My first Extreme Edition CPU... i7 6950X

[t4ct1c47]

Just bought an i7 6950X from eBay, hoping it runs ok.

 

It's a cheaper way for me to get more CPU cores instead of resorting to a new motherboard, RAM, and CPU.

 

If anyone has any tips for overclocking it feel free to share.

 

 

[ENTERPRISE]

Getting the older gen Extremes/Xeons is a really cost effective way of packing in the cores. I did the same for my TrueNas Scale server not too long ago, cant say much to the Overclocking but you went a good route:) 

[t4ct1c47]

Well, I've got it up to 4.0Ghz with minimal effort, although the fancy Intel enhanced Turbo thingy-ma-bob sets one of the cores to 4.0Ghz when needed anyway. I've been able to run through some 3DMark benchmarks at 4.4Ghz on the real old ones and 4.2Ghz on the old ones. I think I'll be keeping it at 4.0Ghz for normal use as I'm using air cooling.