Xeon Owners Club

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

i don't dare to go further until i don't have a watercooling system.

Very wise.

My H100 has gone "phut" so im on stock clocks for the time being.

 

[FireFox]

My H100 has gone "phut

What happened?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I was doing some cable management and shorted 2 cables.

A pop, a smell and 25 quid down the drain.

I bought it cheap as it had no fans and a small bruise across 3 fins of the rad.

I will probably ghetto a solution if i cant find a replacement on ebay. Running at 3.2 ghz temporarily is ok for now i suppose

If i get X5677 i will defo need water cooling to hit 5.0 so i may have to sell my X5670 to fund the cooler.

Im starting to think that 8 threads at 5.0ghz would suit me better than 12 threads at 4.4ghz

The H50 pump is stronger than the H100 so i may get a 2nd user H50 and use the big rad off the broken H100. I need to spend time on ebay looking at options. Im in no hurry as i havent closed the deal on X5677.

 

[Durvelle27]

Air or Water guys

 

[FireFox]

Air or Water guys

I hope you are Jokingof course WATER

Btw, depending how far you want to push your CPU.

 

[Durvelle27]

I hope you are Jokingof course WATER

Btw, depending how far you want to push your CPU.

4.6 and above

 

[FireFox]

4.6 and above

You have answered your question.

 

[Durvelle27]

You have answered your question.

Alright so my custom loop is ok

 

[FireFox]

Alright so my custom loop is ok

 

[Fouquin]

Soon.

 

[FireFox]

View attachment 78045

Soon.

Which one is that?

 

[Fouquin]

Which one is that?

E5-2660 V3 sample. 10 cores, 2.7GHz. Possibly unlocked though if the seller is to be believed.

 

[FireFox]

E5-2660 V3

http://www.game-debate.com/hardware/index.php?pid=2167&cpu=Xeon E5-2660 v3

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/int...base-33ghz-turbo-96gt-s-25mb-cache-105w-cpu-r

I dont know which one to believe

 

[Fouquin]

http://www.game-debate.com/hardware/index.php?pid=2167&cpu=Xeon E5-2660 v3

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/int...base-33ghz-turbo-96gt-s-25mb-cache-105w-cpu-r

I dont know which one to believe

Believe neither, go straight to the source for that info: http://ark.intel.com/products/81706/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2660-v3-25M-Cache-2_60-GHz

Also the samples don't have the same clockrate, nor even core stepping.

 

[FireFox]

Also the samples don't have the same clockrate, nor even core stepping.

I know that.
I hope is has unlocked multiplier.

 

[Recon-UK]

Update on X58 pro.

Disabled C states and all power saving options because CPU was not going to max clocks with emulators etc which need those CPU cycles.

New CPU-Z has CPU's added.

It's great even GTA IV will hold almost solid 60 if i don't max my GPU.. this is with an ENB maxing the 670.

 

[FireFox]

Update on X58 pro.

Disabled C states and all power saving options because CPU was not going to max clocks with emulators etc which need those CPU cycles.

New CPU-Z has CPU's added.

View attachment 78052



It's great even GTA IV will hold almost solid 60 if i don't max my GPU.. this is with an ENB maxing the 670.

Off topic

which screenshoter do you use?

Back on topic

Disabled C states?

is your CPU constantly running at 4.1GHz?

 

[Recon-UK]

Off topic

which screenshoter do you use?

I just print screen then paste in paint, and cut stuff that is not needed or is private.

Or you mean the video? Shadowplay on desktop setting.

Yes CPU is now stuck at 4155mhz lol.

 

[FireFox]

I just print screen then paste in paint, and cut stuff that is not needed or is private.

Or you mean the video? Shadowplay on desktop setting.

Yes CPU is now stuck at 4155mhz lol.

I meant the CPU-Z screenshot.

Btw, i edited my previous post.

 

[Recon-UK]

Will upload a vid of my chip on desktop use, remember the stuff i test is on my Samsung Spinpoint F3 which is performing well above average.
XEON is a monster for desktop use, will throw some Gamecube and PS2 at it, show you that a locked in clock will diminish any kind of frame drop, when it was on power save the clock speed drop = split second micro pauses.

I will also run Tekken Tag Tournament in software mode using absolutely 100% of the CPU to become the Playstation 2 which is also far more accurate PS2 emulation.

 

[FireFox]

Yes CPU is now stuck at 4155mhz lol.

I couldn't see my CPU running at constantly speeds, that's why i always do Dinamic Overclock.

 

[Recon-UK]

I couldn't see my CPU running at constantly speeds, that's why i always do Dinamic Overclock.

Only really needed for emulation because you need every bit of CPU cycles the CPU can give, this is the same on newer chips too, if it downclocks then it loses speed or it causes frame time variance from the clocks going up and down. PCSX2 in hardware mode is limited to 3 cores where as i have 8 threads so the CPU will never be maxed out.

Software mode i can give it the full 8 threads but only really scales to 6.

 

[Recon-UK]

If you have good eyes you should notice the XEON with locked 4155mhz is smoother at 60FPS than the XEON with power save states enabled even though it is still 60FPS.

Do note the audio is an encoding bug with the not so smooth one.


60FPS power save states enabled.

60FPS States disabled and locked at 4155mhz, i added Dolphin too Gamecube emulator.

 

[Recon-UK]

Streaming some PS2 games on my XEON if you interested.

https://www.twitch.tv/lokifire90

 

[FireFox]

Guys i need some opinions/advices

would be worth to upgrade from X5677 to X5687?

X5677 4 cores, 3.46 GHz turbo 3.73 GHz
TDP 130 W


X5687 4 cores, 3.6 GHz turbo 3.86 GHz
TDP 130 W

All advices are more than welcome