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[lexluthermiester]

Yeah, I'd imagine it won't be hard to get a +1GHz overclock out of them.

It depends. Silicon lottery will be a factor. But you ordered 4 of them so chances are good you'll get at least one that will OC very well.

 

[TopHatProductions115]

Anyone here own a DL580 or DL980 G7? If so, I could use some maintenance/power management pointers...

 

[masterdeejay]

Next chinese X99-Plus motherboard. DDR3+DDR4 support, dual channel.

And on aliexpress there is 2669v3 cpu for 72 usd, a good price for 12 core 3.1ghz. It is the same as 2670v3 but can support ddr3. All core hack possible, because it is 6F2 stepping!
https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-2669v3.html

 

[lexluthermiester]

Next chinese X99-Plus motherboard. DDR3+DDR4 support, dual channel.

Bizarre!! But hey, if it works, bonus round!

 

[Zyll Goliat]

 

[Toothless]

Joining my dual 2680v2 rig is now my dual x5680 friend! Gotta find some real coolers for it but I'll post pictures once she gets all prettied up.

 

[8BitZ80]

It depends. Silicon lottery will be a factor. But you ordered 4 of them so chances are good you'll get at least one that will OC very well.

Turns out they're good chips, I tested two of them and they both did 3.66GHz at 1.325V out of the box.
It's a huge difference going from the E5420 to the E5430, the E5420 wouldn't even entertain getting into Windows at 3.6GHz and 1.400V.

 

[Edwired]

You pumping alot of vcore on E5420 and it still wont post windows @ 1.40. Is there cpu gtl in your bios to set them standard if possible

 

[masterdeejay]

Another v3 xeon, the 2643v3 for my dual rig. I sold the 2678v3. For games the low core count but high clock xeons are better. So i decided to build a dual 2643v3. Per core l3 cache is bigger. I only have one, i will buy another.
Single cpu unlocked turbo 3.7ghz all core, one stick ram, no undervolt, chinese 6 phase vrm test mobo:

Very high turbo tdp limit, 270w, the 2678v3 has only 240w. It is much hotter almost like a destop i7. Undervolt recomended but just for cooling not for tdp limit.
Cpu sold as not working, damaged (missing one cap) 65 usd. Tested, quad channel works, prime stable but very hot.

 

[uco73]

Single Xeon but I love him.

 

[masterdeejay]

The current cheapest 2011-3 xeon that support DDR3 and DDR4
E5-2669v3 it was 80 usd form aliexpress.
All core turbo hacked to 3.1ghz. TDP is 120w stock
It is like a 2670v3 but supports less memory (256gb not 768gb)
It is not an ES! 6F2h final stepping so it is like a QS.

 

[Vya Domus]

E5-2669v3 it was 80 usd form aliexpress.

That's crazy, how did you find one, last time I checked they were still a good couple of hundreds.

 

[masterdeejay]

That's crazy, how did you find one, last time I checked they were still a good couple of hundreds.

It is 89 Usd now:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32869889998.html
but you can buy the 2678v3 for the same price
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33002946609.html
and the 2649v3 is cheaper 75 usd (but only 10C 20T)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32848156533.html

 

[Vya Domus]

I thought it was this chip : https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...-processor-e5-2699-v3-45m-cache-2-30-ghz.html

 

[masterdeejay]

I thought it was this chip : https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...-processor-e5-2699-v3-45m-cache-2-30-ghz.html

It is not a good cpu for the price. (still 500-600 usd) With all core hack it is not working 18 core 3.6ghz even with undervoltage. 2697v3 is better, only 14 core but works at full 3.6ghz.
For games higher clock is better, that is why i have 2643v3 (damaged but stable 68 usd ebay) .
Best price/performace ratio is the 2620v3 3.2ghz 6C/12T but it is only 20-25 usd, multicore performace is like i7 4770 but much cooler.

 

[lexluthermiester]

(damaged but stable 68 usd ebay)

What's wrong with it?

 

[Edwired]

Clearly a semi broken cpu if it missing caps or damaged cores then again it may well be the motherboard not using the full features of the cpu

 

[masterdeejay]

What's wrong with it?

Most of these caps dont needed for stable working . Their purpose is to "smooth" the supply voltage. The brown one are the caps (decoupling capacitor), the blue are resistors.
I have a lot of these damaged cpu-s 9 out of 10 works fine and prime95 stable. The not working ones are not booting or have damaged imc (not all channels work).

 

[Edwired]

Jeez that small must be poor handling that would cause that to fall off or sometime from packaging it into a bubble wrap i remember working in a computer shop when i was upgrading the internet cafe computers the boss ordered 10 cpu and out of 5 of them ended up with broken caps like above due to the seller stacking them together without protecting the caps that didnt go well at all like non booting or ran really hot on stock oem boards that was about €1100 worth of cpu but lucky enough the seller had a few more left to replace the broken cpus

 

[masterdeejay]

Jeez that small must be poor handling that would cause that to fall off or sometime from packaging it into a bubble wrap i remember working in a computer shop when i was upgrading the internet cafe computers the boss ordered 10 cpu and out of 5 of them ended up with broken caps like above due to the seller stacking them together without protecting the caps that didnt go well at all like non booting or ran really hot on stock oem boards that was about €1100 worth of cpu but lucky enough the seller had a few more left to replace the broken cpus

I had one 4790K of which has more than half of the caps are broken off. (delided with a vise and a hammer) it overclocks like shit. 4.5ghz max all core but worked.

 

[Edwired]

You could have gotten away lucky there but ouch

 

[masterdeejay]

Next xeon v3 from ebay is the 2623v3.
Not the best performance/cost ratio, it was 28 usd. The 2620v3 have lower price and better multicore performance (6c/12t 3.2ghz)
This is only 4C/8T but 3.5ghz 105w, and much hotter than the 2620v3.

 

[Toothless]

Anyone have suggestions for air coolers for x5680s? The current ones do get by but later on I do want something beefier and I'm partial to putting D15s on.

Edit: might get that cooler master 240mm AIO.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Anyone have suggestions for air coolers for x5680s?

I have found that the CM Hyper212 works well.

I'm partial to putting D15s on.

That would be overkill unless you plan on some extreme OCing.

Edit: might get that cooler master 240mm AIO.

Also overkill unless you extreme OC.

 

[Edwired]

Is it dual or single cpu set up you thinking of air cooling

CM Hyper212 evo is a better choice had one work really good on cooling as it have direct heatpipes stacked together than spaced out on other heatsinks