Xeon Owners Club

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Heres my last X5650,

they are great chips, wont see that kind of speed on a 2P board though. I cant remember why i sold it, probably something to do with a "minor discussion" with "her".
i hope shes happy now,

Current Xeon inventory

X5670
X5650
X5650
L5620

 

[Compgeke]

Picked up a W3520 from a guy for $5 shipped. It'll go into my 2nd T3500 whenever I get around to building that up to sell (aka actually put ram and an HDD in it).

 

[silentbogo]

I've tried a few OC experiments today. Seems like I can push my X5650 a bit higher, if I don't try to overclock my 6 sticks of RAM at the same time.
Got it running at 3.4GHz and RAM at 1500, but got a reboot 5 minutes into benchmaking.
Downclocked my ram to 1200 and got past 2 runs of 3DMark, 3DMark11, hwbotprime and 1 hour of CPU stress testing.
Temps are at ~75°C at full load, so I have at least 5-6 degrees of safezone to reach 4GHz.

Really need to get rid of these stupid OCZ Platinums and get me 3x4GB Ripjaws or something.

 

[dorsetknob]

Temps are at ~75°C at full load, so I have at least 5-6 degrees of safezone to reach 4GHz.

your max temps seem high for the overclock compared to others in this thread

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I've tried a few OC experiments today. Seems like I can push my X5650 a bit higher, if I don't try to overclock my 6 sticks of RAM at the same time.
Got it running at 3.4GHz and RAM at 1500, but got a reboot 5 minutes into benchmaking.
Downclocked my ram to 1200 and got past 2 runs of 3DMark, 3DMark11, hwbotprime and 1 hour of CPU stress testing.
Temps are at ~75°C at full load, so I have at least 5-6 degrees of safezone to reach 4GHz.

Really need to get rid of these stupid OCZ Platinums and get me 3x4GB Ripjaws or something.

post your cpuz

 

[silentbogo]

Got my temps down a bit after a slight downclock. Now it's ~70 at full load, 30 idle.
Definitely need to do something about cooling.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Plenty of good options out there.
Mine was cheap enough. I added an extra fan for my x5670 rad though.

 

[silentbogo]

This morning's progress has proven that my RAM is holding back the OC.
Right now I am happily running am 5650 at 3.66GHz with HT and power saving features disabled, but RAM is only clocked at 1333 CL9-9-9-24 and had only worked at its max voltage 1.65V
Any attempt at getting 4GHz ends in failure, because those stupid OCZs cannot run at 1500MHz or higher...

Temps are 38° Idle, 67° load, but without HT i get almost 40% decrease in multi-threaded performance...

Plus my NB temps are higher than 50°C on startup!
Gotta fix my cooling.

Has anyone tried Antec Skeleton case with that big fugly fan? I have a cheap offer on this case, and reviews seem to be harsh, but I am currently running my system inside an all-time classic Chieftec Dragon with an opened side door.

 

[silentbogo]

Wohoooo!!!! Almost there. Dropped my voltages a bit, switched my ram to the lowest possible multiplier and got a stable not-quite-4GHz overclock:

CPU and QPI are both at 1.35V, while DRAM voltage is set at 1.6V.
RAM is running at 1080MHz CL8-8-8-20-1N. Tried with 2:8 multiplier, but got an immediate reboot in Windows.

I am running stability bench at this very moment. Temps are still around ~75°C at full load, but those six RAM sticks are putting out a lot of ambient heat in front of the CPU, so I might try to add some random cooling from my mystery discard rack.
Might still have some old HDD cooling and CPU fans somewhere there.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I havent done the maths but thats close to 50%........fucking epic.


my 6 x 2gb rams are warm, not hot to touch with no additional fannage.
Get H2O man or a better cooler, you will feel better long term. Check TPU for sale stuff

@silentbogo how come cpuz doesnt read your volts?

 

[silentbogo]

Dunno. It happened yesterday.
I think Intel XTU is what caused it. I don't know if it actually supports my platform, but all the overclocking options are locked, benchmarks not available, and I cannot save my HW profile for quicker HWBOT validation.
Since then CPU vCore disappeared from CPU-Z, so I use HWMonitor instead:

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

get rid of XTU it isnt sexy enough for Xeons.......doesnt work, delete it.

 

[silentbogo]

I havent done the maths but thats close to 50%........fucking epic.


my 6 x 2gb rams are warm, not hot to touch with no additional fannage.
Get H2O man or a better cooler, you will feel better long term. Check TPU for sale stuff

My RAM has been always a problem. At the time of purchase they were the cheapest set for x58, so I bought it.
Starting with my initial 3x2GB I've been battling very hard to get them running at OCZ claimed spec, but got smacked on the back of my head every time I reached 1500MHz...
Then I just gave up. Especially after discovering that almost everyone with those sticks had identical problems. Some even got DOA modules or weird behavior in system even with slight OC.
Mine only work if I put them in the correct order. Have them numbered for corresponding slots, otherwise my PC won't boot.


With all 6 modules installed as far as I got was 1400MHz for a single 3DMark run, or stable 1333 with much lower CPU overclock.

BTW, I currently live in Ukraine, so it's gonna be kinda hard to trade on TPU. I'm trying to find some alternative cooling options locally, but I don't make enough to afford H2O.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

All of life is a compromise. Any extra cooling will help
It took me years to convince myself that H2O made sense financially...................funwise, its a no-brainer.

 

[dorsetknob]

BTW, I currently live in Ukraine,

Winter is coming put pc in Shed and let that Ukraine winter cool it ( )
Evo 212 in push + pull fan config works well (air cooled) and relativity inexpensive

 

[silentbogo]

I have a Thermalright Ultra 120 in a single-fan configuration, but I want to switch my case and add some fans for push-pull.
Right now I have way too much hot air stuck inside the case, plus I need to add better chipset, VRM and RAM cooling.

About liquid cooling: just last week I missed the opportunity to snatch a BTC mining rig with a full two-chip H2O system.
The owner killed the card after an accidental leak, so he decided to sell the whole thing for like $30, including an ASIC card.
Waited too long... dude decided to spend $60 to mail it for RMA in States.

 

[FireFox]

Finally my Server is running two Blades

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

and how many threads might that be Konig Xeon?

 

[FireFox]

and how many threads might that be Konig Xeon?

Unfortunety just 48

 

[silentbogo]

Unfortunety just 48

I believe I can only afford 48 threads on a clustered stack of semi-dead Google Nexuses

 

[silentbogo]

BTW, I've fixed my CPU-Z.
Intel XTU had nothing to do with it. I replaced the binaries in my old 1.73 directory with new ones and for some reason it did not like the *.ini file.
In addition to absent vCore I had no GPU info and while RAM was detected and CPU-z displayed correct timings and frequency, it did not however detect SPD records.

Deleting ini file solved the problem, if anyone ever encounters it.

 

[silentbogo]

Alright, fellow Xeon owners, I have a question:
Since LGA1366 platform has a memory controller built into the CPU, is it possible to put FB-DIMMs into my Rampage II GENE?

Why I'm asking, is that I got an offer: a 3x4GB DDR3-1333 kit for ~$50.
Since my OCZ sticks don't kick ass, I might as well replace them with something smaller.

If I am not mistaken, the guy sells 3 of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239688


Or should I forget about FB-DIMMs, add a few bucks and buy a regular 4x4GB kit (extra stick will go to my HTPC, if anything)?

 

[dorsetknob]

have a read here
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/GeeK-NoiZe-Memory-and-More/RAM-Types-Explained.html

you can use ECC ram or unbuffered ram but i believe that FB ram is not supported by Your Motherboard check the motherboard manual for supported types of Ram

Further reading for you explaining FB ram can be found here ( its Mac orientated but the underling hardware is Intel Workstation )
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2059/4

Or should I forget about FB-DIMMs, add a few bucks and buy a regular 4x4GB kit (extra stick will go to my HTPC, if anything)?

You could wack it all in and run duel channel

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

im doing a ram testy thing at the moment, im not a ram dude but it may have relevance

thats with kingston ram 8gb, im now going to swap it for some super sexy looking hyperx savage
(mainly because im on new medication and cant drink.) still smoking though



It might help someone somewhere.

 

[silentbogo]