variations compared to the older generations. pity they cant be OC, but really, Broadwell isnt the architecture for OC enthusiasts anyways. with the 3.6-3.8 ghz versions having similar single threaded performance to a v3 at 4.0-4.2, once pricing is closer, the v4 will run cooler and be the better choice for using a chinese motherboard for reliability reasons. overclocking is fun, but having quiet fans and low temps is nice too.

[@Miyconst]

My guess would be that it will take about 8-16 months before we see the price drops for the V4 Xeons. The faster AMD develops their EPYC CPUs, the faster Intel will have to move their lazy ass, and the faster server farms will upgrade their hardware. For me, the biggest V4 disappointment is that all E5-1600 V4 CPUs are locked.

[@eclipsegst9419]

@@Miyconst i agree. but i think that the price will eventually actually be lower because of that and it will be a decent buy. much like how the dual socket versions are cheaper than the similar core count unlocked single socket versions. Also, E3 V4 chips are a bargain now, at about 100 dollars or so. the main reason being they dont work with any OEM pcs that im aware of, and only work with C22x or H/Z97 motherboards. I have noticed pcs are like cars, the flashy and fast ones get the most attention, the ones that are easiest to tune up hold their value the best, and often something industrial can stand in and perform well even though most would overlook it. so putting a xeon in gaming pc is like putting a v8 pickup engine in your car :)

[@gabrielecarbone8235]

The v4 ES are cheap and these work fine. Funny enough, Jingsha told me 1650 v4 would not work on their x99 ddr4 motherboard but the ES did work fine. V4 CPUs are more efficient but they also have big issues with turbo boost 3.0 not working properly most of the times , wich was one of the main selling points for that generation

[@Adam130694]

@@Miyconst Yeah, only overclockable Broadwell-E chip with 8+ cores is $700 i7-6950x. Madness...

[@Miyconst]

@@Adam130694 And it does not even support ECC REG memory modules.

[@duonganhtuancom]

Very detail video Thanks for your effort

[@RogelioIturra]

thanks for the information! :D new sub!

[@inanagr7871]

Awesome review thanks.

[@sweden669]

great work :) Hope you have a good time doing this for us

[@edipciftic]

Thank you very much, this information really helped me a lot. Currently I have x79 motherboard and xeon e-5 2697 v2 --- 64gb 1833 ddr3 ram and asus gtx 770 4gb. I'm hoping to get dual x99 DDR4 motherboards and rtx 4000 graphics card series and 128GB of RAM. this is my future goal. AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOD PROTECT YOU ALL.

[@ruizlopezvalentin]

Hola desde España, gracias por tus videos, estoy un poco perdido con lo de actualizar la bios con AfuDos , por favor podrías explicar como hacer para desbloquear el turbo, gracias y un saludo.

[@nascimentolc]

Congratulations for the excellent work. Do you think it's better to place both cpu coolers with the airflow upwards or place them both with the airflow from right to left, with the airflow from the first cpu entering the second?

[@Miyconst]

It depends on your chassis airflow, if you have fans blowing hot air away from the chassis through the top - face the coolers to blow the same direction.

[@sebradley6291]

I built a couple of machines around Huananzhi X79 boards (one ATX, one mATX) and could use SpeedFan software (from Almico) to control speed of 3pin fans. Cannot remember how many headers had/worked. Was no control on BIOS, only for 4pin CPU fan. Possibly I needed to set the "mode" of the fan control chip under advanced in Sppedfan, but Speedfan can "remember" and do this for you automatically. Not easiest app to use but very powerful as can link any fan speed to any temperature(s) it can read. E.G. can control case fan speed based on CPU and GPU temps! Maybe this board and others could work with Speedfan?

[@Miyconst]

Thanks for the info, I will try to check SpeedFan next time.

[@LinuxGalore]

thanks for the review, just purchased one of these with 2 x E5-2678v3 and 4 x Samsung 16GB 2133 for my new Mint Linux machine. It should give me something to tinker with during the christmas holidays. I havent seen any reviews though with these chinese boards running E5 4600 series CPU's. Also the manufacturers website doesn't mention the E5- 4600 series. Im curious about it as a later update option.

[@Miyconst]

The E5-46XX V3 work the same way as E5-26XX V3 and also support Turbo Boost Unlock hack. They are not as popular because most of them have reduced CPU clock and IMC clock frequency.

[@LinuxGalore]

@@Miyconst makes me wonder why the E5-4600 cpu's are so much more expensive on Aliexpress.

[@Miyconst]

@@LinuxGalore because Chinese have way smaller quantity of them and trying to capitalize on every sale.

[@Rubber_Ducky_prime]

Nice! Very interesting

[@mr.schaeffer5399]

High quality review man, sorry my ignorance but can you tell me if is possible to use the 2 cpus with only one side of the memory slots or is needed both sides with RAM sticks, like the memory can be shared between them or not?

[@Miyconst]

Each CPU requires its own memory, thus you have to install at least two RAM sticks, one per CPU, which side of the CPU socket it does not matter.

[@HusseinMohamed-ej3ch]

Best KZbin channel

[@yliu4093]

Thanks Miyconst for the awesome video, I appreciate it. I just bought an exact same one. Now I have 4 RAMs each 32GB, there are 8 slots, which 4 slots do I insert the RAM in? and what is NGFF and SATA3 configuration. Do I just leave it alone? Thanks

[@Miyconst]

Instant two memory sticks for each CPU, and it doesn't matter which slots you use. Leave M.2 SATA configuration as is, unless it does not do what you want it to do.

[@ElMaykel]

Hola Miyconst y felicidades por tu canal. Llevo año y medio con esta placa y tengo 2 problemas que no he podido solventar. Compré una fuente de poder EVGA BQ 850 y nunca pude encender el PC. Comenté el problema con la tienda y finalmente me vendieron la que usaban ellos en las pruebas y funcionó hasta ahora. La EVGA se instaló en otro PC y está funcionando correctamente. Otro problema que tengo es que si quito el PC de la corriente y luego lo vuelvo a conectar, no se enciende. He tenido que retirar en ocasiones los procesadores y volverlos a poner para que reaccione. A día de hoy, tengo configurado en Bios que se encienda solo al entrar corriente . ¿Te ha pasado algo similar? Gracias

[@linuxwithzach5338]

thank you for the video reviews of these motherboards. Very detailed and helpful. Does this board happen to support vt-d virtualization for gpu passthrough?

[@Miyconst]

My sample did support VT-D but I can't guarantee that the latest version supports it as well.

[@mileshunter3280]

Great video, thanks. I've got one of these F8s on order. I'm planning to buy a Xeon E5-2640 v3 chip; good choice? What's a step up from that?

[@Miyconst]

E5-2640 V3 is a good option, personally I really like the CPU, but recently the AliExpress prices went up, and it's not that much cheaper than E5-2678 V3, thus I would take the later one.

[@SYAKGames90]

Hi dude, great video, about the Turbo Unlock, it's only possible with external USB flash programmer CH341a?, also I guess Huananzhi will release another version of dual "x99" but with 16 slots of ram, I hope you can test it when it's released, thanks for your videos.

[@Miyconst]

The external flash programmer is needed if the motherboard has write-protected BIOS. Otherwise FPT can be used. I am constantly monitoring Chinese market of the X99 boards, as soon as something new shows up, I try to get it for a review.

[@moneyinahurry]

Excellent. Can you do an update review of the same and other competing boards. Thank you 😊

[@Miyconst]

These motherboards have lost their point. The price is bad, the performance and the power consumption is also bad compared to the modern offerings, thus I don't plan to test dual socket boards in the near future.

[@wearecool123556]

Thank you for reviewing this product! Just a quick question, do you recommend buying just the motherboard from Huananzhi and getting the cpu elsewhere, or is it better to buy the cpu+motherboard kits from Huananzhi?

[@Miyconst]

Depends on the price. If Huananzhi offers you a good price for a set of Motherboard + CPU - buy from Huananzhi, otherwise buy a motherboard from them and a CPU from someone else.

[@erhanertem196]

Generally they are cheaper. Included the rams, buying elsewhere item by item will expose you to additional export inspection costs individually (may depend on the country). Plus buying in one pack will save you time and hassle. I happen to see reviews on alixpress where the customers complain about cpus damaged very badly and wont last longer than expected (depending on the seller). Say if you ordered separately, how will you respond to sellers if the system did not work at all. Who to blame? CPU or the mother board? Its hard to pinpoint if you do not have a similar spec machine at all that you know it works.

[@PhuocBull]

Hi. Really appreciated what you're doing. I have a question. Can I use the turbo unlock bios of this mb on the F8D Plus version ?

[@syed9640]

Thank you ,Much appreciated very well explained...Does this Mobo Support E52630 V4 and E5-2620V3 DDR 4 ECC REG ? My ASUS Dual CPU DDR4 Z10PE-D8 WS is dead

[@marbranchez]

first of all i would like to thank you for your great video about these motherboards. I'm thinking about buying Huananzhi X99-F8D Dual LGA 2011, because I already have an E5-2678 V3 64 ram and in the future I will buy another E5-2678 V3 and more memory. However, I would like to know if any 16x pci-e slot supports split function and can set PCI-E X4X4X4 or 4X4 mode because I plan to buy a 4-disk SSD array card. run 4 NVME at the same time, but the motherboard must support PCIE signal splitting

[@Miyconst]

Hello there. I have not tested PCI-E bifurcation with this particular motherboard, but all other Huananzhi X99 boards tested support PCI-E bifurcation, thus I tend to believe that X99-F8D supports it as well.

[@greyshadow9498]

Thank you for this! This is the board I am currently looking at with a couple of 2678's. I prefer 8 slots per CPU, but 4 is fine for now. Big pluses for sleep mode and boot on power recovery which seems rare on Chinese boards. Though mixing ram on 2678v3 is a little odd. Maybe a bugged instruction on the cpu because it supports DDR3 and 4? Not saying mix both 3/4, I mean like because it supports DDR3 maybe when they were writing the instructions, they bugged something. Might be worth testing with other V3's that support both. Thanks for the perfect review that I needed right now! That narrows down my choices to F8 and F8D 😊

[@Miyconst]

I have surely tested E5-2678 V3 with mixed RAM on single socket boards, it worked, thus, it's definitely not just the CPUs issue.

[@greyshadow9498]

And it didn't seem to be a BIOS issue. And I know you know your stuff so I doubt you mixed ECC and non ECC... Unless it's a chipset issue, I don't know. But it is yet another interesting Chinese motherboard quirk.

[@craigbrigley831]

Great review, thank-you ! I'm wondering how this motherboard compares to the F8D PLUS ?

[@Miyconst]

I also wonder, but the F8D Plus costs way too much at the moment.

[@TheDesertsweeper]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have two E5-2687W-V3 that were pulled from a server, do you think they would work with this board?

[@Miyconst]

I see no reason why they shall not work.

[@yacyasma9293]

Good presentation, Just I want know which AIO cpu did you use?

[@petert1027]

hi - looking at a similar setup to your to be used for network labs using dual e5-2670 v3, can I ask what colling fans you used for your cpus?

[@yliu4093]

Thanks Miyconst. I appreciate your video. I am doing installation now. One more question, it has 2 cpus so we need to insert 2 cpus power cables as well, one on the left, one on the right am I right? Thanks

[@Miyconst]

Yes, that's correct.

[@Metall1991]

Which do you think is more worthwhile of any dual xeon, x99 8d4/2.5 or the x99 f8d?

[@Metall1991]

Hello, I have a problem, I bought a card like this, it works with USB, SATA, x16, only the m2 doesn't work, how do I enable it?

[@santeriseppala8478]

Just found your channel and subbed straight away! Awesome stuff! I've got a question; do you think F8D will be able to handle 2x 2666 v3?

[@Miyconst]

Yes, I think X99-F8D can hold a pair of E5-2666 V3 with no issues.

[@santeriseppala8478]

@@Miyconst Just reporting back. All components arrived about 2 weeks ago and everything is running fine! VRM heatsinks are around 60-70 degrees during the load and everything is working great! I've looked into unlocking turboboost with EFI trick, but like you said in the video, I think it's not worth it with dual CPU configuration. Have you tried to undervolt E5 26XX V3 series CPUs? If so, do you do it thru the BIOS or do you use specific application inside Windows? I think it could be worth it especially in dual CPU configuration as CPUs can get quite warm. In any case, thank you for all the videos. I'm always excited to see new videos from you and I must credit you that I was able to build quite powerful home server for such a cheap price! Happy easter!

[@Miyconst]

@@santeriseppala8478 I do Xeon V3 undervolting with BIOS mods and different Turbo-Boost Unlock driver.

[@booboo699254]

@Miyconst, sorry if I missed it but did you verify that ECC is working (beyond being recognized memory)? I thought some Chinese motherboards accepted the memory but didn't enable the ECC support.

[@Miyconst]

As far as I can tell, it's actually working. Memtest86 and Aida 64 report that it's working.

[@m.m.3753]

In BIOS of the chinese x99 Boards activate: Numa, COD (cluster on die) 10 core and more needed, IOAT. You will get a bump on memory bandwidth and near 25% better L3 Cache Latency.

[@barborosevin3385]

Great thanks for this lovely video. I bought this motherboard. I used two Xeon E5-2698 V4 with 32Gb*8 Samsung 2133. However, when I plug RAM into the all ram slots the computer does not open. And when unplugging 4*32 from the slot, the computer opens. I change rams etc and not working. But when I unplug power su[ply and re-plug them another Ram slot not working. So, Clearly When I change the power supply The ram slots randomly not working. ( and now I can't enter the bios. I unplugged the bios battery and wait for tc. ) Do you have any suggestions?

[@lucadistefano9259]

Hello, Great Review. Can you please tell the PC Chasis (Case) model you are using or where I canfind cheap X99 compatible PC Cases? Thank you! :) Peace!

[@Miyconst]

I have used Fractal Design Definite XL for the dual socket builds.

[@maksiodzidek1]

well done!

[@lucabanzato3787]

Hi Miyconst, Thanks for your reviews, I'm following them quite a lot recently due to a home lab build I'd like to set up. As for Huananzhi F8D, have you been able to estimate the power consumption during idle/max load? Thanks!

[@Miyconst]

Thanks for the support, but unfortunately I can't say much about the power consumption. The only thing I can say is that it was well within reasonable margins, otherwise the system would overheat at idle.

[@MattDirtbikes]

i have dual cpu 2670v3 running on this board and they each use just under 50W-35W each while idle and 80-120 each under full load for just the cpus, gpus use anywhere from like 10-50 watts idle depending on what series you use so id guess around 200-300 wats idle at most

[@lucabanzato3787]

@@MattDirtbikes Thank you for the feedback :)

[@kangniman4321]

Hello May I know what did you used for the processor cooler? I need to buy the same to fine exactly fit the 2 processor's coolers in the motherboard?

[@culo-jk9mf]

Hi, Thank you for reporting this mother board. I bought this to watch your various x99-motherboard report videos. I have a question. Your blog on x99-turbo boost was written by a listener about how to use turbo boost all core on this mother board. I ever haven't tried to change mother board cpu, so i don't understand all what a listener said... But, if the way what he said is suceesful, I'll tried it... Did you tried the way and is it suceddful? I'm not good at writting English... Thank you.

[@HardProduct]

I might be completely stupid here but what if all dual CPU boards have the ram timings limitations. I have ASUS Z10PE-D8 WS same issue can't control ram timings altho the board cost me a fortune 3 years ago... Very well put and nice content :)!

[@Miyconst]

Missing RAM timings configuration is definitely a BIOS limitation, since the X99-T8D BIOS has this option available.

[@zorgonpeterson698]

Maybe helpful to you; I had this board for a brief period of time and then I tried to mix memory with different ranks (eg 1Rx and 2Rx) the system would not boot just like your results. however when I mixed SK Hynix 32 GB ECC alongside Samsung 32GB ECC but both 1Rx it worked for me.

[@Miyconst]

Thanks for the info!

[@kirazul13dhh]

Hi guy, can you help me, I bought this motherboard with e5 2678 v3 but I have problemas. In many ocations when I turn on the system block and dont start the display show the code b0. In other ocations the system start y and I can enter to install windows but when I try to install the instalación program show me the message is necessary a driver boot. Plese any can say me what can I do?

[@DionMunk]

Have you looked at the new BIOS that seems to have been released for this in April 2021 on their website for this board?

[@Miyconst]

I no longer have the motherboard thus I can't really check the new BIOS.

[@user-nt8xn4ie6b]

Super!!!

[@MyJetrun]

Great video - many thanks. I am considering this board along a couple of Xeon E5-2697v3 or E5- 2698v3 processors for an unRaid server for several remote Plex (in Docker) connections. I wonder if this board would support HVM and IOMMU pass through with this CPU and Board? Also - do you know of a dual cpu board that is available in an ATX form factor? Again - thanks for all of the great videos and information.

[@Miyconst]

Sorry to disappoint, but I can't really help with IOMMU and GPU passthrough. I have tested such configuration on Huananzhi X99-TF, but didn't test X99-F8D. I would also not recommend any of these Chinese motherboards for a mission critical device and as far as I know, there is no dual CPU ATX motherboards, all are E-ATX.

[@MyJetrun]

@@Miyconst Many thanks.

[@ZendoOficial]

Once question i GOT this board but It show a Code ab and i dont have a clue how to deal with , can u help me ????

[@MestreTM]

Hello, I wonder if the bios of this motherboard has the option of pci bifurcation. Thanks for the content!

[@Miyconst]

Yes, PCI-E bifurcation is available in the BIOS.

[@marbranchez]

what is the brand and model of your case ? i would like to buy the same brand and model for my new computer with this motherboard. thanks a lot

[@yliu4093]

Thanks Miyconst, at 12:00, I saw you put plastic cpu fan down. any guideline for where to put plastic CPU fans? Thanks

[@Miyconst]

The rule is simple, you need to make it fit into the motherboard and in the chassis. In the chassis you need a good airflow.

[@Ro-Bucks]

I wonder what xmrig runs like on this and how to set one cpu or half of two and so on...

[@nhohoangnguyen2260]

Please help me. I have 1 xeon e5-2683v3. Can I run computer with only 1 cpu? Tell how to set up this mainboard with 1 cpu

[@sokmunky4104]

Hey I have a good question for you. The new Windows 11 coming out says it requires a TPM module to work. From what I can tell this board has 14 pin connector labeled JTPM and the bios seems to have an option for it. Do you know where to find a TPM module that works on this motherboard or other Chinese X99 motherboards? I am just curious if we can get these Chinese X99 boards working with Windows 11 when it comes out.

[@Miyconst]

Sorry, I don't know yet, but you can try to ask the Huananzhi store on AliExpress.

[@yuryeuceda8590]

Friend, excelent video. I bought same huananzhi board with 2 processors because I see this video but I would like to know which power supply to use in this dual configuration. Thanks a lot

[@Miyconst]

It really depends on your GPU. An 80+ gold 500 Watt PSU will be enough for the motherboard & CPUs.

[@yuryeuceda8590]

@@Miyconst Thanks friend.

[@monstarskids24]

watching this review make me wan't to upgrade my board 😭😭😭😭!! I had x79 version, the 3 pin at the bottom is very usefull for waterpump run with 100% rpm, i don’t need sata power to run my pump anymore👌👌

[@richardchan7072]

I am not sure if this is appropriate to ask here. I have a Huananzhi X79-8D mother board. Whenever I put the Windows 10 to sleep, it would wake up with no video signal, leaving the sleep function unusable. I tried different settings in ACPI section of the bios but no luck. The video adapter that I use is Gigabyte GTX960 GPU. Any idea on what is the appropriate setting for that?

[@Miyconst]

Unfortunately, most of the Chinese X79 motherboards do not support the sleep mode, so the only option for you, is to use hibernation instead.

[@enro-id]

Do game nowadays will able use both cpu power ? And what do you think about machinist with new vrm heatsink. Is that mainboard fix cmos issue ? I want to buy x99 for 2620v3. Do you have recomendation for under $75 ?

[@Miyconst]

No, dual CPU configurations are really bad for gaming. For E5-2620 V3 I can recommend Kllisre / JingSha X99 D4, Machinist X99Z, and Huananzhi X99-8M.

[@Miragem26]

Hi, Myiconst. Do you think the pcie slots can power a low power gpu like the gt1030? Thanks and keep up the good work!

[@Miyconst]

I am not sure about GT 1030, but GT 710 and 750 worked for sure, thus I think GT 1030 should work as well.

[@Miragem26]

@@Miyconst Thanks!

[@PODERGAMER]

I would like to know if this board is good or recommended Kllisre X99 dual CPU motherboard LGA 2011 v3 I have a somewhat tight budget, Great video as always.

[@Miyconst]

As far as I know it has only two memory channels per CPU, I will be able to tell more when mine arrives for a review.

[@greenfoam]

@@Miyconst Has the Killisre arrived? it's very cheap on aliexpress right now.

[@Miyconst]

@@greenfoam Yes, I have finally got it, it's waiting to be tested.

[@greenfoam]

@@Miyconst Excellent hopefully it's ok for the price :)

[@cyborg6294]

@@greenfoamKllisre has two memory channels per CPU but it is 50$ cheaper so i got it

[@ginxiankok5045]

Hi @Miyconst, I am trying to assemble my pc which has this motherboard. I can't power on thru the case. The case has a two pin power switch, while there is only a single pin power switch connector on the motherboard. I can power on using the onboard switch no problem. Please advice.

[@ginxiankok5045]

Ok, seems like the user manual that they printed has some error in the front io connections. They have printed the correct diagram on a separate piece of paper. Thanks.

[@truongmanhchien1399]

Can you make a detailed review video about main huananzhi x99 f8d plus? Thank you and always follow your channel

[@Miyconst]

I could do such a video if someone would provide me a motherboard for review, right now it costs way too much and I can't afford spending this much money for a single video.

[@thavjackson2020]

Thanks you so much.

[@jensdroessler3575]

Great work! Which of the Chinese dual X99 boards would you recommend? I ordered the nameless board, but I think I need one more...

[@Miyconst]

Huananzhi X99-F8D is the only Chinese dual socket motherboard I can suggest.

[@jensdroessler3575]

@@Miyconst Only the F8D or the T8D aswell? I was thinking T8D, because DDR3 is easier and cheaper to get...

[@Miyconst]

@@jensdroessler3575 I would not recommend T8D because the number of CPUs with DDR3 support is very limited, but in general, it's the same motherboard.

[@Artas1984]

Do you need both CPUs with the same stepping and revision?

[@Miyconst]

Yes.

[@elvinsontaveras7125]

Very good video, I have 2 questions, the first one is possible to apply to the Turbo hack when I only have one CPU on my dual board (waiting for the other unit) and the second question is this BIOS is compactible for the most resentful plus version of this same board in the video.

[@Miyconst]

Yes you can mod your BIOS for TBU with just one CPU. No, the original BIOS is no longer compatible with the current X99-F8D (Plus) revisions.

[@elvinsontaveras7125]

@@Miyconst So I can't do the turbo hack or can I take a copy of my bios and make the change with the utility patch tool program (S3 turbo tool) and then load it?

[@francescovolpini]

it's written "octa", not octo! ahah, good vid as always ;)

[@Miyconst]

Yeah, you are right! I will try to be more careful with my typing next time.

[@francescovolpini]

@@Miyconst no prob at all ;)

[@phyll6623]

How Can I enable “Restore on AC/Power loss” didn’t find in the BIOS (default version), thanks for the excellent review, I’m using 2x 2678v3 + 128g

[@Miyconst]

It seems like this feature was removed in the latest BIOS version, which is a shame. You can try to investigate the BIOS with AMIBCP tool.

[@e-alfo]

Great channel, I have the X99 T8D but the heatsink for the VRM (both of them) heats up like an oven when I run calculations using all cores. I am planning to switch to a copper sink with fans for forced convection. I still don't know how to check VRM temperatures on ubuntu 18.04 lol

[@Miyconst]

Like an oven is what level of temperatures? Is the system stable? Which CPUs do you have? Do you have good airflow in your chassis?

[@e-alfo]

@@Miyconst I honestly do not have a pyrometer or instrument to measure it, it is really hot to the touch. The system is very stable, the chassis is yet to come. At the moment I use it just like you do your tests on your videos. But I will definitely add a copper heatsink, with a couple of small fans and therefore a temperature controller with a thermocouple to vary their revolutions. It sounds like overkill but I will use it to run Gaussian 24/7 all year round, so I better not take the risk. Greetings from Mexico!

[@Miyconst]

Just so you know, 60-70C feels rather hot when you touch it, but it's absolutely safe for the VRM. Anyway, the copper heatsink with some extra fans solution might be an overkill, but it sounds like a fun project to do. Just be careful and don't break anything in the process, good luck!

[@starlookup7147]

Thx for nice review. I am considering these kind of x99 dual mo for my budget ESXi or proxmox host for 10+ virtual machines. I am thinking NVMe for main storage, 128G ram. And e5 2678 v3 or higher cpu. No gaming, and wanna be stable than over or turbo clocking. I saw huanan t8d f8d, kllsre, jingsha products. But not clear which is most suitable for me. Could you leave any of advice for me?

[@Miyconst]

Go for Huananzhi X99-F8D if you plan to use DDR4 memory, go for Huananzhi X99-T8D if you plan to use E5-2678 V3 and DDR3 memory. Avoid the Kllisre motherboard, it has only two memory channels per CPU. JingSha X99 Dual is a viable option, but only one PCI Express slot is a deal breaker for me.

[@cyborg6294]

@@Miyconst Kllisre is cheaper in 50$ than JingSha & Huananzhi

[@ZendoOficial]

how to solve this , Error 26: The host CPU does not have read access to the target flash area. To enable read access for this operation you must modify the descriptor settings to give host access to this region.

[@Miyconst]

Use AfuWin or external flash programmer.

[@devgoswami7422]

What is the exact benefit of a dual cpu configuration these days? You think this is a worthwhile set up for a budget machine learning work station?

[@Miyconst]

Dual CPU configs only make sense if you have a workload which can benefit from this many cores and memory channel. Some of the very popular workloads: financial calculations, prediction algorithms, neural network training, parallel photo/audio/video files conversion.

[@BartekChlebek]

Your videos are very informative, good job! I know it’s a niche, but have you considered testing (to any extent) hackintosh capabilities of these boards? Resources online are very very limited when it comes to dual x99 configs, but there seem to be signs of success.

[@Miyconst]

I am slowly moving towards hachintosh, but it's still very far away from now. I have never used macOS and I have no idea how this thing works. Currently I am trying a step at a time.

[@BartekChlebek]

It’s been 4 years since I abandoned my last hackintosh (4790K, Z97X-UD3H) but now I’m thinking of trying to build a dual E5-2678 one. Looking forward to your future content! Hackintosh or not, I’ve been enjoying it.

[@mrzackkygmaimgthai238]

Bartek Chlebek Yo man if you want macos Xeon Check page facebook Xeon for Gamer Thailand You can buy Hackintosh :)

[@b0ne91]

I know this is a really old comment, but it works. I am currently running Ventura 13.1 on this board. In AVX workloads, it goes down -200Mhz from the maximum core clock (unlocked on both CPUs). In Windows, it stays at 3100Mhz (for E5 2670 v3). I wasn't able to figure this out - but scores aren't bad. MacOS with a bunch of crap in the background still scores 18500 in CB R23 and about 19500 on a fresh install.

[@user-qn6kb7gr1d]

@@b0ne91 what? Had no idea that was possible, any links for guides or was that your own hack that you did not document in any way? (I only did hackintosh once, on my laptop, so I got not that much experience)

[@magrinhoroot8960]

hi, do Huananzhi X99-F8D work well with virtualization? thank you ...

[@Miyconst]

It supports all virtualization features I could think of.

[@thriftygamer8366]

Feel a little rusty but the X99 look like fun to build up for gaming and rendering. Looking at dumping my Dell Precision 690 good old workstation. Lots of memories but needs a new setup to keep up,

[@KadiusFTW]

Have you been able to get your hands on an e5 1691v3 by chance? I have the 1681v3 and it destroys my old i7 7700 non k in multi core and single core with a 4.4ghz OC on the Huananzhi f8 with 24gb of ram in dual channel (carried over by my last system) Edit: got the 1681v3 from memory4less "refurbished" for 190

[@Miyconst]

I am trying to hunt down a few of these CPUs, but so far I could not find anything with a reasonable price tag. Thank you for hinting the Memory4Less website, I will check them out.

[@luisgodoymeneses196]

como se configuran los jumper cpu_mos ??? hay cuatro jumper

[@perkunast9680]

I got the X99FAD with DDR4 regular mem 64g, and i get annoying beeps on start up. Seems to work ok

[@Miyconst]

Yeah, these beeps are rather annoying. I wish it would be possible to disable them.

[@Dalmar456]

Love the video and give me a lot of information i need. and i hope you can help me with one thing. I try to chouse between a single or a dual Xeon E5 2678 v3. i need the set up for gameing, streaming and video editing and well for normal work. its a real diferent between or no? or if you belive there is other cpu that will be better for what i looking for, Which one you recomend? Greeting from Ecuador!!!! stay save. TYVM.

[@Miyconst]

Hi Andres. I believe that a single E5-2678 V3 will be a better option for you. Dual CPU configurations suffer from increased memory latency due to the CPU to CPU communication. Such configurations are only beneficial if you have many parallel tasks, such as financial calculations or background encoding/decoding of many small photos/videos/audios.

[@Dalmar456]

@@Miyconst TY TY TY very much.. =)

[@excysyr]

@@Miyconst can u say about how much fps loss i would have with a dual CPU setup compared to a single CPU setup ? Still not sure if i go with a single 2678 / 2680 V3 or dual 2640/2660 V3

[@Miyconst]

@@excysyr It really depends on your GPU and RAM configuration. The loss will be 0-10%.

[@angelshce]

I do not get to understand about the ssd m.2, one its nmve okay but the other say its M.2 NGFF, what type is it? the one with 3 points, type b? I do not get it

[@Miyconst]

It's for the SATA M.2 drives.

[@hepengye4239]

Does anyone know what PC or open bench table will fit this E-ATX mobo? Many pc case say only support E-ATX up to 280mm or 275mm, while this E-ATX spec is 300x320mm, not sure what will fit.

[@Miyconst]

You can use Fractal Design Define XL, this is what I have used.

[@Dalmar456]

which power supply are you using for this mainboard ty =) my have only one CPU cable.

[@Miyconst]

I am using EVGA SuperNova 750 G2.

[@DanielAStroe]

I tinkered with the board's bios as I see that its performance is worse than ZX-DU99D4 with 2x E5-2683. And I bricked my board bios. What device do I have to select for AsProgrammer? And what is the procedure to clear CMOS? Thanks!

[@DanielAStroe]

I managed to update the BIOS using the CH341a guidance, thanks a lot for that video!

[@markbale7002]

I have ZX-DU99D4_V1.12. I am using two 2690v4's. I cannot get both cpu's to work at the same time. Only one works at a time. Can you suggest how to get these both to work?

[@Miyconst]

This video answers the question: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYHclpmVrrh7rdE