1366 X58 Xeon 5650

Concrete · 5 May 2018 at 13:14

I`ll crank the voltage up to 1.5 and see if she implodes.

Any other relevant setting advice?

Stu · 5 May 2018 at 15:46

Don't know if I'm talking trash, but moving to a higher speed CPU doesn't mean that the memory handling part will allow faster memory speed. These CPUs are officially rated for memory speeds up to 1333 MHz. It sounds like you got lucky with your first chip supporting 1886 Mhz! I've got memory rated for 1886 Mhz, but I can't even get it to run at 1600 MHz reliably.

DragonQ · 6 May 2018 at 12:07

Stu said:
Don't know if I'm talking trash, but moving to a higher speed CPU doesn't mean that the memory handling part will allow faster memory speed. These CPUs are officially rated for memory speeds up to 1333 MHz. It sounds like you got lucky with your first chip supporting 1886 Mhz! I've got memory rated for 1886 Mhz, but I can't even get it to run at 1600 MHz reliably.

Yeah I'm starting to think that the IMC just isn't that good on my X5675. However, I think overall it still is better considering these options I have:

X5650: 188x22 = 4.14 GHz @ 1.4 V, 1866 MHz RAM, C-states enabled
X5650: 195x22 = 4.3 GHz @ 1.4 V, 1560 MHz RAM, C-states disabled
X5675: 200x22 = 4.4 GHz @ 1.375 V, 1600 MHz RAM, C-states enabled

I might be able to go below 1.375 V for 4.4 GHz but I know 1.35 V crashed on an overnight run. Funnily enough, the RAM seems stable at 1600 MHz on "auto" settings, which uses tighter timings than the sticks are rated for...

Stu · 6 May 2018 at 21:23

Yes, that X5675 looks the best of the three chips you have. Memory speed and timing, and how many sticks you have, it really hit and miss on the X58 platform.

Kelt · 6 May 2018 at 21:45

Stu said:
Yes, that X5675 looks the best of the three chips you have. Memory speed and timing, and how many sticks you have, it really hit and miss on the X58 platform.

Gotta be happy with mine then, 1.35v, 6x4gb ram @ 1600 and x5650 @ 4.4ghz.

Seidon 240 keeps temps nice and low.

tris179 · 10 May 2018 at 21:32

Evening Guys

Wondering has anyone upgraded to Win 10 1803 yet, I am getting the Windows logo on boot up after the initial install, seems like there may be an issue with the x58 chipset and 1803 according to some postings on the net.

Apparently disabling VT-d allows it to work, but I do not want to do that as I use my machine for VM's

Could this be the start of the end?

Can anyone else verify this?

Thanks

Mr Plow · 10 May 2018 at 23:17

tris179 said:
Evening Guys

Wondering has anyone upgraded to Win 10 1803 yet, I am getting the Windows logo on boot up after the initial install, seems like there may be an issue with the x58 chipset and 1803 according to some postings on the net.

Apparently disabling VT-d allows it to work, but I do not want to do that as I use my machine for VM's

Could this be the start of the end?

Can anyone else verify this?

Thanks

I upgraded on day one and it's all working fine here.

DragonQ · 10 May 2018 at 23:51

I tried upgrading to v1803 once and it failed with a random error code. Googling yielded no results so I just left it.

Kelt · 11 May 2018 at 01:34

tris179 said:
Evening Guys

Wondering has anyone upgraded to Win 10 1803 yet, I am getting the Windows logo on boot up after the initial install, seems like there may be an issue with the x58 chipset and 1803 according to some postings on the net.

Apparently disabling VT-d allows it to work, but I do not want to do that as I use my machine for VM's

Could this be the start of the end?

Can anyone else verify this?

Thanks

No problems here with 1803.

yashiro · 11 May 2018 at 02:19

There's no 'chipset issue'. If you're doing a fresh install and disabling vt-d makes it work then it's probably the core isolation feature of windows defender.

tris179 · 11 May 2018 at 08:04

Been doing a little more digging, it appears it may be on some Asus boards only. For example I am running the Asus PT6D.

Hopefully some more detail will come out soon.

triss · 11 May 2018 at 11:57

Asus rampage ii here and all well with win 10 1803

tris179 · 12 May 2018 at 13:32

I just disabled VT-d in the end and upgraded to 1803. Thanks all.

KungFuSpaghetti · 1 Jun 2018 at 21:27

Anyone tried 8gb 2133mhz ddr3 RAM in any of the Asus boards?

Ste · 3 Jun 2018 at 07:28

DragonQ said:
Yeah I'm starting to think that the IMC just isn't that good on my X5675. However, I think overall it still is better considering these options I have:

X5650: 188x22 = 4.14 GHz @ 1.4 V, 1866 MHz RAM, C-states enabled
X5650: 195x22 = 4.3 GHz @ 1.4 V, 1560 MHz RAM, C-states disabled
X5675: 200x22 = 4.4 GHz @ 1.375 V, 1600 MHz RAM, C-states enabled

I might be able to go below 1.375 V for 4.4 GHz but I know 1.35 V crashed on an overnight run. Funnily enough, the RAM seems stable at 1600 MHz on "auto" settings, which uses tighter timings than the sticks are rated for...

You should be good with 205x22, ran that for a couple of years here

DragonQ · 3 Jun 2018 at 11:34

Ste said:
You should be good with 205x22, ran that for a couple of years here

I'm actually at just over 1.4 V with 200x22 right now. Although 1.375 V was stable for stress testing, it wasn't in gaming annoyingly. So I don't really wanna push any much higher when temperatures are already low 60s when gaming.

Ste · 3 Jun 2018 at 17:55

Fair enough

I was at 1.45v hitting 85c and that was when these were worth 100 quid

ED209 · 14 Jun 2018 at 21:20

Can anyone suggest a good place to get a X5650 from?

would like to give one of these ago and replace my I7 950

Journey · 14 Jun 2018 at 21:29

ED209 said:
Can anyone suggest a good place to get a X5650 from?

would like to give one of these ago and replace my I7 950

If you want one fast(ish), go to famous auction site, type in X5650, then tick the UK only box at the side, find the ones priced at £20.45 with free P&P

KungFuSpaghetti · 15 Jun 2018 at 08:14

ED209 said:
Can anyone suggest a good place to get a X5650 from?

would like to give one of these ago and replace my I7 950

As the chap above has suggested, 'The auction site' is the best place. I got mine from there, was up at £22 or best offer, so offered £18 including delivery. Amazing price considering the mileage still left in these things!