Xeon Owners Club

[T-Bob]

For some reason Intel's database for all E5-16xxV3 series chips seems to have errors. This one has all of the proper info.
http://ark.intel.com/products/81706/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2660-v3-25M-Cache-2_60-GHz

 

[silentbogo]

@Liquid Cool
BTW, if you are not planning on crazy overclocks, you could try a HP Z400 motherboard. For some reason there are a lot of those on sale everywhere. Locally I can get one for $80, but if you are in US they go as cheap as $40 on eBay! Can't beat that, considering it's a standard ATX motherboard that fits in every case and costs about as much as an H81 board.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

@Liquid Cool
BTW, if you are not planning on crazy overclocks, you could try a HP Z400 motherboard. For some reason there are a lot of those on sale everywhere. Locally I can get one for $80, but if you are in US they go as cheap as $40 on eBay! Can't beat that, considering it's a standard ATX motherboard that fits in every case and costs about as much as an H81 board.

thats the beauty of these things is that you can thrash the bollocks off them.......4.2ghz from a 2.6ghz chip running 100% 24/7

i think that is the point of getting a Xeon, or at least the reason why Liquid would want one, you want fast cores.

 

[silentbogo]

Those workstation boards aren't too bad. In some cases it is hard to find a decent OC/Gaming motherboard for LGA1366 within 2000km radius, so they make a nice alternative.

I used to have 2 boards, but sold the second one two years ago. Now I really regret it, because at this moment I only have 3 options in Ukraine, all coming from the same guy: Asus Rampage II extreme, Rampage II GENE(just like the one I have) and a Sabertooth... all priced at $190 or higher.

My Gigabyte EX58-UD4P after socket repair went out for $120 two years earlier....

Xeons X56xx are still relatively expensive, so in my case I will only upgrade or make another PC when I become rich and famous...
...or trade-in my current stuff for a mediocre Skylake rig.

 

[Liquid Cool]

I grab a quick bite and miss the conversation....

Not in the EU, I'm in the US.

This build wouldn't be for me...I'd definitely be looking at an overclocker otherwise. That's why I was looking at the T3500's. Just need something standard run of the mill that i can toss a decent processor into.

The Z400's are running about $50 at the moment. This sounds quite cheap, I have a case(Chenbro server), memory, gpu and power supply already in stock. What's a decent cpu in the $150 range?

Liquid Cool

 

[dorsetknob]

@Liquid Cool
ebay ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-...951823?hash=item280b57230f:g:NbEAAOSwDFNWFX33

they overclock damm well on right m/b

 

[stinger608]

What's a decent cpu in the $150 range?

Actually LC, you can grab the X5650's for $65 to $80 regularly at a lot of for sale sites. Excellent chips and they are 6 core/12 thread chips.

Actually I see that as I was posting, @dorsetknob was putting a link up to one of the 5650's for $75!!!

 

[silentbogo]

Probably an X5675, but in US you may be able to get an X5680 for $160 or lower on an auction.
X5650s are very nice chips - most of us here either have it, or had in the past and as you've probably noticed - they easily clock at 3.6GHz or higher, depending on the cooling system you use.

 

[Liquid Cool]

If I go with a T3500 or build up one of these Z400 boards, I wouldn't be able to overclock the cpu? So...I was looking for perhaps something in the 3.0 GHz or better range. That is unless you gentlemen know of a board I can put a mild overclock on that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

Do these boards take non-ecc? I have piles of ddr3 1333 that I'd really like to do something with. Corsair, Mushkin etc.

Liquid Cool

EDIT: I buy everything on ebay.... Or the forums....

 

[FireFox]

If I go with a T3500 or build up one of these Z400 boards, I wouldn't be able to overclock the cpu? So...I was looking for perhaps something in the 3.0 GHz or better range. That is unless you gentlemen know of a board I can put a mild overclock on that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

Do these boards take non-ecc? I have piles of ddr3 1333 that I'd really like to do something with. Corsair, Mushkin etc.

Liquid Cool

EDIT: I buy everything on ebay.... Or the forums....

Asus Rampage II Gene Gaming Motherboard + 6GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 Memory Modules $164.99





New listing Intel DX58SO LGA 1366/Socket B Motherboard Extreme Series w/ box & accessories!
$159.95

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOK


a stupid skinhead from Wales is # 3 in the world


http://hwbot.org/benchmark/cinebenc...Id=processor_2103&cores=6#start=0#interval=20

 

[dorsetknob]

Is'nt 3rd just second to the second place

congrats anyway

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I have just completed a lap around the mobo in celebration, i made the wife and kids applaud and cheer.

 

[silentbogo]

I see almost everyone has made some progress with their Xeons, so now it's my turn!

Finally, after over 6 years of suffering I got rid of those stupid OCZ Platinum sticks and bought a 4x4GB set of Ripjaws DDR3-2133.
Three of them went into my main rig, and an extra stick will go to my friend's office PC. Paid $80 for the whole set and it's already worth every penny.


RAM is clocked only at 1500MHz with high timings, but voltage is still at 1.5V. CPU got bumped to 1.3V to be safe, but I'm pretty sure it will handle same frequencies at 1.25V.

Temps are quite cool. 1 hour stress test only bumped my temps to 65°C max, because I did a bit of cleaning in the house and in the case =)

So far seems 100% stable, especially considering that I'm writing these lines on 4.1GHz.

 

[silentbogo]

4.4GHz and counting
http://valid.x86.fr/u7dtbk

 

[FireFox]

What a pity i can't run Cinebench on Ubuntu

 

[silentbogo]

Well, I got as far as 4.5GHz for today and Cinebench was already breaking in the middle of benchmarking. I did not want to push voltage higher than 1.35V, because I run my PC through the cheap UPS in case we get power outages and it was peaking at 94% load. Dunno what happens when I hit 100% but I also don't wanna know...

As you can see, I got so excited, that I forgot to switch tabs in CPU-Z window to MoBo and RAM for a valid HWBOT screenshot.

At 4.6GHz I started to get BSODs and reboots, so it seems like that's it for today.

 

[silentbogo]

Ok, guys. Now I am seriously done, I promise.

Was trying to beat the badger and his fancy X5670 in Cinebench.R15 before I go to bed, but I always got stuck on the last 12 segments.
Temps were peaking over 80°C, since at 4.7GHz my PC only started at 1.425V. Without a decent H2O, TEC or my old NH-D14 I cannot go any further.

BTW, this is all air - Thermalright Ultra 120 and no additional case fans...

At least I got this:


Ran several CPU-Z and wPrime benchmarks at 4.74GHz - no problem. Stress-testing at those temperatures is definitely out of question.

 

[dorsetknob]

Was trying to beat the badger

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

you beat my X 5650 by a long way

drat and double drat.

 

[FireFox]

I will install a second HDD with Windows 7 on my server in order to boot no with Ubuntu but with W7 after that i will install Cinebench and run some test with the dual X5775.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

comparison between stock and overclocked Xeon X5670 on R15 with ASUS ii Rampage

2.933ghz stock clocks

4.473ghz i am rubbish at sums but i think this is about 50%

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

I am so impressed and jealous looking at all your 6 core xeons. Damn their good! My Pentium cpu is shaking in its boots now. This Xeons was so highly price back in the day!

It is possible to overclock in dual cpu boards?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

The 2p board i have has no o/c options and i wouldnt want it to thankyou very much, it is bitchin' enough !

Intel S5520HC and 2 X5650

http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/server/s5520hc


these do though

EVGA Classified SR-2

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2010/08/17/evga-classified-sr-2-review/4

 

[silentbogo]

I am so impressed and jealous looking at all your 6 core xeons. Damn their good! My Pentium cpu is shaking in its boots now. This Xeons was so highly price back in the day!

It is possible to overclock in dual cpu boards?

Pentium G3258 is a nice CPU in its class. I actually wanted to build a second PC on it with a mini-ITX Z97 board.
Just sold my G3250 and an H81 mobo to start the build, but I think I'll probably go with G4400 and Z170, or i3-6100. Both are nice clockers and do relatively good in games.
BTW, the latest HWBot rookie challenge had top 3 results with G3258 and #1 was some ukrainian dude from Overclockers.ua : 5GHz on MSI Z97-Gaming with H2O.

You can get a Xeon X5650 for approximately the same price, as you paid for G3258. Motherboards are quite expensive, but definitely not what they used to be.

EVGA SR2 can overclock both CPUs but be prepared to spend some cash. That's my dream board and in terms of technological progress it is much cooler than hoverboards and flying cars.