X99 Taichi and Xeon E5-1620 v4
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Topic: X99 Taichi and Xeon E5-1620 v4
Posted By: arock_fan
Subject: X99 Taichi and Xeon E5-1620 v4
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2016 at 11:47am
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" rel="nofollow - Hi Asrock, Im looking at purchasing a X99 Taichi. Can you confirm if the Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 Processor is compatable with this motherboard or any other Arock board? I have looked at the specs and its not listed so im not sure whether to go ahead with the purchase. Thanks |
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Posted By: parsec
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2016 at 1:11pm
I don't know why the Xeon E5-1620 v4 is not included in the X99 Taichi or other ASRock X99 boards, but their is no reason why it should not be compatible. All of the other Xeon E5-1600 v4 series processors are compatible with the X99 Taichi, and all the other ASRock X99 boards, with the appropriate UEFI/BIOS version. These Xeon's are all Broadwell architecture processors, and all released at the same time: http://ark.intel.com/products/series/91318/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-1600-v4-Product-Family#@Server" rel="nofollow - http://ark.intel.com/products/series/91318/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-1600-v4-Product-Family#@Server All that is needed for compatibility for any of these processors is the Broadwell-EP CPU microcode, which is part of the UEFI/BIOS, which the X99 Taichi has out of the box. The E5-1630 v4 is a four core eight thread processor, just like the E5-1620 v4, and the only difference between the two is the base and Turbo clock speeds, and a feature that is basically worthless except for processors that can be over clocked, and is just a band aid feature for those processors. ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/48rujh" rel="nofollow"> 
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arock_fan wrote:Posted By: arock_fan
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2016 at 1:35pm
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Thanks
for the reply parsec.
Yes it is indeed an interesting one. I didn?™t know if there was a possible documentation error in the compatibility list or if there is a known issue and it was excluded deliberately.
Appreciate your assistance
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