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1366 X58 Xeon 5650

Has to be said thanks to Mr Fujisawa's i920 upgrade thread, or I would never have thought of this route for a cheap upgrade.

Also to the ever helpful people of the Overclockers forum on the whole for their advice and help.

Now to wait until pay day and I s'pose I'd best upgrade the Bios. :)
 
Batfink1892 said:
Has to be said thanks to Mr Fujisawa's i920 upgrade thread, or I would never have thought of this route for a cheap upgrade.

Also to the ever helpful people of the Overclockers forum on the whole for their advice and help.

Now to wait until pay day and I s'pose I'd best upgrade the Bios. :)
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Glad it was useful, but not as glad as I am that I posted it, and thanks to the others for pointing me to this thread so I could sayve £100s on upgrading!
 
Just ordered a 5650 from the place at Salford, £65 which seems to be the going price. I was tempted to go for one of the 60's or 70's but they all seem to be from the USA and one of the adverts warned of a possible $24 of added import charges. So it would be just my luck to get stuck with any extra cost.
So a 5650 it is and fingers crossed I can get it to over 4GHz.
 
bru said:
Just ordered a 5650 from the place at Salford, £65 which seems to be the going price. I was tempted to go for one of the 60's or 70's but they all seem to be from the USA and one of the adverts warned of a possible $24 of added import charges. So it would be just my luck to get stuck with any extra cost.
So a 5650 it is and fingers crossed I can get it to over 4GHz.
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It's not so much the charge, more the massive delay whilst they figure out what to charge you. That used to annoy the crap out of me so I just get a mate over there to buy things and send them all as $40 gifts now.

Bit risky, but Parcel Farce tack on about £10 just for their "admin fees".

Disgusting tbh.
 
Well that's the BIOS updated ready for the new addition.

Good/Bad news is my OC profile no longer loads so my 950 is sat at stock for the time being and I can't remember any voltages etc I had set for a stable Overclock.

Still be good practice I s'pose. :)
 
Batfink1892 said:
Well that's the BIOS updated ready for the new addition.

Good/Bad news is my OC profile no longer loads so my 950 is sat at stock for the time being and I can't remember any voltages etc I had set for a stable Overclock.

Still be good practice I s'pose. :)
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ah yes well reminded, I must write down all the settings just in case I have to go back to the i7 920, before the new chip arrives.
 
Hi guys, I just got my Xeon x5650 from ebay for £50 clocked it straight to 4.2Ghz (1.33v core) on an Asus Rampage II Extreme.

I'm using a 20x Multiplier and 212 BLCK Idle Temps are 32 degrees C. Full Load is at 85~ degrees C. Cooling is a Thermalright Ultra Extreme (TRUE) Old I know... with a 120mm fan (Sharkoon).

Wondering if these temps are too high on Load?

I can also get to 4.3Ghz with ease and a lil more voltage but temps get to 91...

Cinebench gives me 964 @4.2ghz but 970 @4.3. Any good?
 
I'll be investing in a new case and an all in one watercooling kit. Currently my case is getting a little tight on the inside and gets cluttered with cables... Hopefully with the extra investment on a quality case and the watercooling I can have much lower temps :)
 
You can add another 120mm rad, replace the 240 with a 360 etc. It's the same cooler that some one else made (can't for the life of me remember who now) but for less than half the price.

The pump/block is large, plus you can add a res if you want to.

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-liquid-cooler/eisberg-240l-prestige/

There it is. Cooler Master Eisberg. Sadly it was stupid expensive.

I'll be going for one I think to replace my H110. Though no doubt I will add an extra 120mm rad to it for the back of the rig and use a res :)
 
Well after an initial NIGHTMARE!!!
I have my chip up and running. playing with the overclock now.
I made the noob mistake of bending 1 of the pins in the socket when replacing the cpu(was in a hurry). this resulted in 1 stick of ram not being detected and a lot of frustration trying to find and bend back the **** of a pin.
anyway i got the chip up to 4.2GHz fairly easy, same as my previous i7 overclock but with extra cores of course. I would like to get it a bit higher. but thats for another time.
 
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