About the Intel X79 Chipset

The x79 series of chipsets from Intel was desgined to support their LGA2011 form factor processors starting in 2011. These processors designed for x79 include Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge based Xeon CPUs.

Cooler Master NR200 with mATX Chinese X79 Motherboard

Find out if you can fit a micro-ATX motherboard in the Cooler Master NR200 small form factor case! This Machinist X79G motherboard is a smaller variant of mATX that can fit in sff cases that have at least a 3 slot GPU space.

VRM Thermals for X79 Motherboard with Xeon E5 2650v2

I test the VRM thermal performance for a Xeon E5-2650 v2 Processor on a Machinist X79G v1.3 Chinese off-brand Motherboard. This motherboard was able to achieve an all-core turbo boost with this processor with the VRM which is good. However, I was able to drive the temps up to 70°C which getting towards the danger zone.

Testing Xeon E5 2650v2 with Chinese X79 Motherboard

In this video I do some basic benchtop testing to make sure nothing in my most recent eBay order of used server parts is DOA. I ordered up some cheap Chinese X79 motherboards off eBay, as well as a pair of used Intel Xeon E5-2650v2 (8c 16t) processors and 4x 16GB of used DDR3 1866Mhz PC3-14900R ECC memory.