X58 overclocking club

[MachineLearning]

Y'all are a bad influence. I just spent a whole USD20 on an X5680 to supplant the 5670 that's currently in my Sabertooth. I'm hoping it'll help solve whether the limiting factor is chip, board or cooling. Also curious if there's easy gains to be had with more multiplier. Probably should have ordered two.
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Let's be real; the limitation is probably skill, patience or both.

Take a pic of the IHS when you get it I strongly believe 2012-manufactured Westmere is the way to go for best silicon luck.

Skill at least, can always be improved!

 

[HoenNWacco]

That board looks kickass! 2x 8 pins for an 8-phase, it must be an absurdly capable one.

That DRAM VRM also looks better than what many motherboards have for the CPU...

Yes it is. I saw 4.85GHz all core with my w3680 at 1.50v core voltage. Maybe I would able to see upper frequencies but I didn't want to damage my motherboard. I burned my older Ramgage lll Extreme's NB with overclocking .

 

[Keullo-e]

Y'all are a bad influence. I just spent a whole USD20 on an X5680 to supplant the 5670 that's currently in my Sabertooth. I'm hoping it'll help solve whether the limiting factor is chip, board or cooling. Also curious if there's easy gains to be had with more multiplier. Probably should have ordered two.
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Let's be real; the limitation is probably skill, patience or both.

Haha which multipliers work with that CPU?

 

[HoenNWacco]

Totally forgot that there was a Black Edition. Damn that board looks sweet!

I looked for this beauty about a year . Your motherboard is good too. If I remember correctly, it is one of best overclock motherboards in x58.

 

[Keullo-e]

I looked for this beauty about a year . Your motherboard is good too. If I remember correctly, it is one of best overclock motherboards in x58.

The best thing is that I got the board + i7 920 + the 18GB RAM at.... 50 damn Euros!

And yeah, I've heard as well that my board is surprisingly good. Nothing to complain!

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Take a pic of the IHS when you get it I strongly believe 2012-manufactured Westmere is the way to go for best silicon luck.

Shall do.

Haha which multipliers work with that CPU?

We'll find out. At the very least, 5680 has +400MHz base clock (3.33 vs 2.93). That's what, 25X against 22X? Not looking at the BIOS at this exact moment.

 

[Keullo-e]

Shall do.



We'll find out. At the very least, 5680 has +400MHz base clock (3.33 vs 2.93). That's what, 25X against 22X? Not looking at the BIOS at this exact moment.

Yea, as the stock bus is 133.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

X58 was/is Great platform...few years ago I have ASUS P6X58D Premium 30Gb of ram(3x8+3x2)with the weakest 6c/12t it was @E5645 2,4Ghz Turbo 2,67Ghz that I managed to OC somewhere around to the 4,2Ghz that was working really good in combo with the RX 470 and GTX 970.....

Here bellow is my Cinebench R20 result with that particular CPU

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Take a pic of the IHS when you get it I strongly believe 2012-manufactured Westmere is the way to go for best silicon luck.

Skill at least, can always be improved!

Aaah, I forgot to do this before dropping it in! Well, small update anyway.

The Sabertooth is an interesting beast, at least in one particular regard: X5680 has a 25 multiplier, but the board defaults to 26. Then CPU-Z reports a multiplier range of 12-27. On auto voltage, it'll boot to Windows running at least 4.6, is desktop stable at 4.5 and P95 stable at 4.3. The 4.3 was with 3x2GB Nanya 1333, the others with 2x8GB Kingston 1600. Swapped it out because the Nanya really doesn't like running above rated speed, and there isn't an available divider to keep mem speed around 1333 as you increase BCLK, at least until something like 5GHz. PO of the board had flagged one RAM channel as bad, but it seems to run with all three populated. It might be the source of the instability, though I haven't tried bumping voltage on this chip yet. OC temps in the mid-70s under a 212 EVO. It'd probably run cooler on something else, since IHS contact isn't fantastic. I'll try to remember to upload pictures later, along with associated RAM and BCLK speeds.

 

[MachineLearning]

Aaah, I forgot to do this before dropping it in! Well, small update anyway.

The Sabertooth is an interesting beast, at least in one particular regard: X5680 has a 25 multiplier, but the board defaults to 26. Then CPU-Z reports a multiplier range of 12-27. On auto voltage, it'll boot to Windows running at least 4.6, is desktop stable at 4.5 and P95 stable at 4.3. The 4.3 was with 3x2GB Nanya 1333, the others with 2x8GB Kingston 1600. Swapped it out because the Nanya really doesn't like running above rated speed, and there isn't an available divider to keep mem speed around 1333 as you increase BCLK, at least until something like 5GHz. PO of the board had flagged one RAM channel as bad, but it seems to run with all three populated. It might be the source of the instability, though I haven't tried bumping voltage on this chip yet. OC temps in the mid-70s under a 212 EVO. It'd probably run cooler on something else, since IHS contact isn't fantastic. I'll try to remember to upload pictures later, along with associated RAM and BCLK speeds.

No worries The year is a nice indicator, but you have it installed so the truth will come soon.

If you have intermittent issues running in triple-channel, try re-seating the CPU. It's worked for me once before when I had that problem. These are big ol' CPUs - lot of pin-pad contact area to go slightly awry.

Quick and dirty test if you just want to see where the CPU's at:
- usual OC settings (C1E disabled, virtualization disabled, EIST disabled, etc.)
- 1.4v vCore, 1.35v VTT/QPI, vDIMM 1.65v, all other voltages manually set to stock
- QPI link set to lowest divider (not Slow Mode)
- try an even multiplier first, allegedly these are more stable for X58 (+ Lynnfield iirc)
- RAM timings @ 10-11-10-30-2T (1T if it boots), then tighten once the CPU is stabilized
- CPU @ 4.4GHz in any way you want to get there (personally I'd try 24x multi first if RAM is an okay freq.)

I don't think your current cooler could handle this, but I may be wrong. If it can't, try 1.35v, then 1.375v vCore if that's unstable. Under 80⁰ is optimal and under 95⁰ is necessary.

 

[MachineLearning]

Not my listing.
This board looks to be in a sad state but maybe not irreparable, as apparently it POSTs "sometimes."

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Maybe someone who loves X58 and is good at board repair would be interested... @Bones @Mr.Scott

 

[Mr.Scott]

Not my listing.
This board looks to be in a sad state but maybe not irreparable, as apparently it POSTs "sometimes."

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Maybe someone who loves X58 and is good at board repair would be interested... @Bones @Mr.Scott

I already own one of those boards.

 

[Bones]

I'll pass, not looking to get into X58.

 

[hat]

Aaah, I forgot to do this before dropping it in! Well, small update anyway.

The Sabertooth is an interesting beast, at least in one particular regard: X5680 has a 25 multiplier, but the board defaults to 26. Then CPU-Z reports a multiplier range of 12-27. On auto voltage, it'll boot to Windows running at least 4.6, is desktop stable at 4.5 and P95 stable at 4.3. The 4.3 was with 3x2GB Nanya 1333, the others with 2x8GB Kingston 1600. Swapped it out because the Nanya really doesn't like running above rated speed, and there isn't an available divider to keep mem speed around 1333 as you increase BCLK, at least until something like 5GHz. PO of the board had flagged one RAM channel as bad, but it seems to run with all three populated. It might be the source of the instability, though I haven't tried bumping voltage on this chip yet. OC temps in the mid-70s under a 212 EVO. It'd probably run cooler on something else, since IHS contact isn't fantastic. I'll try to remember to upload pictures later, along with associated RAM and BCLK speeds.

You can always try lowering the CPU multiplier and pushing bclk even further. You'll get more options for manipulating memory speeds that way. I believe I ran 200x20 and wound up with 1600MHz memory and 3600MHz QPI.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I'll pass, not looking to get into X58.

Ok, and?

 

[aQi]

I'm hoping to break out some x58 rigs soon to play with and try to get some hwbot points.
So this would be a good place to post results

SV

Im keeping an eye on you

 

[unclewebb]

I dusted off my old X58 system the other day to see if it still works and it does.
This was mostly a suicide run but it was lots of fun all the same.

Some toy company should sell these systems as a "how to learn overclocking" kit. If the CPU ever blows up, head to eBay and get a new one, cheap. X58 technology was reliable and way ahead of its time.

 

[aQi]

Well hell, I guess I better jump in here. LOL

I think I've got about a half dozen or so X58 boards/systems.

I've got a i7-920 in the box with the original cooler as well.

I bet you got the Rampage III black editon boy i need to see that board in action.


I think i have to take out my bad boys too
Got couple of cpus ranging from 920, 930, 940, 950, 960, 965x, 970, x5560, x5570, x5670

I heart still tempts for rampage III black edition. The extreme one got a blown Mosfet.

Too bad none of the boards had uefi bios.


P.S. the x38, x48 and x58 had really awesome oc potential. Not sure how far the ram could get on these boards.

 

[stinger608]

I bet you got the Rampage III black editon boy i need to see that board in action.

Oh man, I wish I had one!!!!! I'd sell it as they are bringing insane prices right now.

 

[Bones]

Ok, and?

The one who tagged me in a previous post knows.

 

[aQi]

Oh man, I wish I had one!!!!! I'd sell it as they are bringing insane prices right now.

Those chinese sellers have boomed its price over ebay.

 

[lexluthermiester]

The one who tagged me in a previous post knows.

Oops, sorry. Didn't notice that...

 

[Dinnercore]

Got my R3X up and running. I have no clue what I'm doing, seems I forgot most things about X58 but I'll get there again.

One question, anyone else have their board power cycle 2x before posting? It runs fine but does that funny quirk every single time it has to restart or power on. Takes some bloody time and is really annoying. RAM looks fine, all DIMMs show up and are stable in benches. Battery is new.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Got my R3X up and running. I have no clue what I'm doing, seems I forgot most things about X58 but I'll get there again.

One question, anyone else have their board power cycle 2x before posting? It runs fine but does that funny quirk every single time it has to restart or power on. Takes some bloody time and is really annoying. RAM looks fine, all DIMMs show up and are stable in benches. Battery is new.

Memory training. Turn it off.

 

[Dinnercore]

Memory training. Turn it off.

Done, fixed. Thanks! I did not even pay attention to the 'Memory Recheck' option.