Xeon Owners Club

[alucasa]

So, not totally dead but chose to wear pants instead of mini skirts.

 

[jboydgolfer]

If my memories are serving me right, those Lanboy case wasn't cheap. Wasn't it a mATX case though?

It was an ATX mid tower @$200 at the time iirc

 

[alucasa]

It was an ATX mid tower @$200 at the time iirc

There was a Lanbox mATX carrying box version also. That's what I am remembering.

 

[jboydgolfer]

There was a Lanbox mATX carrying box version also. That's what I am remembering.

oh , i wasnt aware of that.
My buddy who had me build that PC with the Lanboy, was a autobody painter/mechanic, and he popped every rivet off that Lanboy, and custom painted the whole thing in his paint shop, in pearlescent. it looked Really nice.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

4 quid FFS

 

[alucasa]

oh , i wasnt aware of that.
My buddy who had me build that PC with the Lanboy, was a autobody painter/mechanic, and he popped every rivet off that Lanboy, and custom painted the whole thing in his paint shop, in pearlescent. it looked Really nice.

Hmm, may have been a Lanboy box... I don't know. Can't recall clearly.

 

[biffzinker]

@CAPSLOCKSTUCK
One of the cores is up there now how about the rest of em?

 

[alucasa]

The CPU is so old that it has cancer !

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

The CPU is so old that it has cancer !

8 Intel threads at 4.2ghz, for 50 pence a thread....i trump your cancer with a pox on your knees inner thighs

 

[FilipM]

What voltage for 4.2?

 

[jboydgolfer]

Hmm, may have been a Lanboy box... I don't know. Can't recall clearly.

its all good. i didnt even know there was another version.

 

[biffzinker]

What voltage for 4.2?

Looks like *scrolls up* 0.944 @ 4.2 GHz. Wait that can't be right?

Alright that's enough horsing around from me.

 

[FilipM]

0.944 @ 4.2 is impossible, unless he found a 24K Golden chip. Trolling is fine, don't worry

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

What voltage for 4.2?

1.26 v for 4.2ghz


i have upped the volts to get 4.3ghz

hottest core was nudging 70 c

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

i have had a bit more of a fiddle

1.248 volts for 4.2ghz at 100 % load ( volts are set to auto)

The system idles at 101 w and under CPU load hits 230 w.

I am happy to leave it running at that for the time being. Todays task is to put it in a case and then i can think about cooling it a bit better.

 

[FilipM]

Im sure you know this, the multi drops to 21 when all cores are loaded.

I had 4GHz at 1.18-1.19, 4.2 at 1.248-1.256, 4.3 at 1.3V on all cores using 21 multi. Yours seems similar to mine.

 

[FilipM]

X58 and 1080Ti? Surely I must be mad....well I am yeah but, I've been testing a few games and I am surprised how well an X58 can push the 1080Ti

* iRacing, 5760 x 1080, every detail maxed out, 121FPS locked. Previously with the 1060, I had some of the details down to medium/low, and I still had occasional FPS drop and stuttering, especially on full grids.

* War Thunder, 1080P, every detail maxed out, FPS well in the 100's (That game wasn't an issue with the 1060 either)

* Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six - Siege, 1080P again, all details maxed out including HD Texture pack (Total game DL size is over 70GB), GPU usage is maxed out all the time. The inbuilt benchmark shows:

- Min fps: 88.7
- AVG: 120-150 depending on scene
- Max: 254.9

X58 surprised me again. And due to NB overclocking (on which I'm sure none of the reviews covered back in the day, since 6 core parts were Xtreme versions anyway), I think it can beat a 2600K aswell.

 

[Caring1]

My latest acquisition and addition to my WCG crunching machines.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

My latest acquisition and addition to my WCG crunching machines.

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what cooler are you using?

 

[Caring1]

what cooler are you using?

Antec C400
IMO it's quite good looking with it's black top and copper base, the blue LED on the fan sets it off.
It had better reviews and cools more efficiently than the Hyper 212 Evo, and is around the same price.

 

[FilipM]

I have crossflashed my P6T Deluxe V2 to the latest bios from P6X58D-Premium. Everything works, no warnings, no sound card (PCI slot) issues like with the P6TWS bios.

On a side note, bonuses from this bios:

- QPI Slow mode
- RAM voltage can now be set directly to 1.65V. Otherwise it was 1.64-->1.66
- My CPU temps have gone down, testing blend in Prime95, in exactly the same room my CPU temp has gone down 2C.
- Whole system feels snappier and boots a few sec quicker.

Haven't exploited anything else atm.

 

[R00kie]

I have crossflashed my P6T Deluxe V2 to the latest bios from P6X58D-Premium. Everything works, no warnings, no sound card (PCI slot) issues like with the P6TWS bios.

On a side note, bonuses from this bios:

- QPI Slow mode
- RAM voltage can now be set directly to 1.65V. Otherwise it was 1.64-->1.66
- My CPU temps have gone down, testing blend in Prime95, in exactly the same room my CPU temp has gone down 2C.
- Whole system feels snappier and boots a few sec quicker.

Haven't exploited anything else atm.

What did you use to do so? I still haven't managed to crossflash my P6TD Deluxe.

 

[FilipM]

Afudos engineering sample on a boot-able USB, works flawlessly

You need the Bios file and the AFUDOS exe in the USB, boot from it and you will be greeted with a lovely DOS window, lol

The command is:

afudos /iBiosFileName.rom / pbnc /n


Wait for it to finish, then restart PC. It might not boot instantly, but turning it off and back on fixes that.


Bios Report: This bios allowed me to use CAS8 at the same CPU/QPI speed, albeit the timings are 8-10-9-27 vs 9-9-9-24 before. Combined with the lower RTL values (Round Trip Latency) which can be used in this combination (in the low 60's vs mid to high 60's before), the bandwidth is higher but, only a few hundred MB/S (500 tops). RTL values in this bios can be precisely tuned to the desired value, unlike previously where it was an offset (either advance or delay).

In my testing so far, the second value in the main timings, which is the tRCD can play a big role in IMC stability. 9-9-9-24 seems more stressful on the IMC vs the 8-10-9-27 that I am using now. I have lowered my IOH values to 1.10V and running Prime95 in Blend at the moment.

I think 8-10-9-24 or 8-10-8-24 or 8-10-8-27 is where I will settle.

 

[R00kie]

Did you use FreeDOS to initialize it, or something else? When I've tried, it started up normally and then crashed midway copying files with a low on memory error.

 

[FilipM]

http://linas.16mb.com/creating-a-bootable-usb-drive/

I used this guide on how to create a boot-able usb

I also put the command in the previous post.