General Intel HEDT Xeon/i7 Discussion

[YT_DomDaBomb20]

This one

 

https://www.newegg.com/deepcool-gammaxx-400-v2/p/N82E16835856138?item=N82E16835856138&source=region&nm_mc=knc-googleadwords-pc&cm_mmc=knc-googleadwords-pc-_-pla-_-cpu+cooling-_-N82E16835856138&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvvj5BRDkARIsAGD9vlLLaHjING3kqoyNfF1Yc6K4_m_zdLuamKX9JnicrwW4nqF81x0zgS8aAoYaEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

[bimmerman]

1 hour ago, Zando Bob said:

@bimmerman 

Will track down the top VRM block tonight after work. 

Awesome thanks!!

[GrockleTD]

2 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

 

@GrockleTD what case

CM Storm Trooper

[the pudding]

So this was a much closer fit than I'd have liked but it fits! got the W3690 up at 4.4GHz now running 200x22 solid, pretty happy with it all things considered, not that this will last long mind you since I'm likely to be moving away to a 1920X shortly but this is much better than the stock clocks thinkstation S20 I was running prior, just to sweeten the lot, I'm almost top score in firestrike for this cpu/gpu combo too, guy above me is 14659, I'm at 14646 so with a bit of tweaking I'll be there in no time! 

[Crunchy Dragon]

Whoa, been a hot minute since I popped in here.

 

@bimmerman I am very jealous of your rig

[the pudding]

2 hours ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Whoa, been a hot minute since I popped in here.

 

@bimmerman I am very jealous of your rig

Welcome home

[drevmcast]

On 8/20/2020 at 8:04 AM, YT_DomDaBomb20 said:

This one

 

https://www.newegg.com/deepcool-gammaxx-400-v2/p/N82E16835856138?item=N82E16835856138&source=region&nm_mc=knc-googleadwords-pc&cm_mmc=knc-googleadwords-pc-_-pla-_-cpu+cooling-_-N82E16835856138&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvvj5BRDkARIsAGD9vlLLaHjING3kqoyNfF1Yc6K4_m_zdLuamKX9JnicrwW4nqF81x0zgS8aAoYaEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Doesn't look like it's gonna worth for me, but something I'll keep in mind. Thanks!

[LogicalDrm]

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[Zando_]

@bimmerman

 

[bimmerman]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

@bimmerman

 

Yaaaaaaassss

[GrockleTD]

Gathered all my parts for a upcoming project into one place, still need to see what the hell is up with my sabertooth

[the pudding]

Welp, the 1660ti was giving me sub par performance in games, so I did a thing, store I got the 1660ti from allowed me to take the thing back in store credit so for no investment at all (still have like a tenner of credit left) I was able to grab a vega 56, unfortunately hynix memory so no flashing here but it seems to clock pretty good so I'll take it, handling my games much better at 1440p compared to the 1660

[drevmcast]

On 8/23/2020 at 12:53 AM, GrockleTD said:

Gathered all my parts for a upcoming project into one place, still need to see what the hell is up with my sabertooth

GOD the sabertooth x58 is so sexy. Any idea whats wrong with it?

On 8/23/2020 at 5:00 AM, the pudding said:

Welp, the 1660ti was giving me sub par performance in games, so I did a thing, store I got the 1660ti from allowed me to take the thing back in store credit so for no investment at all (still have like a tenner of credit left) I was able to grab a vega 56, unfortunately hynix memory so no flashing here but it seems to clock pretty good so I'll take it, handling my games much better at 1440p compared to the 1660

I'll keep the vega 56 in mind if I need to do an upgrade for for my video card. I don't often play newer games so I just use my GTX980

 

I get my dual X5675s for my dual xeon build today, but I'm wondering if I should just return them to get two x5650s and save a couple bucks as a stopgap before buying two x5690s. I don't think the drop of single threaded performance is going to be that that big of a deal. lmk what you guys think.

[GrockleTD]

4 minutes ago, drevmcast said:

GOD the sabertooth x58 is so sexy. Any idea whats wrong with it?

Actually, as of last night I was able to determine that the bent pins in the socket mean that dimm slots 3 & 4 are non functional

[Crunchy Dragon]

7 minutes ago, GrockleTD said:

Actually, as of last night I was able to determine that the bent pins in the socket mean that dimm slots 3 & 4 are non functional

You have far more luck with bent pins than I ever have.

 

Usually enough of them are bent badly enough that the board is pretty much dead from the get go.

sadly looks at Rampage II Extreme

[drevmcast]

3 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Usually enough of them are bent badly enough that the board is pretty much dead from the get go.

Sounds like you need a hot air gun, It would be worth it to replace the whole socket on a board like that

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, drevmcast said:

Sounds like you need a hot air gun, It would be worth it to replace the whole socket on a board like that

Tempting, but I don't quite know if it would be worth nearly enough to me.

 

The most valuable board I have on hand(that isn't in use) is in perfect physical condition anyway, I'd imagine something shorted somewhere somehow and killed it.

[bimmerman]

I took a pick to the pins on my SR-2. When I first got it, some of the memory channels wouldn't recognize and socket to socket communication failed such that it wouldn't post. I can disable individual sockets which helped me figure out what was going on, and it turned out it was a combination of bent pins and dried thermal paste in one socket (board arrived with CPUs installed).

 

Some careful pick work later, everything works fine. I am very hesitant to replace the CPUs though as I am not certain it'll work (or, go through more bending cycles).

 

But, go slow, use a magnifying glass if you can, with tons of lighting. I didn't use a heat gun.

[GrockleTD]

Currently tuning... 4.05Ghz so far

[GrockleTD]

 

Need to find a molex cable for my PSU, only way to power the fan hub and such

[the pudding]

3 hours ago, GrockleTD said:

 

Need to find a molex cable for my PSU, only way to power the fan hub and such

P R E T T Y

[the pudding]

Speaking of pretty  

[bimmerman]

This may be interesting for some here....

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-Classified-SR-2-LGA-1366-270-WS-W555-A2-Motherboard-CPUs-RAM-HEATSINKS/143699454388

 

definitely is making me rethink my cute air cooler noctuas in favor of those, until I can get the WC loop going.

[Crunchy Dragon]

6 minutes ago, bimmerman said:

This may be interesting for some here....

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-Classified-SR-2-LGA-1366-270-WS-W555-A2-Motherboard-CPUs-RAM-HEATSINKS/143699454388

 

definitely is making me rethink my cute air cooler noctuas in favor of those, until I can get the WC loop going.

My bank account hates you for posting this and hates me for even thinking I could realistically buy it.

/s

 

I want, but I don't need...

[GrockleTD]

So... Good news and bad news... Good news is I increased my physics score by nearly 2000 points. Be news is that I may have killed one of my Furys