Xeon Owners Club

[stinger608]

Srry to hear that...is the fan that failed or what?How long lasted?

If you look at the picture that was posted, you can see the mounting bracket broke.

Oh sorry, that picture was posted in a different thread.

 

[frankr2994]

Looks like the hold down broke. I was always curious about those Intel to amd conversion hold downs. Seemed like they could be trouble.

 

[KLiKzg]

Srry to hear that...is the fan that failed or what?How long lasted?

It was the bracket which failed just after 2y of 24/7 use...Cooler Master did not want to replace the bracket - they do not have it on stock, for a current line of cooler production.
Seller said that it is only 2y warranty, so no replacement also.

Too bad for their business, as other cooler suppliers are far better in sending replacement part. Especially when the issue is wrong bracket, like on this one!

 

[Zyll Goliat]

It was the bracket which failed just after 2y of 24/7 use...Cooler Master did not want to replace the bracket - they do not have it on stock, for a current line of cooler production.
Seller said that it is only 2y warranty, so no replacement also.

Too bad for their business, as other cooler suppliers are far better in sending replacement part. Especially when the issue is wrong bracket, like on this one!

Ahh ok...I hate those plastic brackets always tried to avoid those and use metal one with screws instead......maybe you can find and mount some other old bracket with this cooler or maybe just use super-glue and see how that goes.....anyway I reckon it didn't cost you much and you can find good cheap used or even new coolers these days......

 

[KLiKzg]

Ahh ok...I hate those plastic brackets always tried to avoid those and use metal one with screws instead......maybe you can find and mount some other old bracket with this cooler or maybe just use super-glue and see how that goes.....anyway I reckon it didn't cost you much and you can find good cheap used or even new coolers these days......

I can, but it is a BAD product...so the got several bad references all around the net.

For example, when this happen with AC 13 Pro, those guys sent me a replacement.

 

[Ommadawn]

Hello everyone.

I have posted this somewhere, but I haven't found this thread.

Recently I bought an old Intel Xeon E5-2696 V3, with 18 cores and 145W TDP.

My computer case is not very big, so I need to install a not very big cooler system (maybe 150mm max height).

• I don't know if this CPU will be very hot or not. Is it?
• Having that TDP, what cooler system would you recommend me?
• I've been thinking in Noctua NH-U9S and NH-D12L (low profile both). What do you think about them? Would they be enough?

So many questions, sorry...

Thanks!

 

[lexluthermiester]

I've been thinking in Noctua NH-U9S and NH-D12L (low profile both). What do you think about them? Would they be enough?

For the CPU you stated, both of those will do well.

 

[Ommadawn]

For the CPU you stated, both of those will do well.

Thanks for your reply.

Nowadays I've got a Noctua NH-L12 for my old Intel i7-860, which has a TDP of 95W. I don't know if it would enough for the Xeon I said...

 

[lexluthermiester]

Thanks for your reply.

Nowadays I've got a Noctua NH-L12 for my old Intel i7-860, which has a TDP of 95W. I don't know if it would enough for the Xeon I said...

Both of those coolers you listed should do well, though the NH-D12L will do the best.

 

[Ommadawn]

Both of those coolers you listed should do well, though the NH-D12L will do the best.

Thanks, but careful, current mine is NH-12L (the old version, less powerful). NH-D12L is a new model and so much powerful...

 

[RadeonProVega]

Has anyone ran two xeon cpus before , if so how does gaming performance compared to just one?
dumb question , but was curious.

 

[kilo]

Has anyone ran two xeon cpus before , if so how does gaming performance compared to just one?
dumb question , but was curious.

It introduces stuttering. One is better than two for gaming.

 

[Toothless]

Has anyone ran two xeon cpus before , if so how does gaming performance compared to just one?
dumb question , but was curious.

It works fine. As long as you keep the game on one CPU you won't have many issues.

 

[KLiKzg]

Has anyone ran two xeon cpus before , if so how does gaming performance compared to just one?
dumb question , but was curious.

I did not have any issues...have run several dual-CPU Xeon configs & currently running two.

 

[Mr.Scott]

No issues for me either on 2 Xeon's.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Has anyone ran two xeon cpus before , if so how does gaming performance compared to just one?
dumb question , but was curious.

It can depend on the game, but the vast majority of games will run perfectly.

 

[Wdoox]

Is it possible to use bclk overclocking with asus Z9PA-D8 and how much over stock100? I have good price for that board(80eu) and allredy have 2690v2(oc to 114bclk).

 

[lexluthermiester]

Is it possible to use bclk overclocking with asus Z9PA-D8 and how much over stock100? I have good price for that board(80eu) and allredy have 2690v2(oc to 114bclk).

Yes, but not much. You might get 103mhz or 104mhz stable but anything more is iffy at best. Because of the ring bus system Intel switched to, bclk OC's became nearly impossible.

 

[Wdoox]

Yes, but not much. You might get 103mhz or 104mhz stable but anything more is iffy at best. Because of the ring bus system Intel switched to, bclk OC's became nearly impossible.

That is strange,on asus x79 i'm able to get to 114 on bckl,do you think it is related with 602 chipset?
Hmmm...i do have a offer for two 2687w v2 cpu's for 75e(2690v2 is 100e for single cpu)and base clock of those are 3.4-4.0.Now on x79 2690v2 is running 3.3(even with bckl overclocking) 3762 on all cores with turbo bust enabled 4.1 on single, stock is 3.0-3.6, so if 2687w is runnig at 3.7 with small bump on bckl(103,104....106 fingers cross) then that is not a bad idea.
Do you think it is feasible?

 

[Sora]

ringbus had nothing to do with the blck restrictions, it was to do with the limited strap divisors on initial platforms with the pcie controller on the cpu (and using dmi to connect to the pch)

go to high and hard to notice data corruption would occur on operations involving the pch itself, particular with ssds @ sata 6g rates, many would find onboard devices attached to the pch just stopped working, like the hd audio controller wired to a 1x lane.

 

[lexluthermiester]

That is strange,on asus x79 i'm able to get to 114 on bckl,do you think it is related with 602 chipset?

Perhaps. You have an extreme exception rather than the rule. 114mhz bclk on anything with the ringbus is crazy lucky. The highest I've ever been able to get on anything X79 and beyond is 106mhz on an X299, and it wasn't 100% stable for longer than an hour before the it would start to crash.

Hmmm...i do have a offer for two 2687w v2 cpu's for 75e(2690v2 is 100e for single cpu)and base clock of those are 3.4-4.0.Now on x79 2690v2 is running 3.3(even with bckl overclocking) 3762 on all cores with turbo bust enabled 4.1 on single, stock is 3.0-3.6, so if 2687w is runnig at 3.7 with small bump on bckl(103,104....106 fingers cross) then that is not a bad idea.
Do you think it is feasible?

103 is likely to be stable without any tweaking, 104 with some tweaking and 105 if you're lucky. 99% of chips won't get beyond that. But yeah, you should be able to get 103 or 104 without causing stability issues.

ringbus had nothing to do with the blck restrictions, it was to do with the limited strap divisors on initial platforms with the pcie controller on the cpu (and using dmi to connect to the pch)

Non-sense. The introduction of the ringbus had everything to do with the stablity of blck overclocks because of how precise and sensitive the bus was to variations in the timings. This condition STILL exists. You will not find high clock bclk ocing on Intel CPU's. It does NOT work. Full stop.

 

[wanna_buy]

Did anyone else notice that the price of 18-core Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 has dropped to $62 on eBay? I think every participant of this thread should hoard these CPUs.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Did anyone else notice that the price of 18-core Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 has dropped to $62 on eBay? I think every participant of this thread should hoard these CPUs.

Why? The 8 and 10 core variants are far more useful.

 

[Wdoox]

Wdoox said:
That is strange,on asus x79 i'm able to get to 114 on bckl,do you think it is related with 602 chipset?

Perhaps. You have an extreme exception rather than the rule. 114mhz bclk on anything with the ringbus is crazy lucky. The highest I've ever been able to get on anything X79 and beyond is 106mhz on an X299, and it wasn't 100% stable for longer than an hour before the it would start to crash.

Perhaps. You have an extreme exception rather than the rule. 114mhz bclk on anything with the ringbus is crazy lucky. The highest I've ever been able to get on anything X79 and beyond is 106mhz on an X299, and it wasn't 100% stable for longer than an hour before the it would start to crash.


103 is likely to be stable without any tweaking, 104 with some tweaking and 105 if you're lucky. 99% of chips won't get beyond that. But yeah, you should be able to get 103 or 104 without causing stability issues.


Non-sense. The introduction of the ringbus had everything to do with the stablity of blck overclocks because of how precise and sensitive the bus was to variations in the timings. This condition STILL exists. You will not find high clock bclk ocing on Intel CPU's. It does NOT work. Full stop.

I also hawe a 2660v2 that runs at 114 overclock, but 2690v1(sandy bridge 8 core xeon) only runs at 105. Maybe it's sandy's restrictions on ringsbus.
Anyway on sunday i'm going to check the board(seller lives close) and to see what bios is on the bord, v2 require a 5602 revision.
Here is quick cinebench run on 2690v2

 

[lexluthermiester]

I also hawe a 2660v2 that runs at 114 overclock, but 2690v1(sandy bridge 8 core xeon) only runs at 105. Maybe it's sandy's restrictions on ringsbus.

Maybe. There might be something going on with the V2 gen that might allow for higher bclk in certain situations. Honestly don't know what it might be though.