My first build (i have a xeon i would like to know more about

[alienware]

i have a problem the wedsite will not let me buy it so i will have to call the store and find out how to get it

They may be out of stock.

Can you order directly from EVGA in your country?

 

[AJ54]

I am not sure how

 

[alienware]

http://eu.evga.com/

Create an account.

click SHOP at the top and go to B-stock. Then look for the board you want in the list and click add to cart. You will then find out if they ship to you.

The EVGA EU shopping cart is available for residents of the EMEA region only

So you need to live in the EMEA region it seems.

http://support.google.com/adwords/certification/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=29979

Oddly the UK is listed but they won't send here. Nice ffs.

 

[AJ54]

and for the cooler i will most get the
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233029

 

[alienware]

Are you in the USA?

Dude I need to know your location so I can find you a board.

 

[AJ54]

yes i am in the US and my state is texas

 

[alienware]

Oh FFS well that's easy then

go to www.evga.com

Log in with your created account.

Go to B-stock

Edit. Hmm, seems there aren't any in the US atm.

 

[AJ54]

their b-stock is pretty much all gone

 

[alienware]

Yeah

I spent a good hour last night scouring around Ebay and Amazon and whilst I did find a couple of boards neither of them support the Xeon (well at least not on the lists).

I would phone EVGA and see if they can help you out. They're usually pretty good in the USA.

 

[alienware]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106205

Will be much easier for you to install than a large air cooler tbh dude.

 

[AJ54]

is this compatible i could not find the cpu support list
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Foxconn...212543287?pt=Motherboards&hash=item3cd17b1937

 

[alienware]

I doubt it dude. I had one of those and it was utter utter SHITE.

I would hang on for an EVGA.

 

[alienware]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-ASUS-Sa...779407957?pt=Motherboards&hash=item51ac14fe55

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...th-X58-board&p=4921641&viewfull=1#post4921641

Worth a go !

Ed. I would snap that up quickly dude.

 

[AJ54]

are you 100% sure about is the E5620 is a different family and six core

 

[alienware]

Look at the last post by tiro_uspsss

I can confirm that my E5640 works with my Asus X58 Sabertooth

That's the Xeon you have right?

Your Xeon is pretty much a I7 920 dude. Try it and if it doesn't work just send the board back (it's Ebay afterall so Paypal have your back).

The Sabertooth was among the very best X58 boards ever tbh. It helped that it was a very late to be released board so Asus pretty much knew what needed sorting out and what didn't.

Edit. Sorry, just saw Jame's post and realised you have a X5550

Let me do some digging for you

Edit. Yes it works..

http://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/f248/problem-sabertooth-x58-und-24gb-ram-843441.html

Translated to -

Hi, I'm now due to the low prices of RAM for my little server / workstation / test station upgrade from 6GB to 24GB indulgence. . Unfortunately, with small obstacles CPU is an Intel Xeon X5550, OS Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. Edit: ASUS Sabertooth X58 mobo with BIOS 1304. was by far 3x2GB Corsair CMX6GX3M3A1333C9 installed. upgrade now I wanted to 6x Kingston KVR1333D3N9/4G. The Kingston are loud QVL (but here with Samsung and not ELPIDA like mine) compatible with full configuration. MY PROBLEM: The RAM modules are fully recognized by the BIOS, and disable the QUICK BOOT. Unfortunately, I just come to the "Starting Windows" and after 1sec Gibts NEN REBOOT. If I plug only 3 modules (12GB) in the beiges slots it will boot, but I'll put 3 modules in the brown nothing works, fan drive on full throttle and no POST ... Unfortunately, Windows has not written anything in the event viewer, and I zz. no free disk to test it with a new installation with Win7, Win2k8 R2 or ESXi. Any ideas? Would be extremely grateful for any help any tip.

So there you have it. Board confirmed working with X5550 and 6gb Corsair ram.

The only thing you need dude is 1.65v ram DON'T use 1.5v as the board will be unstable. You need ram that can take 1.65v to run at 1600mhz.

 

[AJ54]

just so you know i have a xeon X5550

 

[AJ54]

this is the cpu support list

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_X58/#support_CPU

 

[alienware]

Yeah and it doesn't list any Xeons.

The reason? Asus make workstation motherboards called Supercomputer.

It should work dude, I've posted a link confirming it.

Fact is mate you don't exactly have many options open to you so I would try it and if it doesn't work simply return the board.

 

[AJ54]

what do the link say i can understand i dont know the language it is writen in

 

[AJ54]

ok then what bios should i use ???