Reply 20 of 39, by chris2021
These boards I believe are still being sold for 100$+/-. That guy's video as well as any number of amazon reviews states the major problem is usb3. They can also be flashed w/another board's bios. They're alleged to be functional, even useful for gaming, just that the performance isn't great, due to single channel memory.
LTT stated that with the x79 boards, they were authentic chips that were scavenged from used boards.
I thought maybe the e5-2603 v3 used ddr3 only but no. I have a stick of ddr3 ecc, but I suspect that won't solve any problems, despite it said the board can use ddr3 or ddr4. My case got closed somehow, not sure why. I'll open one again somehow if needed. That's the end of chinese bullshit for me. Actually it's the beginning and the end.