Over the last few months I've had a bit of an X99 obsession, and to the point that I built two systems. For those who don't know, X99 is a chipset for high end i7 and Xeon systems from the later part of the Haswell generation. Haswell-EP to be specific, which uses DDR4 memory. What originally attracted me to the platform is that these days it's the most cores per dollar that money can buy.
Like I already mentioned, I built two X99 rigs last fall, and I'm really loving them as both workstations and gaming machines. Here are the specs of the two rigs.
Main rig:
-Intel Xeon E5 2670 v3 12C/24T Haswell-EP w/Cooler Master Hyper 212 BE-32GB 2133MHz DDR4 RAM (4x 8GB quad channel Corsair Vengence 3200 CL16)
-Huananzhi X99-F8 Gaming ATX motherboard
-ASUS RTX 3060 Dual V2 OC 12GB GDDR6
-Seasonic Focus GM-550 80 Plus Gold semi-modular power supply
-WD Black SN750 500GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD
-WD Blue 2TB 2.5" SATA SSD
-WD Black 4TB 3.5" SATA HDD
-3x 120mm intake & 3x 120mm exhaust fans (Arctic)
-Cooler Master Masterbox Q500L ATX case
-Dell Ultrasharp U2415 24.1" IPS 16:10 @ 1920x1200
Secondary rig:
-Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3 8C/16T Haswell-EP w/Cooler Master Hyper 212 BE
-32GB 1866MHz Micron DDR4 (4x 8GB quad channel)
-Machinist X99-RS9 mATX motherboard
-Gigabyte GTX 1650 Super OC 4GB GDDR6
-EVGA 450 BR 80 Plus Bronze power supply
-Samsung 870 EVO 250GB 2.5" SATA SSD
-Crucial MX500 250GB 2.5" SATA SSD
-WD Blue 4TB 3.5" SATA HDD
-4x Arctic P12 PWM 120mm case fans
-Cooler Master Masterbox Q300L mATX case
-Dell Ultrasharp U2415 24.1" IPS 16:10 @ 1920x1200