General Intel HEDT Xeon/i7 Discussion

[NoxiousOdor]

4 hours ago, Chevy_Monsenhor said:

Just for peace of mind sake, i've seen GA-X58A-UD3Rs work with X5670/X5675 Xeons before, so my GA-X58A-UD7 (rev 2.0) should work fine, amirite? 

 

 

Probably yeah, I don't base that on much but I would guess yes. It wont hurt anything to try

[MaratM]

I’ve just upgraded my ssd to samsung 950pro

this drive is fast even if it works on pci-e gen2 (on p6t)

i used one of cheap pci-e nvme boards from aliexpess

The drive was found by bios

after that all i had to do is to clone my boot drive to 950pro

x58 platform is full of surprises even than it is 10years old

[Automobili3XF]

2 hours ago, WhisperingKnickers said:

Probably yeah, I don't base that on much but I would guess yes. It wont hurt anything to try

It hurts the wallet a bit, but not much, even if it doesn't i can sell it to somebody else...

[bimmerman]

6 hours ago, Chevy_Monsenhor said:

Just for peace of mind sake, i've seen GA-X58A-UD3Rs work with X5670/X5675 Xeons before, so my GA-X58A-UD7 (rev 2.0) should work fine, amirite? 

 

 

I have an X5675 in my UD3R rev2.0. Should be fine in a UD7.

[Automobili3XF]

16 hours ago, bimmerman said:

I have an X5675 in my UD3R rev2.0. Should be fine in a UD7.

Thats good to know, thanks a lot! It fills me with hope 

[NoxiousOdor]

16 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

can I join since my dads computer uses a xeon X5680?

Yes the family plan lets everyone in who is even somewhat connected to x58

[Zando_]

14 hours ago, WhisperingKnickers said:

Yes the family plan lets everyone in who is even somewhat connected to x58

^^^ Truth. 

[bimmerman]

On ‎2‎/‎7‎/‎2018 at 2:32 AM, Chevy_Monsenhor said:

Thats good to know, thanks a lot! It fills me with hope 

No problem. The only situation I can think of where it wouldn't work is if the BIOS hasn't been updated to the most recent version. If you have a cheap i7 920 or 950, I'd use that to verify the BIOS version and update, then install the Xeon.

 

(that's what I did, anyway.)

[Automobili3XF]

9 minutes ago, bimmerman said:

No problem. The only situation I can think of where it wouldn't work is if the BIOS hasn't been updated to the most recent version. If you have a cheap i7 920 or 950, I'd use that to verify the BIOS version and update, then install the Xeon.

 

(that's what I did, anyway.)

I'm running an i7-930 on it while i wait for the X5675, i already have the BIOS updated to the latest BIOS from 2012.

[Intelfreak]

On 6/2/2018 at 6:14 PM, MaratM said:

I’ve just upgraded my ssd to samsung 950pro

this drive is fast even if it works on pci-e gen2 (on p6t)

i used one of cheap pci-e nvme boards from aliexpess

The drive was found by bios

after that all i had to do is to clone my boot drive to 950pro

x58 platform is full of surprises even than it is 10years old

 The reason for 950 pro works is because it has a build in legacy mode or opt—rom. Thanks to that non uefi motherboards can see this ssd in bios and by that alows you to install windows on it and boot from it.

 

With that said i am like wise enjoying the wunders of m.2 Nvme ssd on x58. Just a samsung 950 PRO 256 gb version while yours is a 512 gb.

 

 

X58 might been exspensive back in the days but here 10 years later, it turns out that it where every penny worfh of it. All these great moments ands surprizes i have had with this platform over the years makes all the money i speend back then every penny worfh it.

 

Like latest gpu gen works flawless, oc so freaking great even on air cooling and got i7 920 to 4.4 ghz and my current i7 980X up to 4.75 ghz on air cooling. Even 10 years after lauch i can still max out even the newest games. Of cause its some what thanks to my 1080 ti but also the cpu for sure. And the only platform with triple channel memory support and i cut go on. But i better stop here. X58 has been a blast from star and up to now and still going strong.

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[Rallenhayestime]

As a proud owner of a xeon X5660 and asus sabertooth x58 board, I think I should chime into this forum topic. I have an hp ml350 g6 server that I bought for a dual cpu solution, but I don't like that there's special connectors for the FP and only 1 x16 slot that is x8 electrically. So I don't really use that... Might try to sell it on offerup. 

But, I am planning on upgrading soon to a "gooder" dual cpu board and snatching a pair of x5670s for that sweet extra 133mhz over my x5660. I would appreciate any constructive criticism to my list so far.

X5670 x2

any cooler with the fan on top, just for looks

Supermicro X8DAH+-F

48GB ddr3 ecc 1333 (I already own 16gb, I found an extra 32GB on ebay for $60

980Ti and maybe some other cards in the other slots for mining...

Seasonic FOCUS 850W 80+ Gold

DIY desk pc case

I've been looking at any overclocking options for dual CPU, all kinds of sketchy, but all the solid OC's are on the pricey/fragile EVGA sr-2. 

[NoxiousOdor]

6 minutes ago, Rallenhayestime said:

Supermicro X8DAH+-F

48GB ddr3 ecc 1333 (I already own 16gb, I found an extra 32GB on ebay for $60

980Ti and maybe some other cards in the other slots for mining...

Seasonic FOCUS 850W 80+ Gold

DIY desk pc case

I've been looking at any overclocking options for dual CPU, all kinds of sketchy, but all the solid OC's are on the pricey/fragile EVGA sr-2. 

 

I don't mean to rub salt in any wounds but I have the X8DAH+-F and an SR-2

 

I would love to see your build though please keep us posted that sounds awesome

[asand1]

3 hours ago, Intelfreak said:

You shut get some cooling.on that ssd. M.2 ssd tends to get pretty hot when under high load and if it reach to high it will throttle back the ssd speed.

 

Besides that the reason for 950 pro works is because it has a build in legacy mode or opt—rom. Thanks to that non uefi motherboards can see this ssd in bios and by that alows you to install windows on it and boot from it.

 

With that said i am like wise enjoying the wunders of m.2 Nvme ssd on x58. Just a samsung 950 PRO 256 gb version while yours is a 512 gb.

 

 

X58 might been exspensive back in the days but here 10 years later, it turns out that it where every penny worfh of it. All these great moments ands surprizes i have had with this platform over the years makes all the money i speend back then every penny worfh it.

 

Like latest gpu gen works flawless, oc so freaking great even on air cooling and got i7 920 to 4.4 ghz and my current i7 980X up to 4.75 ghz on air cooling. Even 10 years after lauch i can still max out even the newest games. Of cause its some what thanks to my 1080 ti but also the cpu for sure. And the only platform with triple channel memory support and i cut go on. But i better stop here. X58 has been a blast from star and up to now and still going strong.

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There is a gold colored heatsink on it. Look closer.

[Intelfreak]

3 hours ago, asand1 said:

There is a gold colored heatsink on it. Look closer.

Dam i am blind. See it now.

[MaratM]

1 hour ago, Intelfreak said:

Dam i am blind. See it now.

I was well aware of temps issues with 950pro, so i bought the adapter card with a heatsink included in the package, ordered it from aliexpress for 12$ including delivery 

I was thinking of making a custom heatsink cupper plate and solder a waterblock onto it, but after few days of usage I do not see any point of doing it, the chinese heatsink works just fine, idle tems are arond 40c and under load it does not go above 52-55c.

[Zando_]

19 hours ago, Rallenhayestime said:

As a proud owner of a xeon X5660 and asus sabertooth x58 board, I think I should chime into this forum topic. I have an hp ml350 g6 server that I bought for a dual cpu solution, but I don't like that there's special connectors for the FP and only 1 x16 slot that is x8 electrically. So I don't really use that... Might try to sell it on offerup. 

But, I am planning on upgrading soon to a "gooder" dual cpu board and snatching a pair of x5670s for that sweet extra 133mhz over my x5660. I would appreciate any constructive criticism to my list so far.

X5670 x2

any cooler with the fan on top, just for looks

Supermicro X8DAH+-F

48GB ddr3 ecc 1333 (I already own 16gb, I found an extra 32GB on ebay for $60

980Ti and maybe some other cards in the other slots for mining...

Seasonic FOCUS 850W 80+ Gold

DIY desk pc case

I've been looking at any overclocking options for dual CPU, all kinds of sketchy, but all the solid OC's are on the pricey/fragile EVGA sr-2. 

Looks good so far... I can highly recommend the 980 Ti as well, mine maxes every game I have easily at 1080p. I run Battlefront 2 on a 1080p ultrawide at ultra, with 140% render scale, and with Nvidia control panel set to add extra AA and such, and still get about 70+ fps most of the time. I could probs get a few more fps if I took my X5675 back up to 4.3-4.4GHz (it's currently at stock speeds, about 3.46GHz or so IIRC). 

 

EDIT: I've also used DSR to run higher resolutions, it can even handle med-low 4K no sweat, if I had a native 4K screen I could probs optimize it better though. 

[Xa3phod]

So weird issue I am having. Maybe it's an easy fix.

 

Asus Rampage III Formula. When I start the computer, it boots into windows just fine. The keyboard does not work though, the mouse does. If I pull out the keyboard and replug it in, I hear the USB sound, but it still does not work. If I then reboot, the keyboard works fine.

 

Any idea?

 

[Zando_]

@Xa3phod, which ports are you using? I had my Rampage III Formula do something similar yesterday, but using different ports fixed it... 

 

[MaratM]

25 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Looks good so far... I can highly recommend the 980 Ti as well, mine maxes every game I have easily at 1080p. I run Battlefront 2 on a 1080p ultrawide at ultra, with 140% render scale, and with Nvidia control panel set to add extra AA and such, and still get about 70+ fps most of the time. I could probs get a few more fps if I took my X5675 back up to 4.3-4.4GHz (it's currently at stock speeds, about 3.46GHz or so IIRC). 

 

EDIT: I've also used DSR to run higher resolutions, it can even handle med-low 4K no sweat, if I had a native 4K screen I could probs optimize it better though. 

What kind of fps do you get in Assassin’s Creed Origins, I can not get more than 60fps on the highest settings x5680 oc 4.2gHz 980ti stock

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, MaratM said:

What kind of fps do you get in Assassin’s Creed Origins, I can not get more than 60fps on the highest settings x5680 oc 4.2gHz 980ti stock

I don't have AC:O 

 

I'd assume the lower performance would be the DRM killing your CPU... since it runs 2 layers of complicated DRMs. I think they're cracked it already though, so I don't get why they insist on more and more performance sucking anti-crack measures. Sure V-Sync isn't on in Nvidia options or in game settings? If it is, set it to fast. 

[MaratM]

23 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I don't have AC:O 

 

I'd assume the lower performance would be the DRM killing your CPU... since it runs 2 layers of complicated DRMs. I think they're cracked it already though, so I don't get why they insist on more and more performance sucking anti-crack measures. Sure V-Sync isn't on in Nvidia options or in game settings? If it is, set it to fast. 

What is DRM?

[NoxiousOdor]

1 hour ago, Xa3phod said:

So weird issue I am having. Maybe it's an easy fix.

 

Asus Rampage III Formula. When I start the computer, it boots into windows just fine. The keyboard does not work though, the mouse does. If I pull out the keyboard and replug it in, I hear the USB sound, but it still does not work. If I then reboot, the keyboard works fine.

 

Any idea?

 

You don't happen to be using a usb3 port via an adapter are you?

[Zando_]

1 hour ago, MaratM said:

What is DRM?

Digital Rights Management. Basically software that locks your game, music, etc to a license, and doesn't let you use it without one. AC:O has a DRM tool running inside another DRM tool, thus it totally murders any quad core CPU. And our Xeons, though most have more than 4 cores, are older and have lower IPCs and clocks than newer CPUs, so they will take a hit as well AFAIK. 

[NoxiousOdor]

What kinds of things would prevent me from changing my base clock? I have been trying to OC on my SR2 and I can change the multiplier just fine but it isn't letting me change the bclk. The screen will flash as if it is changing but it stays the same and I can't figure out why

[Zando_]

7 minutes ago, WhisperingKnickers said:

What kinds of things would prevent me from changing my base clock? I have been trying to OC on my SR2 and I can change the multiplier just fine but it isn't letting me change the bclk. The screen will flash as if it is changing but it stays the same and I can't figure out why

All your settings for CPU and such are on manual? There may be a setting on auto that keeps reverting it.