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

[@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]

你应该联系华南厂家，新品发布是会推广费的

[@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!

[@TheGangstaSanchez]

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

[@cultofsogga5863]

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[@gabrielecarbone8235]

I listen to 1.75 :D

[@cultofsogga5863]

@@gabrielecarbone8235 I listen to russian at 2x😂

[@raffiqzin]

This is definitely my new favorite channel.

[@nicacioedu]

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

[@Miyconst]

Thanks Eduardo! Greetings back from Stockholm Sweden.

[@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.

[@mrzackkygmaimgthai238]

Ohhhhhhhh finally you make huananzhi t8d !!!! I question your yesterday about huananzhi t8d and turbo unlock, and today you upload video about T8D !! Thank you 😊 *Love* 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️

[@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 :)))

[@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

[@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.

[@v111-c5b]

Чудовий, ретельний огляд.. Дякую...

[@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.

[@nailuyal4789]

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

[@Miyconst]

I have tested it with Ubuntu - no issues detected.

[@DanielGT_93]

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

[@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.

[@abdullahalhalabi1]

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

[@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

[@inanagr7871]

Awesome review thanks.

[@RogelioIturra]

thanks for the information! :D new sub!

[@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.

[@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?

[@Rubber_Ducky_prime]

Nice! Very interesting

[@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.

[@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.

[@HusseinMohamed-ej3ch]

Best KZbin channel

[@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.

[@zeron3699]

Problem is that it's not actually an "X99" chipset. Because X99 only supports 1 physical CPU socket, while the server counterpart that this board actually has doesn't support 2011-3 Core i7s.

[@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.

[@dorinxtg]

Thanks for this video Unfortunately, at this moment, the price for this board in Ali Express is $351!! you can buy for $316 a Supermicro X10DRL-LN4-O (which means 4 gigabit connections) from Amazon, which has none of the problems mention, has full support from the manufacturer, has IPMI for remote management.

[@Miyconst]

I am not quite sure where you see $351, check the official store, the current price is €150: www.aliexpress.com/item/4001177382113.html

[@dorinxtg]

@@Miyconst yes, this offer is $173, thanks Btw - can it handle 8 16gb non ecc ddr4 memory?

[@Miyconst]

@@dorinxtg Yes, it can.

[@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.

[@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.

[@sweden669]

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

[@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.

[@yacyasma9293]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@laynemccormic9102]

Thank you for your work. Would you recommend the Huananzhi X99-F8D or the Jginyue D8? I do not see many immediate differences between them

[@Miyconst]

Neither of them. I would rather go with Dell T7810.

[@laynemccormic9102]

@@MiyconstI am concerned that motherboard has a proprietary power connection and form factor. Don’t know how I would put it in a generic case with my atx power supply. Thank you for giving me another option to look at though

[@Miyconst]

@@laynemccormic9102 that's the thing, you don't put it into another case, you buy a whole Dell T7810 workstation.

[@laynemccormic9102]

@@Miyconst That is an excellent idea screw chinese motherboards xD

[@upulperera3816]

Hi Miyconst, I have watched several of your videos about dual x99 motherboards and they are excellent and detailed. I build a Dual CPU from Aliexpress Huananzhi X99-F8D with Dual E5-2699-V3 CPU and 128GB-DDR4 ECC Samsung Ram. I am happy with everything except boot-up to lock screen time is about 1 minute +15 sec. Is this normal for server type computers? Can this be reduced? Thank you for your service and keep up your excellent work on this channel

[@Miyconst]

Thank you for the support. The long booting time is a normal thing for server hardware and especially for the Chinese X99 motherboards, unfortunately I don't know any viable solution to speed up the booting process.

[@miongklok]

I bought this board too. I also noticed the longer booting time compared to single socket X99. But I guess that's the downside of dual sockets motherboards?

[@quannguyen-lw3gq]

Hi, im thinking about buying one of these x99 dual cpus motherboard. After sometimes using it, do you encounter any problems? Also, do you overclock the cpus? It would be a great help if you can give me some advices. Thank you.

[@Core-XCB-CTN]

I just bought Huananzhi X99-F8D from Aliexpress with two E5-2699-V3 from Ebay. I only have 2x8GB Ram (Corsair). Everything turns on, but I get no boot screen. Do I have to wait longer for it to boot? The mouse and the keyboard are not lighting up during boot. Does that mean the motherboard is broken, or do I just have to wait longer? (I waited about 3 minutes before I shut the PC down). Thank you so much for your help!!

[@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.

[@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.

[@ihavenoname275]

How it compares vs 100 USD x99 dual boards?

[@Miyconst]

That cheap board is coming to me for a detailed test, but as far as I know, it only supports two memory channels per CPU.

[@Vanquish6464]

@@Miyconst Nice review! Congratulations. What about this cheap X99 card, has it arrived? After you have it in your hands, how long will the review be published? I liked this X99 Huananzhi, but Klllisre costs half the price ... Thank you.

[@todarivah517]

Hi, I did successfully unlocked my X99-F8D turbo boost with the S3TurboTool you mentioned in one of your post. Everything is fine except that the multiplier is constantly changing ie: goes randomly between 27 to to 35 every second or so. Is there a way to keep the multiplier steady at 36 ? Thanks for you great videos!

[@CodingTheSystem]

Strange I just happened to see your comment so recently. I'm trying to get my dual socket C612 board to turbo boost, is there a link to the guide you followed?

[@Miyconst]

Is this frequency change happen under load or during idle conditions? How are the CPU temps? Are you sure that you used the method for dual socket motherboards?

[@Miyconst]

KZbin deletes comments with links, you can either search for S3TurboTool in Google or join my discord and I send you a link there.

[@todarivah517]

@@Miyconst Hi, it happens under idle conditions, cpu-z shows the multiplier constantly changing. hwinfo shows both cores does have turbo boost enabled.

[@Miyconst]

@@todarivah517 you cannot and should not lock these CPU at a constant frequency during the idle conditions, CPU will clock itself up and down to save energy, as long as it stays at a constant (and high) frequency during the load you are all good.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@v111-c5b]

Super!!!

[@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!

[@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.

[@tryagain5992]

Hey man! I really enjoy your reviews, although Huananzhi increased the prices of their motherboards. With CPU's and memory, its now at 550€ and only the motherboard is at 250€ :/

[@Miyconst]

This pricing is ridiculous, the absolute maximum I would recommend paying for this motherboard is ~€150.

[@tryagain5992]

@@Miyconst yeah, its crazy right now, do you have any idea why the price skyrocketed? Maybe because everyone wants one?

[@Miyconst]

@@tryagain5992 the sellers are adjusting the price according to the demand, since people are paying these crazy prices, they keep them up and up.

[@thavjackson2020]

Thanks you so much.

[@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 ;)

[@icmann4296]

Hi there. While watching the video I noticed that, when you were installing the CPUs, the pin configuration on the bottom of the CPU was different than the pin configuration of the socket. The CPU has pins covering the entire surface of the bottom of the PCB. However, the socket has a field of pins shaped the same as for the older LGA 2011 sockets. As you look up the side and ends of the socket, you can see spaces where there are no pins. Do you know why this is? I have seen photographs of LGA 2011-3 sockets that do not have those missing pin areas. In those photos, the LGA 2011-3 socket looks exactly the same as the bottom of your CPU there. And yet these sockets on this motherboard are obviously LGA 2011-3 sockets because the CPU fits in them and it works. Do you know why the pin configuration is different on the bottom of the CPU than in the socket, but it still works?

[@Miyconst]

The socket has extra reserved pins that are not required for the CPU's operation.

[@NetzKanal]

Is there any manual available for these X99 boards somewhere? I cannot find any. Thx.

[@Miyconst]

What exactly are you looking for? These manuals are in Chinese and rather useless.

[@NetzKanal]

@@Miyconst Yes very probably unfortunately. Maybe for jumper settings and all the connectors on the board that one can just guess.

[@Miyconst]

@@NetzKanal Which exact connector you can't locate on the motherboard?

[@NetzKanal]

@@Miyconst Well so far I found everything. But only thank to your hint that Pci is connected to one of the cpu as in the beginning nothing worked cause I still wait for the 2nd cpu to arrive.

[@mamdouh-Tawadros]

Now in feb 2023, do you still have these boards ? And are they still running ?

[@Miyconst]

I can't afford keeping all these motherboards, I sell or recycle them after the review.

[@mamdouh-Tawadros]

@@Miyconst thank you for the reply, but longevity is important, don’t you think ?

[@Miyconst]

@@mamdouh-Tawadros what do you mean by "longevity"?

[@mamdouh-Tawadros]

@@Miyconst how long will it last, depending on the electronic components used!

[@monstarskids]

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👌👌

[@ginxiankok5045]

I've also ordered the same package. Can dual CPU support only 2 sticks of RAM? And what case are you using or recommend for such a motherboard?

[@Miyconst]

It will work with just two memory sticks if you install one stick per CPU. You can pick any case with E-ATX motherboard compatibility.

[@ginxiankok5045]

@@Miyconst Thank you, much appreciated.

[@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.

[@BLVDE468]

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 ?

[@maksiodzidek1]

well done!

[@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?

[@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.

[@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,

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@rodillo]

Good morning! Excellent review of the product, I really liked it because I have the same board and the official documentation does not provide much information. I wanted to ask you which manufacturer is compatible with the TPM module, because I see that this board integrates the pins to connect the module but each manufacturer uses its different connection. If you know information about it, I would appreciate it if you could share it. I leave my like here! Greetings from Spain!

[@Miyconst]

Unfortunately that TPM header is totally useless. I talked to Huananzhi and they say that there is nothing compatible, they can't make it to work.

[@rodillo]

@@Miyconst Hi! After researching a little bit about this board, i notice that uses refurbished bios chips. That board uses a gigabyte bios so the tpm module that is compatible is from gigabyte. Also, i checked the pins using a voltimeter and +5vcc +3.3vcc and gnd pins are in gigabyte configurarion so I bought a compatible module for 8€ on Aliexpress to test if it works. I will inform you...

[@Miyconst]

@@rodillo please let me know how it goes after you test it.

[@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?

[@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)

[@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

[@magrinhoroot8960]

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

[@Miyconst]

It supports all virtualization features I could think of.

[@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

[@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.

[@paulmartinez7633]

Wait so did u have to flash the bios for the turbo boost or did it work right out of the box?

[@Miyconst]

I had to use a modified BIOS.

[@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.

[@Metall1991]

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

[@johnjerizlopezignacio3891]

Does your Turbo Boost Forever tutorial also works on this x99 F8D?

[@Miyconst]

No, but this one works: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6TKc4Rmj7Krj7ssi=vXuZz1_nNgLAlyOX

[@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.

[@Core-XCB-CTN]

I just bought Huananzhi X99-F8D from Aliexpress with two E5-2699-V3 from Ebay. I only have 2x8GB Ram (Corsair). Everything turns on, but I get no boot screen. Do I have to wait longer for it to boot? The mouse and the keyboard are not lighting up during boot. Does that mean the motherboard is broken, or do I just have to wait longer? (I waited about 3 minutes before I shut the PC down). Thank you so much for your help!!

[@2freakout]

Wait a little longer. The first boot may happen 2 times... the BIOS has to work in all the hardware through

[@Core-XCB-CTN]

@@2freakout I figured it out. Ram has to be non-ECC and 16 banks to work on these X99 Chinese motherboards. Once I got that, everything worked. Thank you so much!

[@juancarlosmoreno6343]

Good afternoon, I have a question and a query for a Huananzhi F8D plus motherboard, can you put an Intel xeon e5 2699 V3 processor on it and can you unlock the turbo on the processor? I would appreciate your help. thank you.

[@olelobyco7539]

Hi very nice review. Thank you very much. I'm also from Ukraine. Which case did you use for this assembly?

[@Miyconst]

I used Fractal Design Define XL.

[@giovannigatto1974]

Hi, what do you think the next generation dual xeon platform will be? which chipset? which socket? of course, always chinese from aliexpress. do you think single socket platforms with new xeon 12/16 / multi core will take over as they become cheap?

[@Miyconst]

It's next to impossible to predict the Xeon situation at the moment. Second hand Ryzen is kicking these Xeons in chin and ass, while Xeons have nothing to answer with.

[@giovannigatto1974]

@@Miyconst yes but ryzen is expensive, ryzen don't go in dual.

[@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.

[@Metall1991]

Will it work on this Huananzhi X99-F8D motherboard, with turbo boost unlock with Intel Xeon E5-2680 V3 64 GB, in octal channel configuration?

[@Miyconst]

Yes, it will, but only if you manually install the EFI driver.

[@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

[@rumcajs009]

Hi buddy. Sorry for asking about different motherboard but you seem to know a lot about them. I just received Atermiter X79 Turbo with Q65 chipset. At the moment I've got E1650 with it and was wondering if V2 processor would work on it too, as Q65 doesn't support Ivy?

[@Miyconst]

If you would link me the motherboard you have got, I might be able to say more, but as far as I know, most of the Chinese X79 motherboards work with the Xeon E5 V2 CPUs.

[@rumcajs009]

@@Miyconst thanks for the answer - it`s this motherboard - cutt.ly/3a1g9pl - it is being sold as bundle with V2 processors, so in theory it should work with V2 but I wonder if they send some selected chipset with V2, or they just made even Q65 working with Ivy even when officially this chipset doesn`t work with it. BTW. Is it possible that m2 port on this motherboard works ONLY with nvme drives and not with m.2 drives? I just plugged in Micron 1100 m2 to it and it doesn`t see it at all, so I wonder if the port is faulty, or it doesn`t work with m2 drives somehow.

[@Miyconst]

@@rumcajs009 As far as I know, this motherboard works with V2 CPUs regardless of the chipset, but since I have not tested it myself, I can't guarantee that.

[@rumcajs009]

@@Miyconst I'm pretty sure that Q65 is very similar to Q67 and Q75 so Intel most likely just blocked Ivy in bios so knowing Chinese, they probably found a work around :) valid.x86.fr/mgulkz - submit with V2 and Q65 ;) But its Huanan

[@Miyconst]

See, they made it work 😁.

[@robkievit7139]

Great review thanks,witch Coulers did you use?

[@Miyconst]

In this video I used a pair of Raijintek Aidos.

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

@@Miyconst Hey mate, I have a couple of LGA1366 coolers I'm trying to fit on a Huananzhi x99 board, can't seem to work out how to fit them on the LGA2011 socket. I've tried the Akasa Nero so far, but I think that because it uses the plastic push/pull pins that isn't going to fit even with the plastic bracket is it? Going to try taking another cooler from my main PC and trying that. Do you have any videos where it shows you installing a screw-in or push-pin cooler onto the bracket for legacy CPU coolers? Cheers as always!

[@Miyconst]

@@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE I don't think there is any way to install those push-in coolers. The screw in cooler will also fit with LGA 2011/2011-3 mounting bracket.

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

@@Miyconst Hmm, can't seem to get the other one to fit either (Thermalright Cogage True Spirit). It's either that the screws don't reach far enough into the bracket and the bracket is blocked by the heatpipes leaving about a cm between the heatsink mount and the plastic LGA2011 bracket, or if I try it another way the X-frame that puts pressure on the cooler is floating about an inch above the copper/aluminium heatsink block. I'll just get a newer cooler I guess, no where near as frustrating as my other problem I had today... swapped out my old semi-faulty ASUS Rampage Gene II for a used GIgabyte X58 board from Aliexpress, left it long after the return period before I tested it. Just tried it today, and not only does it not work, it blew up my PSU (XFX Pro 750W), tested my old motherboard and now that doesn't light up or turn on either with the power supply... I'm guessing there is little chance of getting a refund for the motherboard from the Aliexpress seller, let alone any compensation for the motherboard blowing up my PSU (a spark came out of the back when I switched it on... I'm tempted to test my other PSU which is for the X99 build, but don't want to risk blowing that up too and having no computers at all. You ever had it that a faulty motherboard can actually blow up a PSU (usually it's obviously the otherway round)? Anyway thanks for all your various videos and helpful replies!

[@Sajithkumar]

@@Miyconst When I pixel peek at your video looks like you are using enermax not Raijintek Aidos

[@griffinacoustics]

Hi This x99 board available in India looks okish/mediocre . Do they also support dual e5 2699v4 (22core each) ? Had any test using 2699v4 ?

[@Miyconst]

I cannot provide any definite info. Some people report that it works, others say it doesn't. I guess it depends on the revision and BIOS version.

[@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.

[@yliu4093]

Thanks for the awesome video, i am looking to order this exact board. would you mind recommend a PSU for this? is EVGA 750 GQ, 80+ Gold 750W good for supporting this board? Thanks

[@Miyconst]

Yes, these two should work well. I hope it's not for gaming.

[@yliu4093]

@@Miyconst Thanks Miyconst. may I ask why you hope it is not for gaming? Thanks for your thoughts.

[@Miyconst]

@@yliu4093 because dual CPU setups are very bad for gaming.

[@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.

[@Dante-Klausoon]

Hey man, the videos r very good. Could you help me with a question. I bought a x99 F8D card with 2x 2696 v3 - and I put 4 x ECC memory 8gb ..Nvidia 210 1Gb.... I've tried all the options and when I'm installing, it installs normal, but when windows comes up, 20 sec later she freezes and loses the video. do you have a light?

[@Miyconst]

Did you validate your memory with Memtest86? Did you try to use a single CPU?

[@Dante-Klausoon]

@@Miyconst I'm using 2 identical processors. I couldn't test it, this is my first desktop, I only have a notebook.

[@Dante-Klausoon]

Memory is 2400mhz. but i use in auto

[@Miyconst]

@@Dante-Klausoon Memtest86 runs on your computer, you don't need anything else, and you can run a dual socket board with a single CPU.

[@Johnz0rrr]

out of all these dual motherboards you've tested, which is the best of them all?

[@Miyconst]

I would say that Huananzhi X99-F8D is the best one.

[@Johnz0rrr]

@@Miyconst thank you very much, with the Huananzhi x99-f8d can i do a good turbo bost unlock?

[@Miyconst]

Yes, most likely you can, but I have not tested it myself.

[@samtig_Stahl]

which cpu cooler and which case did you use?