1366 x58 Xeon Enthusiast overclocks club

I run an i7-960 in my work rig clocked at around 3.87 GHz. Decent machine for its age. Was considering additional cores for some of the virtual machining I do.
'Officially' -- the Sabertooth X58 doesn't support Xeons on the CPU Support list at Asus. Has anyone had success with running the hex core Xeon's clocked 3.0 or better in this board?

Yap running a X5670 Xeon now at 4.4ghz. I could hit 4.6ghz, but I did want the CPU to last a lil longer. Just make sure you get the latest bios first and you should be golden.

I would go for a X5670 or X5675 IMO.
 
I run an i7-960 in my work rig clocked at around 3.87 GHz. Decent machine for its age. Was considering additional cores for some of the virtual machining I do.
'Officially' -- the Sabertooth X58 doesn't support Xeons on the CPU Support list at Asus. Has anyone had success with running the hex core Xeon's clocked 3.0 or better in this board?

X5660 at 4.2Ghz for me. Minor bump in voltage and set the bus speed to 200 up from 133. Adjust memory speed to compensate, and you're good to go.
 
Let us know how it goes. My brother had a P6T basic board and we had it running well for about 3-4 months. It started some random restart stuff that we couldn't resolve. Switched to a Gigabyte board and it's back up and running at a very easy 4.0ghz. I have so much fun messing with these setups. I have owned my board for 8 or 9 years I think. I still can't believe how well these setups are running after all these years.
Finally got it done, a couple weeks ago. Work, and my tendency to procrastinate, plus my problem with the SSD install, had my hung trying to sort that out. I finally gave up, backed up the Win7, and installed Linux Mint on the SSD. It's working well (tho I'm about to reinstall windows because I have some issues with how Mint works, tho I may try Ubuntu MATE first)

I cleaned out the case again, ripped out the old IDE optical drives, replaced them with a single Asus SATA optical drive and a nice fan controller, with four lighted 140mm fans in strategic locations, and the original 120mm fans where they can't be seen. The Hyper 212 hit a side panel fan, so it's out right now, but I've got a 120mm Half-height fan waiting to go in, with a hammer in reserve in case I have to do some "field reformation" to make it fit.

The only oddity I noticed was, when I rebooted recently, the BIOS came up with a "Overclocked failed: resetting to default configuration" message, which is odd because I never tried to mess with any of those settings yet. I'll have to reboot and see if it comes up again.

Some pic spam:

Aw, fuck it, it's too late & I'm sick & need to get to bed. Here's the link to the Imgur thread. If y'all have any questions, just let me know. :)

The build https://iob.imgur.com/j9lWkiZm1L
 
However, on that note, I have a question: how much RAM can I shove into this thing now? I've seen posts where someone's put in up to 48gigs, and had success. I sure as hell can't afford that (unless someone is selling tri-channel cheap), so I'm thinking between 12 and 24gig. I'd rather go 24, but that'll depend on prices.

It's been hell finding proper matched tri-channel kits, which brings up the next question: would a 4-stick DDR3 kit work as well, if I just left out one of the sticks?
 
However, on that note, I have a question: how much RAM can I shove into this thing now? I've seen posts where someone's put in up to 48gigs, and had success. I sure as hell can't afford that (unless someone is selling tri-channel cheap), so I'm thinking between 12 and 24gig. I'd rather go 24, but that'll depend on prices.

It's been hell finding proper matched tri-channel kits, which brings up the next question: would a 4-stick DDR3 kit work as well, if I just left out one of the sticks?

I just been sticking with 12GB for now. I mean ram is super expensive, and I am like fuck if I am going to spend money on Memory it will be on DDR4 on a new setup. Don't get me wrong these Xeons still hold some power, but eventually I am just going to upgrade. I am waiting to see what the 2700X Ryzen+ can do. If It is a let down, I plan to go with a 8700k.
 
However, on that note, I have a question: how much RAM can I shove into this thing now? I've seen posts where someone's put in up to 48gigs, and had success. I sure as hell can't afford that (unless someone is selling tri-channel cheap), so I'm thinking between 12 and 24gig. I'd rather go 24, but that'll depend on prices.

It's been hell finding proper matched tri-channel kits, which brings up the next question: would a 4-stick DDR3 kit work as well, if I just left out one of the sticks?

Yes, I've even mixed and matched similar dual channel kits. The cheap way to get to 48GB is 3 kits of 2x8GB same model should work fine. I ran 24GB in mine when it was my main machine. Now I run 12GB in it.
 
However, on that note, I have a question: how much RAM can I shove into this thing now? I've seen posts where someone's put in up to 48gigs, and had success. I sure as hell can't afford that (unless someone is selling tri-channel cheap), so I'm thinking between 12 and 24gig. I'd rather go 24, but that'll depend on prices.

It's been hell finding proper matched tri-channel kits, which brings up the next question: would a 4-stick DDR3 kit work as well, if I just left out one of the sticks?

http://valid.x86.fr/bauhrk
 
Finally got it done, a couple weeks ago. Work, and my tendency to procrastinate, plus my problem with the SSD install, had my hung trying to sort that out. I finally gave up, backed up the Win7, and installed Linux Mint on the SSD. It's working well (tho I'm about to reinstall windows because I have some issues with how Mint works, tho I may try Ubuntu MATE first)

I cleaned out the case again, ripped out the old IDE optical drives, replaced them with a single Asus SATA optical drive and a nice fan controller, with four lighted 140mm fans in strategic locations, and the original 120mm fans where they can't be seen. The Hyper 212 hit a side panel fan, so it's out right now, but I've got a 120mm Half-height fan waiting to go in, with a hammer in reserve in case I have to do some "field reformation" to make it fit.

The only oddity I noticed was, when I rebooted recently, the BIOS came up with a "Overclocked failed: resetting to default configuration" message, which is odd because I never tried to mess with any of those settings yet. I'll have to reboot and see if it comes up again.

Some pic spam:

Aw, fuck it, it's too late & I'm sick & need to get to bed. Here's the link to the Imgur thread. If y'all have any questions, just let me know. :)

The build https://iob.imgur.com/j9lWkiZm1L

Pics look good. I laughed at the uninformed comment at the bottom of your album. The overclock failed message was a problem my brother had with his old P6T vanilla board. Even on default settings, re-setting the BIOS, etc. It was never resolved, and eventually the board starting re-booting randomly and often. Ended up switching motherboards to resolve it. Hopefully yours is something simple. Start by loading all defaults in the BIOS before making any changes.
 
Pics look good. I laughed at the uninformed comment at the bottom of your album. The overclock failed message was a problem my brother had with his old P6T vanilla board. Even on default settings, re-setting the BIOS, etc. It was never resolved, and eventually the board starting re-booting randomly and often. Ended up switching motherboards to resolve it. Hopefully yours is something simple. Start by loading all defaults in the BIOS before making any changes.
Weird. Maybe it's the Xeon doing it. Odd thing is it didn't start until after I installed the xeon and Mint--is it possible Mint is tweaking the turbo boost on the proc, and making the BIOS *think* I've changed the OC settings?
 
Yes, I've even mixed and matched similar dual channel kits. The cheap way to get to 48GB is 3 kits of 2x8GB same model should work fine. I ran 24GB in mine when it was my main machine. Now I run 12GB in it.
Nice idea, thanks for that.

BTW, what'd you do with the other 12 gig? <_< >_>
 
I just been sticking with 12GB for now. I mean ram is super expensive, and I am like fuck if I am going to spend money on Memory it will be on DDR4 on a new setup. Don't get me wrong these Xeons still hold some power, but eventually I am just going to upgrade. I am waiting to see what the 2700X Ryzen+ can do. If It is a let down, I plan to go with a 8700k.
I'm hoping for a few more years out of this, maybe just to say it can be done to the naysayers and "anti-futureproofers" out there.
 
Damned nice what kind of cooling are ya running?

Silver Arrow
http://thermalright.com/product/silver-arrow-ib-e-extreme/

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I'm hoping for a few more years out of this, maybe just to say it can be done to the naysayers and "anti-futureproofers" out there.

Yea I am hoping too. Although I have a chance to upgrade soon, the only thing I really wish we has was M.2 or NVME support.
 
Yeah, kinda fugly. And expensive. I'll probably get a CM Hyper 212 EVO soon. My temps are ok now, but summer is coming.
 
Yea I am hoping too. Although I have a chance to upgrade soon, the only thing I really wish we has was M.2 or NVME support.
Yanno, it boots pretty damn quick now, and the r/w speeds are way above what they were before, so I have no complaints except the ram right now (is it me, or have programs gone Miss Piggy on us?). I'm thinking of springing for a USB3.0 card and doing some modeling to bring the ports to the top of the case, unless someone can make a better case for a PCIe SATA 3 controller (so far, all comments have been negative).
 
ooh something uglier then noctua fans
Like you spend time in front of your glass case door fapping to your HSF setup. :tard:

EDIT: This is like golfers saying they putt better with a putter that "looks good" - - it's nothing more than brand snobbery. My buddy HATES my Gen1 Heavy Putter, but I can outputt him every fucking time because that "ugly" hunk of steel works FAR better than his flavor-of-the-week POS.

If ya can't get that, we'll, too bad.
 
Yeah, I have air conditioning. But I use it to keep me comfortable, not my PC. My Dell T3500 has a passive HS, with two case fans in the front. A 212 EVO would be great for cooling.
 
Like you spend time in front of your glass case door fapping to your HSF setup. :tard:

EDIT: This is like golfers saying they putt better with a putter that "looks good" - - it's nothing more than brand snobbery. My buddy HATES my Gen1 Heavy Putter, but I can outputt him every fucking time because that "ugly" hunk of steel works FAR better than his flavor-of-the-week POS.

If ya can't get that, we'll, too bad.

Someone got out of bed with the wrong foot (or 2).
 
I just ordered the second CPU daughterboard for my T5500, dual X5675's here I come!

When it comes to dual processors do they absolutely have to be a matched pair or is it OK provided they're both the same processor?
 
I just ordered the second CPU daughterboard for my T5500, dual X5675's here I come!

When it comes to dual processors do they absolutely have to be a matched pair or is it OK provided they're both the same processor?

T5500 is a beast with dual X5675s. I picked mine up some years ago from Dell Refurbished and jammed a full rack of memory in it. It's a damn good box for what I paid for it.
I do believe they need to have the same stepping when you're doing dual procs.
 
T5500 is a beast with dual X5675s. I picked mine up some years ago from Dell Refurbished and jammed a full rack of memory in it. It's a damn good box for what I paid for it.
I do believe they need to have the same stepping when you're doing dual procs.

It's undoubtedly one of the best purchases I ever made, an absolute tank of a machine!

Is there a way to tell the stepping from the codes on the heatspreader?
 
It's undoubtedly one of the best purchases I ever made, an absolute tank of a machine!

Is there a way to tell the stepping from the codes on the heatspreader?

The stepping should be marked on the IHS -- you may need a decoder to decipher whatever the actual stepping is.
It's also on the retail packaging if you are lucky enough to get that with a used CPU.

ServerMonkey can and will sell you sets of CPUs with matched steppings, that's where I snagged my x5675s for my box.
 
The stepping should be marked on the IHS -- you may need a decoder to decipher whatever the actual stepping is.
It's also on the retail packaging if you are lucky enough to get that with a used CPU.

ServerMonkey can and will sell you sets of CPUs with matched steppings, that's where I snagged my x5675s for my box.

Thanks for the tip re: Servermonkey, I'll take a look. It's already a fast machine with one X5675 so looking forward to seeing how this performs with 2 x 5675's!
 
Like you spend time in front of your glass case door fapping to your HSF setup. :tard:

EDIT: This is like golfers saying they putt better with a putter that "looks good" - - it's nothing more than brand snobbery. My buddy HATES my Gen1 Heavy Putter, but I can outputt him every fucking time because that "ugly" hunk of steel works FAR better than his flavor-of-the-week POS.

If ya can't get that, we'll, too bad.


lol, these snobs whining about ugly coolers and then say they'll use an out dated coolermaster unit that will oxidise and discolour.
 
Welp after a nice check with 20 hours overtime. I decided to buy a X5675. Hoping the 23 multi will make getting 4.6ghz a lil easier. As much as I want to upgrade I see no point. Maybe a new SSD or something but thats about all I can think of!
 
Welp after a nice check with 20 hours overtime. I decided to buy a X5675. Hoping the 23 multi will make getting 4.6ghz a lil easier. As much as I want to upgrade I see no point. Maybe a new SSD or something but thats about all I can think of!

There's totally no need to upgrade, x58's still a more than capable platform. It'd be nice to have native SATA 6, but even that's not a real deal breaker.
 
Hi all. Weird prob:

Recently my T3500 fans are running at full speed. I have no idea as to why. CPU temps are around 20C at idle, 55C at load.

I honestly would not care if it wasn't for the fact that the fans are really loud. It just started a few days ago, and I didn't do anything at all to cause this, meaning, didn't open the case, or even really do anything software wise.

Any ideas?


PS: I know that this thread is about overclocking Xeons, but I'm just hoping somebody can help me.
 
Hi all. Weird prob:

Recently my T3500 fans are running at full speed. I have no idea as to why. CPU temps are around 20C at idle, 55C at load.

I honestly would not care if it wasn't for the fact that the fans are really loud. It just started a few days ago, and I didn't do anything at all to cause this, meaning, didn't open the case, or even really do anything software wise.

Any ideas?


PS: I know that this thread is about overclocking Xeons, but I'm just hoping somebody can help me.

Have you checked your bios settings just in case your motherboard battery has gone flat and reset the bios to default? It's a long shot, but freakier things have happened and the battery would be reaching the age where it's due for replacement.
 
Hi all. Weird prob:

Recently my T3500 fans are running at full speed. I have no idea as to why. CPU temps are around 20C at idle, 55C at load.

I honestly would not care if it wasn't for the fact that the fans are really loud. It just started a few days ago, and I didn't do anything at all to cause this, meaning, didn't open the case, or even really do anything software wise.

Any ideas?


PS: I know that this thread is about overclocking Xeons, but I'm just hoping somebody can help me.

Check the chassis intrusion button on the machine -- they tend to get gummed up and go a bit wonky, or get into the BIOS and disable the chassis intrusion button altogether.
Sometimes Dell will overdrive all fans when the case is open.
 
I've checked the BIOS, no mention of a intrusion switch, and I can't find a pic of it on Google or Bing.

Hep me! Hep me!
 
Thanks, guys. I got it fixed. Re-seating the side panel, blowing everything I could get to with compressed air, and swearing a bunch did the trick.

When I had the side off I looked and looked for an intrusion micro-switch, couldn't find one. And my BIOS was no help, but I did clear the logs.


The noise of the fans was driving me nuts. Back to peace and quiet.


Again, thanks.
 
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