Xeon Owners Club

[DooM3]

I hope one day someone, with more experience than me (I assure you that I am not an expert) on the LGA 1366 platform will decide to properly test a w3680 combined with ddr3L and share his experience

 

[Tomgang]

I hope one day someone, with more experience than me (I assure you that I am not an expert) on the LGA 1366 platform will decide to properly test a w3680 combined with ddr3L and share his experience

Try to get the uncore up to around 3600 mhz. That will help with better stable fps in games as in less potential frame drops, higher score in some benchmark and a more responsive system.

I have the I7 version of your xeon W3680 or I7 980x. So know it's possible to get uncore to 3600, off cause there are changes that your chip can go that high. But it is worth a try at least.

 

[Mr.Scott]

 

[Tomgang]

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Well it's a xeon thread. But is that overclock on your I7 980 really fully stable at 4.6 ghz at only 1.37 volts and uncore/ulck at 4 ghz?

If it is you really have a golden cpu then. I would really like to see a cinebench r15/r20 score of your overclock.

To a comparison my I7 980x needs 1.43 volt vcore just to do 4 4 ghz and uncore/ulck above 3600 mhz needs to high voltage for safe 24/7 use. I have had my cpu at 4.75 ghz and uncore at4 ghz, but voltage needed for that can not be considered safe. Vcore whas 1.55 volts and uncore needed 1.45 volts while max recommended for uncore is 1.35 volts.

 

[Recon-UK]

Where i got my idea to go Westmere from.

Also, this is what i paid for the upgrades.

Ahhh this was a fun time.

 

[DooM3]

It is not possible to keep the 4.6 stable with the Corsair H50, for the 4.4 it has no problem.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Well it's a xeon thread. But is that overclock on your I7 980 really fully stable at 4.6 ghz at only 1.37 volts and uncore/ulck at 4 ghz?

If it is you really have a golden cpu then. I would really like to see a cinebench r15/r20 score of your overclock.

To a comparison my I7 980x needs 1.43 volt vcore just to do 4 4 ghz and uncore/ulck above 3600 mhz needs to high voltage for safe 24/7 use. I have had my cpu at 4.75 ghz and uncore at4 ghz, but voltage needed for that can not be considered safe. Vcore whas 1.55 volts and uncore needed 1.45 volts while max recommended for uncore is 1.35 volts.

It was just a comparison for the W3680 owner. I know it's a Xeon thread.
That 980 is benchmark stable @ 4.6
Who knows if it's 24/7 stable. That's not what I do with it.
I'll see if I have a R15 score still hanging around.

 

[Edwired]

It is not possible to keep the 4.6 stable with the Corsair H50, for the 4.4 it has no problem.

Is the h50 in push/pull set up and ya have to try cinebench r20 to test for stability as r15 is not enough in my experience

 

[Tomgang]

It is not possible to keep the 4.6 stable with the Corsair H50, for the 4.4 it has no problem.

Yeah at 4.4 Ghz and above, these cpu´s needs some beefy cooling. all throw i just use a good old big lump of an aircooler (Noctua NH-D14 for my overclock) to cool my I7 980X.
Your CB R15 scores are right where i would exspect them to be. I have similar scores at 4.4 GHz.

It was just a comparison for the W3680 owner. I know it's a Xeon thread.
That 980 is benchmark stable @ 4.6
Who knows if it's 24/7 stable. That's not what I do with it.
I'll see if I have a R15 score still hanging around.

Ah i see. Would still like some CR R15 score to compare to.

Here is what my system scores at 4.4 GHz and 4.75 GHz.

CB R15/R20

Just as an ekstra bonus. Benchmark of basemark, 3Dmark firestrike/timespy.

 

[Edwired]

Heres my cinebench scores
These were benched with turbo enabled

 

[lexluthermiester]

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Interesting BCLK speed. I usually try 201mhz. It's all good though.

Well it's a xeon thread. But is that overclock on your I7 980 really fully stable at 4.6 ghz at only 1.37 volts and uncore/ulck at 4 ghz?

If it is you really have a golden cpu then. I would really like to see a cinebench r15/r20 score of your overclock.

To a comparison my I7 980x needs 1.43 volt vcore just to do 4 4 ghz and uncore/ulck above 3600 mhz needs to high voltage for safe 24/7 use. I have had my cpu at 4.75 ghz and uncore at4 ghz, but voltage needed for that can not be considered safe. Vcore whas 1.55 volts and uncore needed 1.45 volts while max recommended for uncore is 1.35 volts.

Silicon lottery in Scotty's favor. It happens.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Interesting BCLK speed. I usually try 201mhz. It's all good though.


Silicon lottery in Scotty's favor. It happens.

It was a quick blast at 200 mhz. I didn't spend any time on it yet. Think I only ran a couple benchs total and put it away.
Knew it was a keeper at that point. I'll get back to it for sure. Runs were only on a True 140. Needs to meet the chiller yet.

 

[DooM3]

Is the h50 in push/pull set up and ya have to try cinebench r20 to test for stability as r15 is not enough in my experience

It is not my habit to test the stability of the machine with R15 and R20 in any case attached R20 test always 4.4Ghz

 

[Edwired]

Well i only mentioned it as at certain clocks on my system it always pass r15 but not r20 that when i have to check which settings needs adjusting in order to get the r20 stable and go from there as it depends on the limiting factor on certain cpu, ram and motherboard
I always double stress my system to ensure maximum stability once in awhile that to make sure it can maintain it overclock for long term

 

[DooM3]

Yeah at 4.4 Ghz and above, these cpu´s needs some beefy cooling. all throw i just use a good old big lump of an aircooler (Noctua NH-D14 for my overclock) to cool my I7 980X.
Your CB R15 scores are right where i would exspect them to be. I have similar scores at 4.4 GHz.

I agree, in addition to my car, equipped with noctua fans and sound-absorbing panels and devoted to silence. For tests above 4.4 ghz I have to open the case panel and disable the fan control for minimum stability

 

[Caring1]

Heres my cinebench scores
These were benched with turbo enabled

Am I missing something, where's your scores?
They should be highlighted in the list in orange, or at least showing at the top for Single Core and Multi-Core.

 

[Edwired]

Am I missing something, where's your scores?
They should be highlighted in the list in orange, or at least showing at the top for Single Core and Multi-Core.

I dont do single core scores as i listed it as the xeon x5675 as i managed to get that high for my personal best
Here the edited version
As im currently running 4.20ghz that turbo enabled @ 1.264v it technically running 3.86ghz without the turbo mode

 

[phill]

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It was a quick blast at 200 mhz. I didn't spend any time on it yet. Think I only ran a couple benchs total and put it away.
Knew it was a keeper at that point. I'll get back to it for sure. Runs were only on a True 140. Needs to meet the chiller yet.

Since my EVGA E760 and E762 boards are revision 1, I can't use Xeon's in them unless I do a physical mod on the board and whilst I'd love to get a Xeon in them, the 980/990's are my only way of getting a 6 core in there. Something I aim to do at some point along with everything else!
@Mr.Scott I might need some help there I think

Still the rest of my X58 kit will have 6 core Xeon's in at some point.. I think it's the only way to go for them That said, some of the X79/X99 boards I have, I'd love to get some high core count Xeon's in just because.. Sadly I'd have to go retail versions as if I used them, they'd need to be rock solid for the WCG crunching and I read that since the ES/QS versions can have 'things' missing from them, I'd prefer not to get errors in the work units, which would be a complete waste of time for me... Ah time will tell

 

[Edwired]

Since my EVGA E760 and E762 boards are revision 1, I can't use Xeon's in them unless I do a physical mod on the board and whilst I'd love to get a Xeon in them, the 980/990's are my only way of getting a 6 core in there. Something I aim to do at some point along with everything else!
@Mr.Scott I might need some help there I think

Still the rest of my X58 kit will have 6 core Xeon's in at some point.. I think it's the only way to go for them That said, some of the X79/X99 boards I have, I'd love to get some high core count Xeon's in just because.. Sadly I'd have to go retail versions as if I used them, they'd need to be rock solid for the WCG crunching and I read that since the ES/QS versions can have 'things' missing from them, I'd prefer not to get errors in the work units, which would be a complete waste of time for me... Ah time will tell

According to this link it stated it can use xeon mod

X58 Classified E760-A1 rev 1.0 Westmere-EP QPI Mod guide request - EVGA Forums

Hi, I have the X58 Classified E760-A1 rev 1.0 and would like to perform the QPI Mod, I am having trouble locating any guides around on what i need to desolder/re-solder etc. there are plenty about for the E-758, but that has a different layout. I know it's a bit of an old board, but i...

forums.evga.com

 

[phill]

According to this link it stated it can use xeon mod

X58 Classified E760-A1 rev 1.0 Westmere-EP QPI Mod guide request - EVGA Forums

Hi, I have the X58 Classified E760-A1 rev 1.0 and would like to perform the QPI Mod, I am having trouble locating any guides around on what i need to desolder/re-solder etc. there are plenty about for the E-758, but that has a different layout. I know it's a bit of an old board, but i...

forums.evga.com

I'll take a look I don't mind grabbing the 980 etc. if it means I won't have to physically touch the board They all work and I'd like to keep them that way!

 

[Edwired]

It dawned on me @phill you may not know or known this of the pencil mod on motherboard a pencil, preferably 4H or 4B or 2B to create a track from the two points needed to make the xeon chip work.
As it reversible no soldering is needed so it may give ya some hope if ya want to try out the xeon on your preferred evga motherboard

 

[phill]

It dawned on me @phill you may not know or known this of the pencil mod on motherboard a pencil, preferably 4H or 4B or 2B to create a track from the two points needed to make the xeon chip work.
As it reversible no soldering is needed so it may give ya some hope if ya want to try out the xeon on your preferred evga motherboard

I'm ok with buying the 980X if I'm honest. Any mod to either of the EVGA boards I have I'd rather avoid. It would have been nicer if they had included this in the original revisions but meh I didn't think at the time and just carried on with the X58 in stead of upgrading to Z77 and X79 when they arrived lol

But still, it makes the X58 and Xeon thread more nice to take part in

 

[Edwired]

Cool to know

 

[bobbybluz]

Not a bad OC on my second E5 1680 V2 considering it was running 1.3 core volts. Sooner or later I'll have the time to play with it again.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Not a bad OC on my second E5 1680 V2 considering it was running 1.3 core volts. Sooner or later I'll have the time to play with it again. View attachment 159895

Very nice!