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Well I appreciate your help no matter the temptation.
I ended up NOT wrecking anything, and am working on a 4.5GHz OC.
I am very stable at 4.2, I will post my settings soon, but I am hoping that I can reach 4.5.
Sadly, I think my hold up, even if I get stable, will be temps. with just an H70, 4.2 ghz in prime95 hit 83C.
IMHO I can drop some voltages and still be stable, but we shall see
I just really like my ASUS R3F, and don't want to blow it up!
4.2GHz is perfectly acceptable result for such an old chip on such an old mobo. 4.4GHz is a golden chip for hardwrae that old. Looking for lower temps/voltages is certainly the right direction.
no idea what board your using...but it sounds like you just need minor bios voltage tweaks to get what ever stable blck your going for. It might benefit you to create a sig in that regard. In any case use your highest multis availableFinally got the mounting hardware for my corsair AIO cooler. Not convinced it was a H50 like it was listed as. It looks different than the pictures. Either way I haven't seen over 55C on my X5650
What's funny is I hit 3.9Ghz and had good results (besides temps) at varying frequinces on air, but now anything over 3.2Ghz I start having issues. I'd be happy with 3.2Ghz but I'm sure I'll try to push it further when I have the time
no idea what board your using...but it sounds like you just need minor bios voltage tweaks to get what ever stable blck your going for. It might benefit you to create a sig in that regard. In any case use your highest multis available
The Rampage III Formula board has been running like a champ (once I stopped using ram slot A1, it would shut off randomly and would boot in a loop before posting). Got as far as 3.9GHZ, but backed down to 3.3GHZ to keep temps under 70C at full load. Do you guys have any recommendations for a cheapish cooler to get 4GHZ without temps over 70C? I'm even considering an "all in one" water cooling system. Also looking to upgrade to case with better airflow.
Again I should stress that I am cheap, the Rampage board cost me $115 shipped and the Antec Truepower 650 cost me 35$.
I had a small 40mm there for a bit. Never bothered mounting it. Need more airflow to justify it. I'm on the lookout for a cooling solution there
TBH I'm more about the understanding. I don't really need the OC, but I enjoy it, and it makes me want to learn more about how architectures have changed over the years.honestly you don't have to under stand it to master it
You'll be fine. Especially with a properly threaded game. I fold on 6 cores while playing games at 60FPS (Vsync enabled)Hey,
I'm thinking of buying a gtx 980 ti or a gtx 1070, is my Xeon 5650 @ 4,2ghz enough or will it bottleneck?
You'll be fine. Especially with a properly threaded game. I fold on 6 cores while playing games at 60FPS (Vsync enabled)
the processor was so cheap I couldn't resist. But now my lack of SATA3 or other newer tech is holding me back. I guess I could just buy upgrade cards.
which adapter are you using? does your bios let you select it to boot off off?PCI-e M.2 adapters will work with some of the NVME SSD's. Samsung 950 Pro works for sure...probably my favorite upgrade. Boots in 15 seconds and allowed me to disable the crappy Marvell SATA 3 controller.
which adapter are you using? does your bios let you select it to boot off off?
PCI-e M.2 adapters will work with some of the NVME SSD's. Samsung 950 Pro works for sure...probably my favorite upgrade. Boots in 15 seconds and allowed me to disable the crappy Marvell SATA 3 controller.
Saving up to get my X58 system to upgrade from my Q9550. I think you guys have convinced me to go single CPU with a motherboard that supports overclocking. I mostly use older software that would prefer the higher clock speed anyway. Any good places to find motherboards? I've been watching on Ebay but even non working boards seem to start at $150 . I've repaired lots of motherboards in my day but don't want to spend hours trying to bend 100's of pins back in to place
Ended up getting an untested ASUS Rampage iii Formula for $115 shipped. with a little patience a good board can be found, best purchase of my lifeX58 mobos are still expensive. Good thing I spent good money on my P6T6 WS Revolution back in the day.
Cant wait to mess around with X5650 and Rampage 2 extreme any recommendation?