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

[phill]

A few?! Ooooooooh! Nice.

I've a few CPUs and bits to test, recently got through one of my i9 7980XE's and a 8086k so, sadly I won't bore you with those in here

I'm hoping to get some time..... I think I've got my X79 Dark to play with it on, so I'll try and grab that one out but I've a few Asus X79 boards that I could try too

 

[KptRex]

Just wanted to know how high does the ram speeds go ? Its official 2400mhz max supported on most of X79 motherboards

Sorry for later answer but work irl is killing any free time I have.


So, from my experience it goes like that: up to 1866 everything will usually work without problems but once you go above 2000 it's a big "depends". And the limiting factor will be your memory controler inside cpu. My 2697 for example just does not tolerate 2400 but is completely happy with 2133, and there are likely some that will take 2400 just fine. That being said.... on X79 you will find yourself playing more with timings than speed itself, And if you find good quality 1600 kit for better price than 2400 than it's still worth it in my option as you can tweak it nicely and as I said timings are more important here.

As for going above 2400 to 3000... those xeons ain't ideal for that, MAYBE e5 from 1000 series could get bit better speeds but I would not get hopes up unless it's only single slot kit or something like that,

Additional notes: Mobos with 4 ram slots like IV Formula tend to get better ram overclocking results + To unlock full potential of your xeon it's better to run full 4 stick combo from the get go

Gonna attach results of my 2 stick HyperX 2400 cl11 kit (still waiting to find second pair for decent price). So you can have rought idea what you can get with first and second timings ram tweaked on this platform

 

[dalekdukesboy]

I've a few CPUs and bits to test, recently got through one of my i9 7980XE's and a 8086k so, sadly I won't bore you with those in here

I'm hoping to get some time..... I think I've got my X79 Dark to play with it on, so I'll try and grab that one out but I've a few Asus X79 boards that I could try too

OOOOH you can test any of those I am interested in the older xeon etc! I wonder how they compare to x79 as well as the new 12900k etc I and Bobby will post hopefully soon...I got all my bits and pieces here there's nothing missing...save an awesome graphics card...I got a 1080ti which I'll plop in it for the moment which thankfully is decent and if I get all my games and stuff on hard drive I'll put the ASRock RX 6900 XT
OC Formula into it...Should I put windows 11 or 10 on the new system???

Opinions? I hate the sound of windows 11 but this processor seems to suffer in some things under windows 10 because of optimization problems.

 

[KptRex]

processor seems to suffer in some things under windows 10 because of optimization problems

Hmm that sounds weird, I personally would go with Ghost Spectre win10 as I'v been using it for a while and it cut my ram usage by half on idle compared to standard win 10, similar with cpu. Or make custom windows iso by cutting all the crap out

If non of those seem feasible tho then win 11 is the way to go I guess.

 

[basco]

@KptRex is this aida result with 2x4gb or 2x8gb sticks?

with your 12900k i would go win11 because the word is it better handles the e-cores but you could go win10 and have a look at park control which was just updated for the e-cores.

ParkControl – Tweak CPU Core Parking and More

ParkControl is free software to display and tweak CPU core parking settings in real-time. It also has an assortment of complimentary power automation features.

bitsum.com

 

[dalekdukesboy]

@KptRex is this aida result with 2x4gb or 2x8gb sticks?

with your 12900k i would go win11 because the word is it better handles the e-cores but you could go win10 and have a look at park control which was just updated for the e-cores.

ParkControl – Tweak CPU Core Parking and More

ParkControl is free software to display and tweak CPU core parking settings in real-time. It also has an assortment of complimentary power automation features.

bitsum.com

Thanks for advice! That's what I heard hence my question....what is "park control?" I'll look it up but that's a new one on me about the 1700 socket compatibility subject.

OOOOHHHHH!
I like! I just downloaded it to fool with it on my current system and power savings be damned I just want my PC to do what I want! Lol.

Bitsum. Real-time CPU Optimization and Automation

Also found this! It's called Process lasso....looks like an extension of the first program just more detailed and in depth...looks very cool just downloaded it too!

 

[KptRex]

is this aida result with 2x4gb or 2x8gb sticks?

2x8, 16gb in total

 

[bobbybluz]

A few?! Ooooooooh! Nice.


Ok Bobby.... Phil is going with the thread hardware x79... Where's the screenshots and benchmarks etc of that 1700 pin 12700 system? My 12900 is coming soonish but had other things come first.

As far as actual hands-on getting things done goes I've been parked for a couple of weeks due to physical issues. The 12700K is up and running but there are still a few things that must be taken care of with it. I've OC'd it to slightly over 5.2 GHz but I don't like the temps under load. The AMD Vega Frontier Edition GPU in it has an issue I still haven't tracked down (it's been that way since I got it last year). I may be getting an EVGA 1080 TI FTW Hybrid locally for it but as of yesterday the owner here locally hadn't decided if he'll take what I offered him for it. I should have an answer by sometime next week.

My biggest problem at the moment is mobility. Something popped again in my left hip at physical therapy (I tore a muscle in it last year) and moving that gargantuan Cosmos II rig around isn't easy. I still haven't put the side panels back on because they're in my basement and using stairs is like mountain climbing for the time being. I may do some work on the Z170/ 7700K project this afternoon if I feel better after the pain meds kick in. Getting old should come with a warning label because nobody told me what may lay ahead back when I was young.

Welcome to the X79 E5 1680 V2 club Phil. It's amazing just how good those things still are today. While everybody has their own favorites, all factors considered, I think the 1680 V2 may be the best CPU ever made.

 

[phill]

Well it was one of the first 8C 16T CPUs around, even if it was meant for a server or workstation but here we are I wonder how it might compare to my 5960X I have upstairs as well. Far too much kit here lol Still, #1stworldproblems and all....

It's been a long time since I've tried overclocking so might need some pointers! I think this thread seems to have mostly Asus boards in am I right in thinking??

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Since I added more RAM I also started to play a bit with the memory timings and managed to tweak and improve my machine...of course it's nothing significant but still it is visible in most benchmarks....

Here above is the example in Geekbench 5 First 3 results is with current "tweaked" memory timings.....

Also I managed to improve my Passmark 9 CPU score for more then 250 points.....so now is really close to that Threadripper 1950x....

 

[dalekdukesboy]

As far as actual hands-on getting things done goes I've been parked for a couple of weeks due to physical issues. The 12700K is up and running but there are still a few things that must be taken care of with it. I've OC'd it to slightly over 5.2 GHz but I don't like the temps under load. The AMD Vega Frontier Edition GPU in it has an issue I still haven't tracked down (it's been that way since I got it last year). I may be getting an EVGA 1080 TI FTW Hybrid locally for it but as of yesterday the owner here locally hadn't decided if he'll take what I offered him for it. I should have an answer by sometime next week.

My biggest problem at the moment is mobility. Something popped again in my left hip at physical therapy (I tore a muscle in it last year) and moving that gargantuan Cosmos II rig around isn't easy. I still haven't put the side panels back on because they're in my basement and using stairs is like mountain climbing for the time being. I may do some work on the Z170/ 7700K project this afternoon if I feel better after the pain meds kick in. Getting old should come with a warning label because nobody told me what may lay ahead back when I was young.

Welcome to the X79 E5 1680 V2 club Phil. It's amazing just how good those things still are today. While everybody has their own favorites, all factors considered, I think the 1680 V2 may be the best CPU ever made.

GREAT! Glad you got it up and running I want bechies/screnshots works! LOL. Sorry your hip is bit screwed up and mobility is hindered but keep at it you'll get through it. Also I could look back but I'm a lazy fuck atm so what cooling do you have on that 12700k? Do you have it clocked to 5.2ghz on all p cores? Did you OC the E cores? I am going to have an interesting learning curve when I put mine together....snowstorm here not so bad but not heading anywhere till tomorrow so probably will get my build somewhat together lol.

I agree...this 1680v2 I got is amazing. Only the last couple gens of intel/AMD solidly beat it and it still works well enough to put up a good show. Amazing for a cpu from a decade ago! Unheard of in technology to this point.

Well it was one of the first 8C 16T CPUs around, even if it was meant for a server or workstation but here we are I wonder how it might compare to my 5960X I have upstairs as well. Far too much kit here lol Still, #1stworldproblems and all....

It's been a long time since I've tried overclocking so might need some pointers! I think this thread seems to have mostly Asus boards in am I right in thinking??

I agree...this 1680v2 I got is amazing. Only the last couple gens of intel/AMD solidly beat it and it still works well enough to put up a good show. Amazing for a cpu from a decade ago! Unheard of in technology to this point.

Yes I reiterated what I said above because it's worth repeating! I'd love to see comparison to 5960x and truthfully any past/present system to see where it stacks up!

Since I added more RAM I also started to play a bit with the memory timings and managed to tweak and improve my machine...of course it's nothing significant but still it is visible in most benchmarks....
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Here above is the example in Geekbench 5 First 3 results is with current "tweaked" memory timings.....
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Also I managed to improve my Passmark 9 CPU score for more then 250 points.....so now is really close to that Threadripper 1950x....

Hey, improvement is improvement! That's what OC'ing and tweaking is so nice job!

 

[bobbybluz]

GREAT! Glad you got it up and running I want bechies/screnshots works! LOL. Sorry your hip is bit screwed up and mobility is hindered but keep at it you'll get through it. Also I could look back but I'm a lazy fuck atm so what cooling do you have on that 12700k? Do you have it clocked to 5.2ghz on all p cores? Did you OC the E cores? I am going to have an interesting learning curve when I put mine together....snowstorm here not so bad but not heading anywhere till tomorrow so probably will get my build somewhat together lol.

I agree...this 1680v2 I got is amazing. Only the last couple gens of intel/AMD solidly beat it and it still works well enough to put up a good show. Amazing for a cpu from a decade ago! Unheard of in technology to this point.

I agree...this 1680v2 I got is amazing. Only the last couple gens of intel/AMD solidly beat it and it still works well enough to put up a good show. Amazing for a cpu from a decade ago! Unheard of in technology to this point.

Yes I reiterated what I said above because it's worth repeating! I'd love to see comparison to 5960x and truthfully any past/present system to see where it stacks up!

Hey, improvement is improvement! That's what OC'ing and tweaking is so nice job!

I finally gave in and bought a new GPU this afternoon (being on pain meds can be as bad as being drunk or stoned when it comes to wasting money) for the 12700K rig. If what's gone wonky on the Vega Frontier Edition 16GB can't be resolved it's going up on Ebay with full disclosure that it only runs at 8x now. Seeing what they're bringing at the moment is great because I should be able to recoup some of what this new one cost me: ASRock OC Formula Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB that was $1599 through today at Newegg. That's a few hundred dollars cheaper than I saw it anyplace else including used ones. I'll have a top-end new GPU with a full three year warranty and I should be able to get some great benchmarks with the entire combination. It's supposed to be here Wednesday the 2nd.

I have an Arctic LF II 280 with 4 Silver Stone 140mm FHP-141's in push/pull at full speed (171cfm each) on the 12700K and it's all externally mounted on top of the Cosmos II case. At the moment 5.2 on the P cores and 4.1 on the E cores. It still needs completing then fine tuning but I shouldn't be hurting for performance in anything once all is finally finished.

Meanwhile while I'm able to work on the new expensive toy I'm using my Sabertooth X79/ 1680 V2 along side it and still impressed with just how good that 10 year old silicon is. When I still had the 5960X in my Asus X99 Deluxe @4.5GHz the 1680 V2 at the same speed scored fewer than 400 points less on the Passmark 9 CPU benchmark. Both easily broke 21,000+ but the 1680 V2 did it with 64GB of Corsair Dominator DDR3 2100 and the 5960X had 64GB of G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2600. That 5960X has been replaced with a 16 core E5 2683 V4 that runs far cooler under load (barely above idle temps) while transcoding video.

I'm glad this forum exists and greatly appreciate the camaraderie with other members in here. Thanks for letting me be part of it.

 

[aQi]

Sorry for later answer but work irl is killing any free time I have.


So, from my experience it goes like that: up to 1866 everything will usually work without problems but once you go above 2000 it's a big "depends". And the limiting factor will be your memory controler inside cpu. My 2697 for example just does not tolerate 2400 but is completely happy with 2133, and there are likely some that will take 2400 just fine. That being said.... on X79 you will find yourself playing more with timings than speed itself, And if you find good quality 1600 kit for better price than 2400 than it's still worth it in my option as you can tweak it nicely and as I said timings are more important here.

As for going above 2400 to 3000... those xeons ain't ideal for that, MAYBE e5 from 1000 series could get bit better speeds but I would not get hopes up unless it's only single slot kit or something like that,

Additional notes: Mobos with 4 ram slots like IV Formula tend to get better ram overclocking results + To unlock full potential of your xeon it's better to run full 4 stick combo from the get go

Gonna attach results of my 2 stick HyperX 2400 cl11 kit (still waiting to find second pair for decent price). So you can have rought idea what you can get with first and second timings ram tweaked on this platform

I appreciate you took the effort to respond to my comment. I agree to the few ram slots terminology even with dual channel architectures. It helps to manage alot better then extra ram banks. I have considered Asus Rampahe IV gene in this regard coupled with yet to come 1680 v2. Its better that you shared your results with 2697 v2 as i had 2690 v2 in mind. I have also watched and read that 1680 v2 out performs any processor of lga2011 but im not sure and not wise enough to compare 4960x to all those xeons. I have a set of gskill 2133mhz 2x4gb sticks which in my case is not enough and i see its timings are poor relatively compared to other rams of the same attributes. Tell me timing matters more then speeds if im not wrong ?

 

[bobbybluz]

The 1680 V2 is very close to a 5960X when both are clocked to 4.5GHz even when the 5960X is using faster DDR4 RAM. I replaced a binned 4960X with my first 1680 V2 and the performance gain was large. Over 500 points better in the Passmark 9 CPU test just by swapping CPU's alone. Taking advantage of the quad channel memory is a must with X79 to get the full performance from the platform. From my experiences 4 x 8GB is the minimum to consider. 1866 beats 1600 and 2100 beats 1866 is what I found trying all three speeds with 64GB of each. If you go with 64GB increase the voltage to 1.6 or 1.65. The RAM Guy at Corsair told me that years ago when I built my first X79 rig. He said increasing the RAM voltage takes stress off the RAM controller.

 

[dalekdukesboy]

I appreciate you took the effort to respond to my comment. I agree to the few ram slots terminology even with dual channel architectures. It helps to manage alot better then extra ram banks. I have considered Asus Rampahe IV gene in this regard coupled with yet to come 1680 v2. Its better that you shared your results with 2697 v2 as i had 2690 v2 in mind. I have also watched and read that 1680 v2 out performs any processor of lga2011 but im not sure and not wise enough to compare 4960x to all those xeons. I have a set of gskill 2133mhz 2x4gb sticks which in my case is not enough and i see its timings are poor relatively compared to other rams of the same attributes. Tell me timing matters more then speeds if im not wrong ?

Hey I answered too! Lol. Just joking and was awhile ago and admittedly brief. You have the right idea to go with the 1680 v2 because it overclocks extremely well and has a very good memory controller on it so you can get quad channel memory approaching 3000 MHz. So I would get the Asus rampage gene or wxtreme and pair it with 1680 and best oc’ing ddr3 you can find! I have pretty good idea of what would work well and would be happy to see your potential memory choices before you buy them and commit to them!

I finally gave in and bought a new GPU this afternoon (being on pain meds can be as bad as being drunk or stoned when it comes to wasting money) for the 12700K rig. If what's gone wonky on the Vega Frontier Edition 16GB can't be resolved it's going up on Ebay with full disclosure that it only runs at 8x now. Seeing what they're bringing at the moment is great because I should be able to recoup some of what this new one cost me: ASRock OC Formula Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB that was $1599 through today at Newegg. That's a few hundred dollars cheaper than I saw it anyplace else including used ones. I'll have a top-end new GPU with a full three year warranty and I should be able to get some great benchmarks with the entire combination. It's supposed to be here Wednesday the 2nd.

I have an Arctic LF II 280 with 4 Silver Stone 140mm FHP-141's in push/pull at full speed (171cfm each) on the 12700K and it's all externally mounted on top of the Cosmos II case. At the moment 5.2 on the P cores and 4.1 on the E cores. It still needs completing then fine tuning but I shouldn't be hurting for performance in anything once all is finally finished.

Meanwhile while I'm able to work on the new expensive toy I'm using my Sabertooth X79/ 1680 V2 along side it and still impressed with just how good that 10 year old silicon is. When I still had the 5960X in my Asus X99 Deluxe @4.5GHz the 1680 V2 at the same speed scored fewer than 400 points less on the Passmark 9 CPU benchmark. Both easily broke 21,000+ but the 1680 V2 did it with 64GB of Corsair Dominator DDR3 2100 and the 5960X had 64GB of G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2600. That 5960X has been replaced with a 16 core E5 2683 V4 that runs far cooler under load (barely above idle temps) while transcoding video.

I'm glad this forum exists and greatly appreciate the camaraderie with other members in here. Thanks for letting me be part of it.

I am so glad my now almost 6 year old thread about then EOL hardware became popular and a place for you and many to share and enjoy old but excellent intel tech!

Don't know a lot about your aio Bobby but you think like I do on many of your other choices!
The 6900xt I broke down and bought on Newegg is the as rock version you got! Basically same reasons... Was fastest version of 6900 air cooled and most sort of reasonably priced. The silverstone fans you got are ones I have used for last couple years, most cfm I could find with least noise.. Very happy with them overall.

You did say you weren't happy with temps of your cpu under load... What kind of temps does it reach?

 

[aQi]

I have an Asus Rampage iv black it's a great motherboard. Amazingly rock stable overclocker...

I'm tempted to find 3000+ mhz rated memory but might be platform or cpu limitation. Not sure my cpu memory controller will do much more under ambient temps....

Well it seems motherboard manufacturers advertised 2400mhz oc on most x79 motherboards, not sure its because its a quad channel architecture platform. However z87 and z97 obviously supports upto 3000mhz oc again advertised by motherboard manufacturers. But surprisingly overclocking always tweak and squeeze more whether something is advertised or not. Well mate the thing is I have been looking for 3000mhz myself I even emailed gskill as they hold worldrecord ddr3 speed. Well you know what they didn't even bother to reply
People would still think buying such rare memory is crazy as to higher speeds are available with ddr4 rams but when it comes to latency ddr3 still has an edge. I have seen ddr4 vs ddr5 and due to tight latencies ddr4 gets its edge over ddr5. Unfortunately higher speed ddr3 went down due to sudden transition and implementation of ddr4.

Hey I answered too! Lol. Just joking and was awhile ago and admittedly brief. You have the right idea to go with the 1680 v2 because it overclocks extremely well and has a very good memory controller on it so you can get quad channel memory approaching 3000 MHz. So I would get the Asus rampage gene or wxtreme and pair it with 1680 and best oc’ing ddr3 you can find! I have pretty good idea of what would work well and would be happy to see your potential memory choices before you buy them and commit to them!


I am so glad my now almost 6 year old thread about then EOL hardware became popular and a place for you and many to share and enjoy old but excellent intel tech!

Don't know a lot about your aio Bobby but you think like I do on many of your other choices!
The 6900xt I broke down and bought on Newegg is the as rock version you got! Basically same reasons... Was fastest version of 6900 air cooled and most sort of reasonably priced. The silverstone fans you got are ones I have used for last couple years, most cfm I could find with least noise.. Very happy with them overall.

You did say you weren't happy with temps of your cpu under load... What kind of temps does it reach?

Actually now that i have replied to your response i would like to thank and salute you for making this thread and x79 plateform a success

I still want to add one thing more. My goal was to max out any ddr3 based plateform as i got these 2133mhz dims with a system i bought. It is Asus Z97i-plus. Honestly i felt good considering these over 1600mhz. Obviously this board offers upto 3300mhz and beyond OC but restricted to the dual channel barrier. X79 on the other hand offers quad channel and more core power. No wonder 4790k is a hell of a cpu but just 4 cores and thats it.

I would really like to see someone hitting higher clocks on ram and cpu with more cores. Those sexy tight latencies and handsome cores with high clocks

The 1680 V2 is very close to a 5960X when both are clocked to 4.5GHz even when the 5960X is using faster DDR4 RAM. I replaced a binned 4960X with my first 1680 V2 and the performance gain was large. Over 500 points better in the Passmark 9 CPU test just by swapping CPU's alone. Taking advantage of the quad channel memory is a must with X79 to get the full performance from the platform. From my experiences 4 x 8GB is the minimum to consider. 1866 beats 1600 and 2100 beats 1866 is what I found trying all three speeds with 64GB of each. If you go with 64GB increase the voltage to 1.6 or 1.65. The RAM Guy at Corsair told me that years ago when I built my first X79 rig. He said increasing the RAM voltage takes stress off the RAM controller.

Noted but how can increased voltage takes the stress off the controller. I mean it still has to manage those tweaked speeds over quad rails.

Okay wait im lost here 4960x out performing 1680 v2 ? On stock settings ? Obviously clocks differ. Thats the issue both these share the same memory controller yet differnt core count and clocks do matter. If the 1680 v2 is clocked better the benchmarks would be over the roof top ?

 

[bobbybluz]

5960X X99 not 4960X X79. All three including the 1680 V2 were clocked at 4.5GHz. The 1680 V2 is close to the 5960X not the 4960X. Actually the 3930K at 5.02 GHz scored higher on Passmark than the 4960X at 4.5 & 4.7 GHz. As far as RAM goes I used to have telephone conversations with Corsair's The RAM Guy back in the DDR2 & DDR3 days. They began when I ran across a couple of bad batches of Dominator DDR2. Then came DDR3 and I had questions when I built my first X79 rig with 8 sticks of RAM. Originally it had 64GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 in it. He gave me the timings plus voltage for best performance. Remember Mushkin, OCZ and a few other "performance" RAM kits ran at 1.65 volts. Then came Black Friday and Newegg had G.Skill Z series DDR3 1866 for $219 for 64GB. I snapped that up (I bought as much as they'd sell me. I still have all of it). I had a 3930K running at 5.02GHZ in that rig at the time.

About 6 years later that 3930K was suffering from core degradation and I needed to replace it. I found a parts deal on Craigslist here from a guy that had a Falcon Northwest rig that'd suffered a coolant leak and he was selling off the remaining surviving parts. I got a binned 4960X, 64GB of Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 2100 and a Corsair AX 1200i for $300. He wasn't sure if the 4960X even worked and threw it in for free. The RAM alone was going for far more than that at the time. Those parts went into the X79 rig and are still there except for the 4960K that was replaced with my first 1680 V2. I lucked out and sold that 4960X for over $100 more on Ebay than I paid for the 1680 V2. That original 3930K also sold on Ebay even with the caveat of it's past history noted.

 

[dalekdukesboy]

5960X X99 not 4960X X79. All three including the 1680 V2 were clocked at 4.5GHz. The 1680 V2 is close to the 5960X not the 4960X. Actually the 3930K at 5.02 GHz scored higher on Passmark than the 4960X at 4.5 & 4.7 GHz. As far as RAM goes I used to have telephone conversations with Corsair's The RAM Guy back in the DDR2 & DDR3 days. They began when I ran across a couple of bad batches of Dominator DDR2. Then came DDR3 and I had questions when I built my first X79 rig with 8 sticks of RAM. Originally it had 64GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 in it. He gave me the timings plus voltage for best performance. Remember Mushkin, OCZ and a few other "performance" RAM kits ran at 1.65 volts. Then came Black Friday and Newegg had G.Skill Z series DDR3 1866 for $219 for 64GB. I snapped that up (I bought as much as they'd sell me. I still have all of it). I had a 3930K running at 5.02GHZ in that rig at the time.

About 6 years later that 3930K was suffering from core degradation and I needed to replace it. I found a parts deal on Craigslist here from a guy that had a Falcon Northwest rig that'd suffered a coolant leak and he was selling off the remaining surviving parts. I got a binned 4960X, 64GB of Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 2100 and a Corsair AX 1200i for $300. He wasn't sure if the 4960X even worked and threw it in for free. The RAM alone was going for far more than that at the time. Those parts went into the X79 rig and are still there except for the 4960K that was replaced with my first 1680 V2. I lucked out and sold that 4960X for over $100 more on Ebay than I paid for the 1680 V2. That original 3930K also sold on Ebay even with the caveat of it's past history noted.

Great post from both you guys! Do you have any screenshots of temps under load or benchmarks with that new 12700 setup?

That would be you bobbybluz lol.

 

[bobbybluz]

I just ran this Passmark benchmark a few minutes ago. The 3D would have been better if I didn't have all the settings at maximum for GPU quality. That ASRock Formula OC 6900 is a HUGE GPU! I had to install that reinforcing bracket to keep it from sagging. Is the snipping tool gone from Win 11? I can't find it. Temps are great so far with the side panels off the Cosmos II. Cinebench R20 ran great and HWiNFO says the 12700K is running at 23 C @5.234GHz.

PassMark Software - Display Baseline ID# 1401829

www.passmark.com

 

[dalekdukesboy]

I just ran this Passmark benchmark a few minutes ago. The 3D would have been better if I didn't have all the settings at maximum for GPU quality. That ASRock Formula OC 6900 is a HUGE GPU! I had to install that reinforcing bracket to keep it from sagging. Is the snipping tool gone from Win 11? I can't find it. Temps are great so far with the side panels off the Cosmos II. Cinebench R20 ran great and HWiNFO says the 12700K is running at 23 C @5.234GHz.

PassMark Software - Display Baseline ID# 1401829

www.passmark.com

Yes I screwed my gpu you in good! Didn't use bracket but seems sturdy in slot and where it's attached to back slot bracket. I'll have to run pass mark with my X79 setup and that gpu to compare with yours... For sake of comparison will be very interesting... Then once I get my own 12900k system going compare that to yours. Today is first day in awhile I'm not spending any time with my fiancé or anything else so will work on both systems and put a few posts up here on progress and some nice pictures.
..........................................................Only playing one game atm called Fishing Planet (big fisherman irl!) and that's where I'm getting low cpu usage in game and not sure why! I have a 1000watt corsair pay which technically is minimum of what Asrock suggests for this beast. So going to redownload some games I lost (thankfully not the game saves) and try them and see if it's a game glitch /driver etc or universal issue and depending on results may upgrade to 1200 watts + just to make sure ego oc'd X79 system has enough juice...

Well it seems motherboard manufacturers advertised 2400mhz oc on most x79 motherboards, not sure its because its a quad channel architecture platform. However z87 and z97 obviously supports upto 3000mhz oc again advertised by motherboard manufacturers. But surprisingly overclocking always tweak and squeeze more whether something is advertised or not. Well mate the thing is I have been looking for 3000mhz myself I even emailed gskill as they hold worldrecord ddr3 speed. Well you know what they didn't even bother to reply
People would still think buying such rare memory is crazy as to higher speeds are available with ddr4 rams but when it comes to latency ddr3 still has an edge. I have seen ddr4 vs ddr5 and due to tight latencies ddr4 gets its edge over ddr5. Unfortunately higher speed ddr3 went down due to sudden transition and implementation of ddr4.



Actually now that i have replied to your response i would like to thank and salute you for making this thread and x79 plateform a success

I still want to add one thing more. My goal was to max out any ddr3 based plateform as i got these 2133mhz dims with a system i bought. It is Asus Z97i-plus. Honestly i felt good considering these over 1600mhz. Obviously this board offers upto 3300mhz and beyond OC but restricted to the dual channel barrier. X79 on the other hand offers quad channel and more core power. No wonder 4790k is a hell of a cpu but just 4 cores and thats it.

I would really like to see someone hitting higher clocks on ram and cpu with more cores. Those sexy tight latencies and handsome cores with high clocks


Noted but how can increased voltage takes the stress off the controller. I mean it still has to manage those tweaked speeds over quad rails.

Okay wait im lost here 4960x out performing 1680 v2 ? On stock settings ? Obviously clocks differ. Thats the issue both these share the same memory controller yet differnt core count and clocks do matter. If the 1680 v2 is clocked better the benchmarks would be over the roof top ?

Well you're welcome without all my adoring fans... Oh wait sorry this isn't tik Tom or some other teeny bopper self love and adulation site.. But seriously yeah very glad my attempt to make and create a place for my relatively old platform found so much use and participation and interest!

Sad part on the 3000-3200 mhz g skill memory I passed over multiple times on Newegg way back is it wasn't crazy expensive but figured it was overkill and my platform couldn't Max it out anyway so bought current memory instead! I may have optimal ddr3 but I'd love to try highest clocked Samsung's and see what my little 1680's memory control could do!

 

[aQi]

Yes I screwed my gpu you in good! Didn't use bracket but seems sturdy in slot and where it's attached to back slot bracket. I'll have to run pass mark with my X79 setup and that gpu to compare with yours... For sake of comparison will be very interesting... Then once I get my own 12900k system going compare that to yours. Today is first day in awhile I'm not spending any time with my fiancé or anything else so will work on both systems and put a few posts up here on progress and some nice pictures.
..........................................................Only playing one game atm called Fishing Planet (big fisherman irl!) and that's where I'm getting low cpu usage in game and not sure why! I have a 1000watt corsair pay which technically is minimum of what Asrock suggests for this beast. So going to redownload some games I lost (thankfully not the game saves) and try them and see if it's a game glitch /driver etc or universal issue and depending on results may upgrade to 1200 watts + just to make sure ego oc'd X79 system has enough juice...


Well you're welcome without all my adoring fans... Oh wait sorry this isn't tik Tom or some other teeny bopper self love and adulation site.. But seriously yeah very glad my attempt to make and create a place for my relatively old platform found so much use and participation and interest!

Sad part on the 3000-3200 mhz g skill memory I passed over multiple times on Newegg way back is it wasn't crazy expensive but figured it was overkill and my platform couldn't Max it out anyway so bought current memory instead! I may have optimal ddr3 but I'd love to try highest clocked Samsung's and see what my little 1680's memory control could do!

We are all missing one thing. We tend to use xeon 1680 v2 or any other xeon but never opt for high clock ecc memory. Iv seen some 2999mhz on ebay but never caught using one.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Iv seen some 2999mhz on ebay but never caught using one.

That's because speeds above 2133mhz for DDR3 are not generally supported and are very expensive.

 

[dalekdukesboy]

Neo Forza Faye DDR4-5000 2x 8 GB Review

The Neo Forza DDR4-5000 Faye memory kit is DDR4 pushing into unknown territories. Are you up to the challenge? It has been said patience is a virtue. Let's see if that holds true. Follow along as we see what it takes to break personal records and beyond!

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Just so happens TPU just reviewed the Forza memory I got for my new build.

 

[dalekdukesboy]

Hope all of you are well... Bit of family drama here and my primary doctor threw a wrench in life but someday I'll get my new system together or at least get pictures of it.

 

[dalekdukesboy]

Hey all, hope you’re having a good week finally getting some warmer weather here been very cold in spurts. Barely been home been with the fiancé and family which has been nice but I will also be happy to get some time at home and play with my pc again