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CPU Upgrade Time (From i7 920...)

My x5660 has been shipped, as has my GTX970 so am looking forward to doing some clocking. Need to remove my GPU from my loop at the moment though as I have yet to by a new block for it :( but the CPU should be nice and cool with a 360 rad basically to itself
 
Nice. Not seen many water cooled. I am at 4.5 on air with mine c85'c hottest core under full load. You might be good for more :D
 
LS_Chao said:
DO NOT get the Xeon if you do CAD, CAD is single threaded and a Xeon x56x0 series would be SLOWER than your current set up. If you value you CAD performance, do not buy a 6 year old server CPU!
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All the tests i've done show single threaded performance the same clock for clock. The added benefit is that the Xeon can clock higher and cooler too. In every other test the Xeon is massively better.
 
Clock for clock vs the old i7 it'll stand up. Against the newer ones it'll be miles behind in single core. But no losses from a 920.
 
I think the best here is 4.6 but I bottled it at 4.5. Some benches online at 4.8 but no idea if they got that stable :)
 
Ste said:
I think the best here is 4.6 but I bottled it at 4.5. Some benches online at 4.8 but no idea if they got that stable :)
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I still need a usable PC at the end of the day so I will probably bottle it somewhere near where you did if I really play around. But I would rather have it running nicely with minimal effort until I have a decent amount of time to play.
 
Kylevdm said:
I still need a usable PC at the end of the day so I will probably bottle it somewhere near where you did if I really play around.
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Likewise m8, which is why I'm going to hang on to my little 920D0 after I've fitted the Xeon, just in case. :cool:
 
4.4 was really easy for me but it took quite a bit to get 4.5.

I do think 4.6 is doable but I'd be at 90c under the stress tests which is a bit much and 100 MHz isn't going to do anything of value. Still probably end up trying it one day though :D
 
Draeger said:
Likewise m8, which is why I'm going to hang on to my little 920D0 after I've fitted the Xeon, just in case. :cool:
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I may be emotionally attached to my 920D0 it was the first PC I bought all for myself, the others had been gifts from the parents. It has served me very well for the last 6+ years!

Ste said:
4.4 was really easy for me but it took quite a bit to get 4.5.

I do think 4.6 is doable but I'd be at 90c under the stress tests which is a bit much and 100 MHz isn't going to do anything of value. Still probably end up trying it one day though :D
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Hopefully with a full waterloop I should get decent temps as well :)
 
So I have just put it in, upgraded my BIOS to the latest version (using the i7 920) but the thing won't post :(

Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe v2

Any suggestions?

If I put the i7 920 in it will boot just fine.
 
UPDATE

Tried CMOS reset (inc. battery removed)
1 stick of RAM in slot A1/A2
Ram in slots A2/B2/C2
Ram in slots A1/B1/C1

Still nothing :(
 
If you've gone straight from a working 920 then it high likely to be the CPU. I would return it as faulty or under the Consumer Contracts Regulations. The former is preferred as you should haven't to pay for return postage.
 
Ok I will do the switch-a-roo tonight and confirm i7 920 still works, and reseat the x5660 and will see what happens. If it doesn't work I will return as faulty via the bay of e's
 
I have got it working, no idea what I did... Got home from work turned it on and it was fine! Was only recognising 4/6 sticks of ram but reseated those and it was fine. It is currently running RealBench with it clocked to 4.2GHz. Current temps are around 56C
 
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