Question 1

Would I be crazy to consider this board for an audio / video workstation with 2 Intel Core i7-5820K cpu's? Thanks.

Accepted Answer

It's a Xeon board, not an i7 board.  It is possible that a single i7 would work but why would you buy a dual socket motherboard for a single CPU?  It's also possible that an i7 would be destroyed since this board was never created for an i7.

Question 2

Will this work with an E5 v4 Xeon?

Accepted Answer

I would say: No with about 50% assiduity.  Here is what I use to verify: Asus site: /Motherboards/Z10PED8_WS/HelpDesk_CPU/
The top of list has about 20+ E5 v4, but not Xeon. This site was updated 6/2016 with a v4 launched Q1 2016, so unless ASUS is just lagging, I would say no.
Intel comparison: intel site: /compare/?ids=93805,93807,93796,93808,93809,93798,93799,93800,93812,96899,91317,91753,91755,91768,91316,91770,91750,91766,91754,92979,91772,91767,91752,92989,92984,92983,92981,92978,92980,92986,92990,92993,92992,92985,92994,92987,92991,93802,96901,91771,91759,91775,92982,92988,85766,85765,85764,85763,85762,85760,85759,85758,85757,81061,81060,81059,81057,81713,81909,81055,81908,81709,83361,81706,81903,81705,81900,83359,83358,83357,83356,83354,83352,81897,83349,82763,82764,82765,82766,82767,85761,86067,81905,81901,81704,83351,83350,84317,84316,84315,84314,84313

Question 3

What cooler and case have others used for this board?  I'm decided on the board but want to make sure I find a case and cooler that work with it as a set.

Accepted Answer

I was able to barely fit this into a Thermaltake Suppressor and used two Noctua NH-U12DXi4 coolers.  LGA 2011 square ILM heatsinks should be fine, I didn't test narrow.  Note this was a challenge to get into a Thermaltake Suppressor; the key is to use some of the regular screws to hold the 3.5 bays in instead of the thumbscrews-- and the board will just barely be able to clear the screws.

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