Xeon Owners Club

[Zyll Goliat]

Yes it is.

If the answer is Positive i will buy a Xeon X5690, i have a few X5677 and X5675 but are in my others SR-2 CLASSIFIED.

Cool....I am just curious how much he is asking for this GEM?

 

[FireFox]

Cool....I am just curious how much he is asking for this GEM?

Very cheap.

150£ with the waterblocks included in the price.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Very cheap.

150£ with the waterblocks included in the price.

Nice.....Why are you aiming at X5690 is he that much better for OC?

 

[FireFox]

Nice.....Why are you aiming at X5690 is he that much better for OC?

Because since my first X Xeons serie i have always been playing with X5675s and X5677s, now i would like to give a try to one of those X5690, all my Xeons are and have always been Aircooled but this one i want to push it as far as i can thanks to my Waterchiller.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

You will have to change your avatar to Xeon GAMING 5.0ghz

I cant wait to see the build......let us know as soon as you snag the board mate, Im sure that noone in the club has one of those.

 

[lyra]

holy mother of VRM coolers

 

[FireFox]

holy mother of VRM coolers

Right now i am talking with the owner, the board come home

 

[FireFox]

X5690 bought it.

 

[FireFox]

You will have to change your avatar to Xeon GAMING 5.0ghz

The board has the ability to let me push the CPU, now the problem is if the CPU is a good overclockable one.

I cant wait to see the build......let us know as soon as you snag the board mate, Im sure that noone in the club has one of those.

It's a rare Board and not easy to find, the owner is from London.

Today i will order the waterblock,

This one:


This will be my first Watercooled Xeon Machine.

@CAPSLOCKSTUCK

What Ram speed do you think would be suitable?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

i would get a set of 1600 mhz.

I have every confidence that the CPU will hit 5.0ghz

 

[FireFox]

i would get a set of 1600 mhz.

I have found this one:


I guess are ok.

I have every confidence that the CPU will hit 5.0ghz

We will see.

 

[dorsetknob]

I have found this one:

Unless your just Benching and performance testing with extreeme overclock then your want 3 for triple Channel mem config
BTw nice looking and would look nice as a triple channel set up>>

 

[FireFox]

Unless your just Benching and performance testing with extreeme overclock then your want 3 for triple Channel mem config
BTw nice looking and would look nice as a triple channel set up>>

Of course it will be triple channel mem config, the pic i posted above was just to show what ram i will buy.

 

[FireFox]

i would get a set of 1600 mhz.

@CAPSLOCKSTUCK

The 1600 cost 69.75€ and the 2133 cost 74.00€ not that much difference.

 

[dorsetknob]

with the X58 Chipset anything beyond 13666 ( its rated max Speed) is overclocking the Ram
The 2133 is probably overkill for X58 and you Probably won't see the Benefit with that Ram

 

[FireFox]

with the X58 Chipset anything beyond 13666 ( its rated max Speed) is overclocking the Ram
The 2133 is probably overkill for X58 and you Probably won't see the Benefit with that Ram

But is it worthy to save the 4€?

I was thinking about the 2133 because the X5690 has high BCLK and obviously have a high multiplier what it means a lot of room.

 

[FilipM]

2133 if its dual rank, without a doubt

 

[FireFox]

2133 if its dual rank, without a doubt

I have 2133 on my SR-2 Classified.

Finally.

 

[FireFox]

I haven't ordered the ram yet because i am confused.

@CAPSLOCKSTUCK recommend 1600

@dorsetknob said that anything beyond 13666 would be overkill.

@FilipM said that 2133 if it's dual rank

the manual says that the board support:

800/1066/1333 and 1600+

See pic below:

Now, there's something not clear, because the X5690 has /uses high BCLK increasing it will automatically increase the ram speed, so let's say that i increase the BCLK to 180 and the ram goes beyond 1600 won't it saturate?

 

[dorsetknob]

@dorsetknob said that anything beyond 13666 would be overkill

No sorry your comprehending and reading wrong

The 2133 is probably overkill for X58 and you Probably won't see the Benefit with that Ram

@CAPSLOCKSTUCK recommend 1600

go with the @CAPSLOCKSTUCK recomdation

 

[FilipM]

You can always downclock a 2133 to 1600, but it's not guaranteed that the 1600 will work at 2133.

Dual rank RAM works best on X58 regardless of speed. However, 1600 dual rank will be faster than 2133 single rank. Tested and proved.

 

[FireFox]

Dual rank RAM works best on X58

Not been native English speaker i don't know what Dual rank Ram means, explain please

 

[biffzinker]

Not been native English speaker i don't know what Dual rank Ram means, explain please

Chips on both sides of the stick. Chips soldered on single side (Single Rank.)

 

[FireFox]

Thanks for the info.

Still have one more question.

In my others X58 Machines i have W7 installed, what about W10 in the new Machine?

I ask because all drivers are for W8/Win7/Vista/XP, except the Chipset Driver.

any thoughts?

 

[FilipM]

W10 works flawlessly on mine. The drivers done automatically by Windows