Xeon L5639 Overclocking on X58

[jihe]

what? how?
I thought only one core can go up to 25x... isn't the X5675 a 23x CPU?


isn't ECC RAM harder to overclock?

Overclocking ram doesn't gain you much performance anyways. I just set multiplier at 8.

 

[jihe]

I actually wanted to use ECC ram. I was under the impression that both motherboard and CPU should support ECC. Registered ECC RAM is cheaper in ebay (used) than unbuffered ECC. I don't think unbuffered ECC is any cheaper than non-ECC. I haven't seen any single CPU motherboard with registered-ECC support.

I got a bunch of unbuffered ecc cheaply. People just call it server ram generically and you can often find good deals. X58a-ud5 with x5650 has no problem using the ecc function.

 

[Emulex]

Unbuffered ECC UDIMMS have a much higher load than RDIMMS plus they don't protect against both ADDRESS and DATA line errors just DATA line errors! The benefit is less latency since it is unbuffered but at the cost of lower density as well!

 

[MongGrel]

The X5680 I stuck in here awhile back the highest I'll go with this rig personally, I scored one for about $130 awhile back that does 4.5 easily in this old system.

Maybe shouldn't have bothered, but I had another one I can still upgrade with the X5650.

And I still haven't stuck that X5650 in the bedroom one, but will eventually.

It will be that last I do to it I guess, I'm aware of others things being out there that are better of course, but will still just be riding this one out awhile.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

I can run ECC ram myself, but really don't see where the benefit would be unless I were building a satellite.

Maybe should try it someday for grins, and stick this in the other comp.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231405

Probably not messing with it though I imagine.

but if you're paying $200+ for one of these motherboards you might as well get a modern system instead.

 

[MongGrel]

I agree & for the first time have been considering selling all the X58 stuff while prices are good, and buying a new system..

The people bidding on the SR-2 system I guess don't realize it yet.. $620 with 6 days to go..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/131456193546?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

That just seems far out there these days, to me.

$820 now

It did make those boards popular again.

 

[hasu]

I got a bunch of unbuffered ecc cheaply. People just call it server ram generically and you can often find good deals. X58a-ud5 with x5650 has no problem using the ecc function.

Do you see an option to Enable/Disable ECC in the BIOS?

 

[jihe]

Do you see an option to Enable/Disable ECC in the BIOS?

No. It just works I think. Because when I run memtest I get the option to turn ecc on or off.

 

[Emulex]

ECC memory when using > 8gb of ram is pretty important. End to End ECC protection is the difference between a desktop that crashes now and then, and a server that never crashes for years on end without rebooting!

 

[Burpo]

wow that may actually hit $1000.

Heh.. 2 bidders fighting over it.. $1240 with 5 days to go.. That's insane..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/13145619354...38.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&rmvSB=true

 

[ClockHound]

Someone's autobid bot has gotten the SR2/Xeon fever...there is no cure, only treatment - expensive temporarily-insane treatment. ;-)

 

[scannall]

Heh.. 2 bidders fighting over it.. $1240 with 5 days to go.. That's insane..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/13145619354...38.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&rmvSB=true

That's just crazy. It was a $600 board new. But that was quite a few years ago. And those 5680's aren't THAT much now.

 

[Burpo]

NewEgg shows having it back then at $469.99.. Crazy

 

[ClockHound]

So...at list that leaves the 5680s at 385.50 each + waterblocks. That's not so bad... That's horrible!

However....what new dual socket board can overclock HW-E?

Happy to see I've lived long enough to encounter a high performance (muscle chip?) vintage computing market.

Let me know if you're gonna dump your X58 stock, so I can sell mine too. Don't want to miss the peak. ;-)

 

[MongGrel]

That's just crazy. It was a $600 board new. But that was quite a few years ago. And those 5680's aren't THAT much now.

I grabbed one for $130 I think it was myself a few months back.

 

[Ruiner1]

Happy to see I've lived long enough to encounter a high performance (muscle chip?) vintage computing market.

I love this quote - muscle chips is *exactly* what these X58 board & Xeon combos are. Sadly its getting too hot for me, so when I have any problems with my board (and I will, I'm sure the caps will go eventually) I'll not be able to justify staying in the game.

I guess its going to be like a hotrodder buying his first honda

 

[ClockHound]

I love this quote - muscle chips is *exactly* what these X58 board & Xeon combos are. Sadly its getting too hot for me, so when I have any problems with my board (and I will, I'm sure the caps will go eventually) I'll not be able to justify staying in the game.

I guess its going to be like a hotrodder buying his first honda

Kinda like that...but they're sure fun while they're runnin'

Go, little overblown hex-coupe, go!

:biggrin:

 

[Venoom]

However....what new dual socket board can overclock HW-E?

there you go: http://www.asus.com/Commercial_Servers_Workstations/Z10PED8_WS/

 

[Burpo]

Let me know if you're gonna dump your X58 stock, so I can sell mine too. Don't want to miss the peak. ;-)

Me neither, that's why i just grabbed these last 6 Gigabyte GAX58A-UD7 Rev2 pulls
This is what they came out of.. He HAD a dozen.. Was a good find

 

[hasu]

Are there any single CPU X58 motherboard (preferably server) that supports RDIMM ECC?

 

[Makaveli]

Heh.. 2 bidders fighting over it.. $1240 with 5 days to go.. That's insane..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/13145619354...38.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&rmvSB=true

Wow I guess I should have said $1500 cause it looks like it might get that high.

Pretty crazy.

 

[gbeirn]

Are there any single CPU X58 motherboard (preferably server) that supports RDIMM ECC?

I tried it in an ASUS P6T and it worked just fine, no BIOS options but ECC was reported as on.

 

[jihe]

I tried it in an ASUS P6T and it worked just fine, no BIOS options but ECC was reported as on.

You sure you had RDIMM? That's registered ecc ram. As far as I know X58 does not work with registered, only unbuffered ecc.

 

[Burpo]

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1833799

 

[hasu]

I have a Rampage Gene III. If I install unbuffered ECC, is there a way to test to make sure that the ECC is functioning properly?

What would be the performance penalty with 6 sticks of RAM vs 3 sticks?

 

[Burpo]

They work, but no error correcting.. From the link I posted..

Error Correcting Capabilities:
None

Enabled Error Correcting Capabilities:
None