Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

[lukevega]

Re: Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

Ooh you've just reminded me I have 2 Zalman fan controllers (I think that's what they're called). The case fans are just the stock ones that came with the case, of which there are 3. The top and rear fans are attached to the included fan controller and I have them set to low.

I will try running the test overnight if it's not too loud an hopefully it will pass and we can move up to 3.6 (again).

[profJim]

Re: Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

If your overnight test is successful, run a 30 minute stress test tomorrow with:

• All fans set to their highest speeds.
• Keep the front panel open to allow maximum intake airflow.
• Compare the differences in the logs for all four core temperatures and the single cpu temperature.

This will give you an idea of how much hotter your system is running with the quieter setup.

Check out the SPCR P182 review at Antec P182 Advanced Super Midtower Case: P180 v.2 | silentpcreview.com for some interesting cooling and noise information.

[lukevega]

Zippyshare.com - log5.CSV

Interestingly it is somewhat smaller than the previous test... :/

Here is a screenshot just after it started for reference:

[lukevega]

[lukevega]

Re: Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

Here is a screenshot from before the test:



and here is the HWiNFO log:

Zippyshare.com - log6.CSV

I'm not quite sure what's causing these :/

Thought I would also include a link to the replies I had to some questions about my RAM on the crucial forum:

Ballistix DDR2-800 2x2GB kit Part number: BLS2CP2G... - Crucial Community

Maybe some new RAM might be a good idea?

Ooh also, I forgot to ask if I should connect my case fans to the motherboard or if they will run fine connected straight to the power supply?

[lukevega]

Re: Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

Good morning!

So I was slightly disheartened after the BSODs yesterday and was wondering if it takes so long to get stable at 3.4GHz, is it worth it just to then try and move to 3.6 then 3.8 and so on?

I also wondered if logging might have anything to do with the BSODs?

I (possibly foolishly) decided at 12:30-1am to increase vcore to 3.5V and set multi to 9.5, FSB 401 and run with just CPU-Z, RealTemp and 4xHCi MemTest windows...

I just woke up (8:30am) to find the system still running :)

Here is a screenshot:



They're still running in the background so I'm hoping they will keep going til 1pm!

[lukevega]

Re: Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

Thought I would add that this was with the case front door open and the case fans set to low (any higher and I probably wouldn't have slept!)

BIOS Settings:

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Rev 2.0: BIOS Version: F9C
CPU: Intel Xeon X5460
RAM: Crucial Model: Ballistix Sport DDR2 800 Part#: BLS2CP2G2D80EBS1S00CEU (http://uk.crucial.com/ProductDisplay?urlRequestType=Base&catalogId=10153&categoryId=17510&productId=10743&urlLangId=-1&langId=-1&top_category=&parent_category_rn=17510&storeId=10153)
Power Supply Unit: Corsair HX520W
Robust Graphics Booster___________ [Auto]
CPU Clock Ratio __________________ [9]
Fine Clock Ratio __________________[0.5]
CPU Host Clock Control____________[Enabled]
CPU Host Frequency (MHz)_________[401]
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz)________[101]
C.I.A. 2__________________________[Disabled]
Performance Enhance = ____________[Standard]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD)_____[2.00]
DRAM Timing Selectable_____ SPD ___[Manual]
 
CAS Latency Time_______________5_[5]
Dram RAS# to CAS# Delay________5_[5]
Dram RAS# Precharge Delay_______5_[5]
Precharge Delay (tRAS)__________12_[12]
 
ACT to ACT Delay (tRRD)_________3_[Auto]
Rank Write to READ Delay________3_[Auto]
Write to Precharge Delay_________6_[Auto]
Refresh to ACT Delay____________52_[Auto]
Read to Precharge Delay__________3_[Auto]
Static tRead Value_______________8_[8]
Static tRead Phase Adjust_________0_[Auto]
 
System Voltage Control____ [Manual]
DDR2 OverVoltage Control__ [1.8V]
PCI-E OverVoltage Control_ [+0.1V]
FSB OverVoltage Control___ [+0.1V]
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control [+0.1V]
CPU Voltage Control_______ [1.35000V]
Normal CPU Vcore________1.23750V

Hard Disk Boot Priority.....: [Press Enter]
1.	Kingston SV300S37A240G
2.	ST3500320AS
3.	ST3500320AS
First Boot Device...........: [Hard Disk]
Second Boot Device......: [CDROM]
Third Boot Device.........: [Disabled]
Password Check...........: [Setup]
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability......: [Disabled]
Limit CPUID Max. to 3.........: [Disabled]
No-Execute Memory Protect.........: [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E)...........: [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2) ......: [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function...............: [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology..........: [Disabled]
Full Screen LOGO Show.........: [Disabled]
Init Display First............: [PEG]

SATA AHCI Mode.........: [AHCI]
SATA Port0-1 Native Mode.........: [Enabled]
USB Controller...........: [Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller............: [Enabled]
USB Keyboard Support............: [Disabled]
USB Mouse Support..........: [Disabled]
Legacy USB Storage Detect��.[Disabled]
Azalia Codec............: [Auto]
Onboard H/W LAN............: [Enabled]
SMART LAN.................: [Press Enter]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM.......: [Disabled]
Onboard IDE Controller........: [Enabled]
Onboard Serial Port 1..........: [3F8/IRQ4]
Onboard Parallel Serial Port...: [378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode................: [SPP]


ACP1 Suspend Type........: [S1(POS)]
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN....: [Delay 4 Sec.]
PME Event Wake Up.......: [Disabled]
Power On by Ring.......: [Disabled]
Resume by Alarm......: [Disabled]
HPET Support..........: [Enabled]
HPET Mode.............: [64-bit mode]
Power On by Mouse.............: [Double Click]
Power On by Keyboard.........: [Disabled]
AC Back Function..................: [Soft-Off]


PCI1 IRQ Assignment.............: [Auto]
PCI2 IRQ Assignment.............: [Auto]
PCI3 IRQ Assignment............: [Auto]

Reset Case Open Status...........: [Disabled]
CPU Warning Temperature.......: [80�C/176�F]
CPU FAN Fail Warning...............: [Disabled]
SYSTEM FAN2 Fail Warning.......: [Disabled]
POWER FAN Fail Warning..........: [Disabled]
SYSTEM FAN1 Fail Warning.......: [Disabled]
CPU Smart FAN Control.............: [Disabled]

[lukevega]

Re: Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

T minus ~1.5 hours to what could be a successful 12 hour test! :D

[lukevega]

Re: Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

Success at 3.8Ghz?



What's the next step? Is 12 hours adequate for me to now increasing the overclock? If so do I just up the FSB and vcore or is there anything else I need to do?

[lukevega]

Re: Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

I think it's been almost 22 hours now so I'm gonna' stop it there...

[lukevega]

Re: Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

Good morning profJim!

I hope I don't seem like I've gone renegade!

I increased the vcore by 5 clicks to 1.38125V and set the multi to 9.5 and the FSB to 411. Everything else I kept the same.

Here is a screenshot after 9.5 hours:



Am I doing it right?

[profJim]

Re: Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

EXCELLENT, looking good!!
Going rogue? Obviously the computer gods are looking favorably on you.
Your cpu and core temperatures look good with TjMax = 85^o(C).
You must be feeling lucky because you have HWiNFO logging enabled.

I'll comment on your previous posts tomorrow, but right now I'll share some memory kit information.

I went to Amazon.co.uk to see what they had for ddr2 2x2GB memory.
There were too many memory kits for laptops (sodimm), registered or buffered memory, and ddr3 memory so I refined the Amazon search using:

• g.skill f2 ddr2 2x2gb memory
• komputerbay pc2 ddr2 2x2gb desktop memory

Some kit prices were in the ￡60 - ￡90 price range and there were some Komputerbay quad kits (4x2GB) for about ￡135.
I have never heard of Komputerbay memory before and you'll need to do some homework to see if their memory is good or not.

Check out the G.Skill kits, make a list of the kits with their model numbers that interest you and post the list in the G.Skill-Tweaktown forum and ask G.Skill-Mat which of their 2x2GB 800MHz or 1066MHz kits are compatible with your motherboard. The last time I checked the G.Skill web site, there no longer was any information about their DDR2 kits.
Back when DDR2 memory was king, G.Skill memory was one of the most popular and trouble-free kits in the Gigabyte forum.

Many 800MHz kits that are rated for 4-4-4-12 timings will overclock to 1066MHz using 5-5-5-15 timings.
1066MHz kits rated for 5-5-5-15 timings can often be run using 4-4-4-12 timings.
I've found that many of these kits can run with 4-4-4-12 timings up to about 875MHz or possibly a bit higher.
My Kingston HyperX 1066MHz memory and my OCZ Reaper 1066MHz memory were both stable running 8GB at 876MHz and 844MHz respectively with 4-4-4-10 timings. With my Q9650 now running at 4.0GHz and FSB = 445MHz, the OCZ Reaper memory is stable at 890MHz with 5-4-4-12 timings. Naturally, YMMV.

8GB is nice.
Right now I have two browsers open with a total of 112 tabs, along with numerous other open programs where windows Task Manager shows 98 running processes. Memory in use is 4600MB with 3600MB of free memory. My swapfile usage is only 65MB.

BTW, I found the following OCZ Reaper 1066MHz information on the OCZ forum:

The reaper and platinum PC2-8500 parts use the same IC's so any version or combo of those will work. The only thing you have to keep in mind is the voltage. For some period of time the reaper 8500 parts were rated at 2.3V and at another point 2.1V. Mixing these kits is a bad idea. If you run the 2.3V kits at 2.1V they will be unstable and if you run the 2.1V parts at 2.3V they will fail.

and

Everything produced in 2008 that is rated at 1000 MHz and higher will be rated at 2.1 - 2.2V. We no longer have 2.3V requirements. So yea the 2.3V is older (pre Dec. 2007 they would have to be)

If you're interested, you can view or download the specs for my Kingston HyperX memory at https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...0D2T1K2_4G.pdf. These specs are similar to other higher end ddr2 1066MHz kits. Kingston also offered a nearly identical HyperX kit with normal height heat spreaders.

[lukevega]

Re: Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

Thanks for the info profJim!

I looked for HyperX memory on ebay but couldn't find any :( I'll definitely look into G.Skill though!

System is still running strong at 3.9 - 13.5 hours now :D



Should I increase the vcore 5 clicks again and try and hit the big 4.0?!

[profJim]

Re: Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

Make sure that you save your 3.90GHz bios settings as a bios profile NOW!!

5 clicks higher will have your cpu vcore = 1.41250 volts, which might be a bit higher than you need for 4.0GHz.
As long as your temperatures aren't too high, you should be good to go.
If 4.0GHz is stable, you can always try lowering the cpu vcore one step at a time and repeat your extended stress test.

I'd like to see a LinX 5 loop stress test using 1536MB or 1792MB of ram.
I don't know if you can test with 2048MB of ram when you only have 4GB of memory.
When you test with higher amounts of memory, LinX and/or IBT will give you slightly higher scores.
I've found that LinX gives slightly higher GFlops scores than IBT.
If the GFlops scores are fairly close, this is a pretty good indication that cpu vcore is adequate.

9.5 x 421MHz technically will give you 3.9995GHz.

Have fun!!

[lukevega]

Re: Socket 771 Mod Xeon X5460 GA-P35-DS3L Overclock

I save all my BIOS profiles before I start each test :)

Do you think I should increase less than 5 clicks? If so, what to?