Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Testing the Soyo X99 D4-VS, Machinist PR9-H and Mougol X99-MG with VRM, audio and gaming performance across the a e5-2680 v4 Xeon, i7-5960X and i7-5820K. And although hard capped at 60 Watts, the results are actually not too bad.
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Chapters
00:00 The boards, why they exist and initial thoughts.
03:07 Limitations, no quad channel memory and low power limits, make it so they are perfectly suited for cheap locked xeons.
05:24 Cinebench Scores and VRM temperatures of all boards.
06:31 two of the boards needs an active fan.
07:07 differences between the Soyo and the Mougol, Machinist (these two are basically identical).
08:05 Onboard Audio Analysis.
09:02 Gaming on the V4 Xeon Budget, it was actually smooth with that big L3 Cache.
10:03 Final Thoughts.
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#X99 #Xeon #Budget
Testing the Soyo X99 D4-VS, Machinist PR9-H and Mougol X99-MG with VRM, audio and gaming performance across the a e5-2680 v4 Xeon, i7-5960X and i7-5820K. And although hard capped at 60 Watts, the results are actually not too bad.
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Windows 11 Home (21$):vip-scdkeyss.com/vs/BFTYCh
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Office 2016 Pro(29$):vip-scdkeyss.com/vs/BFTYC16
Win10 LTSC 2021(13$):vip-scdkeyss.com/vs/21LTSC
Links
X99 Soyo, Machinist and Mougol motherboards https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oFg5EFX
Chapters
00:00 The boards, why they exist and initial thoughts.
03:07 Limitations, no quad channel memory and low power limits, make it so they are perfectly suited for cheap locked xeons.
05:24 Cinebench Scores and VRM temperatures of all boards.
06:31 two of the boards needs an active fan.
07:07 differences between the Soyo and the Mougol, Machinist (these two are basically identical).
08:05 Onboard Audio Analysis.
09:02 Gaming on the V4 Xeon Budget, it was actually smooth with that big L3 Cache.
10:03 Final Thoughts.
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