So is there a stable bios version that allows this mobo to run smoothly for production workflows?
At the moment I have not had any stability problems during the work sessions.
Intel displays a max temperature of 86° max for the package cpu on the 10980xe. ( much lower than on other cpu, often around 95°)
I advise you to be careful if you go up to 90° (the "Die" of a cpu (especially with 18 cores) goes up much higher than the "package cpu") it can exceed 105°.
I personally set all the cores to 4.6 Ghz so as not to exceed 80° under full load. (with Gigabyte motherboard). whith Asus motherboard I put my least hot cores at 4.8 and 4.7 Ghz and the rest at 4.6ghz always for not to exceed 80° under full load. but it is impossible with Gigabyte bios )
I made a great custom loop to be able to overclock this CPU, however I fear that no waterblock is able to dissipate the heat quickly. The liquid in the loop remains fresh, but the fins in contact with the liquid inside the waterblock are too small (less than 1 millimeter high), consequently the contact surface with the coolant is ridiculous and insufficient.
During the most intense work sessions the temperature never exceeds 50° C, but in tests (Cinebench for example) the temperatures fluctuate between 86-90° C (the hottest core can reach 93° C). The benchmark lasts a few seconds so it's not worrying.
With other brands, a 4.8Ghz clock is stable already with a Vcore below 1.2v, but with this motherboard...
