General Intel HEDT Xeon/i7 Discussion

[Lord Letto]

35 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

My M9i is also t i n y and has less heatpipes than my Gammax 400, but the fins are packed a bit tighter. The Gammax will still cool much better though, having 6 (or is it 8 ) copper heatpipes and taking a full 120mm fan vs the 90mm or so one on the M9i. 

Just double checked & my bad, I thought it was the M9i but it's actually the H7 aka the Hyper 212 EVO killer I was thinking of, regardless it's not supported/compatible with 1366 either so the Gammax 400 may be the best bet.

[Zando_]

2 minutes ago, Lord Letto said:

Just double checked & my bad, I thought it was the M9i but it's actually the H7 aka the Hyper 212 EVO killer I was thinking of, regardless it's not supported/compatible with 1366 either so the Gammax 400 may be the best bet.

Go for that or the Noctua ones. IDK the model, but @WhisperingKnickers has/had a couple and they're even better than the Gammax 400 IIRC. 

[Ground]

check prices for older high end coolers on ebay - I got a Thermalright Silver Arrow for 25€ for example, really nice cooler.

[MaratM]

Finally I finished my X58 watercooled rig

P6T with x5680 OC'd to 4,2 gHz 

GTX 980ti

32GB of Corsair Vengeance at 2000mHz

Samsung 950pro as a boot drive

USB3 Support

[NoxiousOdor]

@MaratM That looks stellar, fantastic job

[D4C]

Hi everyone, you haven't realized but you have been a big help to me with my latest computer.
I found this thread while I was still using a i7 920, and it didn't feel right to post here with a entry level x58 i7.
My new build is done and I gave the xcmr a shout out on the build thread here, sorry for the terrible photo quality.

[Xa3phod]

On 10/11/2018 at 3:10 PM, Zando Bob said:

Got a link? If I can afford it I'd be happy to snag it, pretty sure I borked my one since it's not recognizing RAM in some slots (RIP), but I love the boards. 

Sorry, didn't see your post. The auction just ended. I'll have to relist...OR...should I go get an X5690? What does everyone think?

[Zando_]

6 minutes ago, Xa3phod said:

Sorry, didn't see your post. The auction just ended. I'll have to relist...OR...should I go get an X5690? What does everyone think?

If you wanna keep it then snag an X5690, they're excellent CPUs even at stock. 

[Ground]

http://valid.x86.fr/c28v4l 5.73 GHz E5649

http://valid.x86.fr/ystiq6 5.83 GHz E5640

http://valid.x86.fr/7meuwa 287.22 MHz BCLK

1251 cb in R15

And 863 on a quad

 

 

How? Here is how: 

Dry Ice

 

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Ground said:

http://valid.x86.fr/c28v4l 5.73 GHz E5649

http://valid.x86.fr/ystiq6 5.83 GHz E5640

http://valid.x86.fr/7meuwa 287.22 MHz BCLK

 

1251 cb in R15

 

And 863 on a quad

 

 

How? Here is how: 

 

Dry Ice

 

 

 

Holy heck...

[Xa3phod]

34 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

If you wanna keep it then snag an X5690, they're excellent CPUs even at stock. 

How much improvement over a x5670? And is that the best x58 cpu there is? 

 

Thank you 

[Xa3phod]

Bought an X5690 from Ali. After rebates and such, cost me around $55. If I sell my X5670, it should cost me around $35 or so. Not bad I think for an upgrade.

[Zando_]

1 hour ago, Xa3phod said:

How much improvement over a x5670? And is that the best x58 cpu there is? 

 

Thank you 

Yep, AFAIK it's the nicest Xeon available, and should overclock just fine too. 

24 minutes ago, Xa3phod said:

Bought an X5690 from Ali. After rebates and such, cost me around $55. If I sell my X5670, it should cost me around $35 or so. Not bad I think for an upgrade.

Nice! Pretty good deal too, @WhisperingKnickers spent [REDACTED] on his pair of X5690s. 

[NoxiousOdor]

7 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Yep, AFAIK it's the nicest Xeon available, and should overclock just fine too. 

Nice! Pretty good deal too, @WhisperingKnickers spent [REDACTED] on his pair of X5690s. 

SSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH we don't need to talk about how much I may or may not have overspent on my xeons. There is no evidence, no proof.

[bimmerman]

gah. I keep looking at ebay at SR2s, then thinking about all the other things that need money (new bike, d3 switch, racecar upkeep, rent, food, beer...), then looking at ebay.

I want but I don't have a compelling need for another computer, let alone a beastly one. Would be a fun project though. Gah.

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, bimmerman said:

gah. I keep looking at ebay at SR2s, then thinking about all the other things that need money (new bike, d3 switch, racecar upkeep, rent, food, beer...), then looking at ebay.

I want but I don't have a compelling need for another computer, let alone a beastly one. Would be a fun project though. Gah.

Do the responsible thing and buy it. 

[Hestati]

Guys, I need your help please

 

I bought Asus P6T SE + Xeon X5675 + 6 x 4GB DDR3 ECC Reg memory (Samsung M393B5170FH0-CH9). When I was doing my research, I saw few people running this config (though I think CPU was X5660).

 

When I try to boot, nothing happens. Fans spinning, but no beeps and no signal. If I remove RAM, then I get "RAM missing" beep. I tried to leave just 1 RAM stick, place it in a different slot etc etc, no luck.

 

Is this configuration even supposed to work in theory? If yes, could it be the issue with BIOS version?

 

Thanks!

[Pasi123]

3 minutes ago, Hestati said:

Guys, I need your help please

 

I bought Asus P6T SE + Xeon X5675 + 6 x 4GB DDR3 ECC Reg memory (Samsung M393B5170FH0-CH9). When I was doing my research, I saw few people running this config (though I think CPU was X5660).

 

When I try to boot, nothing happens. Fans spinning, but no beeps and no signal. If I remove RAM, then I get "RAM missing" beep. I tried to leave just 1 RAM stick, place it in a different slot etc etc, no luck.

 

Is this configuration even supposed to work in theory? If yes, could it be the issue with BIOS version?

 

Thanks!

Registered memory doesn't work on X58 boards. It only works on dual socket servers and workstations (Intel 5520 chipset).

[Hestati]

8 minutes ago, Pasi123 said:

Registered memory doesn't work on X58 boards. It only works on dual socket servers and workstations.

Hmmm, I'm 99% sure that there are members here running Reg memory...

 

Link

 

This guy used ECC Reg on P6T SE....

[bimmerman]

@Hestati Is your bios up to date?

 

Can't help much on the ECC as I've never used it.

[Pasi123]

1 minute ago, Hestati said:

Hmmm, I'm 99% sure that there are members here running Reg memory...

 

Link

 

This guy used ECC Reg on P6T SE....

I've tried DDR3 ECC Registered memory on my P6X58D-E and it didn't boot, but normal DDR3 ECC works just fine

[Hestati]

1 minute ago, bimmerman said:

@Hestati Is your bios up to date?

 

Can't help much on the ECC as I've never used it.

Thing is, I do not know if BIOS is up to date, since I cannot boot even to BIOS....

[Hestati]

2 minutes ago, Pasi123 said:

I've tried DDR3 ECC Registered memory on my P6X58D-E and it didn't boot, but normal DDR3 ECC works just fine

I've seen many reports of P6T SE being able to work with Reg memory though...

 

Have you tried that with latest and geeates BIOS?

[Pasi123]

Just now, Hestati said:

I've seen many reports of P6T SE being able to work with Reg memory though...

 

Have you tried that with latest and geeates BIOS?

Yes, I have the latest BIOS version.

 

The Reg sticks that I have are 2x 4GB Samsung M393B5170FH0-CH9

[Hestati]

6 minutes ago, Pasi123 said:

Yes, I have the latest BIOS version.

 

The Reg sticks that I have are 2x 4GB Samsung M393B5170FH0-CH9

Yep, I also have these.

 

After a quick search, I can't find anyone who was able to run Reg on your MB. But this is exactly why I bought SE, cause I saw few confirmations here and there thar yes, it can run with Reg memory