Should I run my Skylake G4400 @ 4.4Ghz+ or my Thuban 1045T @ 3.5Ghz+ as daily driver?

[Insert_Nickname]

What board do you have? Does this feature require BIOS support of some sort? Wish it could read the temp from BIOS and act accordingly.

Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe.

And no, it doesn't need particular BIOS support. Its just rigged so the fan doesn't start until 40% PWM "load". If you can control PWM through the BIOS, you can configure it so 40% fan speed equates whichever temperature you want your CPU at. With mine 60C seems a good compromise.

 

[Madpacket]

These Xeon boards...

I have 128GB of DDR3 1600 (4 kits of 8x4 G.Skill). They're not ECC RAM but do you it would work fine in these dual socket boards? Tempted to pick up two of these Xeons and a dual socket board and build a real VM beast workstation.

Either do this or wait for 10 core Xeon Broadwell to replace my 5930K..

So tempting.

 

[cbn]

These Xeon boards...

I have 128GB of DDR3 1600 (4 kits of 8x4 G.Skill). They're not ECC RAM but do you it would work fine in these dual socket boards? Tempted to pick up two of these Xeons and a dual socket board and build a real VM beast workstation.

Either do this or wait for 10 core Xeon Broadwell to replace my 5930K..

So tempting.

Yes, I did see 2P boards that supported non-ECC RAM, but the models I looked at indicated 64GB limit.

P.S. If the newegg listing doesn't indicate non-ECC compatibility check the manufacturers website for additional info. (Some of the Newegg listings have left this info out, but I did find it on the OEM's website)

 

[Madpacket]

Cool thanks. X99 + 58xx series chips are limited to 64GB, only Xeons seem to support higher.