***Haswell -E Owners Thread***

[Boomstick777]

Had a delivery today - wonder what's in the box?????



Without further ado, all is revealed so



Joining the club - now all I have to do is drain my loop, remove all cables........

Hope I got a good one - watch this space.

Mark

Very nice, jealous of all these 5960X's

 

[tipes]

Thanks Boomstick - Sure I won't miss the kidney Lol. Seriously though this system is going to have to last me many years. Will update once bult and up and running.

Mark

 

[Boomstick777]

Thanks Boomstick - Sure I won't miss the kidney Lol. Seriously though this system is going to have to last me many years. Will update once bult and up and running.

Mark

Haha, nice one. Yeah 5960X out of my price range atm. Saving towards moving to an 8 core next year with Broadwell -E. Hopefully have enough by then for the top chip

 

[Boomstick777]

New X99 UD4 bios 'F9' (2014-11-14) > http://www.mediafire.com/download/3o4foc6h8zrqas1/X99UD4.F9.zip

http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/28441-gigabyte-latest-beta-bios.html

 

[ChrisD.]

Well my loop has been running for 18 hours now and no leaks. Time to put the bits back on the case, get the PC together, BIOS update (if applicable) and start to see what my 5960X can do.

 

[LtMatt]

I've got mine running at 4.4Ghz 1.3v, 3200Mhz 1.65v 12-15-15-15-1T and 4ghz uncore so far. Max temps under Rog Realbench 74c using a H110. Fairly happy with that as i know games will be a lot lower.

 

[ChrisD.]

Fairly certain the ceiling on mine is 4.4 Ghz.

Saying that, that's all my 2600k could get without silly voltage, and I'm fairly certain the 5960X running at the same speed will be a fair bit quicker.

 

[LtMatt]

Similar to mine then. Since I've started tightening my memory timings I've had to up the vcore a bit more, now just under 1.325v for 4.4ghz. Got my thirds tight though, now to the seconds.

 

[ChrisD.]

I've never ever tuned memory. Does it make much of a difference?

 

[LtMatt]

I've never ever tuned memory. Does it make much of a difference?

Not a huge difference, but it does help a bit. It will add a few points onto the benchmark scores.

 

[ChrisD.]

Matt, I'll use this thread for chat progress for my 5960X, I don't want to clog the 8 pack thread up as I'd like to think it will contain good info in the future.

Just realised the supposed 4.4 that I have had crashing is actually on a 45 multi. Idiot.

Trying 4.4 properly now with some XMP settings.

 

[LtMatt]

Matt, I'll use this thread for chat progress for my 5960X, I don't want to clog the 8 pack thread up as I'd like to think it will contain good info in the future.

Just realised the supposed 4.4 that I have had crashing is actually on a 45 multi. Idiot.

Trying 4.4 properly now with some XMP settings.

Cool. I'll post my settings and memory timings if i ever get them stable.

 

[wazza300]

@ s2kip idk if sin has done an ocing guide for x99 soc and 5960x,but chances are he will,might be worth a google

heres a guide for that board and cpu

http://www.tweaktown.com/guides/675...s-spec-qfra-cpu-overclocking-guide/index.html

 

[LtMatt]

I'd like to see that if he does it. A few memory timings I'm really not sure on.

 

[ChrisD.]

Thanks, I'll have a read.

4.4 running through now, stable it seems with XMP at the lower setting.

 

[LtMatt]

This is where I'm at so far.

 

[setter]

You moved to x99 Matt, very nice mate. Still on Z87 here which is pretty good for tweaking ddr3 still. Anyway, good luck with the new platform. Might be tempted to head that direction myself soon.

 

[shamus21]

This is where I'm at so far.

AMDMatt you should be able to run your northbridge clock at 44 on the Asus board due the oc socket, other haswell-e boards gigabyte etc max out at 37 should give you a few extra bench points.

 

[reiyushin]

Joining the club soon with a 5820k and an Asus x99-s

Coming from a 2500k.

 

[spot35]

Joining the club soon with a 5820k and an Asus x99-s

Coming from a 2500k.

You won't regret it.

Mine (5930k on Asuc X99-S) is finally working after a couple of misfires. Loving the beast. Getting 19426 on Firestrike (http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3241453).