Storm-Chaser

One of the best looking boards on the market IMHO Smart to stock up on inventory right now, at the rate things are going to you should be able to sell a used RX 580 for well over $1000.

I just set up my 9600KF with this stuff. Shaved at least 15-20*F off peak temps. Im kicking myself for not finding this earlier in my overclocking hobby.

lol luckfully it's the weekend. That leaves with hours to update just a handful of subs. It's gonna be very close but I think I can update at least two submissions in that timeframe. haha

What can I say? Im a glutton for punishment! I might institute another statistic, which would be total rig count. A number of us have multiple rigs and lots of them (on the list). just an idea. I would then take all of the averages from those individual machines and see who comes out on top. Ill crunch that in my head for the next couple days and hopefully we can come up with something. or then again it might not get off the ground. lol I will get you added tonight, fyi.

Haha thats pretty funny!

Just had a chance to read up on project mid life crisis. Well planned and executed from what I can see! Looks good. Don't worry about the result post any time, plus I still had the excel file open, so it was no extra work. Are you going to try to catch @J7SC_Orion?? You guys are only separated by about 200pts in multicore and 4pts in single.

Leaderboard Update

Anyone have experience overclocking a xeon of this vintage using software methods? So far I cant find the pattern. I've tried both with power / power save features turned on and then off and every combination in the middle. So I just cant get this config sorted out to save my life. Not that it's an unreliable OC, no, basically, I'm just having trouble "managing" my software OC. Reliability aside for now, I cannot get a meaningful tune going for the rig. You would think throttlestop would be fast and easy right out of the gate, like it has every time before this, but this is not the case. I have to use it in conjunction with XTU and even then it's not giving me the right numbers. For example, I have the multi set to 42x in XTU, and the multi set to 42x in TS and under power limits in TS I have the max multiplier set to 42x as well, and it still hovers at 40x under light load/idle and then under full load it drops down to 3.9GHz. Yes I know, this is still much better than stock, but I can't figure out the rhyme or reason behind these numbers. /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.overclock.net/attachments/1647008950734-png.2551665/ /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.overclock.net/attachments/1647009028814-png.2551666/ /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.overclock.net/attachments/1647009089400-png.2551667/ -I've tried every combination of power setting in the bios menu. And in windows. I tried with speed step on, turbo off (obviously that didnt work), turbo on, with extended power savings, turbo on with normal power savings, power savings completely disabled, etc. IF I cant GET a viable OC out of this thing I am going to just buy two 2696 v2s and call it good with 8 channel memory.

Sorry missed this submission, I will get u added to the leaderboard tomorrow.

lol sorry I dont get it.... EDIT: Got it! I was thinking hamster wheel

The new Z820 arrived today! This is a long time coming. I installed my new 1680 v2 overclockable xeon chip and did a fresh install of windows 10. Fast and dirty run up to 4.1GHz, still not entirely sure how to set a proper overclock on this hardware. For now I can only get to 41x. Which is weird because I have the multiplier limits set to 43x. So clearly it's going past the stock 3.9 single core turbo now, but it's stuck on 41x, I can go down from there not up like I should be.

BAM! We are up and running. Zero snags along the way including, fresh install of win 10 on the new 500GB SSD. This is what it looks like stock. Video card is just a spare to get me through the month. stock run with CPUz: Now for the overclocking!

sorry lol I can see why that doesn't make sense if you have never seen this before... thats the "hood" that "drops in" above both CPUs. Here are a couple more pictures so you get a better idea at what I am talking about. First, with the hood removed: Hood still removed, to show liquid cooling system The first picture u saw was look at the bottom of the hood. This is the top and it just drops into place, and cools the RAM and the VRMs and the CPU at the same time. The entire PC is tool less. RAM and CPU configuration:

The z820 has great potential for overclocking. Great airflow through the case and excellent liquid cooling. Active cooling on the ram modules. Take a look at this CPU heatsink for example This is HPs idea of a wholly integrated fan assembly (‘shroud’) that holds 6 fans in total and is designed to cool the CPU, RAM banks and VRMs altogether. It is made up of 2x 92mm axial fans, designed to cool the CPUs Nidec T92T12MS3A7 – 57 A03 HP ASSY PN 647113-001 REV A 12V DC, max. 0.35 A each 4-Pin, presumably standard pinout PWM driven 3x OEM radial fans, Delta BUB0712HF, designed to cool the RAM banks HP ASSY PN 670051-001 Rev A 12V DC, max 0.86 A (-BE04) 1x 60mm axial fan, designed to cool the VRMs AVC DS06025B12U HP P/N 670050-001 Rev. A 12V DC, max. 0.7 A These six fans are each connected via presumably standard 4-pin PWM connectors

The new z820 showed up today! I was sure to get the later model revision and 1125W PSU. The CPU is in hand, and it has an unlocked multiplier, so I am eager to get this up and running. The build log will be posted here. Pics and OC results to follow. Expect an update in the evening sometime

Yup that did the trick! Now I can run all my OC bios profiles no problem. Curious to see how this identical kit will perform ... (it's pretty decent b-die)... the water killed kit would top out right around 4733MHz C15, but that's just for cold weather benching. I run at 4266MHz CL15 24/7.