Just a tad disappointing, the current i7's get well over 100 with only 4 cores.Sounds about right to me. I was getting 67 @ 4000 with L5639
I must have read something wrong there or posted the wrong one, yeah have a X5650 in here.I'd rather get the X5650 for $75. $280 for that one? Well, I'd rather wait and buy the cheapest 6-core Haswell-E since it can clock higher and has higher IPC.
Temps are well within acceptable levels but 5GHz would probably take 1.60v and I'm not going there.
BTW, these are a deal & fastest of the 95watt Westmere Xeon Hex cores (ES X5675).. 130w makes too much heat, but you can hit 5Ghz with these at 200 BCLK X 25
http://www.ebay.com/itm/QTY-1x-INTE...-A0-/141349192841?pt=CPUs&hash=item20e9118489
Three: technically, they're stolen property. I don't get high and mighty about it like some people do but that's a pretty decent chunk of change for a chip that might not work right, customs might turn away, or Intel might demand back.Probably two factors involved. 1) It's located in China, which a lot of potential buyers will shy away from to begin with, not to mention shipping time will be extended. 2) It's an ES chip, there is really no guarantee that this chip works 100% as intended like a retail chip. There may or may not be errata that was fixed before retail steppings were brought to market. Of course it could match the retail units exactly and may be a phenomenal clocker, or not.
Come on be a man! :biggrin:
Curiosity got the better of me....1.60v and still the chip proclaimed "You shall not pass!" It's just got a wall somewhere above 4.9 that I suppose would require sub ambient cooling and a ton of voltage to breach.
Get the ES X5675.. Problem solved!
Those Engineering Samples came out of HP servers that worked for yrs. before being replaced.
IMO they are the cream of the crop w/A0 stepping & 95 watts.. Plus 26X Turbo
I don't think those 5675's are going to be the magic bullet you think they'll be. I've (and you as well for that matter) got a pretty good piece of silicon. The only reason I stretched it as hard as I did was the sheer ease at which 4.8 came, figured 5.0 was within reach if I pressed it. I don't think I'll get much argument in saying Sandy Bridge is the best clocking Intel architecture, and look how few SB-E's can pull off 5GHz. Getting 5GHz out of one of these is going to require extreme cooling or falling over yourself backwards lucky CPU luck of the draw.
Nice.. Makes waiting for Broadwell a bit easier, doesn't it?
the trick will be 200bclk and 25 or 26X multiplier at the same time, I just doubt many can run 5+GHz without sub ambient cooling. You may get lucky though.
Right now do you think it worth it to get the X5675 ES for $135? I live in Brazil so China shipping is not really that bad.
I could try to sell the X5650 for the same price locally. The waiting time is usually 2 months to deliver, that is the drawback for importing.