Xeon Owners Club

[Killerdroid]

Welcome to TPU
Killerdroid
New Member
45, from Wales

Thanks for the welcome

 

[Killerdroid]

Hmmm,

I was looking at getting an i7-3970x for my old X79 setup before I saw this forum, but would prefer the Xeon E5-1650.
My only objection to the Xeon is the fact it doesn't have the SSE4 instruction set like the i7.
The question is do I need SSE4?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Thanks for the welcome

Croeso...

 

[Killerdroid]

Croeso...

Thanks for the welcome

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Its nice to have another Taffy on board, it will give them someone else to pick on....

 

[FireFox]

I hope these two are good overclockable as my ex two X5677.

For dual Xeons setup i buy just matched pairs

 

[Killerdroid]

Its nice to have another Taffy on board, it will give them someone else to pick on....

Haha! I'll just challenge them to a 'singing in the valley's' contest. That'll separate the men from the boyo's

 

[Killerdroid]

I hope these two are good overclockable as my ex two X5677.

For dual Xeons setup i buy just matched pairs

View attachment 84398

Looks promising. http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/xeon_x5677/

 

[dorsetknob]

Haha! I'll just challenge them to a 'singing in the valley's' contest. That'll separate the men from the boyo's

 

[Killerdroid]

 

[dorsetknob]

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/the-tpu-uk-clubhouse.68304/

 

[FireFox]

Looks promising. http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/xeon_x5677/

Not bad at all

 

[Killerdroid]

Not bad at all

I never knew they were overclockable till today. I've certainly been missing out.

 

[alucasa]

Another from Wales? Might as well rename this club to EU residents' club.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

hey, im still looking for x58 boards to house my xeon x5672

i found this on ebay and the seller said i could have it for £30

does this look like a fatal wound to a socket?
i guess its thermal paste, do you think its salvagable with a thorough alcohol wash?~

should i do it?

if you dont want it send me the guys details and i will buy it.

 

[Killerdroid]

Another from Wales? Might as well rename this club to EU residents' club.

Yes from Wales. No EU for us soon, perhaps. We'll have to re-open the coal mines on a massive scale for cash

 

[johnspack]

Darnit x79 mobos are expensive! All I can afford is an Asus P9X79 Pro board, says it will run a 1650v2, but nada about v1.... says it will run a 3930k, so think it will work?
Edit: I already have a 1650v1 coming....

 

[alucasa]

Darnit x79 mobos are expensive! All I can afford is an Asus P9X79 Pro board, says it will run a 1650v2, but nada about v1.... says it will run a 3930k, so think it will work?
Edit: I already have a 1650v1 coming....

If it can run v2, it will run v1 guaranteed.

 

[johnspack]

That's what I was thinking... guess I'll pull the trigger....

 

[Killerdroid]

Darnit x79 mobos are expensive! All I can afford is an Asus P9X79 Pro board, says it will run a 1650v2, but nada about v1.... says it will run a 3930k, so think it will work?

I don't see why not as it's a 2011 motherboard and the CPU is the same socket.
The reason Asus didn't post results is because they only test what they test. And will only offer support for what they test.
My EVGA X79 Classified runs my Xeon E5-2670 although EVGA didn't test it.

 

[alucasa]

That's what I was thinking... guess I'll pull the trigger....

Vice versa is a different story though. If a board can run v1, there is no guarantee that it will run v2. It may require BIOS update and even then no guarantee.

 

[FireFox]

I never knew they were overclockable till today. I've certainly been missing out.

The fastest Xeons are the X5698 and second place X5690/X5677, hell, they OC pretty good.

 

[johnspack]

Well fortunately this one is rated for v2s, so should be good. I also ordered a 2011 adapter kit for my dh-14... I'm starting to like ebay!

 

[FireFox]

I'm starting to like ebay!

I just hope that you don't ended up like me

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

@Killerdroid

some inspiration for you..........little Welsh flag