The Xeon 32xx Quad Core Overclocking Thread...

Richdog · 1 May 2007 at 15:05

Ok guys, i've noticed some of you schmucks have now got your greasy, grimy, grubby mitts on one of these beauties... and am seriously contemplating selling my E6600's and getting one. No, I probably don't need one, but then again SupCom DOES make use of them, and er... that's about it really.

So gents if you could please use this thread to post your overclock, temps, components, screenies, tips and tricks... anything really that muggins like me will find useful as eye-candy while preparing to get hands on one then it'd be much appreciated.

Richdog · 1 May 2007 at 16:03

Darg said:
I was under the impression that these were optimised for server performance and not gaming. That a quad core conroe would perform better clock for clock in a desktop function?

No of course not, they perform exactly the same clock for clock. The only difference is that the Xeons are designed for a server environment (ie: to be on 24/7) so are made form higher grade silicon. It's no different to the AMD64 Opteron scenario.

Richdog · 1 May 2007 at 16:36

Concorde Rules said:
I need clock speed > cores atm

Then would be sensible to stick with the E6600 or similar.

Richdog · 1 May 2007 at 17:21

*taps foot waiting for the Xeon owners to get here*

Richdog · 3 May 2007 at 14:58

Datamonkey said:
just noticed this thread.

Got mine installed very quickly lastnight, so no real chance to muck about with it. But running at 3.04ghz using 1.32v but these do run very hot.

Will get more info tonite if i can and test it more as long as i dont get called out

More info dude! Want a full report of temps etc.

Richdog · 11 May 2007 at 10:06

PinkFloyd said:
Really need to get myself some better ram, this stuff can barely go past stock speeds. Was hoping 833MHz at 5-5-5-15 and 2v would have worked.....

Voltage is too low, raise it to 2.2-2.4v.

Richdog · 11 May 2007 at 12:17

PinkFloyd said:
Really? The ram is only meant to be running at 1.8 :/

Going any higher than 2v on my board shows the numbers up as red, so I presumed I didn't want to go that high.

It's fine dont worry, the board manufacturers will always warn you but many run 2.2v-2.4v 24/7, including me.

Richdog · 16 May 2007 at 14:10

The Zalman is probably one of the last mid/high-end coolers I would choose for a quad core...

Richdog · 16 May 2007 at 14:44

PinkFloyd said:
Why is that?

Always seems to do pretty well in reviews I've seen.

It's not as good as the Tuniq, Noctua, Ultra-120... so I see no point buying it really. Why buy something that isn't the best for your money, especially when you can't customise the fan?

Richdog · 22 May 2007 at 19:03

lay-z-boy said:
Should be returning the corsair stuff and picking up 2 kits of ocz reaper pc9200, which is currently a steal at ocuk.

They don't look that great according to this review http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/memory/display/ocz-reaper_4.html#sect0

High stock, but no good OC'ing or LL capability. Still... you're right, good price on them.

Richdog · 22 May 2007 at 19:22

lay-z-boy said:
Been looking at these.

They are much cheaper and seem to clock very well

4 gigs of this stuff?

Much better choice imo, meant to OC like a demon and make much more sense price-wise, especially for 4GB!