Post your Xeon Quad and Dual core overclocking results here

[Deleted member 3]

They are 1.6 stock yes, waiting for money to arrive at Paypal, then ordering my X7DWA-N and overclocking further.

The chips are far from limited, the platform is. After that I might attempt to trade for L5320's, 1.86 stock, ie higher clock from same FSB. FSB is what limits the platform, not clock.

 

[Abdullahamir]

hey DanTheBanjoman can make one signature for me or can u give me software from which u made this signature and pls pm me to give me software thanks

abdullahamir

 

[Solaris17]

hmmm sorry dude we cant use animated avatars or signatures Dan has simply neglected to look away from his parchment and read the new rules.

however if you want a gif maker here ya go.

 

[btarunr]

The low TDP Clovertown chips fascinate me.

Dan, can the X7DWA-N do Crossfire?

 

[PaulieG]

I just got my xeon 3070. It's installed, but the PC Power and Cooling psu I bought was DOA, so I've got no psu right now..will post after I get the new psu.

 

[Abdullahamir]

thanks solaris 17

 

[Tatty_Two]

I just got my xeon 3070. It's installed, but the PC Power and Cooling psu I bought was DOA, so I've got no psu right now..will post after I get the new psu.

You gone quad to dual?

 

[Tatty_Two]

Tom, is yours showing as a 100W TDP?

 

[Solaris17]

hey Dan how much is the board your loking to get? i also need some other info.

1. is their any good xeon OC boards?
2.what multis do they allow?
3.im not that instrested in sli but is their any good OC boards that support x16?
4.what chipset are they usually based off of via nvidia intel prob?
5.were can u buy them? could i just get a 775 board off of newegg.?

 

[Deleted member 3]

hey Dan how much is the board your loking to get? i also need some other info.

1. is their any good xeon OC boards?
2.what multis do they allow?
3.im not that instrested in sli but is their any good OC boards that support x16?
4.what chipset are they usually based off of via nvidia intel prob?
5.were can u buy them? could i just get a 775 board off of newegg.?

$505

1. No, Skulltrail might be the only one. Other than that there isn't a single option in the BIOS. BSEL mods can be done though and software is possible as well. Boundaries of the new Seaburg chipset are unknown as of now.
2. Xeons are unlocked downwards.
3. No OC, but there are plenty that support PCIe x16, Seaburg even ups that to dual x16 2.0
4. 5000x, 5000v, 5000p and latest are 5100 and 5400. only 5400 officially supports 1600MHz FSB. The 5100 doesn't require FB-DIMM's though (can't even use them), does require ECC.
5. s775 Xeons are nearly identical to the Core2's as we just concluded, you know all about the boards. Probably more than I do. Dual socket is s771, Newegg does have them. Not sure about their current prices since I never check Newegg. Neqx is a nice store to buy this kind of hardware.

If your main goal is to overclock this is not the right platform. If you want to toy with this kind of hardware you might want to start with some older hardware. PC-DL is a very nice choice, it does have some overclocking options (fsb per mhz and such)

 

[btarunr]

Dan, can the Seaburg do Crossfire?

 

[Deleted member 3]

Dan, can the Seaburg do Crossfire?

Not officially. Though the lanes are there, just driver limitations. SLI support isn't there either, Skulltrail uses a secondary chipset to do it. I've seen some Dell workstations before using some trick to get SLI to work, was with Quadros though, not sure if that makes a difference.

It's one of the current downsides of the Current generation Xeons.

 

[btarunr]

Thanks.

WOW Skulltrail does SLI !?!?! this is the revelation of the day!

 

[Solaris17]

$505

1. No, Skulltrail might be the only one. Other than that there isn't a single option in the BIOS. BSEL mods can be done though and software is possible as well. Boundaries of the new Seaburg chipset are unknown as of now.
2. Xeons are unlocked downwards.
3. No OC, but there are plenty that support PCIe x16, Seaburg even ups that to dual x16 2.0
4. 5000x, 5000v, 5000p and latest are 5100 and 5400. only 5400 officially supports 1600MHz FSB. The 5100 doesn't require FB-DIMM's though (can't even use them), does require ECC.
5. s775 Xeons are nearly identical to the Core2's as we just concluded, you know all about the boards. Probably more than I do. Dual socket is s771, Newegg does have them. Not sure about their current prices since I never check Newegg. Neqx is a nice store to buy this kind of hardware.

If your main goal is to overclock this is not the right platform. If you want to toy with this kind of hardware you might want to start with some older hardware. PC-DL is a very nice choice, it does have some overclocking options (fsb per mhz and such)

Thank you that was amazing i think im going to try and get a good 775mobo i think ill run into compatability issues however...with a unknown cpu string or something but ill do some searching their are some beastie 775 mobos. i think one i read about was the asus stricker extreme crazy. actually it was blitz formula..

 

[hat]

Solaris, there's plenty of 775 Xeon chips. Both Intel and AMD have been making server chips for the main socket type of the time (that would be desktop boards like the 775) and probably will in the future. It's botha a cheap solution to making a server and an overclocker's treat.

 

[Scrizz]

ok so the question of the day is, "Can you use a skt 775 Xeon Proc. on a regular (ie Gigabyte P35 xxx) motherboard?"


EDIT: nvm

 

[PaulieG]

You gone quad to dual?

Temporary move. Just trying a Xeon to see what it can do in a p35 board, and banked the cash from my Q6600 until the new Quads come out in march. Then I'll get a Q9450

 

[Scrizz]

wow

 

[trt740]

you will like this even better

wow

 

[Scrizz]

I'm thinking I might get a 3210 aswell

 

[trt740]

I'm thinking I might get a 3210 aswell

Not sure If i have a freak chip here. I just hit a wall at 500fsb but man thats almost a 2ghz oc. It will boot at 510 fsb but won't bench.

 

[Scrizz]

very nice

 

[trt740]

a little better yet

very nice

 

[Scrizz]

hey trt, what mobo are you running that on?

 

[erocker]

Wow trt, and you're running at lower volts than the q6600's!