🇬🇧 Detailed review of Huananzhi X99-F8 LGA 2011-3 | CPU Overclocking | Turbo Boost Unlock
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- Detailed review of Chinese Huananzhi X99-F8 motherboard on Intel LGA 2011-3 socket. Unlocking turbo boost with Intel Xeon E5-2650 V3 and overclocking Intel Core i7-6800k, Intel Core i7-5820k as well as Intel Xeon E5-1650 V3. Testing different RAM configurations: 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 160 GB, in single, dual, and quad channel configurations.
Intro: 00:04
Motherboard specification: 01:29
Testing and overclocking Core i7-6800k: 03:45
Testing and overclocking Xeon E5-1650 V3: 06:21
Testing Xeon E5-2650 V3 and unlocking turbo boost: 07:44
32 GB RAM sticks compatibility issue: 09:27
Testing features and ports: 10:23
Verdict: 13:24
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You are amazing.. thanks for the review. they help me save money for my next system. god bless you.
I bought this board thanks to this review, with a Xeon E5-2680v4 + 64GB RAM. Also used a Huananzhi A700 cooler. Pleasantly surprised, the setup with windows 2016 server was painless. It's mean't to go to my home server, but is running test as a desktop workstation now. This is why I wanted the v4, lower powerdraw with 14nm. With a gigabyte 256GB NVME SSD, the system feels very responsive in all applications. In benchmarks though, it's showing it's age somewhat. CPU-Z single core is 374 vs 360 in my old i7-2600, probably due to the low core clocks. Multicore 6500 vs 1700 that is a huge difference. Cinebench R23 returns 12.100 while the i7 does 3100. (to put this in perspective, my 5950X workstation running PBO does 30.000 in R23) Can't fault it for the price, the total setup cost me about 600 euro without GPU while my 5950X is a 3000 euro system. And 64GB makes it somewhat expensive for a desktop system 32GB is plenty. For me the main use case is having 40 PCI-E lanes so we can use NVME storage via a 4x SSD PCI-E card, a 10GBit NIC and then there is still 1 16x slot left for future storage. The board supports bifurcation as well so for this setup it's perfect. Just have to take idle power measurement's compared to my old i7 server.
It's nice to see someone who uses Xeon V4 what it was designed for instead on squashing it into a flashy gaming system and a week later complain of how useless it is at gaming.
@@Miyconst Thanks. I have also discovered that this mainboard can actually run headless. I ordered a ZOTAC PCIe 1x card like you previously suggested. But this board runs fine with no GPU at all, which is perfect for a server. So it’s counterparts, the boards like X99-TF and X99-F8D will most likely also be able to do this. Obviously it would have to verified for other boards. But for example building a NAS with a low TDP Xeon is very viable.
For workstation Xeon I have also spotted some other interesting versions. There is a E5-2697Av4 which has slightly lower corecount (16) VS the regular 2697v4-2699v4 but a higher baseclock, while still being a 145W TDP part. They are on the pricy side on AliExpress though.
Hi, Which (Chinese) graphics card do you recommend for the Huananzhi X99 F8 motherboard?
This is nice, thank you! I love your helpful videos!!
So after watching a ton of your videos the last week or so I’ve arrived at the conclusion that I will be getting one of these boards. Your videos have been extremely helpful and when I do my next Ultra Budget Builds Video, I will be definitely be giving you a shout out. Much deserved and much appreciated. Thanks so much for all the hard work and research you out into the Chinese X99 platform. Keep up the great work!!!
Agree... This man's videos are treasures.
Really great video. Helped me a lot
Excellent detailed review. Great work.
I have seen the same video many times, unlimited thanks to you
Exeptionally good review. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the video! :)
I subbed bro thank you for the video
El mejor analisis que vi.
amazing review
Hi there... For everyone interested on this mother, I have using it for about 6 months, as a server at my home, to vistualize 10 Windows servers... LOAD 40% or more most of the time. Powered on all the time. No issues at all. Very pleased with this mobo...
Hi Gustavo. Which processor are you using?
Hey bud, do the fan headers output variable fan speeds? I’m looking at this board and I might need a fan hub for my case.
Today i received my X99-F8, after 50 days of purchase, very happy with it. I have paired with a xeon 2680 v4 and 4 x 32 rdimm ecc samsung. Everything works fine.
I have to adapt and old intel cooler socket 1366 that is work perfectly. My plan is to use with debian and xen for virtualization, replacing my gigabyte x79s up5 with xeon 2680.
I wish that buying from aliexpress or ebay or amazon were more easy from here. I really love your channel. Greetings from Argentina.
Greetings back from Sweden. I am glad that the motherboard works well for you.
Hey, que tal la mother? Te salió buena? Te hicieron mucho quilombo los de la aduana para traerla, o como hiciste? Te la dejaron pasar con las memorias y el procesador? Gracias!!!
@@martinaguirre1923 La mother de 10. El procesador y las memorias compré localmente. En una oferta. La aduana demoro bastante, justo con el tema de la pandemia. Pero llegó hasta mí casa. Y si. Un 50% más económico. Saludos.
@@crisysadmin Claro, pasa que acá está todo re caro, sino compraría el Xeon y las ram de una, o conseguiste algún lugar que venda barato? Te la mandaron x Courrier o x correo argentino? Que gpu le metiste?
@@crisysadmin porfa pásame alguna data si tenés, yo estoy mirando por todos lados porque tengo que comprarme el disipador también (aunque voy a esperar que primero me llegue la placa). Quiero comprar el kit de la x99-TF, sera que es mejor que la F8? O me conviene la F8 y ver de comprar el resto acá? Gracias!!!
Best review i have ever seen of this motherboards, in terms of specs settings, configuration and overclock guide. Thanks a lot!! Keep it up! Nice video!! ;D
Waiting for the review of D8 and dual mothers! :D
Detailed review of Kllisre X99 D8 is already available: th-cam.com/video/u__OXCuxM_U/w-d-xo.html
Aws bro love from 🇮🇳 india
Your channel is pure LITTT!
Hope you'll review some 12/14 cores vs overclocked 8 cores for rendering/video producing!
Cheers!!!
Currently I don't have any 12/14 core Xeons, but I plan to test a dual socket setup with two Xeon E5-2650 V3, total 20 cores.
@@Miyconst 2670v3 is around $100 (with QS having lower turbo I guess).
I know that (right now) you don't make much money from the channel, but if you happend to ever had that please review it (especially after unlocking turbo).
PS: You can read manufacturer as Huanan without "zhi".
@@Adam130694 I have already had Xeon E5-2678 V3 on my hands, but it was gone to a customer quite fast. QS & ES chips do not work with turbo boost unlock, only CPUs with stepping 2 or higher can be unlocked. Are you interested in some particular rendering application or in general?
@@Miyconst In general, both Cinebenches would do.
@@Miyconst great video! I'm very interested to see how the Jingsha X99 dual socket motherboard performs - looking forward to it 😊
UPDATE: THE X99 F8 PLATE THAT I HAVE JUST ARRIVED IS COMING WITH THE TURBO BOOTS UNLOCKED AND READY FOR OC. THE BIOS IS DATED MAY 2020
It seems like the Chinese factories are watching TH-cam and follow the guides 😁. Thank you for the update.
@@metaurosthewolf5026 Turbo Boost Unlock does not have any options in the BIOS, it's a BIOS modification which just works.
@@metaurosthewolf5026
I'M SURE. THE TURBO HAD ALREADY APPLIED AND ALL THE CORES REACH 3.3 - 3.4 GHZ. THE OC I HAVE NOT WANTED TO CONFIGURE IT SINCE I HAVE READ THAT THE TURBO IS LOST BUT THE OPTIONS ARE THERE, IN THE BIOS. TELL ME WHERE AND I WILL SHARE YOU CATCHES. THE VERSION IS ALSO 5.11
@@metaurosthewolf5026 OK
@@metaurosthewolf5026
IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO DO ANYTHING. THE BIOS ALREADY HAD THE TURBO COMPLETELY APPLIED. I ALREADY TAKEN THE SHOTS TO SHOW YOU BUT I STILL DO NOT KNOW WHERE YOU WILL UPLOAD THEM. YOU CAN FIND ME ON FACEBOOK AS Ezequiel Isaac Acuña Juárez
Thanks for the review! Just one issue, what memory (Brand) are you using in these tests? And not mentioned is if one opts for higher memory speeds it should throttle down to that speed as sometimes finding a specific RAM module(s) just aren't available (or may even be On Sale). Great Review of the Motherboard by the way, it made me go out and purchase one and opted for the Xeon E5-1650 V3 for it's versatility as well as the way it works with this particular board, especially PCI.
I am testing with wide range of DDR4 memory modules. So far it's known that 4 banks modules are not supported, the rest should work. ECC REG memories usually have better compatibility. The RAM is going to be limited by your CPU. With locked CPUs it's not possible to overclock it.
Very Good, tks.
hey man! great videos!
just a quick one.... can you UNDERvolt the cpu with this mobo?
i'm looking for passive cooling options here :)
keep up the good work! :D
You can undervolt CPUs with unlocked multiplier (E5-1650 V3 / E5-1660 V3) using BIOS settings and locked Xeon E5-2600 V3 you can undervolt with custom EFI drivers.
Nice video, i was looking to buy this motherboard at december (cuz , ryzen motherboard and cpus are very expensive at my country), what is the best X99 motherboard that you recommend in your opinion?
My favorite one is JingSha / Kllisre X99 D8, but the Huananzhi boards are also good. I was just purely unlucky that one of my memory slots died here.
Thanks for the video. Have you tested any m2 chip of WI-Fi and Bluetooth on this card? Would you have any Aliexpress model to indicate?
No, sadly I don't have any such modules to validate.
I have problems using VIrtual Box or VMWARE, in both Softwares the Virtual Machine is painly slow.
I have 2 configurations with different GPU and SSD/HDD. Both uses Huaninzh X99-F8 and E5-2678 V3.
Virtualization is enabled.
Thanks for the review! After watching it i ordered myself the same M/B. As for memory that was not working - that's quite strange because i inserted 8 of the korean hynix sticks - absolutely the same model you shown in the video - and they all are working just fine. Also i tested load reduced RAM - i inserted 8 x 64GB Samsung LR DDR4 and system was able to detect and use all 512gb of RAM. I have a question - is there any software that is aware of the RGB controller on this m/b so i could use the RGB connector on it?
The RGB connector on the motherboard doesn't fit any other RGB device and the official Huananzhi store manager told me that the connector is not functional. Thus, there is no software for it.
@@Miyconst Mine has the pads present, but it looks like newer models of the board have these pins removed.
@@DerrickRG Yes, this RGB header was never working, thus they have removed it completely.
HI tnx for rew
Thanks for your reviews! Really helpful and well done. Which of these ATX motherboards would you suggest? The F8? The TF? I'm thinking of building a hackintosh.
Sadly, I have no experience with Hackintosh, thus I can't guarantee that OSX is going to work with theses boards. Go for X99-TF if you plan to use Xeon E5-2678 V3 with DDR3 memory and X99-F8 if you plan to use DDR4 memory. Other than the memory support, these two boards are basically identical.
@@MiyconstIs there a cheaper also smaller X99 board that works well for a E5 2620 for an inexpensive fun project? Thanks!
@@zzmadd Yes, take a look at Huananzhi X99-8M, Kllisre X99 D4, JingSha X99 D4, Machinist X99Z. Reviews for all of these boards are available on my channel.
@@Miyconst Thank you very much!
I built opencore hackintosh macos catalina using huananzhi x99-t8d, 2xe5-2678v3 cpu's & 64gb ddr3 - works quite well but should mention a few points: 1) it was easier to flash the bios of x99-t8d using the bios of x99-f8d (thanks Myconst!). The x99-f8d bios supports "above 4g decoding enabled" required by opencore hackintosh and works perfectly well on x99-t8d motherboard except onboard boot buzzer too loud so I removed the annoying boot buzzer from the motherboard). If you are using x99-f8d motherboard then you are fine and do not have to worry about this. 2) on-board audio worked with VoodooHDA kext but could not get AppleALC kext to work. 3) use model ImacPro1,1 if you want VDA Decoding to work (gpu hardware acceleration) - my rx580x works well. 3) after removing 06F2 microcode from bios I could turbo boost unlock by placing efi file in the EFI > OC > Driver folder. 4) Bios settings per opencore guide but should include MMIO high size 1024g, MSR lock control disable.
Hi Miyconst, I was very impressed by your review so I bought one for myself. I thought a Engineering Sample Xeon (cpu stepping B0) would work but it failed to boot into Windows 10. However the installation media on the USB works and I have access to troubleshooting tools and cmd from it. Is there some kind of custom BIOS update for this mainboard to work with a Xeon ES chip? Also I noticed there are a few jumper pins pre-installed at the bottom, do they play a role in affecting it? Please help. At the moment I'm using a Xeon E5-2620 v3 on my board.
Hi there. As far as I know, this motherboard has very limited support when it comes to the ES CPUs. In your case, you might have a physically bad CPU sample or it might be a motherboard compatibility issue. I really doubt that there is any BIOS update to fix the issue, but you can try to contact the seller.
Hi, great video, thanks a lot. Do you know if these boards support Wake on Lan?
Some of them do, others don't. As far as I know, Huananzhi supports it, but I have not tested it.
Hello Miyconst, thanks for your videos, do you know how to change the PWM% in the BIOS ? I want a more "silent" profile, but can't change it from bios.
Which motherboard do you use?
Hi Man. Thanks for the videos. I'm already suscribed and very interested on using X99 and x79 chinese boards. I'm going to start with this Huananzhi X99-F8. Last thing to decide. Did you have any dead (stop working) motherboard? How long have been you using this king of chinese motherboards? I'm concern about reliability. I want to use this board for a Xpenology NAS. Thanks again.
Hi Gustavo! So far I have not got any dead motherboards from their age. I have bricked a Machinist X99Z by trying to overclock an i7 CPU, but it's BIOS issue. The cheap green Plex HD / X99-Turbo / Atermitter X99 is very bad on its own, system is not stable and the performance is wrong. Huananzhi boards seem to have decent quality, and so far I have not got any complains regarding the longevity, still, only time will tell how long they will survive under 24/7 usage.
@@Miyconst thanks for your response. I'll let you know how it works. I hope you the best with this channel.. I will keeping following you from Argentina !!
@@gustavogoette2333 hey! Que haces loco?? Te pudiste comprar alguna de las huananzhi?? Que tal te resultaron? Gracias!!
Hi, I have this board since a couple of months and I am quite happy.
One small problem: one of the small green fans is noisy (maybe is not well balanced). Any idea how to fix it?
Thank you.
The solution I can propose is to disable these fans, they are just horrible.
Hi, really great video, it help me a lot ! I have some questions about this motherboard with e5-2678v3
Is it possible to Turbo boost and overclock e5-2678 v3 on this motherboard ? and what kind of performance do it get on cinebench R20 ?
In the xeon processors, is the e5-2678v3 the best option for performance or e5-2650v3 / e5-1650v3 better ?
Does all PCI-E slot work with e5-2678v3 turbo boost and overclocked ?
I'm building a 3D render workstation with 128GB of DDR4 REG ECC RAM.
Thanks you for your work, really good video !
1. It is not possible to overclock any Xeon E5-2600 CPU, only some E5-1600 CPUs are unlocked.
2. Turbo Boost unlock is possible on this motherboard.
3. Xeon E5-2678 V3 is a better value CPU when compared to E5-2650 V3 & E5-1650 V3.
4. All PCI-E slots work with Xeon E5-2678 V3.
5. For Cinebench R20 and other scores, see my other video: th-cam.com/video/k6oAxeucxHc/w-d-xo.html
@@Miyconst Is first PCI-E slot working on 16x width with 2678 v3 on this board? Im wondering because i dont have enough space in my case to place card somewhere else than in the top slot
@@Miyconst Can I change speed of the first pci-e slot in bios somehow?
@@adamdebski3863 Yes, the first slot works as PCI-E X16 with any Xeon CPU, what speed would you want to change and what for?
@@Miyconst If it works with x16 i dont want to change anything :) thanks for reply :)
Hi again. I have an E5-2678v3 and lots of Samsung DDR3 RDIMMs. Is the Huananzhi X99-D8 the same than this F8, just with DDR3? In that case, I‘ll get one.
You probably meant Huananzhi X99-T8, yes that's the same board, but with DDR3.
Thanks for the review, did you try Windows 11 on this board...
I didn't try, but others did, Windows 11 requires a TPM module, which is absent from the X99 boards, thus it's not compatible.
Very nice review o both motherboards. Which do you think is better ? Huanzi X99-F8 or Kllisre X99-D8. For a xeon e5 2680 V4 and 4 x 32gb ddr4 ecc 2400 mhz. Thank you in advance. Grettings for Argentina.
If the price is the same, I would go for Huananzhi X99-F8, and for X99 D8 if it's at least ~15 Euros cheaper.
Hey Miyconst! Thanks for all the helpful content. I'd like to ask you think this motherboard would work fine with an E5-2683v4 Engineering Sample QHUY/QHZE CPU or E5 2680 V4. I couldn't find anything on the internet about a CPU support list. Thanks!
There is no definite information about the ES/QS samples. If you want a 100% compatibility - get the final revision or QS chip with code, which starts with SR, not Q.
Ah I see. I'll go for the E5-2683v4 then. Thanks a bunch!
Just wondering is the fan controller working or will the software you have patch that? I got a X99G-M v1 and unlocked it but no way to get the fans controlled so was thinking of moving everything over to this.
The smart fan function works for the CPU fan header only and only with 4-pin PWM fans.
hey, before anything, thanks a lot for your reviews and constant support for these x99 boards!!
I bought X99 F8 and after flashing TU PEI 50/50 it randomly crashes OS, needing to restart.
I am now testing FFS method.
Windows is a bit smoother and games get a lot more FPS when using PEI method (CS:GO goes from 280~ to 310~ FPS average for example) even though it scores 100 points less in multithreaded cpu-z benchmark.
Have you tested them both? Can you confirm it's something with BIOS itself? I see the version attached in your tool was made using 3STT 0.2 and there's newer versions out there now, IDK if that could cause this
I have tested both of the drivers and didn't experience the issue you describe. What is your CPU? Did you enable high performance mode in Windows? Did you restore BIOS defaults after flashing a modified BIOS? What kind of crash are you getting?
@@Miyconst I flashed FFS method back and got no problems yet. I am now modding myself the file to check.
Got a 2678v3, high performance mode enable. Didn't reset to default values, might check that later though.
The crashes are usually system hangs, sometimes at idle (when im away for few minutes). No response from computer, neither keyboard/mouse. Total black screen. No events in Windows Logs.
@@Miyconst ok... just flashed PEI version and reseted bios options. It clearly changed something because computer had to shut down completely and boot again. CS average FPS got increased by further 10-20fps overall. Getting stable 399FPS (capped via console) in some areas that before hit about 380. Now I'll be checking if it wont crash and report back. thanks a lot for the info, by what i knew BIOS options would reset themselves when flashing, but I guess I was wrong
The BIOS has two options: "Fail safe" and "Optimized defaults". Flashing the BIOS goes to fail safe, but you need optimized defaults.
@@Miyconst it worked! 7h and no crashes. thanks a lot!! awesome work and support
Have you try this mobo with some branded ram DDR4 like corsair vengeance, kingston hyperx, tridentZ? Wonder if I can move to this x99 platform with keeping my current ram stick
Yes, I did try some branded memories, G.Skill, Kingston, Crucial, Corsair. Did not have a single stick which would not work.
Miyconst great, thanks alot 🙏🏻
Sound quality is quite good, but I'm not a musician so it's very hard for me to tell.... hahaha Nice video, thanks. Could you tell me which slots should I install only 2 memory sticks? I know there are 4 "dimm 1" slots, but should I install in the left ones, the right ones, or doesn't matter? Thank you in advance!
It doesn't matter which side of the CPU you use, what matters is that you install the modules into separate channels. For this you can either install them into the furthest slots from the CPU socket (one on each side) or one into a furthest slot, and another one into the second furthest (so there is an empty slot between the modules).
Thank you for the review, there's no much information about this motherboard. I'm planning to buy it along a Xeon E5 2680 v3 processor. Is it a good choice for playing games? As i'm not used to deal with tuning computers, it will be easy to overclock it to get a better speed? If not, is it better another Xeon E5 processor? Thanks in advance.
Xeon E5-2678 V3 is the same CPU as E5-2680 V3, but with DDR3 memory support. Right now E5-2678 V3 costs cheaper than E5-2680 V3, thus I would recommend it over E5-2680 V3. Overclocking any Xeon E5-2600 CPU is not possible, because these CPUs have locked CPU clock multiplier. You need Xeon E5-1650 V3, if you want to overclock it. With Xeon E5-2600 V3 CPUs it's possible to force all CPU cores to run at the maximum turbo boost frequency, which is a sort of overclocking.
Thanks @@Miyconst for your answer. I want to use DDR4 memory in this Huananzhi X99-F8, so there's no problem about that. But if the Xeon E5-2680 V3 can't be overclocked, maybe it will be too slow for games? I know it has more cores and threads than E5-1650 V3, but don't know if for playing games, it will be better the Xeon E5-2680 V3 (lower speed but more cores) or the E5-1650 V3 (higher speed but less cores)? Both processors are the same price (well, E5-1650 V3 is a bit more expensive, but is still acceptable), but don't know if it's better a Xeon E5-2680 V3 not overcloacked or a E5-1650 V3 overcloacked. Also don't know (in case of choosing E5-2680 V3) if with this Huananzhi X99-F8 i can force all CPU cores to run at the maximum turbo boost frequency and if that will be the same/better/worst than having a E5-1650 V3 overcloacked. Thanks for your answers, as my level in computers is not high and i don't want to mistake buying something incorrect.
@@Blogodiseablog Xeon E5-2678 V3 also supports DDR4 memory, so compared to E5-2680 V3, there is only one difference: E5-2678 supports DDR4 & DDR3, while E5-2680 supports only DDR4. How good the CPU is for gaming, you can see in my other very comprehensive video: th-cam.com/video/0kDqL5Flc3w/w-d-xo.html
An overclocked Xeon E5-1650 V3 will always be better in gaming, when compared to E5-2680 V3. Even if you unlock turbo boost on all cores for E5-2680 V3, overclocked E5-1650 V3 will still beat it in games. The only downside of E5-1650 V3 is it's price. Also, when overclocked, it produces quite some heat, thus you need a decent cooler to keep the CPU temps tamed.
Thanks @@Miyconst, i watched the video, now i know that more cores doesn't mean more power for playing games. So i will buy finally a Xeon E5-1650 V3 and try to overclock it. I'll install it in the Huananzhi X99-F8 board and try to afford as many DDR4 sockets i can.
About the cooler, i plan getting a liquid one like this es.aliexpress.com/item/33045343657.html but don't know if it's better to have more coolers and where to place them.
For this configuration, which graphic card do you recommend? My budget will be about 200 USD, but don't know if it's better a chinese graphic card or it has to be a quality card.
Thanks.
@@Blogodiseablog You don't need more than 4 memory modules for the best performance. If your GPU budget is just $200, I would rather advice you to pick a cheap Machinist X99Z + E5-2640 V3 combo and buy a $300 GPU. The overall performance in games will be much better. Something like GTX 1660 Super or RX 5600 XT is a good option. If you really want to get X99-F8 & E5-1650 V3, then for $200 you can find second hand GTX 1070 / GTX 1660 / GTX 1660 Super / GTX 1660 Ti.
Amazing review.
I have only 1 question, how is it performing as of now?
This exact motherboard was sent back to China, because one of its memory slots died, other two Huananzhi X99-TF & Kllisre X99 D8 are working rock solid.
Miyconst great, thank you for the update
@@Miyconst What is the best of the 3?
hi need x99 and e5 2680v4 which brand should i buy there are a lot of x99
new huananzhi x99-8M-F comes already with the turbo boost hack applied to the bios, so you should check if you already have it before doing this.
It's not just X99-8M-F, different sellers randomly flash Turbo Unlocked BIOS, thus you should check, but not expect it.
Hi Miyconst! Thanks for sharing you knoledge. You channel help my decision about my new rig. I would like to know if the Huananzhi X99 F8 has RAI0 support for using 2 m2 hard disks. Tks!
Sorry, but I don't know if that works on this board, but even if it does work, I would recommend such RAID array because of M.2 port is PCI-E 3.0 and the other one is PCI-E 2.0.
Tks
Do you know Who is Who, I mean 1st m2 is PCIe 3 and 2nd m2 is PCIe 2 where 1st is that one close tô the CPU socket? Tks
@@ahkokra You can read on the title, one is marked as NVMe another on as SATA, at least it was so on my motherboard. The SATA one can also host NVMe drives, but only with PCI-E 2.0 speed.
I would rather use Software RAID than hardware solution.
Awesome video man, just wondering have you tried using the Raid Utility I just don't seem to get it working I have 2 nvme ssds
I have not tried any RAID configurations, but as far as I know it's not supported because one M.2 slot is connected to the CPU and the other one is connected to the chipset and limited y PCI Express 2.0 speed.
@@Miyconst thanks for that bro if you were to access the Raid Utility would it only work with sata? I bought one of those PciE nvme raid cards but I just can't seem to access the Raid Utility at all, I don't even see an option to access it. Any suggestions?
@@GooseLooseMoose so far I don't have much to say, sorry. I have also got a PCI-E raid card as a donation for my channel, thus I will try to investigate this subject.
@@Miyconst thanks man you are awesome, so I was able to only have a raid 0 as a secondary drive and made the array with windows 10
@@Miyconst Just wondering do you know if this motherboard supports TPM 1.2 for bit locker?
I was looking for an easy solution for a cheap, yet powerful home server, and I think I will be using one of these boards with a Xeon and ECC memory so that I can begin building my Windows Server. Run Jellyfin, and do all kinds of home server things. My only concern is that the SATA ports on board don't support RAID? This won't be too much of an issue because I wanted to get a SAS HBA anyway, and control the RAID with an ASIC.
If it's a hobby project, then the Chinese motherboards will be just fine, but if it is a real server, please do yourself a favor and get a used Dell workstation from eBay.
I bought this board, and have a 2670 V3 installed, but Windows 10 only sees 4 of the 8 RAM slots. I took the CPU out to see if I had bent any pins, but none are bent at all. Any ideas why Windows only sees half the RAM slots? The 4 that work are slots 2 and 4 on each side, with 1 being the closest to the socket. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi, Hello from India, I am a fan of your channel, really enjoy watching your videos, I am thinking of buying this Huananzhi X99-F8 and E5-2650 v3 with 64Gb RAM, I have never used unbranded / Chinese motherboards before, but these boards a very good value, x99 chipset boards from the top brands are way to costly even in second market, How reliable do you think this board is? would it last in 24/7 operations or do you think its only good for light use?
I have a few workstations assembled with this motherboards, so far no issues. Even though buying from AliExpress is a lottery, the Huananzhi boards are quite decent.
How to unlock turbo bost wtih bios for E5-2650 V3 ? Is there any video tutorial?
Hello, May I know what power supply was used.? I have the F8 board and tried testing it with Aone bit 750W, but it won’t power up.. all my connections and correct and tight..
As far as I remember, I used Corsair HX1000 at that time, but I am not sure. Have you validated that the power supply is working on its own?
Hi. Where I can find the BIOS error codes description for this motherboard (X99-F8). I'm building my PC. I started to connect the devices and everything was working fine till I connected the USB3 front panel cable. So now my computer starts, gives me one short "beep" and turns on all the fans but the screen is off (no signal detected). I disconnected USB3 cable but the issue persists. The code that I have is AE. I'd be grateful for your help.
There is no guarantee that chinese use the same post codes, but here is the guide I use: www.bioscentral.com/postcodes/amibios.htm
I have the Huananzhi X99-F8 Mainboard and I am very happy with it. I combined it with the 2640 v3 and Turbo Unlock works perfect.
But I have some issues and hopefully someone can help me:
1.) When I use sleep mode, the turbo unlock is not working until I restart. Is there already a fix for this?
2.) I am using hibernation for now, but the boot time is really long on this mainboard. The initialisation where the different states on the LED-Display are shown takes very long. Is there any option to accelerate the boot?
3.) The CPU Fan runs at 50% RPM. I tried to tune the PWM settings in the bios, but I can only higher the speed on different temperatures, but it never goes below 50%. Is there any way to set the Speed around 25% or even disable the fan at low temperatures?
Thanks in advance!
same, sleep mode pause the turbo boost. don't know why
would this motherboard's VRM handle an e5-2696V4?
Yes, it would.
Thank you ❤
Who have tested pcie bifurcation works?
To add 4 ssd nvme on one 16x slot.
I tested, it works.
@@MiyconstThanks for confirming! This will unlock so much upgrade possibilities for this board!
thank you for this review. i now feel a lot more confident in the features these boards offer compared to the asus etc that cost twice as much or more. although you had a bad dimm, that is probabaly not a very common occurrence and i assume you were able to replace it under warranty. this and an e5 1660 v3 should keep me gaming until Golden Cove intel desktop processors arrive on the long overdue 10nm. no point in buying into AM4 which is dead next year or lga1200 which is still skylake and a 2 year only socket. may as well save and just get a few more cores for now. my 4 core i5 2550K still games well mostly but not a multitasker.
You are totally correct about the dead memory slot. I have not heard of anyone getting the same issue and I have returned my motherboard back to the seller for a full refund. Xeon E5-1660 V3 is great CPU, but don't expect to overclock it any higher than 4.1 GHz on this board, the power delivery system won't be able to coop with that.
@@Miyconst my lack of budget for water-cooling would keep me in that range anyways. If I had the cash for a loop I would probably try putting a universal waterblock on the power delivery. I think on a name brand board a lot of guys hit 4.5 so it might be possible unless the components quality level just isn't high enough.
@@eclipsegst9419 Unfortunately, the limitation is not due to the temperatures, it's due to the VRM's inability to provide so much current and voltage into the CPU. E5-1660 V3 overclocked to 4.5 GHz consumes shit lots of electricity and the motherboard's VRM can't handle it, which leads to unstable system.
@@Miyconst i see. so maybe better to just get a slightly newer and faster Broadwell once the prices come down. They are all locked i think, but have more cores in the same categories.
@@eclipsegst9419 Well, with Broadwell you will be mostly disappointed. It's not possible to unlock turbo boost with Xeon V4 chips, and all Xeon E5-1600 V4 are locked, so it's not possible to overclock them either.
Hi man. Great video, very technical details about the motherboard. I saw the video and you tested the xeon E5-2650 with all ECC memories. Can I use that procesor with no ECC common DDR4 memory desktop? Thanks in advance for your help. I have no experience in this type of plattforms.
Hi Gustavo. All Xeon processors can work with normal non-ECC memory modules. Core i7 CPUs do not work with ECC memory. I have also tested E5-1650 V3 & E5-2650 V3 with regular desktop memory - works.
@@Miyconst thanks again. Already liked the vídeo and suscribed
Hi man, I wanna use e5 2687w v4 with quadro p2000 gpu can this mb support this???
@@shahedhasan561 Most likely it's gonna work on this motherboard, but I can't guarantee it.
I have just ordered this MB and a Xeon E5-2697v3. They should work together correct? And also turbo unlock?
Yes and yes, it should work well together.
Hello sir whats model or brand of ram is compatible of this mother board?
Hello. I have a question:
What would happen if I install x8 sticks of 64gb of ram?
(total of 512gb)
Would they work, only 32gb, or would not detect it?
CPU supports this configuration.
the problem
could be in motherboard.
Sorry, I can't answer the question, since I don't have such memory modules to test.
buenas hay alguna bios para la placa HUANANZHI X79 verde. saludos.
Can I ask why no one has modified the bios to do bclk increase on these boards? is it not possible on chinese boards?
Because these boards lack physical hardware required for BCLK overclocking.
Can Huananzhi X99-F8D and X99-8M-F being Turbo Boost Unlock? Where can I get the BIOS?
How you can configure ram latency in this mobo?
Hi, i have a problem with this mobo: when i turn up the pc, before the display there are like 20 seconds where pc is on but black screen. i see that the little display on the motherboard change values. It there any way i can speed-up this? Thanks
Unfortunately, there is no way to speed it up. Maybe in the future there will be a modified BIOS with improved booting time, but so far there is no solution for the problem.
Maybe you know how to turn off onboard leads, on this motherboard. Green do not work with gold on fan leds. Thans for any help!
Unfortunately you can only physically remove the LEDs, there is no software to control it.
@@Miyconst Thanks for the information. I thought that would be in software, and if it is impossible it will have to stay. Thanks again!
Is it possible to use both NVME slots with NVME drives and all eight SATA ports will work along too or will one or two ports won't work because of the two NVME drives?
Yes, you can use both M.2 slots and all SATA ports, X99/C612 chipset doesn't have this limitation.
@@Miyconst Thank you so much.
Does this board support virtualization? I plan to use proxmox as homelab
Yes, it does.
Congratulations for the review. Very good. Could you help me, please?
I also have this motherboard. I have 1 DDR4 ECC REG 32GB 2133 Mhz and it works normally however when I test with another DDR4 ECC Reg 32Gb 2400 Mhz, the CPU will not start. Do you know if I can use memories with different frequencies? Thank you.
You can use memories with different frequencies, but the memory type should be identical. Most likely you have two incompatible memory modules.
Is there a way to make The F8 faster booting? Post takes about 35 seconds here with no image.
So far there is no solution for this problem, but you can experiment with other BIOS variants.
Does this motherboard support pcie bifurcation (for use in quad/dual nvme adapter)? If yes then on which slots?
My sample did support it on all slots but it doesn't guarantee that yours will support it as well since Chinese may update the BIOS or the motherboard without any prior notice.
Thanks for infos! But, in this case of I have [ 32 GB = 2 x 16 GB ] DDR4 ECC what is the best slot to insert, at the X99-F8??
You can use any of the Y marked slots from this scheme: [ Y N Y N CPU N Y N Y ].
hi miyconst!! thanks for your videos, im interested in this MB but im concerned about the sata ports, my VGA is a little big, wont hit sata ports?
It shall be fine, the SATA ports are turned away from the motherboard, thus, even if it's covered with a graphics card, you still can connect SATA cables.
@@Miyconst i read someone complaining about fitting vga on this board
@@hirinhu Could you specify any more details?
Help!! I tried updating the flash and did cmos clear and now my motherboard is stuck (after many bios code changes) with code 79. What does it mean? I also disconnected all external cables and internal pcie card (just sata cables left connected) and still code 79. What does it mean? How can I solve this?
The 79 code usually means memory errors, you can find the list of post codes on my blog website.
Good night I would like to know if the Huananzhi x99 f8 card has any incompatibility with the Loki Asgard 8gb rgb memories, I bought 16gb of this memory and have already ordered the x99 f8, you think I will have problems with this memory.
Hi. With these Chinese motherboards you can never say with 100% certainty. I have a situation with two identical modules, one produced in China, another one in Korea. Chinese - work, Korean does not. Thus, the only way to check if there will be any compatibility problems is to plug the memory modules onto the motherboard and try it 😉. From my experience, you shall not be worried. Every 8 GB modules I have tested with these Chinese X99 boards worked well.
couldnt justify the extra cost myself but still a great mobo
I not see anything related of linux support. Could you confirm if this motherboard works as well wif linux and if linux identify the drivers?
I have tested Ubuntu 20.04 and it worked well, but the only thing I did is a Geekbench 5 run and general usage.
Hello i have 1 problem when i force all cores at 100% with occt , with xeon 2678 cores downclock to 2,9ghz i have huananzhi-x99-f8.tu.v3p50.ffs.mi8.rom bios , can you tell me what is the problem.
The CPU TDP limit is the problem. The only thing you can do about it is to further reduce CPU voltage.
I don't succed to use 8 sticks of 16Gb memory. 6 sticks are ok but 8 return error code 67 ! Have you succed using 8 sticks of RAM ?
Have you had any failure or break in the hardware of this motherboard because of the use during this period of time? You said in the video something about that ram slots had been crashed, if I did not misunderstand you, thanks for the video, greetings
So far I didn't have any problems with these motherboards due to the longevity issues, and the failed RAM slot is just a defect, which may happen with any motherboard. It does not seem to happen frequently.
@@Miyconst thanks for the info!
Hi, can you make a video on what is the best or optimised bios settings for Huananzhi X99 F8 and other Chinese x99 motherboards? Thanks.
Hi Brian. I could make such video, but the thing is that there is no "the best" settings, each configuration of Motherboard / CPU / RAM would require different settings.
@@Miyconst Thanks for the quick reply. Understood, would really appreciate if you could guide on each settings in general. Once again, thank you so much!
@@brianwong6562 The best thing you can do with these settings - leave them on default :), there are just a few tweaks that you might need to do.
@@Miyconst Ya, I leave it as default and I plan disable all energy saving options that might affect the performance. Just not sure if it is unnecessary. Hence, I hope that there is a video explaining on the function of each settings.
On this motherboard, are there specific ram slots for quad channel ram? like the 2nd and 4th ram slot on both sides?
Yes, you have to install your RAM in the following pattern: [X _ X _ CPU _ X _ X], hope this helps.
@@Miyconst thank you! I've scoured the internet for that answer
Which motherboard do you recommend me for a E5 2640v3, huananzhi x99-TF or huananzhi x99-f8
These two are identical motherboards, the only difference is DDR3 support and one extra 4-pin fan header on X99-TF. Xeon E5-2640 V3 does not support DDR3, thus you have to go with DDR4, means X99-F8 is a better option.
Thankss!!
Do you recommend F8 against TF ? Im planning to build something for hackintosh / gaming / productivity for a long term. Maybe in the future being able to upgrade.
Yes, if you need DDR4 support only. These two are basically identical boards, but X99-TF has 4 DDR3 and 4 DDR4 slots, while X99-F8 has 8 DDR4 slots.
Thanks for your answer, friend!
If someone is still watching: Will this board run regular decktop memory? Or is it ECC only? In the AliExpress ad it states: 'Memory type supported: non-ecc/reg ecc/ecc' but I'm not sure what its telling me. I have some older(2015) G.Skill 8X8 Ripjaw 4 sticks (F4-2133C15Q2-64GRB) 1.20v @ CL15-15-15-35 (will they work in the Huananzhi X99-F8?)
Yes, these Chinese boards work with regular non-ECC memory, but only with 16-bank modules. Maybe the latest revision has improved, but it's uncertain.
Your reviews are really nice. but when you said that a ram slot died, i started to worry about the real quality of the motherboard.. that maybe means that it's not meant to last?
I think, I was unlucky with this particular motherboard. I have already assembled multiple computers with these Huananzhi boards, no issues so far.
Hi i have a HUANANZHI X79 249PC V 2.2 and temp is not real. Procesor not works whit turbo. Can you tell me if exist some bios. Thanks for all.
I am sorry to say, but I do not have any experience with this baord.
hi, im from brazil and my english is not so good, i hope you can understand me
I just received my new f8 huananzhi, today, and installed it...there is a CORE INDICATOR near the battery, in motherboard...it show the voltage right?? MY ONE IS WRITED "AA" not numbers.... i dont know why...
and the vcore is 1.8v , is it right ?
The indicator has nothing to do with the voltage, it's a post code indicator, which indicates what is going on the motherboard. AA - All Alright :).
Hey can you review the artermiter x99 motherboard and compare it to the machinist x99 motherboard? Thanks!
Hi. Yes, I can:
Atermiter / PlexHD X99: th-cam.com/video/FfIj0rU1hmA/w-d-xo.html
Machinist X99Z: th-cam.com/video/uW-8ljvNoQo/w-d-xo.html
I bought a x99 f8 motherboard but I get trouble of using raid.
Whenever I turn on raid controller, I got boot loop when boot into windows 10, even boot into USB for new install.
I tried with external raid card, but when the card has connection with SAS HDD, I still got boot loop, I tried turn of CMS but still not working. Any one success setup raid for this motherboard ? or may I missing some thing ?
I have not tested the hardware RAID on this motherboard, but Windows software RAID works well.
Hello congratulations for the software ... I have an F8 with an E5 - 2682 V4 will the CPU Overclocking, Turbo Boost Unlock work?
No and no. Your CPU is locked and doesn't support Turbo Boost Unlock.
Hey does someone know if the HUANANZHI X99-F8 does have Crossfire Support?
It does work with two AMD GPUs in Crossfire.
Hi! You have make a very good review! Thank very much! But i have 1 question.
I want to change my asus m599fx pro r2.0 + fx 8350 + 2x8gb corsair 1866mhz to a x99-F8 + xeon e5 1650 v3 + 4x4Gb DDR4 2133. Are you think this it's a good change? I'm only play xplane11, and need's a hard single thread processing and i don't want to spend money. My fx8350 is so bad on single thread.
It's possible to mount e5 1650 v3 with 4x ddr4 sticks non ecc memory or i need to buy ecc reg? Thank's
In general E5-1650 V3 is a much better CPU than FX-8350, so I think it's a good replacement. Huananzhi X99-F8 is going to work well and you could even overclock the CPU to ~4.3 GHz, but you shall be careful with the 4 GB memory sticks. Cheap 4 banks modules are not supported by the Chinese X99 boards, the 8 banks modules might not work as well, but all 16 banks I have tested are working. Memory bank is a physical hardware specification, you can read more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_bank
@@Miyconst thanks for answer! Now, i Dont know choose e5-1650 v3 or e5-2678 v3 kkkkk.. I have seen other video made by you, but it seems to me that they are very similar. By the way, thanks Again!
I'm sorry for any questions, but this memory is good? pt.aliexpress.com/item/32865424489.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.19c13c004dQpsA&mp=1
4x4gb 2400mhz to do quad channel
Please check for PCI-E slots. On your annotation screen: slot1A does not work at all, slot2A works x8, but BIOS settings do not work, slot3A x16. However, in the video on the screen, you show that slot1A is working x8, slot2A x16, slot3A is not working. Which of these is true? In which slot is it better to install the main graphics card and will the performance in the x8 slot be worse? Can I change the operation of slots with BIOS updates?
The confusion comes from how the slots are named. Let's count the PCI-E slots from the CPU socket towards the post code indicators. Then here is how they work with i7-6800k: x8 / x16 / x0, with Xeon E5: x16 / x16 / x4.
Does the latest bios solve 3 pin fans issue?
No, it doesn't.
Hi, what do you think about Huananzhi DB4 using 2678 v3?
It should be fine if you can get it for a good price.
@@Miyconst the difference between F8 and DB4 is 30 dollars, which one do you prefer?
@@danilofarah2545 it depends on what you need. X99-BD4 has only 4 memory slots and does not support overclocking.
Is it possible to somehow activate in the original, from the manufacturer's website of this motherboard, the latest BIOS version, the adjustment of RAM timings?
Maybe, but you better just use the iEngineer BIOS for X99-F8.
@@Miyconst I've tried all the BIOS. Including an engineer. The new F8 motherboards have been protected . The BIOS after overwriting does not work correctly Necessarily independently, without the help of the user enters its menu, and only then, when exiting, begins to load the operating system. There is one at KOT, a late version, but it does not have support for my LRDIMM, and I need it for it.
How is it possible to modify the original one by including an item with support for adjusting timings? It is there, but turned off.
@@user-vu2dv8sl6x I am sorry to say, but I am not knowledgeable enough to tell you that, you can upload your original BIOS to Kot's GitHub and ask him for a mod, he is usually friendly and fast to answer.
You mention there's only one 4-pin fan header on the F8. I looked at photos on Ali and it looks there's also two 3-pin fan headers too. Can you cofirm that?
Yes, that's true, but you still can't control 3-pin fans rotation speed on this board.
Has anybody seen any Chinese X99 motherboard with PCI slot?
I only saw Machinist X79Z.
So far I have not seen such a board.