Xeon L5639 Overclocking on X58

[CropDuster]

Anandtech's Haswell E already shows this.

The i7 990x Chip in the charts is a gulftown chip and same arch as these xeons.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8426/...view-core-i7-5960x-i7-5930k-i7-5820k-tested/5

Thanks for the link Mak, I just assumed nobody would even compare hardware this old anymore.

 

[Burpo]

I put together the cheapest rig for rendering I could, and couldn't be happier with this platform (cept maybe with an X5675). IMO the 95 watt E series Xeons are binned better and you can push them harder. This $70 chip (overclocked) runs right under the Core I7-5930k with a 1053 in CB.

I spent about what that I7 chip costs on my whole rig and it does everything I need. It will be awhile before I upgrade.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I wonder what an apples to apples single thread comparison looks like. I recently compared the i7 970 3.2 to a 4790 (nonK) @ 3.5GHz and the single thread is almost double if not is twice as fast.

 

[Burpo]

Single thread @ 200 bclk is no slouch. Runs right beneath the 3770k, More than adequate for gaming.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Single thread @ 200 bclk is no slouch. Runs right beneath the 3770k, More than adequate for gaming.

How are you doing with your OC? There is a guy on Overclockers.net that is having trouble getting up to 4.4GHz. People are telling him he needs 1.4vcore and above to reach that. Seems odd

 

[Burpo]

Adaptive voltage is what works with SaberTooth X58.. Couldn't tell you about anything else. Asus makes it easy

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Anyone running low volt memory with their Xeon? I'm looking at a 1.25v 12g kit. or possibly a dual channel kit

 

[looproll]

http://hwbot.org/submission/2620259_looproll_cpu_frequency_xeon_x5650_5060_mhz

 

[Brekyrself]

http://hwbot.org/submission/2620259_looproll_cpu_frequency_xeon_x5650_5060_mhz

What vtt and ram voltage are you guys running at these clocks?

 

[YBS1]

What vtt and ram voltage are you guys running at these clocks?

Doesn't really matter....look more closely at that. Only two cores are enabled, purely done for a hwbot screenshot grab, probably crashes if he moves his mouse too fast.

 

[Burpo]

No crashing here, but not stable under load at this speed (for very long) & lots of heat to deal with..

 

[YBS1]

No crashing here, but not stable under load at this speed (for every long) & lots of heat to deal with..

Of course not, yours throttles down before it ever gets a chance to crash. You should really invest in some cooling, you just might have the best Xeon on here if you could keep temps under control.

 

[Burpo]

Nah.. All these EP series Xeons will overclock like mad, as long as they get proper power delivery, and proper cooling

 

[YBS1]

Go ahead and downplay it like a sly dog. We both know over 4.7GHz is few and far between. Between the threads on here, [H] and OCN I'll bet I can count on one hand the number of chips that are bench stable over 4.8GHz.

 

[Burpo]

Yeah, but not really usable at that speed, plus voltages are a concern (tho I did see a nice bump in single thread).

 

[looproll]

Doesn't really matter....look more closely at that. Only two cores are enabled, purely done for a hwbot screenshot grab, probably crashes if he moves his mouse too fast.

With all six cores enabled stable this

So if you don't know something for sure you can shut r mouth and stop giving wrong informations to other users who ask.
If you know sth about clocking these xeons say other than that saying (i bet blah blah) you re al least idiot




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[YBS1]

4836 is not 5055, I didn't say you couldn't run 4.8GHz. The fact you were disabling cores tells me without even asking, you can't run anything stressful at 5.05GHz. But to that end, all you've shown us here is you can boot and validate at 4.8 with six cores, show us some benches. I'm not even asking for 24/7 rock solid reliability, but there is simply no point in showing what you can boot windows at. I can probably boot windows at over 5.1, but I certainly can't run anything stressful, not even at 5.0GHz.

 

[looproll]

"I didn't say you couldn't run 4.8GHz. The fact you were disabling cores tells me without even asking, you can't run anything stressful at 5.05GHz"
So what??? Of course it's only for cpuz validation and a super pi run at 5.05Ghz
At 4.8Ghz is as stable as benching (cinebench, aida64 benches, and playing games crysis 3, or nfs shift 2)
NOT 24/7 with 1.448 vcore i dont want to fry cpu imc or my mobo anyway it runs enough to test without bsods
p.s. Don't care about what you think or believe its r prob, BUT my issue is that you responding to other users falsely and you don't bother about the accurency of your opinion

 

[YBS1]

p.s. Don't care about what you think or believe its r prob, BUT my issue is that you responding to other users falsely and you don't bother about the accurency of your opinion

Considering I was responding to the question posed by Brekyrself, it seems my opinion was entirely accurate.

 

[Makaveli]

Doesn't really matter....look more closely at that. Only two cores are enabled, purely done for a hwbot screenshot grab, probably crashes if he moves his mouse too fast.

lmao

Just two different groups in this thread some of them just care about hitting high numbers and posting screenshots.

Where as the rest care about 24/7 stable overclocks.

From all my years on this forum most fall into the latter group including myself.

 

[CropDuster]

lmao

Just two different groups in this thread some of them just care about hitting high numbers and posting screenshots.

Where as the rest care about 24/7 stable overclocks.

From all my years on this forum most fall into the latter group including myself.

Yup. I'm running at 3.8 just because I don't know that the power, heat and voltage over 1.2 is worth it.

 

[Burpo]

I use mine daily @4400 all cores for rendering. It's does an admirable job & is my favorite tool, but the new Haswell-E 8 core is astounding!

 

[aigomorla]

good lord....

some of your voltages hurt... seriously.. it hurts...

i probably have the best ambient cooling out of all of you, and i refuse to push my voltage past 1.4v for gulftown.

Example of my board setup:

Infact id much rather have it sit at 1.375 as absolute top, with VTT no higher then 1.3V
due to the fact that i have killed 2 gulftowns already by pushing 1.4V VTT and 1.45Vcore.

Of course they were loaded 100% of the time, which not many of u guys will do, but, non the less ive killed 2.
Also at 1.45-1.5vcore.... the cpu is pushing arround 200-300W.
P/V = A = +/- 137AMPS! :O
Are you guys aware of how much amps that is though your board socket?
The type of mosfets one will require, your boards will not last unless ur running one hell of a beefy board, with awesome cooling on the mosfets.
And im talking about a very durable board...


I hope you guys don't intend to keep that chip longer then 6-8 months, as already im seeing those chips on borrowed time.

 

[ClockHound]

....not many of u guys will do, but, non the less ive killed 2.

Which is why he was known back in the day as the Gulftown Killer. With these cheap Xeons on the loose, it was inevitable that a rash of copycats would appear. ;-)

 

[aigomorla]

Which is why he was known back in the day as the Gulftown Killer. With these cheap Xeons on the loose, it was inevitable that a rash of copycats would appear. ;-)

ROFL...

ive killed 8 C2D Wolfdales, and 5 Yorkies C2Q, and 0 Kentsfield and 0 bloomfields!

Kentsfield + bloomfield was by far intel's most robust tank err cpu..