- Joined
- Jun 6, 2002
I finally after being a bit lazy but really waiting on my tax return to buy a few bits. I got my Hex core (xeon X5660) up and running but with some headaches, such as ocing. well ram clocking that is, seems the bios 1706 may need to be worked on but it is the newest one i can find for the Asus Rampage II Gene. I have some Corsair Vengeance 4gb sticks DDR3-1600 cas9, getting them to that speed was no problem on the i7 920. For some reason no matter why i try i can not for the life of me get the ram to run at 1600. leave everything on auto and tell it to run the ram at 1600, set the voltages manually and set ram to 1600, nothing. i didnt try to push the cpu for ocing atm since well without the higher ram speed it seems a waste when ur stuck at 1333 speeds. i did however set the turbo multi so she runs at 3.07ghz vs 2.8ghz. it is a shame that the hex cores never made it to the consumer side for cpu and were only xeon parts. i dont think it being a xeon is the problem but the bios. As the last owner said it was a avg overclocker but he had it on water at 4.7-4.8ghz for some runs so i have hope. on the plus side these AlphaCool Coolwave 2 fans set to run around 1.2k rpm are somewhat livea-able at full speed dont stay near them to long, get on my nerves kind of sound. i figured for $7ish they were worth grabbing, they are the 1.8k versions, thinking i should have just gotten the 1.3k's. since im use to running 120mmx38mm thick denki's undervolted i had forgotten how loud 120mmx25mm thick fans can be.
for some hw bits, os drive is a Mushkin ECO3 240gb (running sataII due to the board) feels like my other rig with the newer i7 and sammy drive. then there is the 3x4gb ddr3-1600 corsair vengeance kit, using an old Noctuna U12P SE hs with the coolwave 2 fans Push+pull setup running about 1250rpms. then there is the ATI R3 250 i snagged from the classies from ATMINSIDE along with his BD drive as well. i need to go look at who i got the ram from, but it was a single stick and i bought the 2x4gb kit from newegg.com.
she is currently chugging away for the rosetta team! only one core so far has hit 53c, rest are sitting around 47-48!
pic incoming with more tales anout the build
for some hw bits, os drive is a Mushkin ECO3 240gb (running sataII due to the board) feels like my other rig with the newer i7 and sammy drive. then there is the 3x4gb ddr3-1600 corsair vengeance kit, using an old Noctuna U12P SE hs with the coolwave 2 fans Push+pull setup running about 1250rpms. then there is the ATI R3 250 i snagged from the classies from ATMINSIDE along with his BD drive as well. i need to go look at who i got the ram from, but it was a single stick and i bought the 2x4gb kit from newegg.com.
she is currently chugging away for the rosetta team! only one core so far has hit 53c, rest are sitting around 47-48!
pic incoming with more tales anout the build