IggyJ

So I'm running a Xeon x5670 on a Sabertooth X58 board, overclocked to 4GHz.For whole year it's been running perfectly fine, stable and with no throttling or problems of any sorts.Recently I've installed a second HDD to my system, and ever since this has started to happen:First my processor will reduce its multplier from x22 to x12, and stay locked at 12.I then proceed to turning off my PC, but when I try to turn it back on it won't post.The CPU LED on my motherboard turns red, and I cannot post into the BIOS.The only way to fix this is by removing my second HDD and turning it back on.Everything works perfectly fine, even when I put the second HDD back in.A few days later the whole problem starts from the beginning and I have to start all over.Things I've tried so far (without success):- Resetting BIOS to default.- Clearing CMOS (using jumpers)- Lowering multiplier speed of processor.- Changing motherboard battery.- Repasting my processor (incase there was any thermal throttling!)My BIOS settings:- Ai Overclock Tuner: XMP- CPU Ratio Setting: 22- Intel SpeedStep Tech: Disabled- BLK Frequency: 182- DRAM Freqency: DDR3-1095MHz- CPU Voltage: 1.31875Everything else set to default.My Specs:Intel Xeon X5670 (supposedly at 4GHz)24GB RAMAsus Sabertooth X58GTX 760 2GB1 x HDD 500GB1 x HDD 1TBCorsair H80i GTAntec 500W PSU

Update: Finished building the system and have been using it for a week now. I ended up with a Sabertooth x58, 24GB of RAM and the x5670 for just over $200. And I can happily say this thing is great for me! Working on FL Studio and with After Effects is an absolute breeze, and gaming was not a disappointment either! Fallout 4 work on the ultra preset I have one problem though... When I try to overclock the CPU in the BIOS, both CPU-Z and CoreTemp say that my clock speed is at 4000mhz, however. the task manager and Cinebench say it is 2.9ghz. What is even more strange is that the Cinebench score doesn't increase after the overclock! I'm constantly getting between 650 and 680, and other people seem to be achieving much higher. Anybody else have this issue and/or know how to fix it?

Well, this is the x5670 I'm getting which has a slightly higher stock clock, and my target really is 4GHz. How are your temps and are you on liquid or air?

Wow, I did't think it would reach to a 4th gen i7 in single threaded! And also with the 12 threads it should be more than enough to me. I was looking into the next generation, but that already starts to use the 2011 socket, together with the CPU that's already around $250. I still need some left over for the RAM, and some decent cooling haha. I was also looking into the AMD AM3 platform, but I hear that single core performance is disasterous with the "bulldozer" design, and also no hyper-threading. Can't quite stretch into Ryzen, but maybe some day in the future.

Yes I was thinking of getting 12GB of RAM (After Effects eats that stuff!), if I can hunt down some for around $50 Also, I would definitely benefit from the more cores and the awesome thing about xeons is that they have great overclockability. Pentiums are 2 core 4 thread, and cannot even be overclocked! So this sounds like a win/win situation, especially since I already have a GPU, and I don't want to skimp on the CPU and just push FPS haha. I start building this summer!

So I've been stuck for years with a 2011 quad core AMD laptop with integrated graphics, which really has been slowing me down lately. I've spent the past half a year researching into the world of budget PC building, and a certain mobo+cpu combo has caught my attention. My purposes are: - Music production on FL Studio (a lot!) - Some moderate video editing - Some light gaming I already have a GTX 760 passed on from another person in my family, so all I really need is a good motherboard and cpu combo, and ram, hdd and all the rest. My total budget is between $200-300, and I really want to get out the maximum performance/price. I have my eyes Xeon x5670 and an Asus P6T SE for around $150. It is a 6 core 12 thread which should be great for production, and it can be overclocked to above 4GHz, which I believe is enough to keep up with the GTX760. I know x58 is an old architecture, with PCIE 2, USB 2, and SATA 2, but I only want to use one GPU without SLI, an 1GB HDD is more than fast enough for me, and USB 2.0 has never bothered me too much on my old laptop. So it worth the buy for the combo, or are there better CPU + Motherboards for $200 or less that can outperform multithreaded tasks, still keep up with the GPU and have more efficient architecutre? I'm open to any recommendations! Thanks