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1366 X58 Xeon 5650

Stu said:
I've done some range finding and I'm feeling like an upgrade is coming! My i7-920 will do 3.4GHz (20x170) on stock voltage, and I don't have time to tweak settings right now, so I kept 3.4 as my ceiling...

17x200 - IBT Pass
16x205 - Pass
16x208 - Pass
16x210 - Fail

So I am optimistic that I should be able to run a x5650 at 4-4.1GHz on this mobo. I assume the boost will take this to 22x200 = 4.4GHz... this has to be hitting the limit on air. Are people having issues with the boost, or is it best to disable?
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I got my x5650 early last year and have had it running at 4.4Ghz 22x200 the whole time. I have a Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev 2.0 (FH bios) with 12GB 1600 RAM. It's probably my board but without turbo it won't go over 20x multiplier. With it on won't do 21x and goes straight to 22x.. or up to 23x as it boosts to 4.6Ghz with light loads.

Bios settings are:
Clock ratio: 22x
QPI ratio: 36x
Uncore ratio: 13x
BCLK: 200mhz
LLC: on - level 2
Vcore: 1.425v
QPI: 1.340v
PLL: 1.840v

Hyperthreading and CPU states/EIST etc are all on
 
jklc said:
I got my x5650 early last year and have had it running at 4.4Ghz 22x200 the whole time. I have a Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev 2.0 (FH bios) with 12GB 1600 RAM. It's probably my board but without turbo it won't go over 20x multiplier. With it on won't do 21x and goes straight to 22x.. or up to 23x as it boosts to 4.6Ghz with light loads.

Bios settings are:
Clock ratio: 22x
QPI ratio: 36x
Uncore ratio: 13x
BCLK: 200mhz
LLC: on - level 2
Vcore: 1.425v
QPI: 1.340v
PLL: 1.840v

Hyperthreading and CPU states/EIST etc are all on
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1.425v for an entire year and it didn't degraded? If true then the 1.35v max safe is total BS.

I am going to bios to increase my vcore right away:D
 
kylew_is_back said:
1.425v for an entire year and it didn't degraded? If true then the 1.35v max safe is total BS.

I am going to bios to increase my vcore right away:D
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The max safe is what intel say all there chips can do safe. As an over clocker you can chouse to do more and some will be fine and some will be in the bin by the end of the week.

Also remember just because you set the board to 1.4v dont mean you getting 1.4v it could be 1.35 or 1.45. Thats what some ppl report super low vcore on some overclocks.
 
kylew_is_back said:
He have LLC on, so it should be 1.425v or more under full load.
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As long as the voltage controllers are putting out the right voltage.

LLC just make it stable to stop drop, but if you set 1.4 but the controllers put out 1.3 LLC will just make it a stable 1.3

What i am saying is not all boards put out what they say. If he was running a top line board that i would have more trust in the numbers. Ud3 is the bottom of the ud range.
 
Genoma said:
Those settings would set mine on fire under Handbrake load :(
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I don't do video stuff but prime95 testing puts the hottest core at 70C with dual fans strapped to a Thermalright IFX-14 heatsink. I was always happy with the temps I was getting so I just stuck with the higher than usual vcore.
 
I have both systems. Usb 3 and sata 3 is the biggest difference in my eyes. Of course the Haswell is faster clock for clock but in value for money stakes there is no contest.
 
I have litarley never used a usb3 device in my life :), but you can feel the sata 3 differance when using an HDD as main drive. I have two small ssd's in raid 0 and cant feel the differance when i go sata3 to sata2
 
Combat Fighter said:
I'll try and see if any bargains turn up. :D

I've already got my ram sorted with a good SH deal. So I'm 1/3 of the way! :p

But I really don't mind buying brand new (mobo and cpu) especially when it's worth a few quid just for the warranty alone.

:)
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Stoned penguin emailed me receipts that shows proof of purchase and said he's here for me should an rma be needed ;)
 
I think my motherboard is just crap, I can't even get to Windows with a BCLK of 200 MHz. Does the QPI/DRAM voltage (I think that's the Asus term for Uncore voltage) need to go up to achieve that? I currently have that at 1.2375 V - the last time I had it higher than that the machine was unstable.

So far so good using 191x22 with VCore = 1.30 V.
 
DragonQ said:
I think my motherboard is just crap, I can't even get to Windows with a BCLK of 200 MHz. Does the QPI/DRAM voltage (I think that's the Asus term for Uncore voltage) need to go up to achieve that? I currently have that at 1.2375 V - the last time I had it higher than that the machine was unstable.

So far so good using 191x22 with VCore = 1.30 V.
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you say your board is crap but that is not too bad "191x22 with VCore = 1.30 V"

try lowering your multiplier and see if it go's up on bclk

Vcore 1.35
Ram 1.65 (1333 or 1600)
Qpi 1.35
drop multi to around 16 and push the bclk

BUT that said 191 @ 22 is not bad at all, 4.2 over 6 cores is nothing be be ashamed of i will be happy with 3.8 to 4.2
 
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