Xeon Owners Club

[FireFox]

you want to run TWO Xeons at once

I dont want to run TWO Xeons, i am running TWO xeon, 12 Core 24 Threads

Note : Go back to post #135

 

[trodas]

CAPSLOCKSTUCK -

The pussy didnt even try to o/c it....

Not need for Cinebench 15 WR of 3981 points However to be fair, at first, he tried to overclock the beast in the single CPU configuration:

Linus overclocking the Xeon E5 2699 v3:

Yep, he got only 103MHz stable (tried 105, worked for 40min, then crash), but he tried. Overclocking these old Xeons seems to be much more satisfactory. Still, the score on Cinebench 15 that goes to 2468 points is impressive.


Knoxx29 -

I dont want to run TWO Xeons, i am running TWO xeon, 12 Core 24 Threads Note : Go back to post #135

Oh, okay. Noted. Don't be so cocky about it, even the score on Cinebench is more that impressive. For me, 6 cores is too much... but I cannot seems to find any good CPU with less cores / TDP that the Xeons, so I quess I give the 6 cores a test.
So since I'm not yet a Xeon owner, then pls go easy on me 6 cores and 12 threads are a bit overhelming for me and for my old school WinXP machine

 

[FireFox]

I'm not yet a Xeon owner

Believe me, you will enjoy the Xeon, in the last 7 months I have been just building Xeons Machines ( @CAPSLOCKSTUCK correct me if i am Wrong ) and I really have enjoyed, of course Xeons are not for Gaming but for me it's a new experience, even if socket 1366 are old but i still enjoyed and i am very proud to be Owner of many Machines that are running Xeons on it.

 

[blibba]

of course Xeons are not for Gaming

Whyever not? On the used market a Xeon is essentially a cut-price i5/i7 (at worst).

 

[FireFox]

Whyever not? On the used market a Xeon is essentially a cut-price i5/i7 (at worst).

Mention a game that will take advantage of 6 cores.

 

[silentbogo]

Dear Xeon owners, I have a question of urgent importance: does anyone know if Rampage II Gene can handle a hexacore XEON CPU (X5650)?
I really want to perform a real upgrade on my system, instead of the usual "equivalent" trade-off, and having a 95W hexacore instead of 120W quad should be a big improvement.

Asus product page has a bare minimum of info, no more than the original manual...

 

[blibba]

Mention a game that will take advantage of 6 cores.

This goes for i7s too - some are hex-cores, some are quad-cores. Just like Xeons. Why is a Xeon quad any worse for gaming than the equivalent i7 quad? Why is a Xeon hex any worse for gaming than the equivalent i7 hex?

There are plenty of people in this thread who game quite happily on Xeons - in fact I bought my socket 1156 Xeon quad with gaming in mind. And now you tell me that it is "of course" not for games!?

 

[Caring1]

Found this list of Xeons that will fit that board: http://www.game-debate.com/motherboard/index.php?mot_id=31&cpuList=Asus Rampage II GENE
Also found this site where they state it runs: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1855640

 

[silentbogo]

Found this list of Xeons that will fit that board: http://www.game-debate.com/motherboard/index.php?mot_id=31&cpuList=Asus Rampage II GENE
Also found this site where they state it runs: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1855640

Awesome! Thanks!

Guess I'll be running 12 threads soon.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Nobody said they were worse at gaming, they are not purposed (for sale) as gaming chips.

Project Cars underutilizing 6 cores and no threads

As we all know what you want is fast cores, it is my gpu holding me back.

 

[FireFox]

+1
Thanks @CAPSLOCKSTUCK for your easy
explanation.

Note: many people are wrong thinking that more Cores/Threads means Games will run faster ect ect without take in consideration that Games are more based on Gpus no Cpu.

 

[trodas]

Knoxx29 -

Believe me, you will enjoy the Xeon, in the last 7 months I have been just building Xeons Machines ( @CAPSLOCKSTUCK correct me if i am Wrong ) and I really have enjoyed, of course Xeons are not for Gaming but for me it's a new experience, even if socket 1366 are old but i still enjoyed and i am very proud to be Owner of many Machines that are running Xeons on it.

Well, for old games that cannot utilize more threads, it probably won't be beneficial much, but still far better that old P4. The example of Project Cars from CAPSLOCKSTUCK is pretty damning. But it does not matter for me that much, since compared to P4 it will be quite a updgrade. Only I have no clue about the AHCI mode on the MSI X58 Pro-E, but hopefully someone give me a hand and suggest what is the fastest settings (AHCI on, IIRC, but confirmation could be nice) and if I will need the driver on floppy during WinXP install, when I use normal ports on SATA connectors and not the RAID ones (RAID completely off, as there will be only SSD for system, HDD and DVDRW drive's) ...

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

the MSI X58 wont allow you to disable cores for 2/4 core gaming, 5.0ghz on 2 cores is doable on some boards with X56**

@Trinamo posted about it a couple of pages ago

 

[FireFox]

Only I have no clue about the AHCI

What do you want to know about it?

 

[kniaugaudiskis]

Dear Xeon owners, I have a question of urgent importance: does anyone know if Rampage II Gene can handle a hexacore XEON CPU (X5650)?
I really want to perform a real upgrade on my system, instead of the usual "equivalent" trade-off, and having a 95W hexacore instead of 120W quad should be a big improvement.

Asus product page has a bare minimum of info, no more than the original manual...

Yes, your motherboard will handle the X5650 with ease, just make sure it has the latest BIOS. Have you considered the X5660 or X5670 as well? Higher multi will yield better overclocking results.

 

[FireFox]

Have you considered the X5660 or X5670 as well?

Maybe the X5675 too

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I would say that the X5650 it the best price/performance/power consumption as they are so cheap to buy. 6 c/ 12 th £50.00 you cant go wrong. At stock anyway
On that mobo i would suggest X5690 if you really want to scream the bollocks off something.


Just for reference, my system ( X5670) uses 270w when it is o/c at 4.0ghz and the gpu at idle. I have my figures for X5650 somewhere

 

[FireFox]

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Just for reference, my system ( X5670) uses 270w when it is o/c at 4.0ghz and the gpu at idle. I have my figures for X5650 somewhere

Come on, it's not that bad, mine uses 299W at 3.06GHz

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Project Cars

@4.5ghz and h/t off with the X5670 and MSI Pro-e and HD 5850 using 310 watts including 24" monitor.

i think i gained about 5 fps with no h/t but it is hard to be sure (i used fraps)

 

[FireFox]

price/performance/power consumption

About price I give you +1 but performance and power comsuption I totally disagree with you.

 

[Trinamo]

the MSI X58 wont allow you to disable cores for 2/4 core gaming, 5.0ghz on 2 cores is doable on some boards with X56**

@Trinamo posted about it a couple of pages ago

This was with all cores enabled, so while two hit 5.0 the others were around the 4.8 mark.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

About price I give you +1 but performance and power comsuption I totally disagree with you.

I meant if you consider all those factors.

Initial cost
Performance
efficiency at the wall

if you are looking for cheap to buy and run with good performance i would go X5650

Current UK 2nd user prices

X5650.......£ 60.00........i had one , passmark 7600
X5670.......£ 85.00.........i have one, passmark 8188
X 5675......£ 105.00........thought about getting one, passmark 8615
X 5690.....£ 145.00......i have first refusal on 2 of them, passmark 9320


PS
i just got one of these
ASUS Rampage 2 Extreme

 

[FireFox]

Initial cost
Performance
efficiency at the wall

I still insist, the only thing I agree with you is Cost

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I still insist, the only thing I agree with you is Cost

Achtung

wir müssen nicht einig

 

[Trinamo]

Efficiency isn't awful with the 5650 OC. With the settings I run plus three MSI R9 280's OC'd to 1150, I max 927 Watts during Firestrike. I think I idle between 225-300.... I'll have to confirm though. With the heat wave we've had and running many benchmarks also my wife and kid home 24/7, the bill hasn't been bad. I've had my highest light bill at $189

The cost PPF I don't think can be beat. 5690 however has a much higher TDP so likely has less OC potential.