Upgraded i7 920 to Xeon X5675

[father-ted]

Hi,

I have just changed my CPU to a Xeon X5675.
All works fine with Windows 10, however task manager only shows 1 x CPU?
All the cores show in device manager ok.

I have not re-installed W10, just switched the CPU.

Please advise.

thanks

 

[Akagi]

screenshot it please?

Windows 10 doesn't show individual boxes for the cores like other versions did. Mine looks like this:

Yours should say sockets 1, cores 6, logical processors 12.

 

[father-ted]

Ah ok, can't say I noticed with my 920.

Thanks for putting my mind at rest

 

[Akagi]

Ah ok, can't say I noticed with my 920.

Thanks for putting my mind at rest

No problem!

You just gave me cause to play around with it... Right click the graph > change graph to > logical processors

 

[father-ted]

Ive not looked for overclocking instructions yet - is it easy?

 

[father-ted]

Just had a quick play, really impressed straight to 4.3ghz no messing - done a few tests and seems solid.

Will test further when I get time.

 

[AiiR]

Right click the performance tab and change graph to show logical processors.

Welcome to the club. Now sit back and enjoy your 12 logical cores.

 

[d1am0nd g33z3r]

Will test further when I get time.

And update your sig ofc

 

[Kurgen]

I have a X5675, but when tried in my gigabyte mobo about a year ago I could get it to work at stock speed. do you have to do anything different with Xeon. I don't understand how it works at all. to overclock my 920 I followed a step by step video that was for my exact board

 

[AiiR]

I have a X5675, but when tried in my gigabyte mobo about a year ago I could get it to work at stock speed. do you have to do anything different with Xeon. I don't understand how it works at all. to overclock my 920 I followed a step by step video that was for my exact board

I had the same issue, you need to set all your ram timings manually.

 

[father-ted]

Worked like a dream first time for me, F13 bios on mobo.
Just upped it slightly to 4.4ghz, need to do some testing to see if it is stable.

 

[marc2003]

Windows 10 doesn't show individual boxes for the cores like other versions did.

Not entirely accurate. Windows 8/8.1 did the same by default.

 

[Uncle_Gravy]

My windows 10 tells me my 3770k is running at 5.50GHz, its clocked at 4.4 at the mo.