1366 X58 Xeon 5650

Akagi · 7 Nov 2014 at 04:26

Still unable to use mine due to being on the lookout for a replacement X58 motherboard. If any of you have one I would greatly appreciate it if you popped over to my wanted thread. I want to get overclocking this beastie and replace my aging workstation/secondary PC! (Socket 771 Xeons with DDR2 and a GTX2XX graphics)

The system has been sitting on my floor lifeless for weeks now and I have bumped my thread countless times

K1LaW8tt5 · 7 Nov 2014 at 13:29

stooeh said:
I get the impression that it won't run on the rev 1 as it looks like it only takes single QPI chips - going by the (incomplete) CPU compatibility list on the gigabyte website for both revs

Ah thats a pity , thanks for looking into it. might see if I can find a cheap board although then it might not be worth it.

gigeorge · 10 Nov 2014 at 09:42

tribz said:
Jarrastafari, if your on a 5650 I'd use the 20x multiplier instead of the 22x one.

These are my current settings for a 4.5GHz overclock on a 5670. Been fine for weeks now and I stopped having to do the double boot to get going, that sorted itself out for some reason.

What temp is that running at and using what cooler?

tribz · 10 Nov 2014 at 15:19

Hi 60's under stress. Its water cooled with an EK block and a 360 rad.

muppet · 10 Nov 2014 at 16:58

I cant up my multiplier higher than 20 . any ideas

muppet · 10 Nov 2014 at 17:00

I cant get my multiplier past 20 . any ideas

cheers
sorry double post

gigeorge · 10 Nov 2014 at 18:50

tribz said:
Hi 60's under stress. Its water cooled with an EK block and a 360 rad.

Wow, i'm struggling to keep mine below 70 @ 4.00 using a h80i.. Hmm

kylew_is_back · 11 Nov 2014 at 21:10

My final OC...

-CPU = x5650
-Motherboard = ASUS P6T
-Bios Version = 1408
-Stable OC Clock = 4360 MHz
-Core Voltage = 1.392v
-QPI/DRAM(VTT) = 1.368v
-Multiplier = 20x
-BCLK = 218 MHz
-QPI = 3924 MHz
-UNCORE = 3488 MHz
-Ram Model = OCZ3G1600LV2G (3x2GB)
-Ram Timings = 8-8-8-20 1T
-Ram Voltage = 1.5v
-Ram Speed = 1308 MHz

-CPU Cooler = Prolimatech Megahelms
-Room temp = 20C
-Temp under Prime95 = 84C
-Temp under realistic heavy load = 68C
-Temp under gaming = 55-60C
-Temp at idle = 28C

-wPrime 1024M = 128.098 sec
-CINEBENCH R15 score = 1005

stooeh · 11 Nov 2014 at 21:50

Nice cinebench score

but isn't that a risky uncore ratio / qpi/vtt combo?

kylew_is_back · 11 Nov 2014 at 22:17

stooeh said:
Nice cinebench score but isn't that a risky uncore ratio / qpi/vtt combo?

I don't know it looks safe to me. (after all this chip only cost me £57)
Also if I want to get close to 1.3v for qpi/vtt I will need reduce the uncore mult from 16x218(3488) to 12x218(2616) and this way I lose around 5% of performance that is a lot, because it is almost the same like going from 4360MHz to 4150MHz.

Ricimer · 12 Nov 2014 at 00:37

kylew_is_back said:
My final OC...

Mine

-CPU = x5670
-Motherboard = ASUS P6TD
-Bios Version = 0608
-Stable OC Clock = 4200 MHz
-Core Voltage = 1.31875v
-QPI/DRAM(VTT) = 1.31250v
-Multiplier = 21x
-BCLK = 200 MHz
-QPI = 7218 MT/s
-UNCORE = 3208 MHz
-Ram Model = Gskill 1600MHz 1.5v (3x4GB)
-Ram Timings = 9-9-9-24 2T
-Ram Voltage = 1.52v
-Ram Speed = 1603 MHz

-CPU Cooler = Cogage True Spirit (1 x Noctua NF-F12PWM)
-Room temp = 19c
-Temp under Prime95 = 71C
-Temp under realistic heavy load = 65C
-Temp under gaming = 60-65C
-Temp at idle = 32C

-wPrime 1024M = 144 sec
-CINEBENCH R15 score = 961

Jarrastafari · 12 Nov 2014 at 20:51

Pure disaster today

noticed only 8GB of my 16GB (4x4GB) RAM was being used/detected in the BIOS and in Windows so I decided to do a little research. I followed the suggestion of loosening the CPU (h70) cooler and also tried changing some BIOS settings as well as testing the sticks of RAM in different slots but now its crapped out and it wont load windows with either default settings or my original overclock settings. Whats the deal?

Edit: tightened the cooler incase it was overheating but it seems what really fixed it was booting into safe mode then restarting, thankfully! Still stuck with only 8GB though :'( anyone else had this problem? This thread suggests fixes but some of it goes over my head!

ALXAndy · 13 Nov 2014 at 00:08

Jarrastafari said:
Pure disaster today noticed only 8GB of my 16GB (4x4GB) RAM was being used/detected in the BIOS and in Windows so I decided to do a little research. I followed the suggestion of loosening the CPU (h70) cooler and also tried changing some BIOS settings as well as testing the sticks of RAM in different slots but now its crapped out and it wont load windows with either default settings or my original overclock settings. Whats the deal?

Edit: tightened the cooler incase it was overheating but it seems what really fixed it was booting into safe mode then restarting, thankfully! Still stuck with only 8GB though :'( anyone else had this problem? This thread suggests fixes but some of it goes over my head!

Usually when ram is missing it indicates bent pins in the CPU socket so I would start there....

Jarrastafari · 13 Nov 2014 at 12:07

thanks Andy, I fo remember looking at the socket when I was putting in the x5650 and wondering if some of the pins I saw were bent, then forgot about them when the system successfully booted.

Can I use a sewing needle to carefully correct them?

Uncle_Gravy · 13 Nov 2014 at 12:17

If you have an incredible steady hand and good eyes (Magnifying glass may help in that situation) the pins are very delicate.

ALXAndy · 13 Nov 2014 at 13:05

Yeah so long as they're not physically damaged you can usually pull them around with either a needle or a wooden tooth pick.

Mr Fujisawa · 13 Nov 2014 at 16:57

Are people having success with Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev 1.0? I see one person here has, but elsewhere I'm seeing lots of people saying it's not working. :S

ALXAndy · 13 Nov 2014 at 17:08

Mr Fujisawa said:
Are people having success with Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev 1.0? I see one person here has, but elsewhere I'm seeing lots of people saying it's not working. :S

Generally speaking (unless you have a DFI Lanparty X58) if a board supports Gulftown (980x 990x) it will support the Xeon, given the only physical differences are as I pointed out (ECC controller, two QPI links).

Unless the board manu has specifically locked out the Xeons (See also : DFI) then as long as your board has support for Gulftown you're good.

The only board I have seen that does not work is the DFI, and I would imagine they did it deliberately because they stuck to the law of the land (Intel).

Mr Fujisawa · 13 Nov 2014 at 18:12

ALXAndy said:
Generally speaking (unless you have a DFI Lanparty X58) if a board supports Gulftown (980x 990x) it will support the Xeon, given the only physical differences are as I pointed out (ECC controller, two QPI links).

Unless the board manu has specifically locked out the Xeons (See also : DFI) then as long as your board has support for Gulftown you're good.

The only board I have seen that does not work is the DFI, and I would imagine they did it deliberately because they stuck to the law of the land (Intel).

Cool. Fingers crossed!

gabbertech · 14 Nov 2014 at 09:09

Selekt0r, I have the same mobo and 24GB RAM and have just upgraded from D920 to Xeon 5650. Could you let me have details of o/c settings for ECX58-UD5 please?