Xeon L5639 Overclocking on X58

[ocre]

Yeah, for $12 delivered.. lol
I just need it to test the boards. I may be getting a few more..
These supposedly have USB 3.0 issues. Possibly drivers.. I'll know more soon..

Burpo, how much did you get that motherboard for? I am confused, is it a CPU you got for 12$ shipped and the cooler for 16 bucks?

So how much did you pay for that awesome board and how many more are you planning n getting?

Gonna trade in my old X5660. Just picked up an X5690. Should be here early next week

I haven't seen anyone get one yet. I would love to hear the details when u get to playing with it. I am seriously thinking about getting either an x5690 or a w3690 for the ex58-ud3r board I just bought off eBay. So I am especially interested in your results

 

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I didn't want to break it to you guys but I won't be overclocking this chip. It will be in my daily machine and I don't want any errors screwing up data. I've ran my X5660 at stock since I got the gaming rig up so no need with this to overclock

 

[jforce321]

What board looked like before repair, had rework person at the company i work for redo all the traces on the top of the board where that cut is.

i never got my memory issue fixed on my board, i think those traces shorted something in part of the memory controller line even after i took it to my electronics job to fix it, so itll never recognize more than 8gb now

so where are you getting these boards for so cheap? I keep contemplating an upgrade but i just have no idea if i should keep towards this older tech or not, especially since im just mainly a gamer :/

 

[Burpo]

8Gb is plenty for gaming.. No need to upgrade just because of a failed bank.. That's pretty common with X58..

 

[jforce321]

8Gb is plenty for gaming.. No need to upgrade just because of a failed bank.. That's pretty common with X58..

yeah its just pretty disheartening having to drop the tri channel and go to dual channel, I'm glad that this system has carried me for over 5 years and is comparable to any system most people are making nowadays in terms of performance in most things, except for the lack of sata 3 and a few other things. That's why i was wondering if I should find a slightly better board than the p6tse for overclocking and possible sata 3 usage since I do love this chipset so much.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0RN-0001-00006R

I found these for pretty cheap which is gonna be nice with the fancy led's on the ram, and if they work i can sell off my old 3x2gb sets and probably make a bit of a profit

 

[jforce321]

Cool.. wanna see how that X5690 performs
These came in today, but like you I'm waiting on a cpu & cooler to test with X5550 will be here soon.. good for testing




Picked up one of these (new) for $16..

where did you get those boards from? pretty cheap?

 

[Burpo]

Yeah, Testing now.. so far first board doesn't appear to have any issues. Windows began install at 12:07, was at desktop for 1st time @ 12:24.. Booted at 180 bclk first time.. more testing.. pages of options.. will let you know..

 

[Burpo]

Hmmm, 45nm Xeons don't overclock so well..
Guess I needed to back it down.. Boards appear to be fine tho..

Edit:2nd board, lowered volts & bclk a bit.. much better temps @ 3.6Ghz..
Also using Windows 10 preview now instead of 7.. USB 3 nag went away



The Gigabyte X58A boards are vastly different from Asus X58..
Pages & pages of settings you can screw up.. Definitely lower volts required for overclocking ( at least on this quad core)..
Also, runs my memory at 7-7-7-20 1T, instead of 9-9-9-24 2T & I have yet to use the big clunky VRM Extreme cooler..
Grabbing 3 more for a total of 5 (GA-X58A-UD7) boards..



Besting an i7-920 by 20+% with a $12 Xeon was quick & EZ with these boards..

 

[Ruiner1]

Quick question guys. Has anyone with an overclocked L5639 started having problems with it?

Mine has been running at 200bclk for ages now and everything has been great. Windows is stable, linux is stable etc. however in the last month or so whenever I leave windows idle for a couple of hours I come back to a bluescreen.

The bug number varies, but it is often 124 which looks like a hardware problem in the CPU. It's IntelBurnTest stable at around 75C for hours at a time, memtest is able to run for 9+ hours without a problem.

I never have a single problem with Linux, it can be left to idle or put to sleep as many times as I like.

Any suggestions?

 

[Burpo]

Windows 7? In control panel, performance tools, advanced tools, and look at event viewer (View performance details) or generate health report..

 

[jforce321]

The Gigabyte X58A boards are vastly different from Asus X58..
Pages & pages of settings you can screw up.. Definitely lower volts required for overclocking ( at least on this quad core)..
Also, runs my memory at 7-7-7-20 1T, instead of 9-9-9-24 2T & I have yet to use the big clunky VRM Extreme cooler..
Grabbing 3 more for a total of 5 (GA-X58A-UD7) boards..



Besting an i7-920 by 20+% with a $12 Xeon wasn't difficult with these boards..

so do you think these boards would be a good upgrade from a p6t se with the current testing youve done so far?

 

[Burpo]

I'm amazed at the features and various options Gigabyte provides. It's definitely a tweakers board, but also quick & easy if you just stick to basics. Have never owned P6T SE but coming from other Asus boards, there's a ton of difference. This was pretty much their best X58 board. Support for 13 drives, including IDE & floppy, Marvel SATA3 & NEC USB 3.0, plus the massive VRM cooling (most likely for hexcores) & all the bios options make these boards pretty unique. I wouldn't spend a lot of money on them (especially if you already have a working board), but IMO they're worth a buck a piece..

 

[jforce321]

I'm amazed at the features and various options Gigabyte provides. It's definitely a tweakers board, but also quick & easy if you just stick to basics. Have never owned P6T SE but coming from other Asus boards, there's a ton of difference. This was pretty much their best X58 board. Support for 13 drives, including IDE & floppy, Marvel SATA3 & NEC USB 3.0, plus the massive VRM cooling (most likely for hexcores) & all the bios options make these boards pretty unique. I wouldn't spend a lot of money on them (especially if you already have a working board), but IMO they're worth a buck a piece..

oh cause the cheapest i could find on ebay was 180 bucks

I assume you got yours on a steal.

 

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Where are you getting these Gigabyte boards?

 

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Got the X5690 the other day, just got around to installing it today:

It's running cooler than my X5660. Probably because of a little bit of cleaning around the heat sinks, and the new application of thermal paste AS5. Cores: 19, 20, 19, 16, 16,19 @ 0.96v The idle watts according to CPUID HWMonitor says 35w, under load (stock clocks) it jumps to 145w and the it uses the 27 multiplier for all cores @ 3.6GHz I have yet to see the 28 multi for 3.73GHz

 

[ClockHound]

Got the X5690 the other day, just got around to installing it today:

It's running cooler than my X5660. Probably because of a little bit of cleaning around the heat sinks, and the new application of thermal paste AS5. Cores: 19, 20, 19, 16, 16,19 @ 0.96v The idle watts according to CPUID HWMonitor says 35w, under load (stock clocks) it jumps to 145w and the it uses the 27 multiplier for all cores @ 3.6GHz I have yet to see the 28 multi for 3.73GHz

Oooooh my...you got a golden chip! How cool is that? Is the HSF solid or just gold-plated? ;-)

When are you going to crank it up? Burpo, well...and me and others want to see the golden peaks of 5+ Ghz. on a 5690. Happy 27x Mult!

 

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Oooooh my...you got a golden chip! How cool is that? Is the HSF solid or just gold-plated? ;-)

When are you going to crank it up? Burpo, well...and me and others want to see the golden peaks of 5+ Ghz. on a 5690. Happy 27x Mult!

Hah, thanks!


When I opened the box it was in, there was this Willy Wonka wrapping on it er something, I was like



I've elected to dedicate this chip to running stock until I upgrade my main rig which I'll never see my-self upgrading. If I had bought a spare board *cough* Gigabyte UD7 *cough* where did you get it Burpo *cough* *cough* *cough* I would consider doing some chip testing. Wish I would of bought one of those Asrock X58 Xtreme boards when I seen them for 90$ on eBay

It actually doesn't seem like a good chip from what the board feeds it at 3.6GHz According to HWMonitor my board feeds it 1.23v which for 3.6GHz doesn't seem that good. It's like winning 2$ on a 1$ scratch off ticket - hah.

 

[ClockHound]

1.23V for 3.6...hmmm...but is that in lazy auto mode? Pretty sure you could get an easy 4.2 out of it without hitting 1.35V. That's only 155(ish) bclk - hardly even walking pace for most any X58. (except yours?)

Well...either Burpo needs to send you one of those lucky 7s for proper testing or.......nah, you wouldn't want to do that.

Here's a $52 lottery ticket board

Don't want to wrangle the Wonka factor, but what did the 5690 cost? Was it cheaper than a 5675?

 

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1.23V for 3.6...hmmm...but is that in lazy auto mode? Pretty sure you could get an easy 4.2 out of it without hitting 1.35V. That's only 155(ish) bclk - hardly even walking pace for most any X58. (except yours?)

Well...either Burpo needs to send you one of those lucky 7s for proper testing or.......nah, you wouldn't want to do that.

Here's a $52 lottery ticket board

Don't want to wrangle the Wonka factor, but what did the 5690 cost? Was it cheaper than a 5675?

Dynamic vcore. It'll sit at .96v @ 1.6GHz then when all cores open up and are loaded Speed step kicks all 6 cores up to 3.6GHz @ 1.23v. I think my X5660 did the same, it could be the board following some algorithm that adjusts the Vcc as the speed ramps up. Yeah so basically lazy auto mode. I bet this chip performs peculiarly close to what the X5660 did, and I'm almost certain they'll probably perform different on a different board.

Yeah, with that BCLK bus speed I could probably leave the memory at 1333MHz and ramp the bus speed without stressing the bridge.

I'd like to plop this into an Asus or a upper tier Gigabyte board and see how it does. The prices are silly for some of these boards. I mean cmon,,, I'm going to spend 450 on a board when I could pick up a 5820K system for not too much more?

If I sell off the 5660 it will bring the cost of this 5690 down to a little over 100 USD. I paid just over 200 for it; but recently sold off an L5639 and a few other items to absorb the cost

 

[ClockHound]

Yeah...the good X58 boards have gotten to boutique levels of pricing...last spring/summer was the bargain point, when I snagged my Sabertooth. When BW-E arrives and the HW-E keeners sell off their obsolete chips, expect the X58 market will tank again. So, that's something to look forward to!

Oh...200 on a vintage chip....you must be like a collector or something. ;-)

Sure would like to see what the 5690 could do in one of Burpo's chrome-finned boards. Really want to know if the highest clocked 56xx chip can also reach the highest overclock (silicon lottery accepted). We just need a bigger sample size. Not saying you need to get a 2nd and 3rd one, but in the interest of science....;-)

 

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How is that Sabertooth!? I'm considering a Manufacturer Refurbish.

I wanted a little faster chip for video encoding. I sometimes convert DVD to mp4, A 48 min section that is .99GB large will convert in ~ 8:51 with Windows Movie Maker

 

[ClockHound]

The Sabertooth is awesome. I got one on Burpo's rec. And very happy with it. Lots of tweaking options. 8 phase regulation. Can easily hit 210 bclk. Doesn't hurt to change out the thermal paste on the sinks. Altho on a refurb, maybe they do that anyway.

Of course, now that I've publicly raved about it, Burpo will jump in and say it's a kindergarten board and that real men only use chrome-finned UD7s. ;-)

 

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Of course, now that I've publicly raved about it, Burpo will jump in and say it's a kindergarten board and that real men only use chrome-finned UD7s. ;-)

lol

Anyone know abut the Asus II, and Asus III Rampage boards? e.g. they accept Xeons, overclock, etc

 

[Burpo]

Gawd you guys are ball busters.. It's no secret I like X58 and most any non-OEM board will overclock. The SaberTooth is so friggin stable, BSOD's just don't happen. I've pushed CPU's to throttling and can do it at will just for fun. It delivers the power without issue. I haven't tried a hexcore in the Gigabyte boards, but probably will when the next batch comes in. Vastly different in the way the bios & voltage settings work, but a lot of options for sure. I played with just the X5550 quad core and never hit 1.2 volts @ 173bclk. Most of the power ramp up is dedicated to uncore (hence the big cooler).. More testing soon to come..
Asus Rampage II & III accept Xeons and overclock fine.. but you should man up and throw some frequency at the X5690 even if just for a quick test.. say 166 bclk?
We may be able to work something out on the X5660 if you really want a Giga UD7.. I have 5 and may get 5 more
They have 16 phase Unlocked Power design, Big cooler and Chrome fins..

 

[Blue_Max]

You guys are doing a spectator sport. I think the price/performance ratio is through the roof.

...if you have the mobo already or can snag one cheap.

I sold my x5650 rig at very tasty profit and would build a better one if I could only find boards at a reasonable price.