Remembering The Mighty Core 2 Duo / Quad (post your best overclock)

[Biolante]

Intel Xeon X5470 @ 5011.01 MHz - CPU-Z VALIDATOR

[akri7y] Validated Dump by biolante (2018-02-27 16:00:18) - MB: Gigabyte EP45T-UD3P - RAM: 4096 MB

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recently I've tested a x5270 wich can do 5.12GHz on air https://hwbot.org/submission/4618662_biolante_hwbot_prime_xeon_x5270_4161.14_pps

 

[bombatomba]

Ah, I had my old Q6600 (packed in an HP xw4600) OC'd up to 3 GHz...

Yeah, I know very lame, but back then (2011) I didn't have the time or money for anything but a tiny piece of electricians tape (applied with a steady hand). But good times, such nostalgia. I went from almost ten years of rocking a Pentium 4 to a quad-core monster. Wish it hadn't died.

Ah, thanks for the memories.

 

[Dinnercore]

Intel Xeon X5470 @ 5011.01 MHz - CPU-Z VALIDATOR

[akri7y] Validated Dump by biolante (2018-02-27 16:00:18) - MB: Gigabyte EP45T-UD3P - RAM: 4096 MB

valid.x86.fr

recently I've tested a x5270 wich can do 5.12GHz on air https://hwbot.org/submission/4618662_biolante_hwbot_prime_xeon_x5270_4161.14_pps

That X5470 is super impressive to me. Quad beyond 5Ghz on air, well done.

EDIT: Or did I misinterpret and the X5470 was not on air? Still, nice sub.

 

[Disparia]

Was able to build my department a number of Q6600 workstations back in the day. Only clocked them from 2.4Ghz to 2.8Ghz, but it was from bus/ram increase and not just multiplier adjustment. No speed records or anything, but nice boost and they were very dependable.

 

[Biolante]

EDIT: Or did I misinterpret and the X5470 was not on air? Still, nice sub.

no the Quad was on water. yes the penryn core had impressive performance to offer. Unfortunately Intel didn't released six or eight cores for consumer boards
with more voltage this could clock pretty well I assume

Intel Xeon X7460 @ 3338.28 MHz - CPU-Z VALIDATOR

[461p1z] Validated Dump by biolante (2019-12-31 10:54:48) - MB: SUPERMICRO X7QC3 - RAM: 16384 MB

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[JCL]

One from the other day, the pi one was from 1/2008. That was probably my best pi time and I think that particular chip is in another computer. If I have time I will switch them out today and see.

 

[freeagent]

Cant remember what this was for, I think I was having problems with my 295. I had to RMA it that summer.

 

[8BitZ80]

I found it!!! I thought this video was gone because crypto hackers had taken over the TigerDirect youtube channel and all the videos were gone, but it's back up now after they restored the channel.

 

[basco]

does anybody know which ram divider was bugged in p45 chipset ? 5:6 or 3:5 or other ?
thanks in advance

 

[Dinnercore]

does anybody know which ram divider was bugged in p45 chipset ? 5:6 or 3:5 or other ?
thanks in advance

I know that 3:5 is bugged on p45. 5:6 I'm not sure.

 

[PolRoger]

After revisiting C2D/C2Q these last few days I've found my skills to to be rather rusty. It has been harder running high FSB speeds along with good memory performance and stabilty then I remember. Finding the proper balance between Vcore/MCH/VTT and GTL Ref voltages has been kind of challenging. I remember once when this tech was current gen trying to dial in a 600FSB overclock on this motherboard but in hindsight I think my settings were probably rather relaxed.

I guess for now I'll keep plugging away at it. To aid with my settings I've found running HyperPi 32M to be useful tool... It will give an "out of round" error message or even BSOD if my settings are not "dialed in" well enough.

E8600 533FSB DDR2-1066 1/1 ratio:

Same settings AIDA stress:

My setup... Cooling is a Megahalems with a 2000RPM Delta fan. The USB floppy disk is for running MemTest (tuning overclocks) so I don't "bork" my Windows install.

 

[JCL]

After revisiting C2D/C2Q these last few days I've found my skills to to be rather rusty. It has been harder running high FSB speeds along with good memory performance and stabilty then I remember. Finding the proper balance between Vcore/MCH/VTT and GTL Ref voltages has been kind of challenging. I remember once when this tech was current gen trying to dial in a 600FSB overclock on this motherboard but in hindsight I think my settings were probably rather relaxed.

I guess for now I'll keep plugging away at it. To aid with my settings I've found running HyperPi 32M to be useful tool... It will give an "out of round" error message or even BSOD if my settings are not "dialed in" well enough.

E8600 533FSB DDR2-1066 1/1 ratio:

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Same settings AIDA stress:

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My setup... Cooling is a Megahalems with a 2000RPM Delta fan. The USB floppy disk is for running MemTest (tuning overclocks) so I don't "bork" my Windows install.

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I'm with you as far as the rust goes, that G.Skill ram cooler too, I have it on my board also. Trying to remember how changing one setting affects others. I found some old bios templates from back then but the settings I ran seem to be different and aren't working so well now. That chip I thought was in another computer was in fact the chip I was using. Now it is in another computer and will stay. I worked a some with that chip but it was stubborn. I have an 8600 to use now and maybe I can sort everything out. I have a couple 8500's if someone would like one. Clean etching work fine.

 

[freeagent]

I noticed that the last time I fired up the old Rampage. It was a little tougher then I remembered to get it to where I had it. Between PL, GTL, etc. I couldn't remember anything I thought I would never forget lol. Mind you I didn't spend much time with the X3360 on there right now. I don't have my e8600 anymore sadly. The board really shined with it. I was able to get it up to 600fsb and I am positive it had more to go but my G.Skill PC8500 didn't like it past 600MHz at all. Maybe I will plug it in this weekend and see if it still works Its been about 5 years since I turned it on last. I did get it to 471, but pretty sure I was able to get more out of it before.. but not much.. dam 3MHz will haunt me.

 

[PolRoger]

One thing that irks me is when you try to boot up a kit of ram and one of the sticks has gone dead/won't boot just from sitting idle/unused on the shelf for extended period of time. I have two different sticks from two different DDR2 kits that are now dead this go around. Last summer I was buying some 2x8GB DDR3 kits off of Ebay and was testing them upon arrival... I did some re-testing of a few of my other old kits and I had two sticks out of a 3x2GB Corsair Dom kit (Hyper IC) dead/won't boot!

 

[8BitZ80]

One thing that irks me is when you try to boot up a kit of ram and one of the sticks has gone dead/won't boot just from sitting idle/unused on the shelf for extended period of time. I have two different sticks from two different DDR2 kits that are now dead this go around. Last summer I was buying some 2x8GB DDR3 kits off of Ebay and was testing them upon arrival... I did some re-testing of a few of my other old kits and I had two sticks out of a 3x2GB Corsair Dom kit (Hyper IC) dead/won't boot!

I've spend many hundreds of hours of my life trying to fix hardware that doesn't work, then it works, then it doesn't work, then it works, then it doesn't.....but at least it hones your troubleshooting skills.

Although with RAM it can often just be due to oxidized or dirty contacts. A bit of a wipedown with IPA solves quite a few of those issues. Still, old hardware can be just plain temperamental.

 

[phill]

I knew I had some of the 775 overclocking I did... I've a few screen grabs from all of the testing I've done but I think there's a load more...




How I miss my original Rampage board.... And my 4870 X2 as well.... Good times

 

[Aranarth]

My q6600 was dead stable at 3ghz.

8400 was stable to 3.5ghz in same board.

Probably coulda gotten both up much higher but that was plenty far enough for me.
Pretty much one of the easiest overclocks I've done. Just flip the multiplier, set the ram, and let it go. No voltage adjustment at all.

 

[rvdevil]

Got these two to remember that good old days!

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

My q6600 was dead stable at 3ghz.

Mine was, too! 3.0, was a walk-in-the-park!

 

[crispysilicon]

Ah memories. Look carefully and you'll notice a few fun things.

I still have the RAM from this setup in my closet, that was some great RAM. Also had to patch the microcode to get all the features working (it wouldn't do SSE4.1 before patching if I remember right?)

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

Damn I missed the days when Front side bus was a thing. I remember AMD criticise intel for it being slow versus their hypertransport integrated memory controller. Despite that Intel was still beating the AMD Phenom 1 in performance. Most important of it all it the fun overclock flexibility with FSB, seriously fsb is just soo good despite its limitations.

EDIT : I think the current AMD io die is a good spiritual successor to the FSB. The intel core 2 quad is the "original glue" before AMD did it with chiplets. AMD uses two core2duo die having it communicate through the front side bus.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

A little hint of what im currently trying to get up and running...

Unfortunately its been sitting in the bag at the back of the shelf for so long that im going to have a beard before all the updates are completed (its been 2h30min already...) #DualCoreProblems

Trying to get this laptop up and running as a second machine as it packs more of a punch over my Clevo W310CZ. The screen is also bigger.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

A little hint of what im currently trying to get up and running...

Unfortunately its been sitting in the bag at the back of the shelf for so long that im going to have a beard before all the updates are completed (its been 2h30min already...) #DualCoreProblems

Trying to get this laptop up and running as as second machine as it packs more of a punch over my Clevo W310CZ. The screen is also bigger.

I see this keyboard and I know its an acer gemstone. Iconic design back in the day. Even with duocore problem this is a worth machine for its looks. Old laptop have personality which many current thin design lack.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I wish i had an 8gb ram kit for this thing. you can get everything under 8GB for pennies but an 8GB kit is £100+

The laptop was running hot since i last worked on it a year ago. 70-80'c during windows update but repasting sees it around 65'c

Unfortunately unlike the picture in my previous post this one is rocking a 8600M GS and not the GT

 

[80-watt Hamster]

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I wish i had an 8gb ram kit for this thing. you can get everything under 8GB for pennies but an 8GB kit is £100+

The laptop was running hot since i last worked on it a year ago. 70-80'c during windows update but repasting sees it around 65'c

Unfortunately unlike the picture in my previous post this one is rocking a 8600M GS and not the GT

I have a similarly-spec'ed Dell XPS. Repaste did not solve its thermal issues.