Xeon Owners Club

Edwired · Mar 3, 2021

Looks like the x5675 fell flat on it face after I put the pc to sleep and went to wake it up this morning it fell into a black hole and never recovered. Might well be the blck hole or the qpi link got extremely unstable after I rebooted it a few times it will come back but always the sleep mode that put it into a semi-coma state. At least I tried.......

80-watt Hamster · Mar 3, 2021

Edwired said:
Looks like the x5675 fell flat on it face after I put the pc to sleep and went to wake it up this morning it fell into a black hole and never recovered. Might well be the blck hole or the qpi link got extremely unstable after I rebooted it a few times it will come back but always the sleep mode that put it into a semi-coma state. At least I tried.......

Mind helping those of us with X5600 processors extant or incoming learn from your mistakes? That is to say, what did you goof up?

Zyll Goliat · Mar 3, 2021

Edwired · Mar 3, 2021

80-watt Hamster said:
Mind helping those of us with X5600 processors extant or incoming learn from your mistakes? That is to say, what did you goof up?

I basically pushed the x5675 so hard it fell on it own face meaning it was running on a hard overclock and it reacted badly :laugh:

. What help do you need with the x56xx series?

80-watt Hamster · Mar 3, 2021

Edwired said:
I basically pushed the x5675 so hard it fell on it own face meaning it was running on a hard overclock and it reacted badly . What help do you need with the x56xx series?

Nothing yet; it's still in the mail. Always on the lookout for things to do or to not do. (Doot doot doo doo

)

bobbybluz · Mar 3, 2021

Edwired said:
I basically pushed the x5675 so hard it fell on it own face meaning it was running on a hard overclock and it reacted badly . What help do you need with the x56xx series?

Is it dead or just resting?

Edwired · Mar 3, 2021

bobbybluz said:
Is it dead or just resting?

Not dead it just won't go any higher in overclock as the pictures I posted above is how far i got it but isn't stable at that speed. But I back it off for now

lexluthermiester · Mar 3, 2021

Edwired said:
Looks like the x5675 fell flat on it face after I put the pc to sleep and went to wake it up this morning it fell into a black hole and never recovered. Might well be the blck hole or the qpi link got extremely unstable after I rebooted it a few times it will come back but always the sleep mode that put it into a semi-coma state. At least I tried.......

I never allow any mode of "Sleep", even on laptops. Generally more problems than it's worth.

Edwired · Mar 3, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
I never allow any mode of "Sleep", even on laptops. Generally more problems than it's worth.

Well I have to put it to sleep otherwise it noisy as it is :laugh:

Zyll Goliat · Mar 4, 2021

bobbybluz said:
The 2699 V4 dropped right in, not even the "New CPU detected in BIOS". Here's the first Cinebench20 & Passmark 9 results:

Question
Did you tried some gaming on that machine and if you did whit what GPU you paired that monster?

bobbybluz · Mar 5, 2021

I'm not a gamer, I do A/V production. I put a Sapphire R9 390 Nitro 8GB in it for the initial testing but now have a XFX R9 290X that I just repasted in it because it takes up less space than the 390. If GPU prices weren't insane at the moment I'd put something better in it. An 8-16GB Quadro would be nice to experiment with. I have a few XFX R9 Fury X's that I bought last year when they were $150-175 on the local Craigslist. One may end up in this rig.

Toothless · Mar 5, 2021

May or may not have used some of that overtime cash to get a 24GB run of CL9 1866 for the SR-2..

80-watt Hamster · Mar 6, 2021

My X5670s came in. One's flaky, though. POSTs, but crashes the system on Windows load. Haven't tried it on a fresh install, though.

One thing I was looking forward to was OC, since folks kept saying how well they can. Maybe it's the board in the Aurora R1 (which doesn't let you OC via multiplier :mad:

), but it wasn't even happy at 140 BCLK. Haven't tried it in the Sabertooth, since I don't want to pull it out of the Aurora if I don't have to. Guess we'll see what happens with the replacement unit if I get one.

(For the record, I'm not exactly a serious overclocker. Basically mess with multipliers and volts a bit until I land on something stable.)

Toothless · Mar 6, 2021

80-watt Hamster said:
(For the record, I'm not exactly a serious overclocker. Basically mess with multipliers and volts a bit until I land on something stable.)

I feel this on an emotional level. My x5680's are stuck at 4ghz until that Sniper kit gets here.

Edwired · Mar 6, 2021

80-watt Hamster said:
My X5670s came in. One's flaky, though. POSTs, but crashes the system on Windows load. Haven't tried it on a fresh install, though.

One thing I was looking forward to was OC, since folks kept saying how well they can. Maybe it's the board in the Aurora R1 (which doesn't let you OC via multiplier ), but it wasn't even happy at 140 BCLK. Haven't tried it in the Sabertooth, since I don't want to pull it out of the Aurora if I don't have to. Guess we'll see what happens with the replacement unit if I get one.

(For the record, I'm not exactly a serious overclocker. Basically mess with multipliers and volts a bit until I land on something stable.)

I know that feeling when you get a compatible board but no overclocking features comes with it... Asus Sabertooth will have a better chance of overclocking x5670 as long the bios is updated to the latest one. Keep us informed on the progress

Didn't realise you got the Alienware Aurora R1 board.
Does it look like below?

Toothless said:
I feel this on an emotional level. My x5680's are stuck at 4ghz until that Sniper kit gets here.

Jeez you stuck on the 4ghz. Thought the evga sr-2 can do better than that unless you got the degraded x5680 by the look of things

Toothless · Mar 6, 2021

Edwired said:
I know that feeling when you get a compatible board but no overclocking features comes with it... Asus Sabertooth will have a better chance of overclocking x5670 as long the bios is updated to the latest one. Keep us informed on the progress

Didn't realise you got the Alienware Aurora R1 board.
Does it look like below?
View attachment 191216

Jeez you stuck on the 4ghz. Thought the evga sr-2 can do better than that unless you got the degraded x5680 by the look of things

Ram limitations. Can't increase bclk without losing banks.

Edwired · Mar 6, 2021

Toothless said:
Ram limitations. Can't increase bclk without losing banks.

Sounds like the uncore or qpi link is unstable as I haven't lost memory banks on asus p6x58d-e yet. Is the ram timings set to auto or manual?

Toothless · Mar 6, 2021

Edwired said:
Sounds like the uncore or qpi link is unstable as I haven't lost memory banks on asus p6x58d-e yet. Is the ram timings set to auto or manual?

I know for a fact it's just the ram. I can either run it at sub-1000mhz or just wait for the mail.

Edwired · Mar 6, 2021

Toothless said:
I know for a fact it's just the ram. I can either run it at sub-1000mhz or just wait for the mail.

What speed is the ram along with timings/voltage as I'm guessing the uncore/dram ratio might be too high or low.

Take a screenshot of hwinfo64 in sensor mode full screen so I can see what it doing

80-watt Hamster · Mar 6, 2021

Edwired said:
I know that feeling when you get a compatible board but no overclocking features comes with it... Asus Sabertooth will have a better chance of overclocking x5670 as long the bios is updated to the latest one. Keep us informed on the progress

Didn't realise you got the Alienware Aurora R1 board.
Does it look like below?

Exactly like the above, except for the third line. And I don't just have the board, but the whole bloody monstrous thing. Came gratis from a co-worker with a 930 in it.

Edit: Update: the 2nd CPU seems to work after all. Took it back out of the socket and saw what looked to be a little bit of fuzz around some pins. Blew it out, and it's so far happily crunching for WCG @ 3.2 GHz for the moment.

Edwired · Mar 6, 2021

80-watt Hamster said:
Exactly like the above, except for the third line. And I don't just have the board, but the whole bloody monstrous thing. Came gratis from a co-worker with a 930 in it.

View attachment 191237

Edit: Update: the 2nd CPU seems to work after all. Took it back out of the socket and saw what looked to be a little bit of fuzz around some pins. Blew it out, and it's so far happily crunching for WCG @ 3.2 GHz for the moment.

I say it weigh a ton :laugh:

bobbybluz · Mar 6, 2021

Xeons are a form of insanity but it's a good fun insanity.

Edwired · Mar 6, 2021

bobbybluz said:
Xeons are a form of insanity but it's a good fun insanity.

That about as saucy as they come :roll:

bobbybluz · Mar 6, 2021

Edwired said:
That about as saucy as they come

I started with one and now have five, three in fully operational rigs. My E5 2699 V4 is going to be the foundation of my main A/V production rig. I'm looking for a RX Vega 64 for it now.

Edwired · Mar 6, 2021

bobbybluz said:
I started with one and now have five, three in fully operational rigs. My E5 2699 V4 is going to be the foundation of my main A/V production rig. I'm looking for a RX Vega 64 for it now.

Going to be tough to find one at this rate

System Name	The Blind Grim Reaper
Processor	Xeon X5675 Westmere-EP B1 SLBYL 4.20ghz @ 1.256v
Motherboard	Asus P6X58D-E
Cooling	Noctua CP12 SE14, Redux Noctua 1500rpm fan Arctic F14 x3 for intake and exhaust
Memory	Corsair XMS3 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 x6
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SC Single Fan Model
Storage	Crucial mx300 750gb main system + 1TB mx500 for games and music
Display(s)	22 inch samsung curved
Case	NZXT Phantom 530 black
Audio Device(s)	Nvidia HDMI through HDMI adaptor for output sound for turtlebeach x12 headset
Power Supply	Antec HCG 850 watt
Mouse	no brand
Keyboard	normal usb keyboard
Software	Windows 10 22H2 v1 (main is) and Windows 11 22H2 v2 on WD 250gb 7200rpm (testing purposes os)
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R20 = 2046cb

System Name	Office
Processor	Ryzen 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS B450M-A II
Cooling	be quiet! Shadow Rock LP
Memory	16GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX 5600 XT
Storage	PNY CS1030 250GB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	Dell S2719DGF
Case	Fractal Define 7 Compact
Power Supply	EVGA 550 G3
Mouse	Logitech M705 Marthon
Keyboard	Logitech G410
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2

System Name	Minotaur
Processor	Intel I9 7940X
Motherboard	Asus Strix Rog Gaming E X299
Cooling	Xigmatek LOKI SD963 double-Fan
Memory	64Gb DDR4 2666Mhz
Video Card(s)	1)RX 6900XT BIOSTAR 16Gb***2)MATROX M9120LP
Storage	2 x ssd-Kingston 240Gb A400 in RAID 0+ HDD 500Gb +Samsung 128gbSSD +SSD Kinston 480Gb
Display(s)	BenQ 28"EL2870U(4K-HDR) / Acer 24"(1080P) / Eizo 2336W(1080p) / 2x Eizo 19"(1280x1024)
Case	Lian Li
Audio Device(s)	Realtek/Creative T20 Speakers
Power Supply	F S P Hyper S 700W
Mouse	Asus TUF-GAMING M3
Keyboard	Func FUNC-KB-460/Mechanical Keyboard
VR HMD	Oculus Rift DK2
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	Fire Strike=23905,Cinebench R15=3167,Cinebench R20=7490.Passmark=30689,Geekbench4=32885

System Name	The Blind Grim Reaper
Processor	Xeon X5675 Westmere-EP B1 SLBYL 4.20ghz @ 1.256v
Motherboard	Asus P6X58D-E
Cooling	Noctua CP12 SE14, Redux Noctua 1500rpm fan Arctic F14 x3 for intake and exhaust
Memory	Corsair XMS3 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 x6
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SC Single Fan Model
Storage	Crucial mx300 750gb main system + 1TB mx500 for games and music
Display(s)	22 inch samsung curved
Case	NZXT Phantom 530 black
Audio Device(s)	Nvidia HDMI through HDMI adaptor for output sound for turtlebeach x12 headset
Power Supply	Antec HCG 850 watt
Mouse	no brand
Keyboard	normal usb keyboard
Software	Windows 10 22H2 v1 (main is) and Windows 11 22H2 v2 on WD 250gb 7200rpm (testing purposes os)
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R20 = 2046cb

System Name	Office
Processor	Ryzen 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS B450M-A II
Cooling	be quiet! Shadow Rock LP
Memory	16GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX 5600 XT
Storage	PNY CS1030 250GB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	Dell S2719DGF
Case	Fractal Define 7 Compact
Power Supply	EVGA 550 G3
Mouse	Logitech M705 Marthon
Keyboard	Logitech G410
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2

Xeon Owners Club

Edwired

80-watt Hamster

Zyll Goliat

Edwired

80-watt Hamster

bobbybluz

Edwired

lexluthermiester

Edwired

Zyll Goliat

bobbybluz

Toothless

Tech, Games, and TPU!

80-watt Hamster

Toothless

Tech, Games, and TPU!

Edwired

Toothless

Tech, Games, and TPU!

Edwired

Toothless

Tech, Games, and TPU!

Edwired

80-watt Hamster

Edwired

bobbybluz

Edwired

bobbybluz

Edwired

System Name	"The black one in the dining room" / "The Latest One"
Processor	Intel Xeon E5 2683 V4 16c/32t / i7 14700K @5.8GHz
Motherboard	Asus X99 Deluxe / ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WiFi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 w/4 Silverstone FM121 fans / Arctic LF II 280 w Silverstone FHP141's
Memory	64GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 (8x8) / 96GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 1080 Ti FTW3 / Asus Tuff OC 4090 24GB
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus, 1TB Samsung 860, 4 Western Digital 2TB / 1tb, SK hynix P41 Platinum 2tb
Display(s)	43" Samsung 8000 series 4K / 50" Vizio M-series 4K
Case	Modded Corsair Carbide 500R / Modded Corsair Graphite 780 T
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essence STX II/ Asus Xonar Essence STX
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i / Seasonic Prime GX-1300
Mouse	Logitech Performance MX, Microsoft Intellimouse Optical 3.0
Keyboard	Logitech K750 Solar, DiNovo Edge
Software	Win 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 IoT / Win 11 Pro for Workstations 22H2
Benchmark Scores	https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V11/display.php?id=202122048229

System Name	Veral
Processor	5950x
Motherboard	MSI MEG x570 Ace
Cooling	Corsair H150i RGB Elite
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill TridentZ
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 7900XTX Red Devil
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx + 2x AOC 2425W
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	Blue Yeti + SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Samsung HW-T550
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Nightsword
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK