Xeon Owners Club

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Yikes....i just checked US ebay....1366 boards have gone up again.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

I was wondering about the possibility of grabbing a 1366 system... but motherboards seem hard to find at a decent price. Memory too. I could make my main rig an overclocked 1366 xeon or something, which should do better than my locked i5 2400... but considering the price of the board and memory, I may as well wait until I can eventually afford a newer setup anyway.

Well....thats what I did last summer,I switch myself from AMD to the Xeon X58 platform as my main&only RIG....It was a bit hard to find a good mobo but it was worth it after all....You can also keep your memory and other hardware parts from that I5 build......just be patient and look for a GOOD manufacturer mobo in GOOD condition!!!

 

[hat]

The idea was that these parts would get shoved off to the secondary rig, so I wouldn't be keeping much. Storage and stuff like that... not much else.

 

[mouacyk]

Shame the octacore is so damn expensive.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Shame the octacore is so damn expensive.

To be fair, AMD dropped the price of the Ryzen 7's by a good margin. The 1800x's are now $350. But with the above CPU going for $90ish, it's the better deal, even without the OC.

 

[jaggerwild]

Shame the octacore is so damn expensive.

I got an Octacore for $100 on flee bay, ^^ impressive work!!! Isn't that a locked CPU? Or how did you overclock it so high?

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I kinda miss my X3350. I dont even remember what I did with it. Cant remember if I sold it or what. I dont even know what I replaced it with TBH.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I got an Octacore for $100 on flee bay, ^^ impressive work!!! Isn't that a locked CPU? Or how did you overclock it so high?

Was wondering that too. Motherboard thing?

 

[agent_x007]

From what I know, all E5 16x0 (v1/v2) series Xeon CPUs are unlocked.
@mouacyk Same CPU, different name

 

[Morgoth]

Yikes....i just checked US ebay....1366 boards have gone up again.

i got an used 1366 xeon board if you want it, tough it comes with some problems..

 

[lexluthermiester]

From what I know, all E5 16x0 (v1/v2) series Xeon CPUs are unlocked.
@mouacyk Same CPU, different name
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Um, you're right. Just checked it here; https://ark.intel.com/products/75779/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-1620-v2-10M-Cache-3_70-GHz
Then I checked here; https://ark.intel.com/products/75781/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-1660-v2-15M-Cache-3_70-GHz
So, the screen shots from mouacyk above suddenly seem very "iffy". Those shots show 6 cores but the 1620v2 is only a quad. The 1660v2 is a 6 core, but not the 1620v2. I smell a rat..
@mouacyk If you're going to fake something like this, at least check your references and get the details right. Bad form old bean, very bad form..

i got an used 1366 xeon board if you want it, tough it comes with some problems..

Nice. What's the problem with it?

 

[Morgoth]

Um, you're right. Just checked it here; https://ark.intel.com/products/75779/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-1620-v2-10M-Cache-3_70-GHz
Then I checked here; https://ark.intel.com/products/75781/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-1660-v2-15M-Cache-3_70-GHz
So, the screen shots from mouacyk above suddenly seem very "iffy". Those shots show 6 cores but the 1620v2 is only a quad. The 1660v2 is a 6 core, but not the 1620v2. I smell a rat..
@mouacyk If you're going to fake something like this, at least check your references and get the details right. Bad form old bean, very bad form..

Nice. What's the problem with it?

memory problems, wierd shit going on when using 2 cpu's

 

[EarthDog]

Why is this guy being called out? Seems like a simple cpuz glitch, no? Only the first line says 1620, the rest say 1660. I dont know whats what, but do, wonder why we first accuse someone of manipulating screenshots. Half the people here struggle to find their way out of a wet paper bag, none the less intentionally do something like this for no real reason.

Same vitriol... different day.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Seems like a simple cpuz glitch, no?

No. CPUZ doesn't "glitch" like that.

wonder why we first accuse someone of manipulating screenshots.

Because it happens? If I'm wrong I'll be happy to apologize. That's one hell of a glitch though. Just seems very unlikely given the version of CPUZ being used.

Half the people here struggle to find their way out of a wet paper bag

Same vitriol... different day.

LOL! Nice.

 

[silentbogo]

Seems like a simple cpuz glitch

Not really a glitch, that can happen on some out-of-spec ES Xeons sometimes.
Encountered this when I was hunting for a cheap test CPU for my x99 board: seen some weird stuff, like the same CPU model can have a "wrong" CPUID, different base clock, or can be a hexa-core or an octa-core etc.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Not really a glitch, that can happen on some out-of-spec ES Xeons sometimes.
Encountered this when I was hunting for a cheap test CPU for my x99 board: seen some weird stuff, like the same CPU model can have a "wrong" CPUID, different base clock, or can be a hexa-core or an octa-core etc.

Oh.. Then maybe I do owe an apology? Wasn't aware that was a thing. Never seen it IRL. Google isn't showing anything recent. I'm still inclined to think the screen shots are iffy.

 

[silentbogo]

Oh.. Then maybe I do owe an apology? Wasn't aware that was a thing. Never seen it IRL. Google isn't showing anything recent. I'm still inclined to think the screen shots are iffy.

Here's a random low-res example of what I'm talking about (that's from russian forum thread about ES overclocking)
It's not the best screenshot, but you can see pretty well that it's an 18-core E5-2699v3, but the spec field shows it as E5-2696v3, which does not exist on ark and should theoretically be a 14- core CPU.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

i got an used 1366 xeon board if you want it, tough it comes with some problems..

I have 6 1366 boards thankyou. My wife will go mentaler if i get any more.

 

[phill]

I have 6 1366 boards thankyou. My wife will go mentaler if i get any more.

What boards do you have? I'm slacking with 4 boards here

 

[dorsetknob]

After my house downsizing I,m reduced to one daily X5650 ( with a promised x5690 upgrade ) and a spare replacement in a vastly reduced spares closet

 

[phill]

After my house downsizing I,m reduced to one daily X5650 ( with a promised x5690 upgrade ) and a spare replacement in a vastly reduced spares closet

What board do you use it with?

 

[dorsetknob]

Daily use is a MSI and spare is a Asus P6 (its buried behind loads of boxes I have yet to unpack)

 

[jaggerwild]

From what I know, all E5 16x0 (v1/v2) series Xeon CPUs are unlocked.
@mouacyk Same CPU, different name
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Yeah I have a 2630 V3 E5 unlocked, mine doesnt clock out like his did/does why i asked.

 

[mouacyk]

@EarthDog Thanks for standing up for my craziness. I swear it is a CPUz glitch on the top, identifying the CPU as 1620 V2.
@lexluthermiester This CPU definitely is not a fake and neither is my screenshot. It seems the Xeon club hasn't caught up to Ivy-EP yet. There's not a whole lot, but you can see a few LN2 entries at HWBOT.
@jaggerwild I'm specifically talking about the Ivy-EP octacore. The Sandy Bridge ones are cheaper for sure. Like @agent_x007 already mentioned, the 1660 V2 is just the enterprise edition of the 4960X, so it overclocks similarly. I run custom water cooling, if that helps to comprehend the higher clocks and voltage.

Here's an AIDA64 shot -- still running Dual-Channel because my desktop is using the other two sticks of RAM at the moment:

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

What boards do you have? I'm slacking with 4 boards here

ASUS ROG ii Extreme
ASUS P6 T deluxe
2 x DFI Lanparty
MSI Pro E
Supermicro 2 P