Also I'd like to add this message from a CPU expert with their thoughts "1: Since the E5-2696 V4 is an OEM version of the processor, Dell may not have added microcode for it, so even if your device can use 150W CPU, it still cannot boot, if you will make your own microcode and add it to the motherboard, This problem can be solved.

2: The merchant limits the motherboard to 145W, which can make the motherboard stable. If you use a 150W CPU, it will exceed the limit of the motherboard. It does not seem to be anything if you add 5W, but it does not rule out that the motherboard will fail due to overloading. ( Screen flickering, rebooting, automatic shutdown) these are possible."

So I would like to ask Dell themselves of the board can sustain and work well with the E5-2696v4 CPU,

Thank you

Hi @Lukey13,

Sustain and work well, no it won't. It is not tested and verified by engineering. You will have errors during boot, in such like voltage and power related. Sometimes it leads to bricking the mainboard. Hence it's not recommended. Here are the CPUs that it's listed which are supported by R730. 

Thank so much, but can you add that to the technical guide because there was no where mentioning that.

Also will the r730xd work with a 150W TDP CPU like the E5-2686v4?

Thank you

Hello, I could not find especially 150W one in any list I could find. So I can't confirm it.

Thank you

Is the r750xd motherboard different to r730in it's max TDP for CPU or the same?

I've heard people putting in 150W E5-2696v4 but not sure if it will run well,

Regards 

Hi, sorry, I don't know, if thermal design power is the same or not. I couldn't find any white papers that I could verify. 

Have a good one!

Hi @DELL-Joey C  

Sorry to bump into this thread not meant to hijack it at all, but i was looking at the CPU datasheets and have found this Intel Xeon E5-2699P v4  with 22 cores a clock rate 3.0ghz  i would like to know which family Rx30 is compatible with this model as it states on the diagram 300watts power consumption cpu..  i am building a Router BGP firewall project and i need as much cores and high clock speed as i can without overcloking it..  and this CPU model seems to be perfect for the job but could not find any Rx30 version compatible with it.. Xeon E5-2699P v4 22 3 GHz 6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/
6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/
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300 W
LGA 2011-3 2× 9.6 GT/s QPI 4× DDR4-2400 January 2017

Hi @PortalNET2,

Not at all, don't apologies. 

I can't find Intel Xeon E5-2699P v4 in the Intel ARK webpage, only Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4. PowerEdge R630 and R730 supports Intel Xeon E5-2699. I also found those servers support Intel Xeon E5-2699A v4.

Hello,

In the table of CPUs listed above, all entries refer to v4 of the CPU. Is it correct that the same CPUs models in previous versions are are acceptable as well?

I have two E5-2650L v3 (65W) I'd like to swap out for some E5-2699 v3 (145W).

Mind you, I  have been thinking that (in general) any CPUs already in a Dell R730 can be moved to another R730. I have acquired some servers which were in a data center.

Hi @DELL-Joey C​,

If you don't mind me correcting your table, but the E5-2698 v4 has 135W TDP, 20 cores and 50MB cache.

Tommy