ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS - Dual Socket 2011

[lowfat]

You guys seem to forget that SB-E has limited BCLK overclocking..

That really doesn't matter unless all Xeons have their blck ratios locked.

[MrBean]

Never heard anything so silly in all my life.

Well Mate, after the fiasco of Asus' last effort, the Z7S, I would never spent a sent to be their guinea-pig ever again.

So, the same here, SuperMicro ot Tyan.

Not everyone needs the (badly implemented) overclocking features of most commercial boards anyway

[DFI pit bull]

Well Mate, after the fiasco of Asus' last effort, the Z7S, I would never spent a sent to be their guinea-pig ever again.

So, the same here, SuperMicro ot Tyan.

Not everyone needs the (badly implemented) overclocking features of most commercial boards anyway

Haha, well I can't argue with MrBean.

[MrBean]

Hehe....

You made my day, should tell my Wife that

[paulbagz]

Don't argue with MrsBean? :P

-PB

[ice_chill]

Never heard anything so silly in all my life.

You must have been living under a rock all your life.

[MrBean]

Don't argue with MrsBean? :P

-PB

Heya Paul, that's more accurate - I am pretty easy-going, the Wife on the other hand, ow.....

[FaYt]

Haha, well if the price is right on the Asus board (or EVGA SR-X) i'll try one of em...
I'm looking for some more chrunching power

[felix_w]

Some new info :

http://vr-zone.com/articles/asus-z9p...ard/14894.html

[EniGmA1987]

Great info! Thanks! Looks like this board will be great for high performance systems and overclockers like us. Gives good hope that the SR-X will have all those same OC features too

[EniGmA1987]

double post

[pazza316]

Anyone have any further information on the E5 Xeons and which models are unlocked if any??? They are due out in retail in around 3 weeks so I would have thought more info would possibly have come to light by now. This board looks very interesting though.

[lowfat]

Anyone have any further information on the E5 Xeons and which models are unlocked if any??? They are due out in retail in around 3 weeks so I would have thought more info would possibly have come to light by now. This board looks very interesting though.

I have my doubts that any multipliers will be unlocked. But hopefully we'll see Xeons that have unlocked bclk straps.

[crash5s]

Who's going to take one for the team and see if these all fail like crazy like the last ASUS overclocking dual socket board?

[paulbagz]

Who's going to take one for the team and see if these all fail like crazy like the last ASUS overclocking dual socket board?

I vote Stevil! :P

-PB

[STEvil]

I vote Stevil! :P

-PB

rofl, no.

[kuroikenshi]

^^ LOL I was waiting for you to post on this thread... its like butter on a toast... destined to be together

[paulbagz]

^^ LOL I was waiting for you to post on this thread... its like butter on a toast... destined to be together

-PB

[felix_w]

Official Product Page @ ASUS

and as the manual says :

Dual Intel® Socket 2011 for Xeon® Processor E5-2600 product family

and BIOS menu screen from manual has BCLk option and CPU-Ratio option which according to details range from 80 to 300 and 12 to 57 respectively:

ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS Bios Menu.png

[beaker7]

Official Product Page @ ASUS

So does this thing support 4x PCI-E 3.0 x16 or not? The site is kind of confusing. The overview talks about having access to all 80 lanes, which would be better than the EVGA SR-X configuration. But then the Specs page says this:

4 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (dual x16 or quad x8) *1
2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 *1
1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x8 mode) *1

Which is a bit confusing...

[felix_w]

What shown in specs counts 72 lanes available for PCI-E slots, what is confusing ?

[lutjens]

A very nice board indeed...too bad Intel isn't interested in providing the unlocked CPUs that this this requires to really shine...

So does this thing support 4x PCI-E 3.0 x16 or not? The site is kind of confusing. The overview talks about having access to all 80 lanes, which would be better than the EVGA SR-X configuration. But then the Specs page says this:

4 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (dual x16 or quad x8) *1
2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 *1
1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x8 mode) *1

Which is a bit confusing...

The board can access all 80 lanes from the CPUs, but has likely allocated 2 for the Marvell 9230 controller, 4 for the C602 and 2 for the USB 3.0 controller. 80 in total...

[beaker7]

What shown in specs counts 72 lanes available for PCI-E slots, what is confusing ?

I read the manual which states it more slightly more clearly. Was just kind of surprised since the SR-X is only accessing like half the lanes.

[Movieman]

A very nice board indeed...too bad Intel isn't interested in providing the unlocked CPUs that this this requires to really shine...



The board can access all 80 lanes from the CPUs, but has likely allocated 2 for the Marvell 9230 controller, 4 for the C602 and 2 for the USB 3.0 controller. 80 in total...

I still think we need to wait and see on this. I hear rumor that inside Intel( yes, a pun) that there is talk of "How to allow OC'ing on the 8 cores."
Remember, these arfe Intel's cash cow and they don't want people doing what they did with the low end 5620's to happen again.
They want to sell those expensive as all hell E5-2690's and E5-2687W's..
I can understand that, just good business.
My personal view is they should unlock the top bin and enable the strap on that chip and let us show them what these suckers will really do!

[lutjens]

I still think we need to wait and see on this. I hear rumor that inside Intel( yes, a pun) that there is talk of "How to allow OC'ing on the 8 cores."
Remember, these arfe Intel's cash cow and they don't want people doing what they did with the low end 5620's to happen again.
They want to sell those expensive as all hell E5-2690's and E5-2687W's..
I can understand that, just good business.
My personal view is they should unlock the top bin and enable the strap on that chip and let us show them what these suckers will really do!

Interesting indeed...hopefully something comes to pass from this. They want to sell the top bin chips? No problem, I'd like to buy a couple...and considering the many benefits they offer...very likely more than a couple. If they were multiplier and BCLK unlocked, I'd be very happy to take them off Intel's hands. However, to shell out what is a very premium price for a product that is castrated, leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.

This is sort of like purchasing a Bugatti Veyron with a 60mph speed limiter on it...the price of admission should ensure that any artificial limitations are removed and the product you get is the best that the company can offer...a nothing left out, nothing disabled, top quality product. I'm happy to pay a premium price for such a product. Hopefully, Intel realizes that considerable money can be made off folks with the same mindset and provides this product.

They can call it whatever they wish. Xeon Extreme Edition, E5-2687WK, E5 Xeon Uncut Edition...I don't really care what they call it.

Also, the top bin of the E5-4600 series should be unlocked as well...you never know where that may lead. The thought of an overclocked Pelted quad processor Romley-EP system at 5 GHz makes me quiver slightly...