Xeon Owners Club

[dorsetknob]

They look identical apart from Gaudy S/b Plate decoration

 

[Duality92]

One got a haircut it seems.

I should be getting my Asus Rampage III Gene with a W3680. I'm putting 3*4GB of Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866/9 on it Hoping to get something like 1866/6 and 4.7 GHz with volts xD

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

They look identical apart from Gaudy S/b Plate decoration

At least i can tell them apart...

 

[Norton]

Big hugs and thanks to
@Norton
@T-Bob

for feeding my addiction.....

Have fun with it.

Note- use that fan that @T-Bob sent carefully.... it's pretty freaky!

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Have fun with it.

Note- use that fan that @T-Bob sent carefully.... it's pretty freaky!

The on/off switch will keep me entertained for hours.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

 

[Duality92]

that PSU.... lol

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

that PSU.... lol

are Seasonic bad?

 

[Duality92]

are Seasonic bad?

some are mediocre, but I was more referring to the rainbow spaghetti

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

i only want to see it boot, theres no HDD and its getting a much better, more power hungry GPU along with a better PSU.

This one is 350w, has no 6+2 connectors and only one 4 pin for the CPU so it is totally inadequate for the long term but ideal for today.

i hadnt really noticed the spaghetti, i think i was mesmerised by the fan...

 

[Duality92]

Oh it's fine for what you're using, don't get me wrong xD

 

[Norton]

i think i was mesmerised by the fan...

Told ya!

 

[infrared]

I love the green Ballistix Tracer sticks! Suits that motherboard perfectly. I had some of the regular tracers and the LEDs working based on activity were really cool.

 

[Duality92]

Corsair had some DDR2 like too, XMS2 PRO Series. (with activity LEDs)

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I dug out a 40gb laptop hdd with W7 on it, works fine, i will update it to W10 later. I have a WD 1tb to go with it long term but i might leave the 40gb drive for o/s.

EDIT

mouse is fine.....

 

[Duality92]

where da hex corez at?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

where da hex corez at?

i will probably keep this quad in it.

@T-Bob left some BIOS settings at 4.0ghz so when i have the cooler properly attached i will just use his settings. At the moment the cooler is just sitting on it with an old Dell passive cooler added for weight.

My son has exactly the same cpu and mobo and we settled at 3.9ghz for his CPU with the cooler he has. It games lovely with HD 7970

 

[Duality92]

I just assumed with the current prices of the hex cores that you were going to put one in eventually.

I guess a quad core part would do just as well for what you're using.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

The BIOS is very limited on cpu support. It will take the i7 hexs but not the Xeons

My cooling erection is a work of art. ......

 

[Duality92]

holy crap, which ear does that come from lol? P2 slot CPUs??

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

holy crap, which ear does that come from lol? P2 slot CPUs??

Its handy, it weighs 439 grams so it applies a good amount of pressure. i have another similar one, we stand the kettle on it when it comes off the stove.

 

[T-Bob]

Big hugs and thanks to
@Norton
@T-Bob

for feeding my addiction.....

Have fun bud!

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Have fun bud!

i had a massive grin on my face when i saw your saved CMOS settings in BIOS.........HERO...

edit

@T-Bob

best bit was, you gave your Mrs a lower overclock in her saved settings...

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

@T-Bob


i cant get RAM slot #3 to work. I have used slots 1,5 and 2 and have 6gb running in dual channel.


When slot #3 is populated the stick is recogized but not operable. The led lights remain static. Obviously its not a major problem, just wondering if it worked ok for you.

 

[Duality92]

@T-Bob


i cant get RAM slot #3 to work. I have used slots 1,5 and 2 and have 6gb running in dual channel.


When slot #3 is populated the stick is recogized but not operable. The led lights remain static. Obviously its not a major problem, just wondering if it worked ok for you.

Try just shooting some isopropyl in the slot with a spray bottle after dusting it very gently with a small art paint brush (don't want to bend DIMM pins). Let it dry a day and retry, it might just still work.

Triple channel boards also sometimes had problems when the CPU cooler was on too tight, it'd cause warping and some slots to not work.