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1366 X58 Xeon 5650

sgoaty said:
I will confirm what the setting is called next time its plugged in, Its a bit of a mix mash just now still waiting on some parts. Before i altered the setting it would only go to 3.6ghz despite a 22 multi and 182 Bus.
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Technically, the CPU has a 20x multiplier, but in reality it goes up to 23x (for 1-2 cores) and 22x (for 3-6 cores). So if you set the BCLK to 182 MHz, you'll get 4.2 GHz typically or 4 GHz if you're doing heavily threaded stuff.

Intel's clock speed naming scheme really is confusing. For some reason the CPU is labelled as 2.67 GHz, even though it actually fluctuates from 1.6 GHz to 3.06 GHz at stock speeds. Why they don't just say it's 2.93 GHz (the maximum speed it can run with all cores being utilised), I have no idea.
 
Have to wonder how long it will be until these cpu's start to struggle or show much weakness in games or applications, my mobo is still going after 6+ years of usage now. Even Skylake-k is not coming until next year and will be 4 cores for mainstream.. I wonder what the next best upgrade will be that isn't going to be really expensive and show significant gains in performance.
 
Perfect_Chaos said:
Have to wonder how long it will be until these cpu's start to struggle or show much weakness in games or applications, my mobo is still going after 6+ years of usage now. Even Skylake-k is not coming until next year and will be 4 cores for mainstream.. I wonder what the next best upgrade will be that isn't going to be really expensive and show significant gains in performance.
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I've just flashed my P6T SE to a P6T to enable SLI....Life in the old dog yet when I get an IPS 1440p monitor in March :D
 
easyrider said:
I've just flashed my P6T SE to a P6T to enable SLI....Life in the old dog yet when I get an IPS 1440p monitor in March :D
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:) it's not showing any signs of struggle at all, i just mean i wonder when the right time for an upgrade would be. With DX12 coming out it will lessen the need for a newer cpu even more as well in games.

Could probably see all this year out without needing to upgrade the motherboard & cpu.
 
I've just dropped a 5650 into X58 system (920 D0 stepping in it before).

Brilliant investment. Refreshed the machine with a Fractal Designs Define R5 case (superb) a new USB3 card. Everything has been dusted off in the rehousing process. I already was running 12GB RAM and got a reasonably good GPU (GTX 770) so even more life into this beast now with 6 cores running at 4GHz on air.

Thought I share my OC settings. Gigabyte X58-UD5, F13 BIOS:

CLOCK RATIO 20 X
QPI CLOCK RATIO X36 - 7.2GHZ
UNCORE CLOCK RATIO X17 3400MHZ
BCLK FREQUENCY 200
XMP DISABLED
MEMORY MULTIPLIER 8 @1600
PCI EXPRESS 101
CIA2 DISABLED

CLOCK DRIVE 800
PCI CLOCK DRIVE 900
CPU CLOCK SKEW 0

VOLTS
LLC ENABLED
CPU VCORE 1.30625
QPI/VTT VOLT 1.255
CPU PLL 1.8
DRAM VOLTS 1.66

TURBO OFF
CORES ENABLED ALL
MULTI THREAD ENABLED
CPUT ENHANCED C1E ENABLED
C3 C6 C7 DISABLED
CPU THERMAL ENABLED
CPU EIST ENABLED
BIDIRECTIONAL PROCHOT ENABLED

Intel Burn completed with C1E, C3C6C7 and EIST off first, then stability proven yesterday on what I really use it for - 5 hour Handbrake video encoding session gone without a glitch. Average core temps were around 71-75, hottest core hit 82C which I'm more than happy with. Might come down a few C as the arctic silver binds in.

Very pleased.
 
Such a shame Could not fix the pins. i think some may actually be broken tbh.

i think when i took out my 920 thats when the pins got damaged as it was sitting there for 6 years.

Such a shame i have to retire this system.

I now have a spare 5670 if anyone fancies it for a decent price? There a buy/sell place here?

if Not i will flog it back on Ebay or something.

Cheers
 
Quick update...... I went for a refurb HP Z600 workstation, rather than source and build my own. OK no over clocking for me I guess, but then I'm never that lucky with it...
So a pair of X5650 (2.66 & 6 core) 12GB of RAM, plus the normal stuff in a Z600. No HD or GPU as I will use my current Firepro 5900 and SSD. Incl deliver 400 pounds....
 
Ill give cinebench a go for you. my Ram is only running about 1400 but my CPU is at 4ghz.
Im still waiting on stuff to finish the build properly so haven't finalised my settings.
Incidentally Im running it passively on a Phanteks ph-tc14pe with the case side off and rear case fan a couple of inches away. Temps haven't broken 75 even fully loaded.
 
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