Xeon Owners Club

[dorsetknob]

I cleaned one a couple of days ago and really enjoyed it.

Fond memory's of Polishing yer Bonce Eh

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

aaaaaaaaaaaah , fond memories indeed.

 

[watageek]

aaaaaaaaaaaah , fond memories indeed.

Thanks, now nostalgia surrounds me

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

You should try having a sniff of it............

 

[watageek]

Punishment?

No the skills it involves...

 

[watageek]

You should try having a sniff of it............

Yap I might faint

 

[dorsetknob]

You should try having a sniff of it............

or Scrape it and load it onto a rizzi

 

[biffzinker]

You ALL have forgotten what does it mean to unscrew the cap, take out the ball and clean out the dirt out of the X/Y rolls

Same as @watageek, seemed I was the only one to clean out the dust/gunk/hair on the steel rubber coated ball, and plastic rollers whether at home or at school.

Edit: Trying to scrape off the gunk from the rollers with Q-tips, and rubbing alcohol.

Edit 2:

aaaaaaaaaaaah , fond memories indeed.

You couldn't resisted posting that could you Caps?

 

[AwesomeMarioFan]

Hello,

I have a Dell Precision T5500 currently with 2x Xeon E5620 (Quad) @ 2.40Ghz. I was recently going to try upgrading the CPUs - would this be worth it? If so, what CPU would you guys recommend upgrading to? I wasn't sure if something like the X5687 or the X5675 (as the X5690 is ~$200/processor so that will be out of my budget) would be good? I also wasn't sure if it would be better to go with a quad cores with higher clock speeds, or hex cores with lower clock speeds.

Also, a side question: Would it be safe to overclock the E5620's that I have now using the FSB (with no voltage changes))? If so, what would you think would be a safe FSB/clock speed? I've done a lot of research on this but haven't found much info related to these xeon chips, so I figured I would ask you guys.

Thanks,
John

 

[Recon-UK]

 

[Durvelle27]

Hello,

I have a Dell Precision T5500 currently with 2x Xeon E5620 (Quad) @ 2.40Ghz. I was recently going to try upgrading the CPUs - would this be worth it? If so, what CPU would you guys recommend upgrading to? I wasn't sure if something like the X5687 or the X5675 (as the X5690 is ~$200/processor so that will be out of my budget) would be good? I also wasn't sure if it would be better to go with a quad cores with higher clock speeds, or hex cores with lower clock speeds.

Also, a side question: Would it be safe to overclock the E5620's that I have now using the FSB (with no voltage changes))? If so, what would you think would be a safe FSB/clock speed? I've done a lot of research on this but haven't found much info related to these xeon chips, so I figured I would ask you guys.

Thanks,
John

I got a X5650 you could upgrade too

 

[AwesomeMarioFan]

I got a X5650 you could upgrade too

Thanks - I'll look into that processor. Does it run applications/games well? (I assume you have it overclocked though, I would only be able to overclock using FSB due to the stock Dell motherboard that I have.)

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

you need to get the fastest chips that you can afford.

See how much you can raise the FSB with your E 5620's first. That will give you an idea of the potential o/c with any chip. Raising FSB wont break anything.

Then work out how much you want to spend.


E5620 is a good overclocking CPU but not on that motherboard

http://hwbot.org/submission/3243865_capslockstuck_cinebench___r15_xeon_e5620_625_cb/

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

heres the pic thats missing frim there ^^^^^^^^^^

 

[AwesomeMarioFan]

Ah that's a good idea, I will try raising the FSB tonight and report back (I was worried it was possible to damage components but if you say it won't I'll give it a try). Also I can't believe you got it to almost 4Ghz haha, for a chip that isn't meant to overclock it sure overclocks a lot!

Would you guys recommend going with the quad or hex cores though? I seen that the quad-cores have better single thread performance and higher clock rate but the hex cores have better overall performance.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

If you are stuck with the server board get the fastest quads that you can.....hex are significantly more expensive especially the faster ones and there are probably better options if you are considering spending that kind of money.

 

[dorsetknob]

Hex core are Also Superb overclockers and for those Core/thread hungry programs you might run its a no Brainer 4core+HT v 6core+HT

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

@AwesomeMarioFan

what do you use the pc for? how much can you spend and which part of the world are you?

add your specs here
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/account/specs

 

[FireFox]

quad or hex cores

In case you decide to go for the Quad get a
X5677 stock 3.46GHz turbo 3.73GHz.

 

[Durvelle27]

In case you decide to go for the Quad get a
X5677 stock 3.46GHz turbo 3.73GHz.

My 6C/12T

Would stomp it

Go ahead and buy it

 

[FireFox]

My 6C/12T

Would stomp it

Go ahead and buy it

Are you HIGH?

 

[biffzinker]

Are you HIGH?

Reads as a sales pitch to me. What would he need to be HIGH on besides.. ?

 

[dorsetknob]

Reads as a sales pitch to me. What would he need to be HIGH on besides.. ?

Its German Sense of Humour
you need to be either German or austrian or Dead to understand and appreciate it

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Its German Sense of Humour
you need to be either German or austrian or Dead to understand and appreciate it

I'm Welsh and i got it.......


Psssssst. It isnt really a joke, with that server board hes better off with a fast quad for similar money (especially as it is a 2P board)

 

[FireFox]

I'm Welsh and i got it.......


Psssssst. It isnt really a joke, with that server board hes better off with a fast quad for similar money (especially as it is a 2P board)

At least you got what i meant