Official Haswell-E thread

[Idontcare]

I worked on the power delivery system for Haswell-E. I'm pretty excited - it's the first CPU that I've worked on in a long time that I'm excited to put into my home rig. It was also a pretty fun design project to work on.

Awesome :thumbsup: I'm excited for you, and quite a bit jealous!

 

[witeken]

http://valid.canardpc.com/6hdy1p

 

[AdamK47]

Still setting up my system. The Gigabyte X99 G1 Gamer Wifi motherboard I bought made an awful high pitch squeal when running it. Went to exchange it for another one today, but Micro Center didn't have any more. Picked up a UD5, which is very similar to the G1 Gamer and is priced the same. This one is much quieter.

 

[ehume]

http://valid.canardpc.com/6hdy1p

What cooling did you use? LN2?

 

[witeken]

What cooling did you use? LN2?

Sorry for , here's my source.

 

[Grooveriding]

I worked on the power delivery system for Haswell-E. I'm pretty excited - it's the first CPU that I've worked on in a long time that I'm excited to put into my home rig. It was also a pretty fun design project to work on.

If it's possible, could you tell us whether the Haswell-E dies are soldered to the IHS or if they are using TIM similar to Devil's Canyon ?

Still setting up my system. The Gigabyte X99 G1 Gamer Wifi motherboard I bought made an awful high pitch squeal when running it. Went to exchange it for another one today, but Micro Center didn't have any more. Picked up a UD5, which is very similar to the G1 Gamer and is priced the same. This one is much quieter.

After the mess with the initial X79 Gigabyte boards I wouldn't want to chance them again.

 

[FiLeZz]

Just bought the 5960x from microcenter.. $899.99 No TAX for me I have my tax exempt certificate.

 

[Jumpem]

I still think that an i7-4790k would be better for gaming than the i7-5820k in my opinion and cheaper because of the cheaper motherboards and cheaper RAM. I saw a review that showed the 4790k beating the 5820k in gaming benchmarks that were CPU bound otherwise there was not much difference, but in the heavily threaded benchmarks showed the 5820k beating the 4790k. Besides, with that logic you are using about no performance loss at 1080p with SLI, I can say that you are not really losing performance in gaming going with a quad core CPU instead of a hex core CPU, especially if the quad core CPU is clocked much higher by default.

This my thought as well. None of the reviews have really delved into the i7-4790K and Z97 being a better value for gaming. Performance is essentially the same as the i7-5820K and Z99, for ~$300 less.

 

[Sweepr]

Asrock Extreme3 MB:www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?...82E16813157542
2x 4GB DDR4: www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?...-856-_-Product
Core i7 5820K: www.amazon.com/Intel-Haswell-E-Proce...keywords=5820K

Asrock Extreme3 MB (OC support): www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?...-506-_-Product
2x 4GB DDR3: www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?...-787-_-Product
Core i7 4790K: www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?...-369-_-Product

$170 difference right now, even less for those used to spend +$200 for LGA1150 MBs or live near a Microcenter or Frys. If you don't plan to OC, mainly use the PC for games and really don't care about keeping the same system for a long time (read that as +4 years) sure, Core i7 4790K + whatever H series chipset MB is still a great option. If you're tired of Intel's quads, plan to overclock, keep the same system for many years, it's never been cheaper to own a current gen Intel 6C/12T chip.

 

[AdamK47]

Just about done. Need to copy a bunch of stuff from my backup HDD to the 4TB Samsung EVO array before getting into overclocking and testing.

 

[FiLeZz]

What board should I get??? I am torn between ROG v Extreme or asrock Pro.. I now have my CPU and the ram. I just need to figure out if I wanna wait on the asrock to launch.

 

[mindbomb]

I feel like motherboard reviews are typically so lacking in information that it's hard to figure out which models are better than others. Especially compared to PSU reviews for example. Idk why the same type of scrutiny isn't put on motherboards. Or maybe it is and I'm just ignorant of it.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Just about done. Need to copy a bunch of stuff from my backup HDD to the 4TB Samsung EVO array before getting into overclocking and testing.

Yummy. :wub: How much $ worth of hardware is in this picture?

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Yummy. :wub: How much $ worth of hardware is in this picture?

I'd say $7 grand easy.

 

[Idontcare]

http://valid.canardpc.com/6hdy1p

1 core 1 thread? Basically a lot of circuits turned off that would have otherwise prevented the clocks from running that high without processor lockup.

 

[AdamK47]

If anyone is getting lockups when running Core Temp with Haswell-E and is also running Windows 8 / 8.1, download Core Temp 1.0 RC7. You can find a link to it here: http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyt...system-info-benchmarking-stability-tools.html

 

[biostud]

Planning on getting either a 5930K or 5820K, most likely the 5820K since I don't plan on running more than SLI/CF. A motherboard that supports M.2 Ultra and 16 GB memory that doesn't cost too much. ATM either just some 2133Mhz, Crucial Ballistix Sports 2400Mhz, or G.skill Ripjaws 3200 which actually doesn't seem to have too much price premium.

Looking forward to going:
quad -> hex
Sata2 -> sata 3
PCie 2.0 -> 3.0
USB 2 -> USB 3

 

[Jumpem]

I only buy Corsair memory, and their cheapest DDR4 set is ~$325.

Also, why isn't ASUS making a mATX motherboard? And why are their ATX boards starting at $400?

 

[RussianSensation]

I only buy Corsair memory, and their cheapest DDR4 set is ~$325.

Also, why isn't ASUS making a mATX motherboard? And why are their ATX boards starting at $400?

Corsair memory = paying for marketing/brand. Corsair doesn't manufacture flash memory so it's like buying product that's Crucial/Micron/Samsung under the hood, but paying a massive premium for name Corsair. IMO G.Skill is better than Corsair in every way since it cuts the marketing premium BS for a product just as good. Not only does Corsair not matter, but buying DDR4 2800-3200 is also throwing money away. Performance will be limited by CPU overclock and GPU. Memory manufacturers love to charge huge premiums for fancy heatsinks and other such nonsense. Memory has become the least important component in a system since Core 2 Duo days.

 

[Kenmitch]

I only buy Corsair memory, and their cheapest DDR4 set is ~$325.

Also, why isn't ASUS making a mATX motherboard? And why are their ATX boards starting at $400?

mATX is going to be a niche market for Haswell-E most likely. The mATX boards will be second string. Most likely not going to be a whole lot to choose from.

I used to buy Corsair memory when I liked fancy heatsinks. Lean more towards G.skill these days as the price is more reasonable and it works for me.

 

[Kenmitch]

If anyone is getting lockups when running Core Temp with Haswell-E and is also running Windows 8 / 8.1, download Core Temp 1.0 RC7. You can find a link to it here: http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyt...system-info-benchmarking-stability-tools.html

Nice looking rig

Get any testing done yet?

 

[AdamK47]

Just messed with the memory. As I was afraid, I can't get the memory very far with 8 modules installed. I can get 2400, but not much further. Maybe if I dig deeper into the settings I can get them higher.

 

[Jumpem]

Corsair memory = paying for marketing/brand. Corsair doesn't manufacture flash memory so it's like buying product that's Crucial/Micron/Samsung under the hood, but paying a massive premium for name Corsair. IMO G.Skill is better than Corsair in every way since it cuts the marketing premium BS for a product just as good. Not only does Corsair not matter, but buying DDR4 2800-3200 is also throwing money away. Performance will be limited by CPU overclock and GPU. Memory manufacturers love to charge huge premiums for fancy heatsinks and other such nonsense. Memory has become the least important component in a system since Core 2 Duo days.

I had stability issues when building my current PC with G. Skill RAM. After switching to Corsair all of the problems went away.

I do agree that G. Skill is a better value, but I don't know if I could trust buying their product again.

 

[Jumpem]

mATX is going to be a niche market for Haswell-E most likely. The mATX boards will be second string. Most likely not going to be a whole lot to choose from.

I used to buy Corsair memory when I liked fancy heatsinks. Lean more towards G.skill these days as the price is more reasonable and it works for me.

See above for my thoughts on G. Skill.

I have an ATX system now. It seems silly having a huge case with just a single GPU in it. I wanted to downsize to mATX as it feels like a waste having a full size ATX motherboard with only two of the slots being utilized.

If I had an unlimited budget, ATX would be great.

 

[RussianSensation]

I had stability issues when building my current PC with G. Skill RAM. After switching to Corsair all of the problems went away.

I do agree that G. Skill is a better value, but I don't know if I could trust buying their product again.

What about Crucial? There is always a chance that any of these brands would have a flacky stick. Over the years I have tried G.Skill, Corsair, OCZ, Patriot, Crucial, Kingmax, GeiL. I find that only 2 things matter: the actual memory powering the stick and actual user's overclocking results.