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I just noticed that the 12*8GB memory I got with the SR-2 in the packade deal are not all of the same brand and model.
Half of it is Hyundai and half of it is Samsung, perhaps the Hyundai modules use Samsung chips?
I think I will remove the Hyundai modules before I overclock this system.
Who cares, specs are the same. Try the OC before you remove anything.
That's good news. Almost surprising to hear. I did a quick search on ebay and sadly I don't think I'd get more than $40 for my i7 but selling it is not my concern.Whoa, primetime, I didn't know you started a 1366 overclock club, lol. I'm a month and a half late here, but I am running my x5650 at 4.2ghz (190x22) HT on and all cores active.
@GonzoP, you will get a VERY noticeable difference from your 920, nearly night and day (not quite, but considering the low prices it is practically night and day). I went from a 4ghz 930, and still can not believe the difference. This Xeon feels better than my 4ghz 930 when it is at stock settings, no kidding. It feels like a new system, for now anyway lol. My F@H has taken a fantastic hit and my Gflops went from 65 to 83 using IBT. 201 gflops on AIDA64 as well... You can sell you 920 for practically what it now costs for the x5650, so not doing it is insane. lol
I would like to mention that not all boards are proving the 23x multiplier on the x5650. The rampage III is only giving us the 22x, but it will not accept the 21 or 23 multi unless you drop it down to 1 or 2 cores. In other words the 23x on my R3E does NOT do 23x for all 6 cores, it only does 12-20 and 22 for all 6 cores. I have seen MANY others with the exact same results. It even tells you this in AIDA64 that the 23x turbo multiplier can only be used on 1 or 2 cores in a non threaded app.
No amount of fiddling with my BIOS has let me enable the 23x multi as of yet. However, it runs amazingly well on the 22 multi at a low 1.26v and low 30C temps. It has ran all the way up to 200x22 without needing to go over 1.35v, however when I went to 205x22 I had to break the 1.35v safety barrier, which for me is not worth doing.
So, moral of the story is 23x on the 5650 is a hit and miss affair. And I know others that can't even get the 22 multi to stick even on good platforms.
EDIT: And I am talking specifically about the B1 chip.
Yeah 22 will be easy if your willing to spend the voltage. My CPU does it at 1.26 (maybe even lower), but a friend of mine has to go over 1.35v to get his 22 multi to be stable. I know others who have 23x multi, but I do not know if its on all 6 cores or not. I know I can't get the 23x multi to take to save my life, nor the 21 for that matter. When I type 21 or 23 into my bios it just instantly changes itself to 22. I flashed BIOS after BIOS with the same result and I tried both my BIOS chips, and nothing changes. It appears to be a CPU controlled thing. With that said, I have NOT tried turning off HT yet, mainly because I have not yet decided if I want to lose HT. In my AIDA64, it clearly says the x5650 can only enable 23x multi on the first and second cores. I can provide a screenshot if ya want of that info?That's good news. Almost surprising to hear. I did a quick search on ebay and sadly I don't think I'd get more than $40 for my i7 but selling it is not my concern.
Now this is interesting, I remember back when I get my 920 everything I read said to use the 21 or 19 multiplier but not the 20. Something about the odds were good and then even's weren't. So if I get the 5650 I might or might not have a 23x or even a 22x. And you said the 21x is iffy as well. Hmmm.
As I mentioned above I have a lot of the parts from 2010 that includes the ram. Its just G.Skill 1333 actually. Now I have tested it and I can do a BCLK of 205 with the 8x for 1640 no problem but around 210 things start getting difficult. So while I'd be fine running 200x21 it sounds like maybe that's not even an option for me with all 6 cores? Well then I'm back to where I am now at 4Ghz with just 4 cores.
Oh ok. I misread the 22 being there I guess yeah that's fine. And no I'm not at 4.2 I'm just at 4 with my 920. Even though its a D0 its voltage hungry once I get over 3.8. I need 1.2625v for 3.8 to be 100% rock solid and 4Ghz isn't 100% stable with less than 1.33v. For 4.2 I was over 1.425v and that was not to my liking so I settled on 4Ghz and to be honest during the summer I often throttle down to 3.8 just to keep temps cooler. I have the original Hyper 212 as my HSF. Good enough for a 4Ghz OC but its not a D14 so I never really maxed this baby out to the gills.Yeah 22 will be easy if your willing to spend the voltage. My CPU does it at 1.26 (maybe even lower), but a friend of mine has to go over 1.35v to get his 22 multi to be stable. I know others who have 23x multi, but I do not know if its on all 6 cores or not. I know I can't get the 23x multi to take to save my life, nor the 21 for that matter. When I type 21 or 23 into my bios it just instantly changes itself to 22. I flashed BIOS after BIOS with the same result and I tried both my BIOS chips, and nothing changes. It appears to be a CPU controlled thing. With that said, I have NOT tried turning off HT yet, mainly because I have not yet decided if I want to lose HT. In my AIDA64, it clearly says the x5650 can only enable 23x multi on the first and second cores. I can provide a screenshot if ya want of that info?
If you want the x5650 consider that 200x20 is probably a definite yes (it works great for me), but anything higher is a hit and miss. Also keep in mind that 200x20 on the x5650 blows away the 4.2ghz on your 920, lol...
Well, look at it this way, do you want or need the extra newer technology that x79 or x99 will bring you? Can you afford paying the premium for x79 for only a 10% of that increase in performance? Or the 30-50% x99 will bring you? If your only interest is gaming, just upgrade to a x series Xeon, overclock it and use the massive savings for Gpu spending, lol... I think Kana Maru has pretty much proven the x58 is still fine for gaming needs, but if your nmeeding the absolute fastest newest technology, x58 is far behind now imo. I'm personally not going to upgrade until Skylake-E and its new chipset, if it is even real. Mainly because I can not afford to do so until 2016 or 2017 at earliest.Oh ok. I misread the 22 being there I guess yeah that's fine. And no I'm not at 4.2 I'm just at 4 with my 920. Even though its a D0 its voltage hungry once I get over 3.8. I need 1.2625v for 3.8 to be 100% rock solid and 4Ghz isn't 100% stable with less than 1.33v. For 4.2 I was over 1.425v and that was not to my liking so I settled on 4Ghz and to be honest during the summer I often throttle down to 3.8 just to keep temps cooler. I have the original Hyper 212 as my HSF. Good enough for a 4Ghz OC but its not a D14 so I never really maxed this baby out to the gills.
Yeah if I could pull a 200x20 that'd be OK. At this point for the first time in a long time the upgrade bug has bit me. As much as the xeon would help where I'm really itching to upgrade is my gpu. There is a miner in my town who is a huge presence on ebay. I'm trying to convince me to give me a pair of 7950's for $200. That would be a massive difference from my lone 7870.
To be honest the best and frankly only other upgrade I've made to this rig since 2010 is the SSD.
Thanks again for the knowledge
A small development here.
After installing my OS on a Raid 0 array with the LSI card my overclock is no longer stable. I'm also having issues with the LSI cards firmware not initialising when I boot my PC, I have to do a CTRL ALT DEL to get it to work sometimes
I'm running @ stock clocks for the time being until I'm sure that it is stable with this hardware configuration, then I'll go back and attempt overclocking again.
On the plus side, I'm seeing 1GB/s disk read/write speeds which is phenomenal
Did you try raising any of the related PCIe voltages any?
I would like to see someone make a youtube video of one of Xeon running a current game..
Well that is good news. Good luck with it.I have a X5660 in coming..
Picked up an X5650.
Hoping to have better luck then I did with the L5639 chip on my board.
What are some good settings to aim for? I'm hoping for 3.6 GHz +.
Anyone got some screenies of their BIOS settings to start out with?
welcome to the club, you wont regret itI have a X5660 in coming..
Picked up an X5650.
Hoping to have better luck then I did with the L5639 chip on my board.
What are some good settings to aim for? I'm hoping for 3.6 GHz +.
Anyone got some screenies of their BIOS settings to start out with?
4 ghz should be easy money
Messing around last night, and all I can get out of my L5639 is 3.6. I have no multi options on my board save a few, and 18 is as high as it goes.
The Sabertooth should be able to reach a higher BCLK than 200 but perhaps the CPU is holding the board back.
Excited to see so many new club members. It looks like I'll be delayed for a few days myself. I ended up scoring a killer deal on a 7970 that I could not pass up [$120]. I know primetime was trying to get me to bite on a 290 but there was too much value here. Plus he's the local guy so there was no shipping and I had the card in my PC within an hour of PayPal-ing the $$.
That and I decided to upgrade my case as well and I figure I'd wait till the case arrived to get the xeon so I only have to do one motherboard swap as with my heatsink its a bit of a chore taking the mobo out and all. But rest assured I'm watching and learning from you guys.
Thats a heck of a good deal on a 7970....guess im lucky i don't have to pull my motherboard just to swap cpus....course if i were changing the heat sink...then i might have to
Thanks prime.
Thought your Firestrike might have been higher but whatever its a synthetic.
Hey for the group. When my mobo first came out the ram limit was 24gb mostly because 4gb was the biggest stick out there. I've read a little bit about x58 mobos running 8gb sticks even if its not officially supported. Anybody doing this? Right now I've got all 6 of my banks filled with 2GB sticks and I think it makes dialing in a higher BCLK and subsequently the ram speed a little tougher than if I only had 2-3 banks filled.
Sweet thanks and yes I see it in your sig as well.Previous page (or maybe 2 back) I'm running 48GB here no problem.
I'm super tempted to get another X58 board, it's the only piece I need to build another X58 based system. I'm considering using it with the quad Xeon I have lying around to replace the aging servers I have at work, consolidate them in to a single box with Hyper-V.
I've got my eye on the Rampage III for my own system, anyone think of a reason not to go there?