Just purchased one but it came with only ONE DDR4 DIMM. In the manual they say in what order to fill the DIMM banks refering to them as B1, B2, D1 and D2 but this code is NOT on the motherboard! Can you help ?
@@Miyconst Thank you very much! I assume both left and right will work. This means bank 0 is both slots closer to the edge of the board and bank 1 is both slots closer to the CPU.
Ha! I would have featured that board in my next video... except it seems I bought the PR8 by mistake. Just a few minor differences, like the fact that the PR8 takes DDR3, and is only compatible with 7 CPUs (none of which I own)!
Now it's time to buy an E5-2678 V3 and/or E5-2696 V3! I actually thought how to ship you this motherboard with one of my CPUs.. but the UK border is such a headache..
Hi I'm going to purchase an X99-Pr8 because it uses DDR3. how was the motherboard so far? does it allows all cores turbo boost? I'm planning to put E5-2670 V3 into it.
The Jginyue X79 MB I have can't really handle the E5-2690 I have. The VRMs run dangerously hot. Ended up buying an HP workstation board for it and used the worn out E5-2620 that came free with the HP board as a socket protector when I used the X79 as a mining rig. Then I got an E5-2640 for it and turned it into a NAS. It is fine with a 95W CPU but not one that draws 140W. I also put some mini heatsinks on the MOSFETS. The PR9 has a heatsink on the MOSFETS so it may be able to handle the bigger CPUs just fine. Now going to turn the 2690 and HP board a remote video editing and audio workstation I can access from my laptop. Planning to get an A310 because it is the cheapest way to add AV1 encoding support. Also just bought a PR9 and E5-1650v3 for a gaming PC build I'm going to sell. I already have a 2060 I got for cheap and refurbished to go in the build.
I was about to manually do the long process of flashing this motherboard a couple days ago since Mi899 didn't had this board when I tried it, yet you just came in and did it yourself, thank you very much! I tested this motherboard with a E5-2620 V3 stock with a Mingzhou RX 580 2048SP and I also had the GPU running at x8 3.0 speed, even though GPU-Z indicated that it was possible to do x16, probably the RX 580 I have is at x8 bandwith. For a $40 x99 motherboard + $5 Xeon with not over 8cores to overload the vrm, I think its good enough for making a cheap gaming PC. Subbed.
I have a problem with this board + rx580 2048sp. When the screen is turned off, like when the PC is at the logon screen, the fans of the 2048SP goest to MAX. ALl the time. Tried with 2 2048SPs. Any ideas?
Man i love your videos, your reviews are very detailed and and I like the fact that you respond to most of the comment I just wish the best for you may Allah bless you❤
@@Miyconst I don't want to get into details but you should know that hama-Israel war is not different from Ukrainian war and any colonized country would do the same to be free, we might not share the same ideas but at the end we're all humans, + saying may Allah bless you is the same as saying may jesus bless you ☺️ love from Algeria 🇩🇿
I would love to have a chat with you as you seem to be a reasonable person. Still, TH-cam will delete all my comments if I go into details, thus if you are up for it - welcome to join my Discord and ping me.
thanks for the info in this motherboard i keep eyeing this in ph market for some quite time now like 3 quarter of 2023 , cuz it cheap and paired with v4 processor at local online resellers
Just wanna say thank you for providing all of these breakdowns. I've built every computer I ever had, but I've needed a server rig for years now and never had the extra money to drop on a modern server tower. Really appreciate you
I got this one from Zsus (seems exactly the same as yours) to run with a 2640v3 (didn't tried the TurboBoost Unlock yet. Thanks for the review, if you say it's approved I'm confident that is an "OK" product.
hey, would it be possible to get a sort of "is x99/aliexpress platform worth it in 2024" video? or do you have a similar one already? i think it could be a good sorta jumping off point for new viewers?
Awesome video. I just ordered one of these. I got it from eBay so if something doesn't work right I can return it. I got a 1650v3 for $8. That's really cheap for a CPU that performs like a Ryzen 1600, which will still cost you at least $40. Update: The PR9 I received was DOA. The chipset gets really hot and the CPU doesn't get warm at all. There is power to the CPU fan header but not the case fan header. Also, there is no power to any of the USB ports. While I am 99% certain the MB is faulty (specifically the chipset), I nevertheless ordered another CPU for testing. I also ordered another PR9, this time from Amazon. Although I should be able to return the original one to the eBay seller, it is a PITA compared to Amazon returns so if I were to get another faulty board, at least I'll have an easy time returning it.
So I tested the Mucai Version of this board, flashed it with -50 UT BIOS. (C612) Front Panel USB3 now runs at full speed BUT it does corrupt data. So I would recommend testing those ports extensively before using them with some sort of data drives. The VRMs are fine with unlocked 2680v3 when doing normal tasks or gaming, running Prime95 almost instantly bumps the CPU over 90° as well as the VRMs. Cinebench hits those figures after like 3 minutes or so. Overall I'm quite happy with the board but would suggest using either v4 Xeons or unlocked v3 with less than 120W TDP. Something like 2640v3 or 2660v3. Always fun playing the Ali Board Lottery 🙂 💙💛
@@Miyconst Well I learned the hard way... I use an external SSD for testing and benchmarking and at first I noticed Windows 10 asking for checking the drive everytime, even after doing so. I ignored it and ran a few game benchmarks and after a while I only got crashes when trying to start a certain game. Using "verify game files" within Steam led to a complete reinstall because all files were corrupted. The I/O shield ports do work perfectly fine though, did not run into any issues at all. I don't know about any sort of tools but I will start researching for sure.
I know you you pretty much wrote off the Atermiter motherboards but I actually HIGHLY recommend the super cheap Atermiter AS9 X99. Does quad channel ram, with a modified bios you get ReBAR and smart fan control, all ports and USB work as they should. Best part is, it's like $55 USD. You can see some of my tests with an E5-2699A V4 on my channel.
This board costs 40€ or like $38 or so. He probably dismissed those Atermiter because in the past they were extremely low quality and have been breaking after less than a year. Granted, quad channel seems very tempting.
The information at 9:05 is correct? You tested the motherboard at -21 degree Celsius ambient temperature.... What is the cpu cooler you are using? Thank you for the video.
Great video I'm planing to buy this Motherboard and pair a x99 cpu with a RTX 3080 that I got really cheap but I don't know which cpu to use since I saw a couple of you videos were you said thar E5-2696 V3 ans 2698 V3 don't hold the 3.8ghz and 3.6ghz for long on TBU, so my question is which cpu should I pair it with the rtx 3080? I'll be playing mostly in 1440p and 2160p
@@Miyconst I'm planning to play AAA games and according to your benchmark 4k gaming vs 5600x is less than 5% and I'm on a tight budget I don't want to spend more than $400-$450 which x99 cpu is the best for gaming?
@@dairoferreraquino3393 The 2697v3 is the maximum you can put while spending little on heatsinks, which must be a lowprofile that also cools the VRM or you put a fan dedicated to the VRM only. But a 3080 is used at 70%, whereas a 4060 pushes it to 100%. I doubt you will be able to play all 3A, you will have problems already in 1440p with some games. To play on almost anything you need to move to AM4 platforms with ryzen 5600x at least
I just bought this mobo with E5 2630 V4 pro combo. As it turns out, none of the fans i have can fit on this socket. Now i have to find a cheap fan so i can finally use it. Wish me luck!
Thank you for the review and the video. I bought this X99 PR9 motherboard, and I wanted to perform turbo boost unlock on it, unfortunately mine is on the Q87 chipset, hence my question, will your modification work on this version? Another thing is the resizable bar, after enabling this option, the board does not start, and I have to reset it with a jumper. I will add that my CPU is Xeon E5 2640v3.
Please watch this life stream (use timestamps) for more info on BIOS compatibility: Hidden gem hunt, no more X99 TPMs, random Q/A - Miyconst Live th-cam.com/users/livetKGUWnEUShE?feature=share
hello, thanks for this review, this MB comes with chipset Q87/B85, Mi899 can handle z97 chipset, do u going to upgrade to that chipset? thanks in advance and regards
Do you mean the NVME/SATA M.2 jumper? It's so you can either plug an Nvme m.2 or sata m.2 which doesn't use the same protocol so you need to change the jumpers placement
Excellent review. Love your channel. I recently bought this motherboard coupled with an E5-2650v4. I am really happy with it's performance. One thing I have noticed is it will only occasionally work Waking from Lan. Could this be due to sleep not functioning properly on the motherboard? Thanks.
Hey Miyconst, great video. I was looking to get either this board, the Machinist X99 PR9, or the white QIYIDA X99 D4, and wanted to pair it with an old i7 like a 5820k or 5930k. I was just wondering if the CPU would be compatible with the motherboards, or if only some chipsets would work, or if neither of these boards would work with any chipset (i dont care about overclocking, so i dont mind if the overclocking support isnt ideal)
I just recently found your channel. I believe you do a great job in presenting these Chinese motherboards helping lots of people in making their decisions, given the rather messy offers on AliExpress. Would it be possible to analyze some of the motherboards from the perspective of a home server solution? I'm interested in virtualization, pci-e passthrough and pci-e bifurcation. Would be a great effort from you, but very helpful to see how these motherboards stand. Thank you for your work!
For mission critical devices I always recommend second hand Dell or HP workstations, AliExpress is a gamble. In the past I did a few videos about servers and similar stuff, the views are minimal, people aren't interested whatsoever.
I got this just before Christmas and paired it with a 2680 v4, couldn't find much info online so happy to see you got one and reviewed it!😆 is it possible to flash bios to undervolt with v4 xeon?
Very interesting, I was literally looking at this board yesterday. They sell for around $40-50. How much speed is left with just dual channel ram instead of quad configuration?
It really depends on the application. If you have something memory intensive, it could be up to 30% lost, if you have something like gaming, 0.5-5% loss.
@@p_mouse8676 you can try the qd4 huananzhi, its quad. Also in Myiconst other vid, you can see quad helps min fps in games mostly... like 10-20 fps boost (single player). For me, if i still game, id go for a quad especially if theres added fps in multiplayer arena/shooters
What do you think of pairing this board with a 1660v4? It has 140W TDP officially but the slightly weaker 1650v4 can’t even get close to those numbers. Not sure about 1660.
I have the q87 chip, I was getting "error 280: failed to disable write protection for the bios space!" on Mi899, not sure if i was doing something wrong. It worked using TechYesCity's tutorial following step1b but won't have the -50/50mv :(. Will the 1650 v3 with turbo unlock be fine? But I'm guessing overclocking it won't be fine?
Have you seen the PR9-A ? apparently is just a white version of the PR9 but i can't find the information to be sure about it, do you know if it has some other hardware difference ? thanks !
Hi friend, thanks a lot for your videos, one question, I have a machinist x99 pr9 with b85 chipset and e5 2697 v3, in the Mi899 program, the bios are for the Z97 chipset, I want to flash the -50/50mv version but I need to know if it is safe to do it with this bios or should I use a bios from the X99 MR9A board with the b85 and C226 chipset. Greetings!
Hi there. Nothing is safe with AliExpress and BIOS flash may brick your motherboard. In general, B85 chipset uses the same BIOS as Z87/Z97 and other desktop chipsets.
Hello Miyconst congratulations for your video..I also have this motherboard model Machinist X99 PR9 with CPU E5 2650 V4 and wanted to hear from you if to unlock the turbo boost which bios should I choose in the mi899 utility list? Do I have to do everything I see in your video? ( Unfortunately it appears very quickly and I'm afraid of making a mistake in selecting the correct selections )... It would be great if you can make a video on how to set the BIOS of this motherboard in general ad hoc, I hope for your response, Thanks ! best regards.
@@Miyconst Thank you ! Oh I thought the opposite, so do you recommend installing a higher clock CPU on this motherboard? Which ? I thought to an E5 2667 V4 What do you think about it ? Thank you!
Hi Miyconst, I would like to know after all those testings, do you have a preference between tower and downdraft CPU cooler even for higher TDP CPU like a E5 2697A V4 ? I've swapped out a Noctua U12S for a Thermalright SI-100 on my 13600k and I somehow have the same results in my ZZAW C2M case.
Thank you very much for your detailed video. I have a question regarding this motherboard. Is it possible to run it without GPU, aka headless mode? If so, how is it configured in the BIOS?
Thank you for your great video. This makes me want to get 1 to pair with my ECC ram. May i get a suggestion for the best xeon processor to work with this motherboard? Thanks
Hello Miyconst, I need your help to identify which chipset came on my PR9 motherboard, because in all identification programs: CPU-Z, AIDA64, SPECCY they show ID8C54 chipset, please help me.
Hey, just found your channel. Love your work. Recently, I sold my old CPU and MB to upgrade my GPU. As such, I bought a 2680 V4 with this board. I plan to game @ 1440p with my new RX 6700 XT. Would this board be able to handle it? I plan to use the board for 3-4 years before upgrading. I also do not plan to modify the bios or anything like that.
Wait, one slide says that ECC mode is not supported? Does that mean this motherboard does not work with server REG ECC memory? Damn, so if I ever bought it to replace my 8M-F, I would have to buy new memory also... Might as well go for the X99 QD4, as sometimes it's cheap enough as to avoid egregious taxes here in Brazil!
Hello, @Miyconst, i was hoping to get your opinion on something. Im stuck between choosing the machinist x99 rs9 or the machinist x99 pr9. They are both within my price range but im not sure which one would be better. I will be paring with an rx 6650xt and either a xeon e5-2630 v4 or e5-2650 v3 as I have both on hand.
Thanks for this video...I have built a few PCs for sale with this motherboard and the E5-1650 v3 all AliEx. The last one I got I could not use 2 DIMMs in at once or it would simply not boot. I tried different sticks and played with BIOS settings to match RAM speed and timings exactly instead of Auto and nothing would work. I assume it's defective? BTW, the seller on Ali issued a full refund...
I found some of these Chinese motherboards with broken S3 Sleep actually work with Hibernate or Hybrid Sleep. It's worth a try. But of course, this only applies to those that can enter sleep (or maybe standby) mode but can't wake up normally, not the ones without the sleep/standby option at all.
I bought one but mine came with a B85 Southbridge, so I dont know if I can use the same BIOS that is on the Mi899 app. Will I have to do everything with the long method then? Im mostly just interested on the Turbo boost unlock.
I ended up doing the long method, I used your guide and putted the -50Mv.ffs since you recommended that one for BIOS on this board, now the 2620v3 boots around 3.3Ghz with it, so it should be close to a Ryzen 1600 in terms of performance. It works really well. Though now these days I've seen 1000 and 2000 series Ryzen for cheap, and since theres also a Machinist B450 motherboard that costs pretyt close to this PR9, for gaming I would suggest just spending 20$ more and saving a lot of headache, besides you have a good upgrade path with AM4 if you start with a 1600 or so, considering the X3D line exists. Thanks for your hard work!
Built a few systems with this board and they all worked fine, exept the one I tried today, it simply would not post, using all known working parts so you can get a bad board from time to time it seems
help me please I bought a pr9 e5 2666v3 board, I made the. Installation and turned on normally I used it for days, everything was ok, when I went to unlock it it gave error 103, something related to the flash. Before doing so, I went into the bios and disabled the bios lock. I didn't run anything, it was in the first bat that dump.bat gave this error. Please, can you help me?
Thanks for responding, I'll go in. I really want to unluck my PR9 (e5 2666v3) and every time I run dump.bat it gives an error 103, mentioning an error related to 'flash'.@@Miyconst
Hi Mr, thanks for helpful video! I'm planning to buy this Mobo with a 2650v3 (for very cheap price) I have something to ask? What about DDR4 ram?? What is the max speed? 2133? Or I can use 3200Mhz? Reading description about ram supported and said "3200mhz"... You think this is possible? Thank you!
@@Miyconst the seller let me know that they can expect to last about 5 or 6 years given that most motherboards are typically branded to last 10 to 12 years I'd say that you can expect to need to replace the capacitors at the halfway point of a typical motherboards lifespan. So if you are only using this board lightly you'd get more milage because some non-budget name brand boards boards are said to have lasted users 20 years. In that instance with the same use and conditions this board you are reviewing would last 10 years of that 20. Somewhat half of what high end boards would last for. This is based off what the seller said to me and I'm posting this here in case it helps people not to claim I am an expert. I have this board and feel even though the capacitors are half life expectancy that they can be replaced if one knows how to. Most users would more than likely be upgrading their motherboards after every so often anyway. It's an excellent budget board. Most of your hardware would need a new motherboard anyway after 10 years anyway. Maybe even after 5 if you are a software engineer or into gaming. Thank you very much for your videos because they help me a great deal.
Thanks so much for your efforts to provide us quality technical information arround those chinese scraps that sometimes is the only one budget option for thousands of people to have their first setup. I'm from Brazil and things here are very expensive most because the indecent taxes and duties imposed by govern. Please, do you thing is possible to run a 2687w v3 in this mo? I already have this processor and i'm looking for a cheap mo capable to handle it. Best regards and be well soon
Hello, thank you for the review. I recently got a machinist e5-rs9 mb combo with a 1650 v4 and 2 sticks of 8 gb 2666 mhz gddr4. Everything works fine except that the pc shuts down after about 1 hour of working. Is it going to help to flash a huananzhi bios? If yes which one should I choose? The chipset is Q87.
Hi, congratulations for your detailed reviews. I wanted to ask you if there is a decent model of chineze motherboard for x99(AliExpress), which actually supports quad canel, that you know of. Thank you
Hello Miyconst! I'm wondering what RAM should i use in my Machinist X99-MR9A V1, and what u think about the "HMA42GR7AFR4N 2400T" Lenovo brand rams 16GB with hynix chips, they will work fine in this chinese motherboards? Thank you :3
I usually recommend cheapest possible second hand ECC REG RAM from known brands. The SK Hynix RAM you specified is good and should work with all Chinese X99 boards.
Hi Miyconst, could you help me on the following: I recently assembled a pc with a machinist X99 K9 motherboard with a Xeon E5 2667V3 as cpu plus other necessary components. I was able to install Windows 10 and it works fine except I do not have internet. I made sure that the ethernet cable was ok and also I tried to install drivers, but I still dont have internet. What puzzle me is that no intemittent lights appears on the ethernet port, is it possible that the motherboard came with a faulty LAN connection? or Should I try others actions, please tell me your advices, best regards Filippo
Hello! I have a question. I have a single stick of 16 GB RAM which I can't put in the closest slot because of the CPU Cooler being too big and in the way..My manufacturer put it in the second slot ( the farthest one). Is that a problem? Should RAM be as close as possible to processor?
This motherboard has only two memory channels it means that the slots close to the CPU work only in pair with furthest slots. In short: no, it's not a problem, put it into a furthest slot.
do you have another suitable dual socket motherboard for a dual socket follow up to your recent many CPU comparison? @@Miyconst i'd love to see dual 2637v4 compared to ryzen 5600 etc.
@@Miyconstbecause dual socket is absurdly good value. even the cheapest with its dual channel is absurdly performant. Comparing dual TBU to dual v4, 4 channels vs 8 channels, 2 cpus vs 1 cpu Vs Ryzen. Honestly dual socket cannot be recommended enough. The biggest flaw is EATX and most old ATX cases will fit it if you remove all the drivebays which is mostly a case of popping some rivets. Plastic standoffs seal the deal. Dual socket is especially awesome because you can start off single socket and add a 2nd CPU later. Would love to see a quad socket board but I'm doubtful AliExpress suppliers are interested in making them.
On there website they state that this board has 4*DDR4 four channels support. According to your test its only 2channels. What is true. Did they change it or is it a false translation? If i want to add wifi to this board should i go with a ex1 espension card or should i consider a different board?
@@Miyconst This is the approach I recommend for most enthusiast unless you already have a spare case, fans, PSU and GPU. This boards are great for repurposing old parts.
Just discovered this, I have two of these boards. Have you been able to boot this board without a graphics card? BIOS has a "Do Not Launch" option for Video but without a physical card, it doesn't error out but it also doesn't boot into Windows.
Hi, I have the MACHINIST E5 MR9A V1.0 X99 but the BIOS doesn't have the option of XMP or setting memory timings, can this be resolved with a BIOS update? If yes, which one would you recommend? thank you
I can NOT boot with a xeon 2667 v4 but booting with a xeon 2670 v3 works without problems. Tested it with two different 2667 v4s. Does this board NOT support v4 xeons ? BIOS is from 10/2023. I have the MACHINIST / SHANGZHAOYUAN X99 PR9. I would appreciate the help
How do you configure it to give the highest speed when copying via USB. When I try to transfer I only get a speed of 6mbs on USB 3.0 and with verified memory.
It doesn't require any extra configuration. Only drivers that can be installed with Windows updates, make sure to also install the optional updates. If that doesn't help, the motherboard, the connector, or the flash drive are faulty.
My pr9 is a b85 chipset, I can't try to unlock turbo boost because it gives an error when backing up the bios using the dump command in administrator mode. msm following all the steps and configuring the bios correctly to unlock unlock manually error 103: There are no supported SPI flash devices installed. Check SPI flash device connectivity and orientation. Do you know why this error occurs?
@@Miyconst Sorry for my petulance master, I hadn't paid attention to the video. I know the risk I'm taking but in your opinion, in your mi899 program with this b85 chipset on my board I see that the machinist mr9a also uses a b85 chip. Is there any problem using the bios of the huananzhi 8mf tp, tu pei - 50/50mv? There is chipset b85, 226 I have this doubt.
i bought this mobo and paired it with a xeon e5 2667v3 and a zh1400 chinese cooler but the issue is that the back overheats real quick and cpu clocks to 0.22ghz
Hm, do you have a chassis with horrible airflow? How do you know that it's that back that overheats? There are no critical components on the back side of the motherboard.
I have exactly that motherboard, I flashed the BIOS for the turboboost unlock and unfortunately I lost my stock BIOS and I recently I bought an E5 1660 v3 processor to use it with a light overclock, now that I try to overclock it with Intel extreme tuning the options appear dim, I have to activate some option From the BIOS to make it work?
Hello, since it doens't have quad-channel i would like to know if i use all the 4 slots of ram the performance in games will be similar to dual-channel or to single-channel?
A quality 500-600 Watt PSU will do it for you. 3 or 4 pin fan makes no difference in capacity. You need a fan or fans that can provide good airflow in the chassis. With Chinese motherboards the 3-pin fans work at 100% speed so it's noisy. Whether it's a problem for you - only you can decide.
I have a Machinist PR9 but the version I have came with the Q87 Chipset and not the Z97 which has in its software with Modified BIOS to Unlock Turbo Boost due to this Chipset difference I believe it should not work very well, is there any other BIOS from another manufacturer that is compatible with the Chipset and the PR9?
Would this motherboard have heat problems if used with proxmox or is it only if your gaming? Can you use ECC memory? Maybe using a Xeon with lower TDP would be better, like the E5-4628L v4 75W TDP.
This is what I’ve been thinking of using it for. A cheap build that is reliable so I can tinker with Proxmox. Just going to buy a good name brand PSU though. Also for sure one of those CPU coolers with the flower style and maybe with an Artic Cooler Max fan or similar so don’t have to worry. For my CWWK i3-1315U router / firewall box I cut a hole in the bottom of it. Planning on using Proxmox and pfSense in a VM and A Lot of containers. Another VM to handle some other of the firewall stuff. That thing will last as long as I have the aftermarket fans going. Has decent copper CPU but small fan though so have another one that is tied to the bottom one on top if needed to help ( we’ll see ), but put thermal paste on there. Have read comments from IT people on submarine’s that just a little bit less temps can make some components last many, many more Years !!! If I wasn’t planning on so many VM’s and containers really only need a N100 or N300 CPU then. pfSense or OPNsense firewall would be fine. Great video
The motherboard size is ~185*215mm.
Nice, it will fit the NR200p Case then!
@@noahhupe1yes, it should fit.
Just purchased one but it came with only ONE DDR4 DIMM. In the manual they say in what order to fill the DIMM banks refering to them as B1, B2, D1 and D2 but this code is NOT on the motherboard! Can you help ?
@@francoisleveille409 just install the RAM module into one of the furthest slots from the CPU.
@@Miyconst Thank you very much! I assume both left and right will work.
This means bank 0 is both slots closer to the edge of the board and bank 1 is both slots closer to the CPU.
Ha! I would have featured that board in my next video... except it seems I bought the PR8 by mistake. Just a few minor differences, like the fact that the PR8 takes DDR3, and is only compatible with 7 CPUs (none of which I own)!
Now it's time to buy an E5-2678 V3 and/or E5-2696 V3! I actually thought how to ship you this motherboard with one of my CPUs.. but the UK border is such a headache..
@@Miyconst yes, the 2696 v3 has been on my shopping list for a while, I guess it might finally be time... if the VRM can handle it!
@@IcebergTech VRM can't handle it but if you install a high RPM fan that blows right onto the radiator - it will be fine in gaming.
@@Miyconst u said this about rs9, my is now month if all day use just use negative pressure in case more out than in
Hi I'm going to purchase an X99-Pr8 because it uses DDR3. how was the motherboard so far? does it allows all cores turbo boost? I'm planning to put E5-2670 V3 into it.
Many thanks for the video, very useful information
It feels like you're an ambassador of these chineses x79 and x99 motherboards.
Thank you for the review and the video.
I will be getting one of these.
I recommend AliExpress as the very last resort only. First check your local stores and second hand market.
The Jginyue X79 MB I have can't really handle the E5-2690 I have. The VRMs run dangerously hot. Ended up buying an HP workstation board for it and used the worn out E5-2620 that came free with the HP board as a socket protector when I used the X79 as a mining rig. Then I got an E5-2640 for it and turned it into a NAS. It is fine with a 95W CPU but not one that draws 140W. I also put some mini heatsinks on the MOSFETS. The PR9 has a heatsink on the MOSFETS so it may be able to handle the bigger CPUs just fine.
Now going to turn the 2690 and HP board a remote video editing and audio workstation I can access from my laptop. Planning to get an A310 because it is the cheapest way to add AV1 encoding support.
Also just bought a PR9 and E5-1650v3 for a gaming PC build I'm going to sell. I already have a 2060 I got for cheap and refurbished to go in the build.
I was about to manually do the long process of flashing this motherboard a couple days ago since Mi899 didn't had this board when I tried it, yet you just came in and did it yourself, thank you very much! I tested this motherboard with a E5-2620 V3 stock with a Mingzhou RX 580 2048SP and I also had the GPU running at x8 3.0 speed, even though GPU-Z indicated that it was possible to do x16, probably the RX 580 I have is at x8 bandwith.
For a $40 x99 motherboard + $5 Xeon with not over 8cores to overload the vrm, I think its good enough for making a cheap gaming PC. Subbed.
Good luck with the PC and happy gaming!
I have a problem with this board + rx580 2048sp. When the screen is turned off, like when the PC is at the logon screen, the fans of the 2048SP goest to MAX. ALl the time. Tried with 2 2048SPs. Any ideas?
@@brun0ls I am out of idea sorry, you have to test with some other GPU, not the same model.
@@Miyconst turns out it was a Gpu issue. I got 2 mllse 580 2048sp and both of them are defective.
@@brun0ls oh, that's a pity but good job figuring it out.
awesome video I am from brazil and because of the taxes this motherboard is one with the best prices
Man i love your videos, your reviews are very detailed and and I like the fact that you respond to most of the comment I just wish the best for you may Allah bless you❤
Thanks for the support but please don't blend in allah. I have zero respect to "gods" and "prophets" that guide people like Hamas.
@@Miyconst I don't want to get into details but you should know that hama-Israel war is not different from Ukrainian war and any colonized country would do the same to be free, we might not share the same ideas but at the end we're all humans, + saying may Allah bless you is the same as saying may jesus bless you ☺️ love from Algeria 🇩🇿
I would love to have a chat with you as you seem to be a reasonable person. Still, TH-cam will delete all my comments if I go into details, thus if you are up for it - welcome to join my Discord and ping me.
@@Miyconst that's understandable, I will join your discord server and maybe we will chat more about this subject if you got time of course.
Thanks for the review! Great information as always.
Most of the X99-PR9 motherboards in the US listed on eBay list "Southbridge :Q85/ chipset series; (Part is B85 and part is C226)".
😏👍 Very Nice, thanks for testing all the basics and thx for the technical stuff
thanks for the info in this motherboard i keep eyeing this in ph market for some quite time now like 3 quarter of 2023 , cuz it cheap and paired with v4 processor at local online resellers
Thank you so much for the unlocking tutorial
Muito obrigado pelo vídeo!
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Дякую за цікаві відео! 👍👍👍
Just wanna say thank you for providing all of these breakdowns. I've built every computer I ever had, but I've needed a server rig for years now and never had the extra money to drop on a modern server tower. Really appreciate you
I got this one from Zsus (seems exactly the same as yours) to run with a 2640v3 (didn't tried the TurboBoost Unlock yet.
Thanks for the review, if you say it's approved I'm confident that is an "OK" product.
Be sure to check your chipset before trying to unlock. Else you might brick the BIOS.
@@sharkey9 can you share how to verify the chipset?
@@westektubeTry CPU z
hey, would it be possible to get a sort of "is x99/aliexpress platform worth it in 2024" video? or do you have a similar one already? i think it could be a good sorta jumping off point for new viewers?
Awesome video. I just ordered one of these. I got it from eBay so if something doesn't work right I can return it. I got a 1650v3 for $8. That's really cheap for a CPU that performs like a Ryzen 1600, which will still cost you at least $40.
Update: The PR9 I received was DOA. The chipset gets really hot and the CPU doesn't get warm at all. There is power to the CPU fan header but not the case fan header. Also, there is no power to any of the USB ports. While I am 99% certain the MB is faulty (specifically the chipset), I nevertheless ordered another CPU for testing. I also ordered another PR9, this time from Amazon. Although I should be able to return the original one to the eBay seller, it is a PITA compared to Amazon returns so if I were to get another faulty board, at least I'll have an easy time returning it.
So I tested the Mucai Version of this board, flashed it with -50 UT BIOS. (C612)
Front Panel USB3 now runs at full speed BUT it does corrupt data. So I would recommend testing those ports extensively before using them with some sort of data drives.
The VRMs are fine with unlocked 2680v3 when doing normal tasks or gaming, running Prime95 almost instantly bumps the CPU over 90° as well as the VRMs.
Cinebench hits those figures after like 3 minutes or so.
Overall I'm quite happy with the board but would suggest using either v4 Xeons or unlocked v3 with less than 120W TDP. Something like 2640v3 or 2660v3.
Always fun playing the Ali Board Lottery 🙂
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How did you verify data corruption through the USB 3.0 ports? Are there any automated tools for that?
@@Miyconst Well I learned the hard way...
I use an external SSD for testing and benchmarking and at first I noticed Windows 10 asking for checking the drive everytime, even after doing so.
I ignored it and ran a few game benchmarks and after a while I only got crashes when trying to start a certain game.
Using "verify game files" within Steam led to a complete reinstall because all files were corrupted.
The I/O shield ports do work perfectly fine though, did not run into any issues at all.
I don't know about any sort of tools but I will start researching for sure.
I got this motherboard with Cpu 2660v4 and 32 gb ram from a friend as a gift, for the price I can see it is a nice motherboard not too bad.
Yes, it's a decent ultra budget alternative.
I know you you pretty much wrote off the Atermiter motherboards but I actually HIGHLY recommend the super cheap Atermiter AS9 X99. Does quad channel ram, with a modified bios you get ReBAR and smart fan control, all ports and USB work as they should. Best part is, it's like $55 USD. You can see some of my tests with an E5-2699A V4 on my channel.
This board costs 40€ or like $38 or so. He probably dismissed those Atermiter because in the past they were extremely low quality and have been breaking after less than a year.
Granted, quad channel seems very tempting.
@b0ne91 I can vouch for mine, use it as my daily driver for the past year. Literally no issues aside from the original bios was super limited.
Спасибо за видео,и спасибо за файлы с прошивками и привет с Харькова 🇺🇦✌️
The information at 9:05 is correct? You tested the motherboard at -21 degree Celsius ambient temperature.... What is the cpu cooler you are using? Thank you for the video.
That is supposed to be a tilde (~), means "around", the font didn't render it well. So, it was tested with ambient temps around 21C.
Great video I'm planing to buy this Motherboard and pair a x99 cpu with a RTX 3080 that I got really cheap but I don't know which cpu to use since I saw a couple of you videos were you said thar E5-2696 V3 ans 2698 V3 don't hold the 3.8ghz and 3.6ghz for long on TBU, so my question is which cpu should I pair it with the rtx 3080? I'll be playing mostly in 1440p and 2160p
I can get the full PC build around $400-$450 since E5 v3 are dirt cheap in eBay and this board is $37 on Aliexpress
I would strongly suggest you build something on AM4/5 or LGA 1700. RTX 3080 will be severely limited by these old Xeons on games like CS.
@@Miyconst I'm planning to play AAA games and according to your benchmark 4k gaming vs 5600x is less than 5% and I'm on a tight budget I don't want to spend more than $400-$450 which x99 cpu is the best for gaming?
@@dairoferreraquino3393 The 2697v3 is the maximum you can put while spending little on heatsinks, which must be a lowprofile that also cools the VRM or you put a fan dedicated to the VRM only. But a 3080 is used at 70%, whereas a 4060 pushes it to 100%. I doubt you will be able to play all 3A, you will have problems already in 1440p with some games. To play on almost anything you need to move to AM4 platforms with ryzen 5600x at least
@@dairoferreraquino3393 go am4, 5700x, b450 or b550, sp valueram, tt gx2 750w
I just bought this mobo with E5 2630 V4 pro combo. As it turns out, none of the fans i have can fit on this socket. Now i have to find a cheap fan so i can finally use it. Wish me luck!
Good luck! If your motherboard cane with a black cooler mounting ring you should be able to use pretty much any AM3/4 clip-on cooler.
@@Miyconst Can i use the intel stock cooler? the old ones
Thank you for the review and the video. I bought this X99 PR9 motherboard, and I wanted to perform turbo boost unlock on it, unfortunately mine is on the Q87 chipset, hence my question, will your modification work on this version? Another thing is the resizable bar, after enabling this option, the board does not start, and I have to reset it with a jumper. I will add that my CPU is Xeon E5 2640v3.
Please watch this life stream (use timestamps) for more info on BIOS compatibility: Hidden gem hunt, no more X99 TPMs, random Q/A - Miyconst Live
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Nice Review! Are you planning to review huananzhi p4f/p4t? There is a kit with ddr3 x99e-max and 2686v4, these non standart v4 works with ddr3?
So far I don't have such plans but yes, apparently there are a few unique V4 that also work with DDR3.
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bro Oduzhuy shvydshe
thanks for the nice review!
Thanks for the support!
hello, thanks for this review, this MB comes with chipset Q87/B85, Mi899 can handle z97 chipset, do u going to upgrade to that chipset? thanks in advance and regards
I would luv to know what those jumpers are for on the bottom right alongside the memory slot ?
Do you mean the NVME/SATA M.2 jumper? It's so you can either plug an Nvme m.2 or sata m.2 which doesn't use the same protocol so you need to change the jumpers placement
The 2690v3 would be okay with it, or 1650V4/2667V4 any other cpu would be too much
Excellent review. Love your channel. I recently bought this motherboard coupled with an E5-2650v4. I am really happy with it's performance. One thing I have noticed is it will only occasionally work Waking from Lan. Could this be due to sleep not functioning properly on the motherboard?
Thanks.
Yes, it could be related but since I didn't test the Wakeup from LAN function I can't say much.
Hey Miyconst, great video. I was looking to get either this board, the Machinist X99 PR9, or the white QIYIDA X99 D4, and wanted to pair it with an old i7 like a 5820k or 5930k. I was just wondering if the CPU would be compatible with the motherboards, or if only some chipsets would work, or if neither of these boards would work with any chipset (i dont care about overclocking, so i dont mind if the overclocking support isnt ideal)
Hi. Please watch the review, info about i7-5820k is included.
I just recently found your channel. I believe you do a great job in presenting these Chinese motherboards helping lots of people in making their decisions, given the rather messy offers on AliExpress.
Would it be possible to analyze some of the motherboards from the perspective of a home server solution? I'm interested in virtualization, pci-e passthrough and pci-e bifurcation. Would be a great effort from you, but very helpful to see how these motherboards stand. Thank you for your work!
For mission critical devices I always recommend second hand Dell or HP workstations, AliExpress is a gamble. In the past I did a few videos about servers and similar stuff, the views are minimal, people aren't interested whatsoever.
I'm considering that path, but it seems rather power hungry solution.
I got this just before Christmas and paired it with a 2680 v4, couldn't find much info online so happy to see you got one and reviewed it!😆 is it possible to flash bios to undervolt with v4 xeon?
As far as I know the V4 Xeons have locked voltage and are immune to whatever settings BIOS supplies.
@@Miyconst I'll just use it as is, seems good enough! Thanks!
Very interesting, I was literally looking at this board yesterday. They sell for around $40-50. How much speed is left with just dual channel ram instead of quad configuration?
It really depends on the application. If you have something memory intensive, it could be up to 30% lost, if you have something like gaming, 0.5-5% loss.
@@Miyconstare there any recommendations for boards that work with 4 channels?
@@p_mouse8676 you can try the qd4 huananzhi, its quad. Also in Myiconst other vid, you can see quad helps min fps in games mostly... like 10-20 fps boost (single player). For me, if i still game, id go for a quad especially if theres added fps in multiplayer arena/shooters
What do you think of pairing this board with a 1660v4? It has 140W TDP officially but the slightly weaker 1650v4 can’t even get close to those numbers. Not sure about 1660.
It really depends on how much you gotta pay for that E5-1660 V4. In general, V4 are much less stressful to the VRM when compared to V3.
Hi @Miyconst thanks for the video. Sorry to ask here but will you review the Jginyue B650i board in the future?
So far I have no plans for JginYue B650i motherboard but maybe in the future something will change.
I have the q87 chip, I was getting "error 280: failed to disable write protection for the bios space!" on Mi899, not sure if i was doing something wrong. It worked using TechYesCity's tutorial following step1b but won't have the -50/50mv :(. Will the 1650 v3 with turbo unlock be fine? But I'm guessing overclocking it won't be fine?
E5-1650 V3 is an unlocked CPU, it's not compatible with TBU.
Have you seen the PR9-A ? apparently is just a white version of the PR9 but i can't find the information to be sure about it, do you know if it has some other hardware difference ? thanks !
Hi friend, thanks a lot for your videos, one question, I have a machinist x99 pr9 with b85 chipset and e5 2697 v3, in the Mi899 program, the bios are for the Z97 chipset, I want to flash the -50/50mv version but I need to know if it is safe to do it with this bios or should I use a bios from the X99 MR9A board with the b85 and C226 chipset. Greetings!
Hi there. Nothing is safe with AliExpress and BIOS flash may brick your motherboard. In general, B85 chipset uses the same BIOS as Z87/Z97 and other desktop chipsets.
What brand of memory are you using that has the xmp profile? I cant find any one with info if they have it.
I tested with G.Skill memory but also available with Corsair and Kingston.
I have a X99 PR9-H with the QM57 Chipset and it lacks any USB 3.0 (other than a fake USB 3 header), however, sleep mode does work under Linux
PR9-H is another motherboard, as you mentioned it uses a mobile chipset, lacks USB/SATA 3.0 and the BIOS is not compatible with PR9 non-H.
Hello Miyconst congratulations for your video..I also have this motherboard model Machinist X99 PR9 with CPU E5 2650 V4 and wanted to hear from you if to unlock the turbo boost which bios should I choose in the mi899 utility list? Do I have to do everything I see in your video? ( Unfortunately it appears very quickly and I'm afraid of making a mistake in selecting the correct selections )... It would be great if you can make a video on how to set the BIOS of this motherboard in general ad hoc, I hope for your response, Thanks ! best regards.
It is not possible to unlock Turbo Boost with V4 CPUs.
@@Miyconst Thank you ! Oh I thought the opposite, so do you recommend installing a higher clock CPU on this motherboard? Which ? I thought to an E5 2667 V4 What do you think about it ? Thank you!
Do you know if its possible to modify these bios to enable headless boot without a video card installed?
It's possible but I don't know how.
Hi Miyconst, I would like to know after all those testings, do you have a preference between tower and downdraft CPU cooler even for higher TDP CPU like a E5 2697A V4 ? I've swapped out a Noctua U12S for a Thermalright SI-100 on my 13600k and I somehow have the same results in my ZZAW C2M case.
For X99 I prefer flower-type CPU coolers because they also cool VRM but in general, purely for CPU cooling, the towers are usually better.
Thank you very much for your detailed video. I have a question regarding this motherboard. Is it possible to run it without GPU, aka headless mode? If so, how is it configured in the BIOS?
Unfortunately, the answer is no. My particular motherboard would refuse to boot without a GPU.
@@Miyconst Thank you!
Thank you for your great video. This makes me want to get 1 to pair with my ECC ram. May i get a suggestion for the best xeon processor to work with this motherboard? Thanks
The best Xeon for what task and price? E5-2680 V4 would be a good fit overall.
@Miyconst i rarely play games. Spent most of the time for graphic works such as architectural 3d modeling, rendering, and animations.
Hello, does anyone manged to get pci-e x1 slot to work. I've tried to ad a sata asapter but is doesn't work. Regards
i have it but on c224 chipset, no issues for now, i have it since july 2023
Hello Miyconst, I need your help to identify which chipset came on my PR9 motherboard, because in all identification programs: CPU-Z, AIDA64, SPECCY they show ID8C54 chipset, please help me.
Are you sure it's PR9 and not PR9-H? Do you have USB 3.0 ports? This C54 sounds like some sort of a mobile chipset.
Hey, just found your channel. Love your work. Recently, I sold my old CPU and MB to upgrade my GPU. As such, I bought a 2680 V4 with this board. I plan to game @ 1440p with my new RX 6700 XT. Would this board be able to handle it? I plan to use the board for 3-4 years before upgrading. I also do not plan to modify the bios or anything like that.
The board should be able to handle it if you ensure good VRM cooling but longevity is not guaranteed, just like with any other AliExpress purchase.
Wait, one slide says that ECC mode is not supported? Does that mean this motherboard does not work with server REG ECC memory? Damn, so if I ever bought it to replace my 8M-F, I would have to buy new memory also... Might as well go for the X99 QD4, as sometimes it's cheap enough as to avoid egregious taxes here in Brazil!
ECC RAM is supported, ECC mode is not supported. You can still use ECC REG modules but they will work with ECC disabled.
@@Miyconst I see, that's a relief! Thank you for your answer!
Thanks, i purchased the same one a month ago, three sata ports only one is working.
What chipset do you have?
Intel B85 (Lynx Point) , checked by HWiNFO64
Intel B85 (Lynx Point)@@Miyconst
Intel B85
@@abdullahalhalabi1 same as mine, and mine is 2 * sata 2.0 and 1 sata 3.0, but all work
Really nice outfit! is this traditional ukranian cloth?
Yes, this is a traditional Ukrainian shirt called Вишиванка / Vyshyvanka.
Did you also have a cold? =)) I got mine from my niece .
Yes, and I still have it.
@@Miyconst Wish you fast recovery!.
Hello, @Miyconst, i was hoping to get your opinion on something. Im stuck between choosing the machinist x99 rs9 or the machinist x99 pr9. They are both within my price range but im not sure which one would be better. I will be paring with an rx 6650xt and either a xeon e5-2630 v4 or e5-2650 v3 as I have both on hand.
In your case both options should be just fine. Personally I would go with RS9 because of the extra connectivity options.
@@Miyconst thank you for your advice, in that case I will be going with the rs9 and use mi899 to solve any potential bios issues
hello. I checked the chipset with aida64 and it says it is c224. Can I unlock turbo boost using mi899?
Thanks for this video...I have built a few PCs for sale with this motherboard and the E5-1650 v3 all AliEx. The last one I got I could not use 2 DIMMs in at once or it would simply not boot. I tried different sticks and played with BIOS settings to match RAM speed and timings exactly instead of Auto and nothing would work. I assume it's defective? BTW, the seller on Ali issued a full refund...
Yes, most likely the motherboard is defective. I assume you have tried the correct two slots.
I found some of these Chinese motherboards with broken S3 Sleep actually work with Hibernate or Hybrid Sleep. It's worth a try.
But of course, this only applies to those that can enter sleep (or maybe standby) mode but can't wake up normally, not the ones without the sleep/standby option at all.
This one has no sleep mode at all.
Hey! Nice content! Do you have a review of machinist x99 d8 max?
I have not yet tested this board and so far don't have such plans.
I bought one but mine came with a B85 Southbridge, so I dont know if I can use the same BIOS that is on the Mi899 app. Will I have to do everything with the long method then? Im mostly just interested on the Turbo boost unlock.
I ended up doing the long method, I used your guide and putted the -50Mv.ffs since you recommended that one for BIOS on this board, now the 2620v3 boots around 3.3Ghz with it, so it should be close to a Ryzen 1600 in terms of performance. It works really well. Though now these days I've seen 1000 and 2000 series Ryzen for cheap, and since theres also a Machinist B450 motherboard that costs pretyt close to this PR9, for gaming I would suggest just spending 20$ more and saving a lot of headache, besides you have a good upgrade path with AM4 if you start with a 1600 or so, considering the X3D line exists.
Thanks for your hard work!
Built a few systems with this board and they all worked fine, exept the one I tried today, it simply would not post, using all known working parts so you can get a bad board from time to time it seems
Yeah, AliExpress is still a lottery.
help me please I bought a pr9 e5 2666v3 board, I made the. Installation and turned on normally I used it for days, everything was ok, when I went to unlock it it gave error 103, something related to the flash. Before doing so, I went into the bios and disabled the bios lock. I didn't run anything, it was in the first bat that dump.bat gave this error. Please, can you help me?
Sorry, I cannot help with such issue description. There is next to no info provided. Please join my discord and ask for help there.
Thanks for responding, I'll go in. I really want to unluck my PR9 (e5 2666v3) and every time I run dump.bat it gives an error 103, mentioning an error related to 'flash'.@@Miyconst
Hi Mr, thanks for helpful video! I'm planning to buy this Mobo with a 2650v3 (for very cheap price) I have something to ask? What about DDR4 ram?? What is the max speed? 2133? Or I can use 3200Mhz? Reading description about ram supported and said "3200mhz"... You think this is possible? Thank you!
That's not possible. E5-2650 V3 has max memory speed of DDR4-2133.
@@Miyconst with e5 1650v4??? what max speed ram?
@@angelpadronr2646 it's DDR4-2400, you can check this on the Intel's specs page.
is there a way to enable secure boot on machinist x99 pr9?
What is your opinion of the quality of the capacitors on this motherboard? Thank you
I am not qualified enough to evaluate capacitor quality but in general, quality of AliExpress products is a lottery.
@@Miyconst the seller let me know that they can expect to last about 5 or 6 years given that most motherboards are typically branded to last 10 to 12 years I'd say that you can expect to need to replace the capacitors at the halfway point of a typical motherboards lifespan. So if you are only using this board lightly you'd get more milage because some non-budget name brand boards boards are said to have lasted users 20 years. In that instance with the same use and conditions this board you are reviewing would last 10 years of that 20. Somewhat half of what high end boards would last for. This is based off what the seller said to me and I'm posting this here in case it helps people not to claim I am an expert. I have this board and feel even though the capacitors are half life expectancy that they can be replaced if one knows how to. Most users would more than likely be upgrading their motherboards after every so often anyway. It's an excellent budget board. Most of your hardware would need a new motherboard anyway after 10 years anyway. Maybe even after 5 if you are a software engineer or into gaming. Thank you very much for your videos because they help me a great deal.
Thanks so much for your efforts to provide us quality technical information arround those chinese scraps that sometimes is the only one budget option for thousands of people to have their first setup. I'm from Brazil and things here are very expensive most because the indecent taxes and duties imposed by govern. Please, do you thing is possible to run a 2687w v3 in this mo? I already have this processor and i'm looking for a cheap mo capable to handle it. Best regards and be well soon
E5-2687W V3 is a very power hungry CPU, so even though it's technically possible, I would not recommend it.
hello,
thank you for reviews 👍.
nvme gen 3 or 4 ?.
The X99 platform does not support PCI-E 4.0 in any form.
thank you
Hello, thank you for the review. I recently got a machinist e5-rs9 mb combo with a 1650 v4 and 2 sticks of 8 gb 2666 mhz gddr4. Everything works fine except that the pc shuts down after about 1 hour of working. Is it going to help to flash a huananzhi bios? If yes which one should I choose? The chipset is Q87.
Gpu temperature is perfect around 50 degrees so I suppose cpu is similar.
I have a 500w power supply so that shouldn't be an issue.
It sounds like you have a hardware issue, flashing another BIOS won't help but it's does not hurt to try if you are willing to risk and experiment.
@@Miyconst Maybe the VRM overheating ? The mb has only a heatsink over it and no fan. I could try to install one small fan on top of the heatsink.
@@Miyconst Is there a way I could check the VRM temperature with some software?
Bought two of these. In your opinion, which cheap board is ok to overclock a E5 1660 v3 or 5820K ?
There are no such, in my opinion.
I am confused which cpu is better for gaming 2696v3 or 2697 v3?
Do you think win 10 will supported for more 5 years?
Hi, congratulations for your detailed reviews. I wanted to ask you if there is a decent model of chineze motherboard for x99(AliExpress), which actually supports quad canel, that you know of. Thank you
Machinist X99-MR9A is a good candidate.
Hello Miyconst! I'm wondering what RAM should i use in my Machinist X99-MR9A V1, and what u think about the "HMA42GR7AFR4N 2400T" Lenovo brand rams 16GB with hynix chips, they will work fine in this chinese motherboards? Thank you :3
I usually recommend cheapest possible second hand ECC REG RAM from known brands. The SK Hynix RAM you specified is good and should work with all Chinese X99 boards.
Hi Miyconst, could you help me on the following: I recently assembled a pc with a machinist X99 K9 motherboard with a Xeon E5 2667V3 as cpu plus other necessary components. I was able to install Windows 10 and it works fine except I do not have internet. I made sure that the ethernet cable was ok and also I tried to install drivers, but I still dont have internet. What puzzle me is that no intemittent lights appears on the ethernet port, is it possible that the motherboard came with a faulty LAN connection? or Should I try others actions, please tell me your advices, best regards Filippo
It sounds like you have got a defective motherboard, without testing I can't say much more, sorry.
@@Miyconst Can you test it? I can ship it to your place and if necessary pay fees for repairing
Hello! I have a question. I have a single stick of 16 GB RAM which I can't put in the closest slot because of the CPU Cooler being too big and in the way..My manufacturer put it in the second slot ( the farthest one). Is that a problem? Should RAM be as close as possible to processor?
This motherboard has only two memory channels it means that the slots close to the CPU work only in pair with furthest slots. In short: no, it's not a problem, put it into a furthest slot.
@@Miyconst alright! Thank you very much.
Hello great video, just a question, will an Intel i7-5930k work with Rx6600 on this motherboard?
It should work but I can't guarantee that as I didn't test that exact CPU.
please do F8D PLUS next :)
Only if someone donates it to me, I am not paying the asking price for that motherboard :)
do you have another suitable dual socket motherboard for a dual socket follow up to your recent many CPU comparison?
@@Miyconst i'd love to see dual 2637v4 compared to ryzen 5600 etc.
@@Mirddes what would be the point of such comparison?
@@Miyconstbecause dual socket is absurdly good value.
even the cheapest with its dual channel is absurdly performant. Comparing dual TBU to dual v4, 4 channels vs 8 channels, 2 cpus vs 1 cpu Vs Ryzen. Honestly dual socket cannot be recommended enough. The biggest flaw is EATX and most old ATX cases will fit it if you remove all the drivebays which is mostly a case of popping some rivets. Plastic standoffs seal the deal. Dual socket is especially awesome because you can start off single socket and add a 2nd CPU later. Would love to see a quad socket board but I'm doubtful AliExpress suppliers are interested in making them.
On there website they state that this board has 4*DDR4 four channels support. According to your test its only 2channels. What is true. Did they change it or is it a false translation?
If i want to add wifi to this board should i go with a ex1 espension card or should i consider a different board?
What website are you talking about? Most likely it's a shameless lie.
what is a good motherboard to buy for a cheap pc build? i want to build a budget pc for my brother and want to find a good motherboard
Pick a second hand Dell / HP / Lenovo workstation and upgrade it.
@@Miyconst This is the approach I recommend for most enthusiast unless you already have a spare case, fans, PSU and GPU. This boards are great for repurposing old parts.
market for hp/dell workstations are bad in greece@@Miyconst
Goodmorning, when i apply xmp or change the speed and timings it doesnt change, why?
The memory speed is limited by the CPU. Depending on what CPU you have, the max memory speed is DDR4-1866/2133/2400/2600.
does newer graphic card work directly in it or must i disabled legacy first?
It works out of the box.
Just discovered this, I have two of these boards. Have you been able to boot this board without a graphics card? BIOS has a "Do Not Launch" option for Video but without a physical card, it doesn't error out but it also doesn't boot into Windows.
I tried and failed, the motherboard would refuse to boot without a GPU.
Hi, I have the MACHINIST E5 MR9A V1.0 X99 but the BIOS doesn't have the option of XMP or setting memory timings, can this be resolved with a BIOS update? If yes, which one would you recommend? thank you
Please watch the original review. So far I don't have anything more to add. th-cam.com/video/9HQ1hv9aRkI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sYMmuIFipsPw3SSY
I can NOT boot with a xeon 2667 v4 but booting with a xeon 2670 v3 works without problems. Tested it with two different 2667 v4s.
Does this board NOT support v4 xeons ?
BIOS is from 10/2023. I have the MACHINIST / SHANGZHAOYUAN X99 PR9.
I would appreciate the help
It could be that you have TBU modded BIOS and V4 CPUs refuse to work with it.
@@Miyconst would you say I should just buy a 2667 v3 and be done with it or should I try to flash the original bios but where to find ?
I wouldn't bother, honestly. Just buy a cheap V3 upgrade, for example E5-2697 V3 and disable some cores.
@@Miyconst Ok, thank you for your help! awesome content
How do you configure it to give the highest speed when copying via USB. When I try to transfer I only get a speed of 6mbs on USB 3.0 and with verified memory.
It doesn't require any extra configuration. Only drivers that can be installed with Windows updates, make sure to also install the optional updates. If that doesn't help, the motherboard, the connector, or the flash drive are faulty.
Mr. Miyconst, my PR9 has a C226 chipset. Is it possible to turbo unlock the board using UPT?
From my experience, UPT doesn't work with BIOS for desktop chipsets like C226, Z, Q, or B equivalents.
This mobo can handle with an 2667 v4? Or maybe i have to add those small 5v fan or use these low profile cooler close to the vrm heatsink
With Chinese X99 motherboards you always have to ensure good VRM cooling. PR9 should be fine with E5-2667 V4.
My pr9 is a b85 chipset, I can't try to unlock turbo boost because it gives an error when backing up the bios using the dump command in administrator mode. msm following all the steps and configuring the bios correctly to unlock unlock manually
error 103: There are no supported SPI flash devices installed. Check SPI flash device connectivity and orientation.
Do you know why this error occurs?
It seems like you didn't watch the video. Use latest Mi899 version and the issue will be solved.
@@Miyconst Sorry for my petulance master, I hadn't paid attention to the video.
I know the risk I'm taking but in your opinion, in your mi899 program with this b85 chipset on my board I see that the machinist mr9a also uses a b85 chip. Is there any problem using the bios of the huananzhi 8mf tp, tu pei - 50/50mv? There is chipset b85, 226 I have this doubt.
@@ryckedias9825 Hi friend, I have the same question as you, did you manage to flash the MR9A -50/50mv bios for your PR9 with b85?
i bought this mobo and paired it with a xeon e5 2667v3 and a zh1400 chinese cooler but the issue is that the back overheats real quick and cpu clocks to 0.22ghz
Hm, do you have a chassis with horrible airflow? How do you know that it's that back that overheats? There are no critical components on the back side of the motherboard.
Here in Brazil this mobo is very popular due to its cost/benefits. The only issue of this project is the dual channel configuration :(
I have exactly that motherboard, I flashed the BIOS for the turboboost unlock and unfortunately I lost my stock BIOS and I recently I bought an E5 1660 v3 processor to use it with a light overclock, now that I try to overclock it with Intel extreme tuning the options appear dim, I have to activate some option From the BIOS to make it work?
As far as I know this motherboard does not support overclocking.
@@Miyconst Ah okay then, I assumed I could still overclock it haha
Would you recommend this over the zsus p4 or 8d4?
I didn't test the other two boards, so I can't really compare but if you ask my wild guess, then yes, I would go with X99-PR9.
@@Miyconst i went for the white x99-pr9-h
€36,- for that motherboard
€33,- for the e5 2690 v4
Lets see..
Hello, since it doens't have quad-channel i would like to know if i use all the 4 slots of ram the performance in games will be similar to dual-channel or to single-channel?
Using all four memory slots will be a tiny bit faster than just two memory slots, mostly unnoticeable.
@@Miyconst Ok, great thank's so much.
sick drip (shirt) sir,
may i know if 1650 v3 has full turbo unlocked here without any mods or bios ?
Thanks for all your reviews have a great day.
E5-1650 V3 is an unlocked CPU, like the i7s, thus no TBU possible.
What psu is suitable for pr9 + 16GB +xeon e5 2680v4 +rx 580
And what about fan is 3 fan enough or should I use 4 pin one
A quality 500-600 Watt PSU will do it for you. 3 or 4 pin fan makes no difference in capacity. You need a fan or fans that can provide good airflow in the chassis. With Chinese motherboards the 3-pin fans work at 100% speed so it's noisy. Whether it's a problem for you - only you can decide.
I have a Machinist PR9 but the version I have came with the Q87 Chipset and not the Z97 which has in its software with Modified BIOS to Unlock Turbo Boost due to this Chipset difference I believe it should not work very well, is there any other BIOS from another manufacturer that is compatible with the Chipset and the PR9?
As far as I know Q87 and Z97 chipset use the same BIOS, at least that was so with my testing.
@@Miyconst Thank you very much for the reply!
i bought the x99-pr9-h and it has a hm55 chipset is it that bad ??because everything works perfect
If everything works perfectly for you, why do you say it's bad?
@@Miyconst can you pls give me more details about this hm55 chipset i found its a really old one
Would this motherboard have heat problems if used with proxmox or is it only if your gaming? Can you use ECC memory? Maybe using a Xeon with lower TDP would be better, like the E5-4628L v4 75W TDP.
This is what I’ve been thinking of using it for. A cheap build that is reliable so I can tinker with Proxmox. Just going to buy a good name brand PSU though. Also for sure one of those CPU coolers with the flower style and maybe with an Artic Cooler Max fan or similar so don’t have to worry.
For my CWWK i3-1315U router / firewall box I cut a hole in the bottom of it. Planning on using Proxmox and pfSense in a VM and A Lot of containers. Another VM to handle some other of the firewall stuff. That thing will last as long as I have the aftermarket fans going. Has decent copper CPU but small fan though so have another one that is tied to the bottom one on top if needed to help ( we’ll see ), but put thermal paste on there. Have read comments from IT people on submarine’s that just a little bit less temps can make some components last many, many more Years !!! If I wasn’t planning on so many VM’s and containers really only need a N100 or N300 CPU then. pfSense or OPNsense firewall would be fine.
Great video
Wondering if these boards can handle a e5 2699a v4? I have a top down cooler, and will be replacing the CPU fan with a 3300RPM fan.
It could but why not get something with better VRM?