X79 and/or rampage IV OC'ing thread for those of us still left....

[lexluthermiester]

Got a huge haul yesterday!

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Left: Rampage V Extreme & Xeon E5-1660V3
Right: Rampage IV Extreme & i7-3970X

Very excited to build with both of them! Will be posting updates, but it might be a little while before I get to the R4E.

How much?

 

[dylxxn]

How much?

R5E was $150
R4E and 3970X was $185

I bought the 1660V3 in order to test the board on site, from eBay for $105.93. Had to clean the contacts with some isopropyl but it worked!
The guy I bought them from had a 3970X laying around too, so he threw it in with the board for an extra $85. So $100 + $85.

To be honest I was really after the R5E, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity!

 

[lexluthermiester]

R5E was $150
R4E and 3970X was $185

USD?

 

[dylxxn]

USD?

Yessir!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yessir!

Not bad at all!

 

[bobbybluz]

X79 Sabertooth or X79 RIVE? The pin transplant on the Sabertooth was going perfect until the solder wick pulled the very last trace I had to unsolder off the mobo. I see X79 Rampage IV Extreme boards on Ebay that are less expensive than the Sabertooths. I can live without the front USB 3.0 (have extensions to use the ones on the back) on the Sabertooth but the RIVE appears to have more options at a lower price used. Since it was the top of the line X79 mobo it may be the perfect choice to go into my resurrected Coolermaster Cosmos II case with a 1680 V2 I already have in it. Thoughts?

 

[drizzler]

The Sabertooth has an internal usb 3.0 connector if i am not mistaken, but i would go and buy a Rampage IV. I see no advantage for the Sabertooth.

 

[bobbybluz]

The Sabertooth has an internal usb 3.0 connector if i am not mistaken, but i would go and buy a Rampage IV. I see no advantage for the Sabertooth.

The Sabertooth has a single internal USB 3.0 connector, the RIVE has two.

 

[bobbybluz]

I'm working on getting an Extreme IV X79 Black Edition complete with the OC panel in what appears to be great condition. Seller wants $250 for it, negotiating shipping from Europe at the moment. The Black Edition appears to be the ultimate X79 mobo.

 

[bunjimon]

Hey guys! just found this thread (and registered)

I picked up my first x79 board a couple months ago, and have recently gotten it working (needed some pin repair) and am now looking to get more into overclocking it.

I got real lucky and got an x79 extreme 11 and a full water cooling loop for it for roughly 115 USD, so super stoked about that. at this point ive got this list of chips:
10x E5-1603
2x E5-2650
1x E5-1620V2
1x 3930k
1x 4820k (in the mail at the moment)

This is my first Intel platform, and i am really really enjoying the availability of cheap chips in large quantities

Ive posted like 3 scores on hwbot with the xeons, hoping to get more up.

I have some question about memory overclocking, on the 1603s and other xeons it seems that they are limited to whatever their highest spec on ark is, yet i see people posting scores of the memories at higher straps. I am currently running 8 sticks, each single rank, is it related to that? I read some thing about max memory speed being affected by how many ranks & channels the memory controller has active, but I didnt really see much to back it up and was wondering if you guys knew. some dudes in a discord im in said it was board specific, but i also couldnt find anything about my board and memory speeds on xeons, so here i am!

 

[bobbybluz]

My Rampage IV Black Edition complete with the front OC panel is on it's way to me from Europe, should take a couple of weeks to get here. It should be a screamer with a 1680 V2 in it.

Hey guys! just found this thread (and registered)

I picked up my first x79 board a couple months ago, and have recently gotten it working (needed some pin repair) and am now looking to get more into overclocking it.

I got real lucky and got an x79 extreme 11 and a full water cooling loop for it for roughly 115 USD, so super stoked about that. at this point ive got this list of chips:
10x E5-1603
2x E5-2650
1x E5-1620V2
1x 3930k
1x 4820k (in the mail at the moment)

This is my first Intel platform, and i am really really enjoying the availability of cheap chips in large quantities

Ive posted like 3 scores on hwbot with the xeons, hoping to get more up.

I have some question about memory overclocking, on the 1603s and other xeons it seems that they are limited to whatever their highest spec on ark is, yet i see people posting scores of the memories at higher straps. I am currently running 8 sticks, each single rank, is it related to that? I read some thing about max memory speed being affected by how many ranks & channels the memory controller has active, but I didnt really see much to back it up and was wondering if you guys knew. some dudes in a discord im in said it was board specific, but i also couldnt find anything about my board and memory speeds on xeons, so here i am!

For overclocking the 8 core E5 1680 V2 is the best (unlocked multiplier). For the most cores the E5 2697 V2 tops the list at 12 but has a locked multiplier. I was on Ebay last night and saw both in the $100-120 range at the bottom end.

 

[k_9virus]

so i found a 2697v2 on amazon for 99 bucks is it a downgrade from my 3960x? lol

 

[lexluthermiester]

so i found a 2697v2 on amazon for 99 bucks is it a downgrade from my 3960x? lol

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Unlikely to be a downgrade. You've gained double the cores/threads and only lost 10% clock speed, which you can make up for with a light bclk oc..

 

[johnspack]

Just put some stank on that 2697! I'm at 112 now but here's mine at 110.

 

[k_9virus]

cool! im gonna oc this thing its just mining with my vega64 in the living room lol

 

[johnspack]

Just remember, every time you change the bus speed, you have to re-enable Turbo. Or you will be dissapointed! Weird little x79 thing.....
Also, enable all c states. C6.. all of it, or turbo won't work.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

so i found a 2697v2 on amazon for 99 bucks is it a downgrade from my 3960x? lol

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My 2697 V2 working OC on 115 BCLK 3,45Ghz on All cores + Turbo boosting up to the 4,03Ghz and as you can see @johnspack also recently get his 2697 V2 and its also working on high BCLK(110)......maybe aint going to be strong IPC(single-core) as OC/3960X but it will demolish everything else on multicore....

 

[dalekdukesboy]

Nice posts! Glad to see action still going on here! Interesting to see the 2x series with more cores being OC'd as well.

 

[lexluthermiester]

maybe aint going to be strong IPC(single-core) as OC/3960X

It'll be close.

 

[dalekdukesboy]

It'll be close.

Speaking of single core and multi core strength...with a 4.62 ghz oc and fast memory etc is it possible at 4k my pc is bottlenecking my rx6900xt?? Also how can I tell? I look at gpu usage etc but not sure if low gpu usage like 40-50 means bottleneck at platform level?

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Speaking of single core and multi core strength...with a 4.62 ghz oc and fast memory etc is it possible at 4k my pc is bottlenecking my rx6900xt?? Also how can I tell? I look at gpu usage etc but not sure if low gpu usage like 40-50 means bottleneck at platform level?

At 4k No chance at 1080p probably yes maybe even a little bit in 1440p really depend of the games....but in 4K I could dare to said that even some weaker CPU's like "oldish" AMD FX will do totally fine and not choke the GPU....I mean sure you can probably find some older games where powerful GPU like RX 6900 can make 200+ FPS even in 4K in that case I guess you could see some bottlenecking otherwise no...not really.....
Also yeah...Sure low GPU usage could be indicator of bottlenecking but Is it yours GPU usage always that low in every game or just sometimes?It could be maybe that you have some other issue...or maybe is just that particular game......

 

[dalekdukesboy]

At 4k No chance at 1080p probably yes maybe even a little bit in 1440p really depend of the games....but in 4K I could dare to said that even some weaker CPU's like "oldish" AMD FX will do totally fine and not choke the GPU....I mean sure you can probably find some older games where powerful GPU like RX 6900 can make 200+ FPS even in 4K in that case I guess you could see some bottlenecking otherwise no...not really.....
Also yeah...Sure low GPU usage could be indicator of bottlenecking but Is it yours GPU usage always that low in every game or just sometimes?It could be maybe that you have some other issue...or maybe is just that particular game......

Yeah sadly due to life playing only 1 game sparingly called fishing planet...At 4k highest settings with anti aliasing and aniso filtering on. When frames get down to low 40 or so gpu usage goes down to like 50 or even less always looking same way at same places. otherwise 80-100 frame rates show gpu usage up to 99 and at least 70s. Also reported gpu wattage goes up when frame rates are higher.

 

[lexluthermiester]

At 4k highest settings with anti aliasing and aniso filtering on.

There's your problem. At 4k you don't need antialiasing as the "pixel laddering" can't be seen anyway. Turn off AA. AF however will still produce a good result but only to a limit. 8x AF is what you should go for. So turn off AA and set AF to 8x and you should be good to go.

 

[bobbybluz]

My RIV BE is supposed to be here tomorrow. I'm thinking of getting a 2697 V2 to put in the Sabertooth X79 to replace the 1680 V2 that's going into the RIV BE. From all I've read the RIV BE was the ultimate X79 mobo, I'll soon know for sure. Win 10 Enterprise LTSC is going to be the OS.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

My RIV BE is supposed to be here tomorrow. I'm thinking of getting a 2697 V2 to put in the Sabertooth X79 to replace the 1680 V2 that's going into the RIV BE. From all I've read the RIV BE was the ultimate X79 mobo, I'll soon know for sure. Win 10 Enterprise LTSC is going to be the OS.

Cool...2697 V2 or 2696 V2 are both great choices if you want to go for 12c/24t on X79 and with a little bit of luck&knowledge you can rise the BCLK and OC a bit those CPU's.....