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1366 X58 Xeon 5650

Mr. May said:
who would agree the x58 is the best platform ever made ?

I've used loads x79, x48, x38, z77, z68,p67 and older 775's and none have matched the sustainability of this platform
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Because one generation of 6 cores just happened to be compatible? x58 was a dead end when it was new. The upgrade is nice because now you can use more cores for more everyday things, like gaming.

However don't forget you are still down 20-40% clock for clock on IPC compared to the latest generation, http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/444?vs=836 two more cores and it's still pretty close.

However as a original purchaser of the dead end 1366, I'm pleased to see data centres offloading some cpus that just happened to fit in an old board at a good price ;)

I wouldn't buy a 1366 board now though. We got lucky :p
 
P4Clock said:
What is your current set up?
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x58 [email protected] on a P6T deluxe, 290x. CPU/Motherboard bought in december 2008. Amazing purchase. I'll upgrade this year to either Skylake or Haswell-E, depending on how good Skylake is.

I still wouldn't recommend anyone to buy both a x58 motherboard and x58 CPU at this point in time though. Simply too much money for such old hardware with no warranty. I'm surprised x58 motherboards have held their value so well, even before news of xeon 5650 being compatibile became mainstream.

If you already have a X58 motherboard, a xeon 5650 is worth it if you can utilize those extra threads and have no use for the extra features found on newer platforms, though x58 is really showing it's age now compared to x99/z97. Skylake's new chipsets (Z170/H170) will of course further antiquate x58's feature setup.
 
So your next step will be x99 because all over chipsets are mow out dated dead tech?

I do got what your saying but you right now spec me a motherboard and cpu that will give me a 40-60% increase in cpu power over my 4670, for £147 or less. The board must be upto 3way sli.
 
For anyone who currently has an X58 chipset board and a 920 etc, and money is a bit tight. Theese xeon chips are a pretty decent investment. Particularly when you flog the old chip to help pay for the new one. Warranty isnt an issue tbh, cause lets face it all x58 kit is well outside it's warranty. Ive looked at x99 myself as i feel it will last a good while, but the cost is high as id be wanting a 5930k as minimum, dont see the 5820k despite it's extra cores being that signifigant a change over my 4790k, id prefer the 5930k due to more pcie lanes.
 
Got it running at 21x200 for 4.2 mate. It still needs a bit of fine tuning as I reckon I can bring the volts down a touch, it's coupled with 12gig of ram at 1600. Still got the old 920 here, reluctant to sell it as was such a nice cpu and fond memories hahaha!! Only had the 920 running at 4.01 though and needed the 0006 Asus bios to stop the throttle, so the x5660 is a nice little boost. Good to see it compares well ;)
 
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Where are those numbers from? I recall there's an official Intel document saying 1.45 V is the maximum for Bloomfield 45 nm chips but I haven't seen such a document for Westmere 32 nm.

In any case, it's certainly an impressive chip. Have you tried doing non-intensive tasks? Mine was stable for IBT but applications were randomly closing every so often so I had to up the VCore another couple of notches.
 
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hahaha safe range :p Nice chip regardless :D

Had this at 4.3 but was borderline stable and was only a rush job. Might try crossflashing to the P6T WS PRO bios for the TDP Turbo power limit and the TurboMode Tech for the 23 multi and see how things pan out.
 
STutheTerrorisT said:
hahaha safe range :p Nice chip regardless :D

Had this at 4.3 but was borderline stable and was only a rush job. Might try crossflashing to the P6T WS PRO bios for the TDP Turbo power limit and the TurboMode Tech for the 23 multi and see how things pan out.
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I haven't even had time to install my x5650 yet, but I'm already thinking about crossflashing the P6T WS PRO BIOS. If you go ahead then please report back.

Are people seeing clock limiting (ie the multi dropping) during day-to-day use, or only when stressing? Is crossflashing really necessary?
 
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