Could this be the steal of the century...... ?

Pooh · 1 Jun 2018 at 11:16

Now managed to get most of the software installed and starting to mess about with clocking the beast.

Bit of a different process and more options from when i clocked my 5960.

Initially clocking easily up to 4.4, gets to 4.5 with bit more power but temps start to get high.

Starting to mess about with per core overclocking so..

2 cores up to 4.7
4 cores up to 4.6
8 cores up to 4.5
16 cores up to 4.4

Seems to be relatively stable and not too toasty. long way to go with getting it dialled in. I need to do some more research.

HangTime · 1 Jun 2018 at 13:58

Pooh said:
16 cores up to 4.4

Make sure you get that straight back on the bay advertised as a 70ghz cpu...

Pooh · 1 Jun 2018 at 14:15

HangTime said:
Make sure you get that straight back on the bay advertised as a 70ghz cpu...

Might try that approach with the 5960

8 X 4.5 GHz = 36 GHz

Radox-0 · 1 Jun 2018 at 14:51

Pooh said:
Now managed to get most of the software installed and starting to mess about with clocking the beast.

Bit of a different process and more options from when i clocked my 5960.

Initially clocking easily up to 4.4, gets to 4.5 with bit more power but temps start to get high.

Starting to mess about with per core overclocking so..

2 cores up to 4.7
4 cores up to 4.6
8 cores up to 4.5
16 cores up to 4.4

Seems to be relatively stable and not too toasty. long way to go with getting it dialled in. I need to do some more research.

Pretty much the approach I have taken, no need for all cores to run at max clock's as heat is enormous at that point. With that said how have you overclocked it? With per core overclocking, the 2 top cores in your case will still run at 4.7 GHz, next 4 at 4.6 GHz and so on, even with all cores active. I don't believe they would drop down to 4.4 Ghz across the board.

Pooh · 1 Jun 2018 at 23:13

Getting a bit too toasty with Handbrake at 4.4.

Pooh · 1 Jun 2018 at 23:51

A bit better at 4.3

Scougar · 2 Jun 2018 at 00:22

Nice

Pooh · 2 Jun 2018 at 01:35

Starting to get my head round it.

Think 4.4 should be doable.

Need to hit the sack and pick it up tomorrow

Pooh · 2 Jun 2018 at 13:49

Getting there

I reseated the cpu block as a I think I had too much TIM on it. Seems to have helped a little.

Think I'll stick with 4.3 for the time being.

Doing well in Adobe Premier editing a 4K video

koooowweeee · 2 Jun 2018 at 18:55

You have to remember you won't see them temps in normal use so 4.4 should be fine

wam7 · 3 Jun 2018 at 06:44

Well done Pooh!

Cinebench R15 and CPU-Z bench score at 4.3Ghz please.

Pooh · 3 Jun 2018 at 09:06

Still messing about with the settings. Now got my 2400 Ram at 2933 and it seems happy ( not fully tested yet )

4.3 seems like the sweet-spot for this CPU without delidding.

Ran CPU-Z and benched against a stock 5960, then just a straight bench.

BongoHunter · 3 Jun 2018 at 10:56

Impressive figures! I would have had one of these over the TR 1950X if I could have found one at that kind of price

At RRP these are not good value compared to TR unfortunately, awesome CPU's though

Pooh · 3 Jun 2018 at 17:09

Have to say I did have a Picard moment the first time I powered it up.

I know I can clock it harder but I'm interested in 24/7 not benching ( other than testing stability )

fadingfool · 5 Jun 2018 at 14:39

Good find - I can squeeze out a little extra single thread performance from my 7820X but obviously the extra cores in your (only slightly more expensive) chip blow mine out of the water. I get similar temps at the 4.5-4.6 level so yours at 4.4 with double the cores is impressive.

Pooh · 5 Jun 2018 at 15:41

fadingfool said:
Good find - I can squeeze out a little extra single thread performance from my 7820X but obviously the extra cores in your (only slightly more expensive) chip blow mine out of the water. I get similar temps at the 4.5-4.6 level so yours at 4.4 with double the cores is impressive.

Thanks Mate.

I'd love to see what delidding would do, but that's maybe for another day

Pooh · 5 Jun 2018 at 18:36

Playing about with 4.6 at Auto volts, just for a bit of fun. Premier Pro seems happy with it but Cinebench gets it a bit toasty

Dammed close to 4,000 though in CB

Going to try 4.4 now and see if it's liveable 24/7

Radox-0 · 5 Jun 2018 at 20:13

Pooh said:
Thanks Mate.

I'd love to see what delidding would do, but that's maybe for another day

Saw a 15-20 degree drop per core on the 7980xe under load so can push overclock a bit higher while keeping temps in check. though it os a joke in that regards compared to x99 with its delid.

kitfit1 · 5 Jun 2018 at 20:27

Tell ya what Pooh, hat's off for that clock................really very impressive (wish we had a thumbs up emoji). Those temps look really good as well....................that chip is crying out to be put under phase, if it was i could see that hitting 5Ghz.

Journey · 5 Jun 2018 at 20:28

What are your memory speeds and timings like? They really like fast RAM + low latency.

IS your Mesh stuck at 2.7GHz?