Xeon Owners Club

[Recon-UK]

E5640 @ 4.2

 

[biffzinker]

You guys with your sluggish 6 cores. You need more clockspeed to get things really moving.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

And what exactly will I do with a empty box?

 

[Recon-UK]

You guys with your sluggish 6 cores. You need more clockspeed to get things really moving.

6 cores/ 12T vs my 4 cores/ 8T with dual channel memory and only .7 points higher?

Also GTX 670 matching your 7970 because i am a badass overclocker.

 

[Durvelle27]

Me and @durvelle have basically got the same cpu and he scores higher than mine

and my 7970 beats his 480

View attachment 79642


I demand a re-run !!!!.......

i ran the tests with HWMonitor on.



http://win-experience-index.chris-pc.com/

Your 7970 on drugs

it's been confirmed

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Your 7970 on drugs

it's been confirmed

oops !!!

 

[biffzinker]

6 cores/ 12T vs my 4 cores/ 8T with dual channel memory and only .7 points higher?

Also GTX 670 matching your 7970 because i am a badass overclocker.

Opps, I forgot your Xeon is a 4 core, so.. disregard that I thought yours was a six core.

Actually my card is a 7950 aka R9 280.

 

[Recon-UK]

I was jesting by the way

 

[biffzinker]

Alright you guys I'm stepping away and leaving the thread before.. things get way out of hand.

 

[FireFox]

You guys with your sluggish 6 cores.

My CPU is 4 cores

 

[Durvelle27]

You guys with your sluggish 6 cores. You need more clockspeed to get things really moving.

Bet them 6C rapes your 4C

 

[biffzinker]

My CPU is 4 cores

Really? I could of sworn they were 2 - 6 cores Xeons you had.

 

[FireFox]

Really? I could of sworn they were 2 - 6 cores Xeons you had.

X5677 4 cores

 

[biffzinker]

X5677 4 cores

Well I did ASSUME they were 6 Cores Xeons when I looked at your listed System Specs.

 

[Daemoch]

Looking to find info about leveraging xeons for a home built workstation that will, frankly, end up playing a lot of games. I know you guys must have some good websites and advice. I'm at the 'gathering info' stage right before starting the 'how do I NOT blow my budget' followed by 'I guess I'll eat ramen for 3 months'.

I've got less than zero brand loyalty and I realize everyone has a favorite; also, every manufacturer makes a lemon no matter how good a track record they have. Supply me some info and sources and I'm more than happy to go make my own mistakes.

FYI, I've been in IT for 20+ years and still have my first CPU...a 286sx ...so spare me the super basics, I'm good there. I'm happy to field questions if I seem really off base looking at Xeons but to some extent I've built a ton of desktops and never a xeon so I thought it'd be interesting. I'd like to play with overclocking again and I hear thats a real issue with xeons. I'm not a peripheral junkie so USB ports arent a big deal. I'm also considering a rack (even if the Xeon thing doesn't happen), so 1U/2U options are on the table. I'd like to end up with something that can pass as a regular desktop in practice though, even if in reality its a Frankenstein.

-Looking forward to the discussion and thanks in advance!

 

[dorsetknob]

Daemoch
Welcome to TPU and the Xeon Thread
Suggest you read the Xeon owners club Thread
for a Start
oops thats this one
You looking at New Components or would you be happy for used Recomdations ?

I'd like to play with overclocking again

if your happy with used components then you can Achieve Stupid insane mad overclocks with Xeon 56** chips ( Quad CPU'S or Hex cores )

 

[Daemoch]

Thanks for the quick reply!

Used is fine. Probably better on the wallet too. From what I've gathered, some of the older components actually benefited from less lock-down, so the 2nd hand and aftermarket scenes where a lot more energetic (aka skulltrail as an example). I'd like to go with an MP setup. My last MP was a Pentium 3 slot1 Coppermine setup on an OR840 I hijacked from the dupster at work. I do realize that gaming will null a lot of the advantages of that type of arrangement, but I don't plan to limit it to game use. And frankly, some of this is just for the fun of doing it.

What are the draw backs to used then? What would I be 'giving up' to save money?

 

[m1919]

Thanks for the quick reply!

Used is fine. Probably better on the wallet too. From what I've gathered, some of the older components actually benefited from less lock-down, so the 2nd hand and aftermarket scenes where a lot more energetic (aka skulltrail as an example). I'd like to go with an MP setup. My last MP was a Pentium 3 slot1 Coppermine setup on an OR840 I hijacked from the dupster at work. I do realize that gaming will null a lot of the advantages of that type of arrangement, but I don't plan to limit it to game use. And frankly, some of this is just for the fun of doing it.

What are the draw backs to used then? What would I be 'giving up' to save money?

Main drawback to used is the stuff floating around out there is an unknown quantity. You're taking a chance on every component you buy second-hand. But then again, processors are pretty resilient. I've never bought a bad second-hand proc.

The board, procs and memory on my current build are used, but the build is solid. Exception for my old SeasSonic X760, that took a dump on the weekend so that's been replaced with a shiny new EVGA Supernova 850P2.

Weird failure on the PSU, I resumed my box from sleep, machine was piss slow trying to unlock. Just as I was about to reboot it shut down. Attempted to cold boot but the machine got stuck in a loop without being able to POST until I power-cycled the PSU itself. Rock solid again with the new PSU.

Funnily enough that PSU lasted just longer than the 5-year warranty.

 

[Daemoch]

I've had a handful of bad CPUs over the years. My current couch-laptop is a former Turion CPU that now has a Phenom in it. It generally runs fine, though hot (25 vs 45 TDP). But most tests show the used Phenom hiccuping. Never shows up during browsing or light video/game work though so I let it slide.

I think I'm going to prefer a new MB and probably new RAM though because in my experience those are the parts that get physically trashed the most (ignoring OC'ed GPUs). RAM is generally man-handled and MBs are just....abused. I've replaced far too many caps and burned/scratched traces to think otherwise. If it's a commercial-grade MB or RAM, I'd probably be willing to nod on that too though. Feel free to disagree. I suppose it would matter if you knew who the seller was too though. That Phenom was from China via amazon, so I got what I paid for.

 

[dorsetknob]

Main drawback to used is the stuff floating around out there is an unknown quantity. You're taking a chance on every component you buy second-hand.

" Buy from a Trusted Member of TPU "
Start by Monitoring this Forum ( and / or place an Advert when you can " follow rules" )
have heatware /paypal
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/forums/buy-sell-trade-giveaway-forum.43/

OverClocking duel CPU's not practical on "most Server Boards" ( they are also more expensive than Desktop ATX Boards)

"most Server Boards" only have 1 PCI x8 slot some have x16 slots

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Heres an MSI pro- e in America,

great for o/c ing. i have owned 2 and dorset has one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-PCI-Exp...824633?hash=item3d27911539:g:lvAAAOSwARZXoNZD

spend another $ 200.00 on an X5690 and youve got a 12 thread system @ 5.0ghz ( with proper cooling)

OR

spend $ 20.00 on an E 5640 for 8 threads @ 4.2 ghz +


We need to know your budget.

 

[FireFox]

OverClocking duel CPU's not practical on "most Server Boards"

It depends which Board.

 

[dorsetknob]

Can confirm i still use the MSI as a Daily Drive (at 3.8Ghz on Air evo212 with push pull fans temps are 24c to 40c )
you can use XP/Vista/Win 7 win 10 as O/S

MSI accepts DDR3 1600 and "24 gig in Triple channel"

 

[dorsetknob]

Knoxx29

It depends which Board.

Name those Boards then Please
Hint SR2 is not a Server Board its modified from a Server Board

 

[jboydgolfer]

I know my CPU supports tripple channel

But i assumed triple channel only worked if using 3 or 6 sticks not 4

Yeah but I should have explained further it uses the 3 u have installed in 3x and leaves the 4th