I'm running my Xeon X5670 @4,56Ghz stable with Mac OS X 10.14.5 (Mojave). Geekbench3 scores about 21000pts. This old 6 core CPU is still great and quite capable, it's an overclocking beast. My motherboard is Gigabyte X58A-UD7 rev.1 with 24Gb DDR3 1600. Also Cinebench scores over 1000, not bad for a nearly 10yo machine.....
A superbly explained and well paced tutorial video. One of the best I’ve seen, literally ever. Inspired by your overclock, I, like countless others who have commented on this video purchased a Xeon 5670 and overclocked it while watching your video. In fact it’s so well done that I still come back to it now and then to do some tweaking. Well done @michaelcooper.
Found this very helpful as I had changed from an i7 920 to an x5650 on a P6T. Chickened out of ocing it back then, but this was a really well explained and systematic approach. I tried DRAM bus voltage on Auto and that was stable, but as the Bios help suggests the Auto range can go far higher than the max voltage you state I went back to manual 1.6 (stress testing right now - will go to 1.64 if needed). The original i7 build came from a shop and they seem to have done a good job with air cooling from back then. Running only in 60s with Prime95 and Cinebench. I’m using Twilight Render plus Prime95 for a longer stress test since that will run much longer than Cinebench.
Great vid thanks for taking the time to make it - worked great for being able to get a solid 4.0GHz on my X5675 on a X58-UD3R Bios FH - could have gone higher but at idle when its down clocks I am sitting at the highest core @ 32°C on a H100I V2 @ 2.1GHz and I am not a speed freak so its good for now. I guess it was smart that I kept these 2 old X58-UD3R's around and picked up a pair of X5675's for 56$ and a 24GB matched set of G Skill Rip Jaws 1600MHz for $105 shipped off the bay anyway I digress - Thanks for the info
I'm preparing to build an Asus p6t deluxe v2. Got upgrade used parts at Amazon: x5675 for $29.95, G Skill Ripjaws (3x4gb set) 1600MHz for $65.00, and a CM 212 Evo. OCZ Gold 3x2gb 1600mhz kit came with used MB combo, I hope I can run these RAM's together, and later pick up another Ripjaws 12gb kit. $105 was a good deal, while I found x5675 dirt cheap, I've been seeing $150+ for 24gb kit.
Very good video I managed to get 4.2ghz stable so I left it at that , video is amazingly put together and it's always my go-to when I reset my BIOS lol keep em coming
It's best to run the ram at 1600 and your base clock 200. Then a 21 multi will be a safe and optimal 4200mhz. The CPU rarely needs more than 1.3v for that speed so you can try and drop the vcore to also bring temps down
Fantastic video thank you! I've done quite a bit of overclocking but there were a few key things in this video that really filled in the blanks on this platform for me greatly appreciate it!
thx michael i have now the same like you :) and it works soooo fineeeeee asus p6t deluxe v2 and xeon 5670 24gb ddr 3 1600 and the cpu is whatercooooled :) i watched your toutorial about 3 times your explaining is simply the best ;)
Great video! This is my exact PC and CPUs! I've been wondering about overclocking for over 2 years. And with the bonus! I've also been needing to disable c state and power boost since I purchased the machine also to no avail! Love you, thank you!
nicely done. and we are all our own worst critic. going back and watching ur old videos urself and being satisfied with what was conveyed. thats pretty rare!
Just bought an old Xeon 5660 at a very low price, but impressed with its limits and capacity to overclock beyone 2.8 gHz -- thanks for the video, I book marked it in case I go that route!
Hey guys, herew is the updated and improved version of this tutorial, recorded in 2020 and showing you how to get to AT LEAST 4.4Ghz. th-cam.com/video/Q6ck9WerreY/w-d-xo.html
@@ImWateringPSUs This video shows how to overclock a CPU on a very old platform. For a modern system what you want to do is do a search on TH-cam for your motherboard model number and the word overclock. You'll probably find a video with someone showing how to overclock your CPU on your particular motherboard.
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Yeah man, that's good in general, but my video is about how to overclock this x58 Platform in general, not motherboard specific ;)
Thanks for the video, I watched with lots of attention. Going to copy your methodology. Have ordered an x5650 for my Asus Rampage 3 Formula. Currently have i7950 @ 3.7Ghz.
good companion motherboard, I have this and I have it like this, until today nothing to envy to the PC of now fotos.subefotos.com/ca6678389fd7177bdff818aae87a8d67o.png
@@JesseO-nh3us thanks! I'm waiting on a stick of ram to be delivered today and this evening I'm going to start testing some overclocking. I'll let you know how it goes and if you have time I'll write when I need help:) or you can pm me some ideas. Thanks again!
Can I ask your actual settings just to help a brother out. I have a x5670 incoming with a decent air cooler. And I'm looking for a 3.8 to 3.9 overclock
If it's running in the 80'sC that is a little high. Is that when you are running your programs or while you're testing with prime95 or something similar? If it is with your programs you might try lowering the voltage to the CPU and see if is still stable at 4.01GHz. If is just when running prime95 I wouldn't worry about it. In that case what is the CPU temp when running your programs?
Michael Cooper that is with CPU z on stress and cinebench running too 100% load doesn't go over 80c nice at 4.01ghz , I did go to 4.6 had it running for 5 mins did what you did and come down a little every time also I have a great mobo rampage extreme ii works great
Michael Cooper also I hand G skill ddr3 1600mhz ram 12gb I didn't know what to set the dram to ? I left to auto and runs fine but do in need to over clock ? That's for your help from the uk
This video helped a lot. My I took my xeon x5670 straight to 3.5ghz, since if it can't do that as a minimum, i wasn't even going to bother. Worked great at 1.35v on the core, but hot, so i inched down the voltage AND upped the frequency, so it went to 3.6ghz, then 3.8ghz, and eventually to 4ghz easily. And i've been inching the core voltages down a little at a time. i run at just about 1.23v on the core at 4ghz. And it runs fairly cool. I could probably inch the core voltage down a little more too, which i'll do in the warmer months. I have a feeling it'll do 4ghz at under 1.2v. I use a Corsair H105 cooler though.
Nice. I'm about to upgrade to a x5650 from i7 920 (old C0/C1). The 920 can only get 3.61ghz @ 1.21v. Absolute max stable is 3.8ghz @1.35v. Voltage increase defo not worth the 200mhz but she's served me well as I bought when they were first released. Happy that I can continue to use my P6t Deluxe board which is still going strong, even with a few PSU blowouts.
The price difference between the x5650 and x5670, is usually small enough to just go with the x5670. lots of ebay sellers will accept offers. ^_^ i paid like $60 for mine.
A motherboard with 2 CPU sockets will be for a server. No overclocking allowed. That being said I suppose there may be a workstation motherboard with 2 CPU sockets that allows overclocking. You'd need to look in the bios for the settings shown in this video.
I ended up getting the 5650 because I didn't really need the extra multipliers. A weeks worth of tinkering has me at 4.26Ghz @ 1.208v HT off. Really happy with it. Also about 7-10C cooler than my 920.
Hey Michael, I noticed where you talk about CPU Spread Spectrum, you set it to ENABLED. But it clearly states that it should be DISABLED to enhance stability :)
Edvinas Edvinas Always turn off cpu spread spectrum and load line calibration :) You can oc your ram, but don't go too far and don't touch the voltage except if you know your ram is gaming ram/overclockable ram.
Edvinas Edvinas Obviously, you will need to put more voltage. I suggest you to watch videos that explain how overclocking works, because by the looks of it, you have no idea of what you're doing, and that's exactly how you fry a cpu.
@@imnota Nobody likes people with your attitude, it's repulsive. You can't fry a modern CPU unless you're really trying to, and the fact that you don't know that demonstrates how little you know.
Hello Michael. Two questions: you stated at 5:28 that the UCLK should be double the RAM speed. Then at 20:38 when you raise the RAM speed you don’t change the UCLK? Second question: Should I set the QPI link back to auto at the end of the overclock or should I leave it at the slowest possible as you stated ? Thanks. And great video. Helped me a lot.
Good questions if you're going for mild overclocking keep the UCLK at double the DRAM but I like the reverse approach set the QPI link to the lowest setting and set the UCLK to half the QPI link speed but first determine or set the DRAM frequency as high as it will boot with everything set to auto and manually set the appropriate DDR voltage and timings. never use auto for the ram voltage it can overvolt damaging the memory controller once you reach stable performance target you can try raising the UCLK on step up at a time for performance increase just keep an eye out for stability issues, you could try setting the QPI to auto at this point, but it will likely fail just keep it set to the lowest setting
Welp I now know what I did wrong! Thank you so much for this! I'm an AMD guy and I'm currently working on a X5680 / Asus P6T Build for a friend, it does okay at base clock but I wanna squeeze a little more out of it, and my dumb ass forgot to up the voltage. People like you are why the pc community is so great!
I like the shoot for the moon approach its faster to get stable overclock, I disable the spread spectrums you can enable them later if needed for RF interference, I found you really don't need to have UCLK double the DRAM frequency I set the UCLK to half the QPI Link data rate but first set the DRAM frequency as high as it will boot at stock clock speeds 1333 then set the QPI link data rate to the lowest setting above slow mode and set the UCLK to half the QPI clock and let the BCLK raise the frequencies from there to achieve Higher DRAM clock to match CPU overclock target lower the multiplier and raise the BCLK and manually adjust memory timings to match use AIDA64 to determine which timings are appropriate for the target memory speed. when I reach the highest overclock without overheating issues, I focus on tightening the memory timings one at a time for max performance and stability. IMHO prime 95 puts an unrealistic load on the system, I use core temp, along with cinebench R15, R20, AIDA 64, games and programs to test overclock stability. 3D mark is also good to validate performance increase, your CPU voltage can go higher then 1.35v safely 1.35v is just the auto voltage limit, the first thing that needs to be set to manual is the DRAM voltage! because leaving it set to auto can cause damage to the memory controller never exceed 1.65v I set it to whatever the modules are rated at and slowly raise or lower it for stability & efficiency' that's why I like to use a minimum of DDR3 1866 for overclocking , or under clock DDR3 2133 is better. X58 has a performance increase up to 2000 DRAM frequency going higher is pointless unless you need a little extra to achieve max BCLK-CPU core target but keep an eye on performance going over 2000 on DRAM frequency I'm no expert so please feel free to add or correct my comment Happy overclocking
The step every tutorial skips is set your BIOS back to defaults (remember to then set your hard-drives back to the right boot priority - if, say you've updated your OS at some point) and THEN update BIOS. And be careful you have the right BIOS for your specific mobo. Just banged in a 5670 to a vanilla P6T v1. The CPU will take a 24 multiplier but the mobo has a max of 21. The UCLK seems to max at about 3200ish - but you might get higher if you clean the heatsinks on the MoBo itself (and replace the thermal paste -which, to my shame, I have not done for 13 years). Anyway, I've got it up to 3.8ghz running stably, on the third go. Cinebench did two full runs, but it was pushing 93C. Can probably push it higher if I do some maintanence to the case fans and mobo heatsinks. Probably tweak the voltages a bit, but so far so good. I hope any of that information is useful to anyone. Also if you're not satisfied - put some decent RAM in there and take advantage of the three channels - it will do much more than any CPU upgrade.
Hello Michael. I'm pretty sure Spread Spectrum was a requirement to meet certain specification about interference resilience and it is usually better left Off as it can lead to instability and doesn't do anything in a home environment. There was a post about it on an OC forum where an HP engineer explained exactly the purpose but I can't find it. I took the exact same upgrade path as you from an i7 920 to the x5675 for 36$. I'm pretty happy about the change, it is a beast. But I find your voltages pretty high for a 4GHz OC, also your uncore frequency is set rather low. I believe the stock frequency for uncore is about 2.66GHz (133*20) and you have it set at 2.1 while the core is quite OCed. My setup is at 4.09Ghz (186*22), voltages are 1.225vcore, 1.225vtt and 1.8pll, uncore sits at 3.16GHz (186*17). It scored 940 on cinebench multi-threaded (970 at 4.2GHz)
hello, this is going to be my first computer that i will build, i have an old alienware area 51 x58 that i want to upgrade with the x5670. This is going to be my first time doing upgrading and first time i'll be trying to overclock. hope you guys can help me out!!
Nice! What is your uncore frequency and dram freq? Could you post some info? I have X5670 @ 4.2 and only 960 in cinebench... 1600 Mhz 12GB, 3200 uncore
I got my xeon x5650 to 4ghz stable using a baseclock of 200 and a multiplyer of 20. Qpi is 1.3, cpu voltage is 1.3125. Ive gotten 909, 915, and 937 in the 3 Centibench runs. When I upped the multiplyer to 22 (4.4) it never crashed, but I noticed stutters and my Centibench score was 822, even tho it was a higher clock. I got my ram up to 1604 (roughly 1600) with a 1.5 voltage, but all my ram is certified to run 1600 on that voltage so it's to be expected. Intel burntest at 1 pass with maximum stress gave it a speed of 40.8550 GFlops. I've seen my frames in Arma 3 double. All powersaving settings are on and everything is running smooth. In fact, I got the highest Cenibench score after turning on speed test and c-state.
***** I kept it at a multi of 20x and that fixed it. Can't go passed 4.0 without issues, and Mobo won't do 23x, just 20x and 22x. I do believe it's a base clock issue that I could fix with tinkering tho
got mine running at 4,614Ghz on 1,4875v and hit 1032 at max and a stable 1010, i wanted to get it to post at 5Ghz so i set it to 1,55v-no post, next 1,6v-it posted and in stress test it was stable for a few minutes but when i opened HWmonitor it gave a voltage of 1,68v and now it wont OC anymore and is unstable even on stock speed :(. but eyy it's only a 20 bucks CPU
Tip: get an x5675 instead, you can set the multiplier to 23 or 25 on that one. And on auto it even goes up to x26 in single core bursts. I can get 4.6 GHz that way. But all core OC works best on x23 for me with 195 base clock @ 1.4 volts
I just bought the x5670 to replace my i7 920! It didn't arrive and i can't wait to try my new beast... I do video and image (photoshop) editing and made some real world benchmarks, let's see how x5670 behaves!
Running multiple stress testing apps actually decreases load because of scheduling. Better to run just prime95 on small FFTs (maximum heat setting). Wouldn't recommend disabling speedstep or C-states either. It will just be hotter and use more power in idle and won't improve max performance
Hi Michael, and before everything i want to congratulate you for this (and others) amazing video. I have the exactly the same Mobo, but my Xeon is a X5675. Can you please advise me some settings? Thanks in advance
im geting alot of this as second hand parts now and hoping for stable 4.0-4.1 Ghrz OC on a Liquid AIO so i shouldnt have cooling issues like hes had in this video but this is really in depth and im sure my parts can hold this considering the previos owner had it at 3.8 on Air because of around 80 C temps but AIO should keep in in the 80s at higher clocks
excellent... thanks a lot... it work... one more question: almost all Microsoft applications don't work at 4 GHz... Office 2016... (word, excel, onedrive...) Any idea? Thanks a lot... a lot of time saved... :)
Roberto Iosupescu If some programs don't work on your computer when the CPU is it 4Ghz that means it's not completely stable. I would try either raising the voltage on the CPU or backing off to 3.9 gigahertz.
Very cool , I have a dual e5645 I need to try this on it! It’s a super micro motherboard I’m not sure if I have all the twinkle settings but I’m gonna check it out. Would be nice if I can get the 3.2 - 3.8 GHz
Actually, it has it wrong, I could get more out of it and leave it stable in 4.4 , this one is mine subefotos.com/ver/?ca6678389fd7177bdff818aae87a8d67o.png
I got a super cheap 3 fan cooler from aliexpress and I have absolutely no issues with a chinese x5650 at 200 bclk. Over 200 and I get sound crackling and pops.
Michael thank you for the very informative video. I see now that on my P6T (non-se/non-deluxe) my CPU Ratio caps at 24.0x Would you recommend we simply use the highest CPU ratio available and adjust BCLK accordingly to reach, lets say 4.0ghz?
@@virtuous_pixel I have the same "sollution". I did not used the highest multiplier available. I managed to get a stable overclock at 4.6Ghz at 1.35 voltage with a BCLK of 200 and a multiplier of 23. I also have another CPU (i7 990x) same chipset running at 5Ghz with BCLK of 100 and a multipier of 50
My x5670 goes to 24 multiplier in the bios, will that make a difference? I have the Asus P6T6 WS Revolution, right know I only have the stock Intel cooler with the copper slug in the middle. temps is under 80C. might be able to get it to 3,6 or 3,7ghz but definitely need a better cooler. had a i7 950 before and already in csgo can I see there is a different even on stock clock, getting excited to see how much the overclock will give, it have run will I write this and so far after 12 min it seems stable on 3,5ghz @1,176Vcore (1,180V in bios). Definitely a very good video not many have made a good explanation for overclocking old cpus on older hardware.
sooo, after a bit of oc, i have got it on 4ghz @1,215Vcore. max temp on my stock Intel cooler is 90C. (I don't want to go higher before I get a better cooler) seems like I have got the golden X5670 ? the ram is running pretty much stock 1335Mhz. multiplier is 24 and the blck is 167
Most bios's when you up the voltage it will give you color indicators that will let you know if you're going too far. Green is fine, yellow for caution, red for danger.
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Good video and well explained, you have worked it mate, this is mine and the truth is almost 11 years old but nothing to envy the PC of now fotos.subefotos.com/ca6678389fd7177bdff818aae87a8d67o.png
Thanks for this awesome video. I'll be sure to refer to it this weekend, when my X5670 shows up and I retire the 920 that's on my P6T SE board currently. How does your cooler compare to a Hyper 212 EVO? You think I'd be ok with an EVO to 4Ghz?
Patrick Sjöholm The cooler I had at the time of making this video was good enough. I replaced it in a later video because I wanted to lower the noise level. A Hyper 212 Evo will do just fine. You never can tell how well any given CPU will overclock. I think 4 gigahertz is most likely doable.
Thanks for the reply. I finally received my X5670 and plugged it into the board and fired her up....unfortunately, the PC did nothing at all. No post, no monitor output, no ability to get into the BIOS, it just sat there with the fans and lights running. I put the 920 back in, as I was worried I fried my system, but the 920 fired right back up. So, not sure if I have a bad X5670 or if there is another issue. Difference between your system and mine is the SE VS Deluxe. I did notice I was not on the latest BIOS, so I just updated the BIOS to 0908, the latest one available for the SE, and will try again tonight to see if that helps. Yours seems to provide newer BIOS updates, as I see you are on 2209. There's nothing else magical that you did to get this to work, right? I mean, I should at least get a post warning of some sort with the X5670 in there? Sucks that I have no other way to test this chip to see if I just got sold a bad one... Thanks for any input you can provide.
Found your other video, that actually talks about installing it, and you brought me to the support page for the P6T SE and the supported CPUs. Noticed that the 6 core Core I7s were not supported with the BIOS I was on, so I feel good about this BIOS update working. Keep you posted tonight, once I try the swap out again.
I used this as a guide for my W3520 (about £2.99 as of this comment) I got the cpu and board for £35! I have a X5650 waiting! Just enjoying the W3520 at 4.2ghz. Cant get games stable though passes stress tests but not games :( So far..
chazzy2501 I had similar results. The CPU would be stable at a higher overclock when just running Burnin programs to test. After switching to games the computer became unstable. Games really are a great way to stress test a computer.
I ran the tests for longer and got it to fail, I backed the OC to 4ghz and reduced the voltage a little and it rock solid now. I just wasn't thorough enough with my burn ins. Great guide, thanks again.
Hi Michael, I'm kinda confused of your last Cinebench test with the score of 848 with 4.01Ghz , I'm running a Xeon X5650 (older model than yours) stable with a max. of 65°C on a freq of 3.9 GHz and I've got 914 points in cinebench lol
Great video! Thanks Im going to try this on my x5675 liquid cooled... I have p6t SE and 16gigs of ram in dual channel.. would that affect the OC in any way? and I have Corsair CX650M PSU is that enought to OC it past 4ghz??
Unless you've got a 250+ watt GPU, you've got plenty of juice to do it; Right now I run an older, hungrier 130w xeon @4.2 and a 270x toxic (180w+) on a 550w PSU with no issues. I've read posts that the SE is struggling with higher BCLKs (FSBs) so you might need some patience to get it stable but on this chip, 4ghz should be granted. I'll have the exact P6T SE to play with in a few days so I'll come back with my experience :)
Can you post the power consumption at the wall the you stress the CPU? This generation of processors were great overclockers but consumed a lot power. Brian said his system at 4GHz was consuming 700W (with a 970) which is too much for the PSU I have.
Great set of Videos. I have the Asus p6t SE with the Xeon 5670 with exactly the same config you have used. The only thing I cant figure out is why when using cinebench R23 during loads of 99%+ the Core Speed fluctuates from 4000MHz to 2700MHz and the multiplier from 22 down to 17. and the final result in Cinebench is 3453 whereas my inter i7 920 unblocked was 2077. Any help would be appreciated
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Thank you for the super fast response. I have RealTemp and the temp does go up to 90's and then down under load, I thought that is what was meant to happen? I have the AKASA/AK-967 cooler which perhaps is not efficient?
@@shalinsaggar148 90s is high and likely why its down clocking. Are you actually using cinebench for work? If not don't worry about it. Check the temps while you're just using the computer.
@@shalinsaggar148 Thats fine. In the future if you do start running programs that do fully use the cpu for extended periods of time a better cooler would be a good idea.
Why I got my x5650 at base clock at 170 instead of 133 (without increasing voltages) and in the cinebench i get bit over 800, when i clock to 4ghz (increasing voltages and 200 base clock) I got over 1000 points in benchmark, what is wrong on this setup? I was thinking to upgrade the cpu to x5670 or x5675 to get better single threaded perfomance and being able to go over 4ghz, but what is the point when the results looks bit lower than expected. I use throtle stop to use turbo as well.
Well so far I did all the settings recommended and I have been running Prime 95 for 20 minutes, Max temp is 70C average is 60C. OC to 4GHZ , 182.00 X 22 for 4004.00MHZ, I use to have it overclocked to 4GHZ lasty year but one of my 6 sticks of ram was bad So i was getting errors, kept getting worst over the last year, So I recently got 3 X 4GB ram and problem seems to be gone now.
Hello, I have an intel xeon x5670 with a Chinese jingsha x58 motherboard, my fan is not very cool, let's say one of the best, it cost me 10 dollars for a fan, I just want to know what is the maximum oc that can be done to it
Hey Micheal, are you really sure, that enabling CPU Spread Spectrum is really helpfull if it comes to BCLK Overclocking? Normally most of the guys running around @ the Internet are suggesting not to use it, because it leads to more BCLK fluctuations and may therefore raise the chance of an instability occuring.
maCS I'm not sure about that. It may be that having it off is better for stability. I suppose you could run a test and see if you can the base clock higher with or without the Spread Spectrum enabled.
Not all of them. You need to look at the BIOS and see if it has the setting shown in this video. If the settings are there you could overclock it. If you're looking for a motherboard to do the overclocking go to the manufacturer's website and download the service manual. It should show all the BIOS settings available.
Hello. I have a question regarding overclocking. I know the movie is from many years ago. I have the same motherboard as in the movie, but the x5650 processor. if I set it like you, it will work for me ?? Thank you for your answer
Michael Cooper, you seem very knowledgeable concerning these CPUs. Do you happen to know if it's possible to do this in a Dell Precision T5500? I think I would need to flash a completely different BIOS to the motherboard so that I can actually OC it. Is this possible?
You're right about needing to change the BIOS. I don't have any expertise in that. A google search for T5500 custom BIOS would find anyone who has already done this.
I'll give that a try, thanks. The reason I'm attempting this is because I can get the CPUs for cheap on eBay, and I already have the T5500... If I were to purchase a motherboard that supports dual LGA 1366 like the T5500 does it would likely cost me much more than simply buying the two CPUs, making it not worth the time and money.
Michael Cooper One of the best, well thought out, well paced and explained tutorials I’ve seen in a while. You have a knack for this stuff! I previously had an identical setup, with the help of your video I jumped from a first gen i7 920 to a Xeon 5670 (which I actually bought after I saw your video) OC’d to 4GHZ. The Patriot Viper triple channel ram is also running at a faster speed. All the components are sitting on a P6T Deluxe board with bios 2209.
Hi, o was thinking of making a new pc build using the same cpu and motherboard. I was wondering what bios version your motherboard was on which mafe it compatoble with the x5670
Abi Thampi I have the Asus p6t deluxe version one. It has the most recent bios on it. I'm not sure if a particular BIOS version is required for it to work with this CPU though.
Guys. I've just scored a 5670 for $34 on ebay. It's going to replace my 7 year old 920 (on a P6T) which has six sticks of 1600 speed memory (12 gb total) Will the 5670 work with that speed memory? Next Q, please. I've heard that ECC server memory will work in that MB, and there are a few sticks of 4gb, even 8 Gb, of the right speed, on ebay. Thoughts, please. I also plan to overclock (The 920 has been stock until now, when I bumped it up to 3.35 and it's seems OK).... but I'll have to watch your vid and a couple others to make sure I don't mess anything up. I don't care to get all the way to 4.2 3.8 or so, yes?!... I'll probably take the GTX 970 from my new build (i6700K, 32 gb of 3200 mem, m.2 Samsung 950 Pro, Cryorig H7) and put it in the X58 build. As far as the new computer, I've only done simple auto over clocking, since messing with individual settings is new to me. Last, the P6T only recognizes 4 of the six sticks, and it isn't the slots that are the problem. From reading, I suspect a bent pin on the CPU socket, so I'll give it a good look with a magnifier, and follow instructions on fixing it that I've read. Thanks!!
hello sir, thnks for this video :) my specs: os > windows 10 pro (build 14393) mobo > foxconn flaming blade (1366) x58 procie > i7 950 3.07ghz oc to 3.58ghz (boost up to 3.9ghz) ram > kingston hyper x fury 8gb 1866mhz can you help to overclock my current settings in my foxconn flaming blade x58 with i7 950, cpu bclock BLKL: 156mhz x (auto multiplier) 12-25 (you can see it in the pics) cpu uncore: x19 (2971mhz) cpu feature: PPM (INTEL Speed Setp (turbo boost) - Enabled default voltage settings( never been changed) i see your post and i need what is the proper configuration with my foxconn flaming blade, can you please help me the proper step by step technique to boost with my i7 950 runs at 4ghz+, i tried many times to experiment, increasing vcore, uncore, changing multiplier this is a very big thanks to me sir, and for every one who see this.
hi my friend you can help me i want to overclock my xeon too but i have another bios , i have a gigabyte x58a-ud7 and a viper patriot 1866 mhz ddr3 ram , you can help me? thanks :)
странно. но я сначала просто поставил напряжение на процессор 1.35 и понял частоту до 3 .6. в тесте синебенч получил показатель 882. потом сделал все как на этом видео и показания в тесте уменьшились.
Cool Video ! I have an x5670,MSI x58 pro -e and a lc power lc-cc-120 cooler how high can i go with overclocking? (Sorry for my bad english,it's not my native language)
n0hand that really depends on the individual chip. Mine got up to 4 gigahertz. Other people here in the comments report getting considerably faster speeds with their chips.
n0hand There will always be problems. The whole point of overclocking is to get the processor running faster than it's supposed to. You have to find the right balance between power, heat and speed.
I have my old Asus Rampage Extreme 3 running the i7 920 as my htpc for my bedroom. I am wondering if it would be worth putting an x5670 cpu in there for $35. I don't play games on it at all. I do notice when playing 4k video the fans kick in and the cpu heats up. I have a GTX 960 in it.
I have the rampage 2 extreme I got the number wrong. I don't know if a Xeon will work on that board. Do you know where I can find out because google is telling me yes and no.
I have my i7 920 for 9 years and its working @3.6ghz for an year 24/7. By now i have no problem with the cpu, but i am thinking for a little upgrade. I have the same asus p6t delux mb /bought with the cpu/ and want to try this xeon 5670 and i know it's comparable to mb, but there is a xeon 5690. Is it wise to go for 5690 with same motherboard?
There are people running 5690s on P6Ts on the web so it shouldn't be an issue. That chip, however, is rated at 130 watts (perhaps due to the higher stock clock) so would need better cooling, and I doubt the 200-300Mhz more clock before cpu chip/mobo limitations kick in warrants a 2x-3x price over a 5650 or a 5660, which happily reach 4Ghz in almost all cases. I'd advise you to grab a cheap one and be done with it unless you're looking to break records, and then still there are no guarantees, so its really no use paying the premium for a daily rig.
ooops, I noticed this as well, I disabled mine. I'm using the ASUS p6td Deluxe. I also now have a G1 Sniper with a x5660 but will probably sell it on ebay as it seems like a poorer over clocker. (as the board looked cool.)
i overclocked my x5670 same settings as you. prime95 is runing for 5h. max temp is 87c min temp is 74c. is it good? mobo: asus p6td deluxe cooler: cm seidon v3. ram: corsair dominator 3x2gb thank you for video.
Hello friend! Your video is amazing and I decided to oc my x5670. But I can't get into that settings, thinking that my mb is locked to changing. I have Dell precision t3500 workstation with nvidia 1060 6gb, and 20 gb ecc memory on 1333mhz. Do you know how to oc this machine? Tnx
You're not going to be able to do this kind of overclocking using a Dell system or HP or any other large manufacturer for that matter. Unless you happen to get a system that has a motherboard that has a bios with these settings this is no way to overclock it.
@@uzismrt That is not correct. You can still overclock it, but you will have to do it on Windows and you need an unlocked multi. I will bring a tutorial based on one of those Dell workstaions on my Channel
I'm running my Xeon X5670 @4,56Ghz stable with Mac OS X 10.14.5 (Mojave). Geekbench3 scores about 21000pts. This old 6 core CPU is still great and quite capable, it's an overclocking beast.
My motherboard is Gigabyte X58A-UD7 rev.1 with 24Gb DDR3 1600. Also Cinebench scores over 1000, not bad for a nearly 10yo machine.....
@ www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/319980-overclocking-6-core-cpu-on-ga-ex58-ud5/?tab=comments#comment-2345859
A superbly explained and well paced tutorial video. One of the best I’ve seen, literally ever. Inspired by your overclock, I, like countless others who have commented on this video purchased a Xeon 5670 and overclocked it while watching your video. In fact it’s so well done that I still come back to it now and then to do some tweaking. Well done @michaelcooper.
even for the oc noobs like me. highly recomended video.
@@helidon Me to🤣😂 But my x5650 on 4.2 GHz is stable and reaches max. 74°
@@boschi1041 which cooler are you using?
I think it was a arctic cooling freezer 7. You really need larger cooler to overclock cpus. Especially newer cpus.
Found this very helpful as I had changed from an i7 920 to an x5650 on a P6T. Chickened out of ocing it back then, but this was a really well explained and systematic approach. I tried DRAM bus voltage on Auto and that was stable, but as the Bios help suggests the Auto range can go far higher than the max voltage you state I went back to manual 1.6 (stress testing right now - will go to 1.64 if needed). The original i7 build came from a shop and they seem to have done a good job with air cooling from back then. Running only in 60s with Prime95 and Cinebench. I’m using Twilight Render plus Prime95 for a longer stress test since that will run much longer than Cinebench.
Oddly enough Im helping a friend go from a i7 920 to a X5680 on that same moba 😂😂.
This is my go to OC video, very well done. Thank you.
Thank you for this video. Helped a lot on overclocking my X5670.
did it work?
Is it safe secure?
Is cpu still alive?
Thank you so much! Your guide works perfectly on my x5675 @4GHz.
Did you put exactly the same setting ?
this is a great video!! Im so glad I found this on the internet, what a fountain of knowledge.
thank you!!
Now I will try to go for 4,4Ghz on my x5680
Great vid thanks for taking the time to make it - worked great for being able to get a solid 4.0GHz on my X5675 on a X58-UD3R Bios FH - could have gone higher but at idle when its down clocks I am sitting at the highest core @ 32°C on a H100I V2 @ 2.1GHz and I am not a speed freak so its good for now. I guess it was smart that I kept these 2 old X58-UD3R's around and picked up a pair of X5675's for 56$ and a 24GB matched set of G Skill Rip Jaws 1600MHz for $105 shipped off the bay anyway I digress - Thanks for the info
I'm preparing to build an Asus p6t deluxe v2. Got upgrade used parts at Amazon: x5675 for $29.95, G Skill Ripjaws (3x4gb set) 1600MHz for $65.00, and a CM 212 Evo. OCZ Gold 3x2gb 1600mhz kit came with used MB combo, I hope I can run these RAM's together, and later pick up another Ripjaws 12gb kit. $105 was a good deal, while I found x5675 dirt cheap, I've been seeing $150+ for 24gb kit.
I ran mismatched capacity and speed RAM sticks for years on my version 1 of the p6t without a problem.
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy That's good to know. I bought combo 2 months ago for $100, but videos like yours inspired me to upgrade prior to building.
Very good video I managed to get 4.2ghz stable so I left it at that , video is amazingly put together and it's always my go-to when I reset my BIOS lol keep em coming
It's best to run the ram at 1600 and your base clock 200. Then a 21 multi will be a safe and optimal 4200mhz. The CPU rarely needs more than 1.3v for that speed so you can try and drop the vcore to also bring temps down
this
i agree
Thank u so much
I've got 1600mhz ram so this is perfect. It's winter time so I'm barely going over 70c with my cooler master 212
Fantastic video thank you! I've done quite a bit of overclocking but there were a few key things in this video that really filled in the blanks on this platform for me greatly appreciate it!
thx michael i have now the same like you :) and it works soooo fineeeeee asus p6t deluxe v2 and xeon 5670 24gb ddr 3 1600 and the cpu is whatercooooled :) i watched your toutorial about 3 times your explaining is simply the best ;)
ironpumpGYM thanks I appreciate it
Great video! This is my exact PC and CPUs! I've been wondering about overclocking for over 2 years. And with the bonus! I've also been needing to disable c state and power boost since I purchased the machine also to no avail! Love you, thank you!
nicely done. and we are all our own worst critic. going back and watching ur old videos urself and being satisfied with what was conveyed. thats pretty rare!
Just bought an old Xeon 5660 at a very low price, but impressed with its limits and capacity to overclock beyone 2.8 gHz -- thanks for the video, I book marked it in case I go that route!
I also have a video about x58 Ocing and since mine is 6yrs newer, it's explained a lil better ;)
This is a masterpiece. Thanks to explain everything cristal clear.
Hey guys, herew is the updated and improved version of this tutorial, recorded in 2020 and showing you how to get to AT LEAST 4.4Ghz. th-cam.com/video/Q6ck9WerreY/w-d-xo.html
Man thanks a ton. Yours really is better lol, it's worth the fact that you plugged yourself so brutally ahaha
@@leonyxyt5577 Ah man, thank YOU for the feedback ;)
@@ImWateringPSUs This video shows how to overclock a CPU on a very old platform. For a modern system what you want to do is do a search on TH-cam for your motherboard model number and the word overclock. You'll probably find a video with someone showing how to overclock your CPU on your particular motherboard.
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Yeah man, that's good in general, but my video is about how to overclock this x58 Platform in general, not motherboard specific ;)
I'm rusty and lost all my notes on x56xx cpu oc-ing. This helped out a lot.
Thanks for the video, I watched with lots of attention. Going to copy your methodology. Have ordered an x5650 for my Asus Rampage 3 Formula. Currently have i7950 @ 3.7Ghz.
good companion motherboard, I have this and I have it like this, until today nothing to envy to the PC of now fotos.subefotos.com/ca6678389fd7177bdff818aae87a8d67o.png
Thanks dude! I'll try it on a rampage 2 extreme and x5675.
How it went? I have the same mobo and I was thinking to upgrade CPU/.
I'd like to know how it worked out, as I have a rampage 2 extreme and just purchased an x5680 for about $40 and I'll try overclocking it this week
@@bebrasha Please if you remember, give me an update on how it goes for you. Many thanks!
@@JesseO-nh3us thanks! I'm waiting on a stick of ram to be delivered today and this evening I'm going to start testing some overclocking. I'll let you know how it goes and if you have time I'll write when I need help:) or you can pm me some ideas. Thanks again!
@@umeer.94 will do:) wish me luck
Very nice Tutorial, thank you Michael! :) I hit my i5 760 @ 3,8GHz, plenty enough for me! :)
Can I ask your actual settings just to help a brother out. I have a x5670 incoming with a decent air cooler. And I'm looking for a 3.8 to 3.9 overclock
Great video really helped me with my 920 to x5675 running amazing at 4.01ghz in the 80s top man
If it's running in the 80'sC that is a little high. Is that when you are running your programs or while you're testing with prime95 or something similar? If it is with your programs you might try lowering the voltage to the CPU and see if is still stable at 4.01GHz. If is just when running prime95 I wouldn't worry about it. In that case what is the CPU temp when running your programs?
Michael Cooper that is with CPU z on stress and cinebench running too 100% load doesn't go over 80c nice at 4.01ghz , I did go to 4.6 had it running for 5 mins did what you did and come down a little every time also I have a great mobo rampage extreme ii works great
Great job
Michael Cooper also I hand G skill ddr3 1600mhz ram 12gb I didn't know what to set the dram to ? I left to auto and runs fine but do in need to over clock ? That's for your help from the uk
This video helped a lot. My I took my xeon x5670 straight to 3.5ghz, since if it can't do that as a minimum, i wasn't even going to bother. Worked great at 1.35v on the core, but hot, so i inched down the voltage AND upped the frequency, so it went to 3.6ghz, then 3.8ghz, and eventually to 4ghz easily. And i've been inching the core voltages down a little at a time. i run at just about 1.23v on the core at 4ghz. And it runs fairly cool. I could probably inch the core voltage down a little more too, which i'll do in the warmer months. I have a feeling it'll do 4ghz at under 1.2v. I use a Corsair H105 cooler though.
Nice. I'm about to upgrade to a x5650 from i7 920 (old C0/C1). The 920 can only get 3.61ghz @ 1.21v. Absolute max stable is 3.8ghz @1.35v. Voltage increase defo not worth the 200mhz but she's served me well as I bought when they were first released. Happy that I can continue to use my P6t Deluxe board which is still going strong, even with a few PSU blowouts.
The price difference between the x5650 and x5670, is usually small enough to just go with the x5670. lots of ebay sellers will accept offers. ^_^ i paid like $60 for mine.
I'm afraid not. HP, Dell, Acer and most other computer makers don't provide the necessary settings in the BIOS to overclock.
A motherboard with 2 CPU sockets will be for a server. No overclocking allowed. That being said I suppose there may be a workstation motherboard with 2 CPU sockets that allows overclocking. You'd need to look in the bios for the settings shown in this video.
I ended up getting the 5650 because I didn't really need the extra multipliers. A weeks worth of tinkering has me at 4.26Ghz @ 1.208v HT off. Really happy with it. Also about 7-10C cooler than my 920.
Very nice vid mate, respect! Just clocked my X5670 on Asus Sabertooh X58!
Excellent. I'm gonna try my hand at overclocking for the first time ever. Its only taken me 25 years to have the guts to do so lol.
mine is going 4.32Ghz 1.32V, dont be afraid, just go for it
Hey Michael, I noticed where you talk about CPU Spread Spectrum, you set it to ENABLED. But it clearly states that it should be DISABLED to enhance stability :)
So i should turn it off ? And should i overcloak my RAM ?
Edvinas Edvinas
Always turn off cpu spread spectrum and load line calibration :)
You can oc your ram, but don't go too far and don't touch the voltage except if you know your ram is gaming ram/overclockable ram.
@@imnota I want to oc my cpu. Sotck is 3.333 MHz and u want to oc to 4.2 MHz. So should i change voltage ??
Edvinas Edvinas
Obviously, you will need to put more voltage.
I suggest you to watch videos that explain how overclocking works, because by the looks of it, you have no idea of what you're doing, and that's exactly how you fry a cpu.
@@imnota Nobody likes people with your attitude, it's repulsive. You can't fry a modern CPU unless you're really trying to, and the fact that you don't know that demonstrates how little you know.
Hello Michael.
Two questions: you stated at 5:28 that the UCLK should be double the RAM speed. Then at 20:38 when you raise the RAM speed you don’t change the UCLK?
Second question: Should I set the QPI link back to auto at the end of the overclock or should I leave it at the slowest possible as you stated ?
Thanks. And great video. Helped me a lot.
Good questions if you're going for mild overclocking keep the UCLK at double the DRAM but I like the reverse approach set the QPI link to the lowest setting and set the UCLK to half the QPI link speed but first determine or set the DRAM frequency as high as it will boot with everything set to auto and manually set the appropriate DDR voltage and timings. never use auto for the ram voltage it can overvolt damaging the memory controller once you reach stable performance target you can try raising the UCLK on step up at a time for performance increase just keep an eye out for stability issues, you could try setting the QPI to auto at this point, but it will likely fail just keep it set to the lowest setting
Really a pretty well done video with good amounts of detail. Nice Job.
I think I won the silicon lottery because I overclocked my xeon x5670 to 4.2ghz and it is completely stable.
thank you. Best explaination I've seen so far
Welp I now know what I did wrong! Thank you so much for this! I'm an AMD guy and I'm currently working on a X5680 / Asus P6T Build for a friend, it does okay at base clock but I wanna squeeze a little more out of it, and my dumb ass forgot to up the voltage.
People like you are why the pc community is so great!
Me sitting wondering why it wont overclock past 3.1 🤣
I like the shoot for the moon approach its faster to get stable overclock, I disable the spread spectrums you can enable them later if needed for RF interference, I found you really don't need to have UCLK double the DRAM frequency I set the UCLK to half the QPI Link data rate but first set the DRAM frequency as high as it will boot at stock clock speeds 1333 then set the QPI link data rate to the lowest setting above slow mode and set the UCLK to half the QPI clock and let the BCLK raise the frequencies from there to achieve Higher DRAM clock to match CPU overclock target lower the multiplier and raise the BCLK and manually adjust memory timings to match use AIDA64 to determine which timings are appropriate for the target memory speed. when I reach the highest overclock without overheating issues, I focus on tightening the memory timings one at a time for max performance and stability. IMHO prime 95 puts an unrealistic load on the system, I use core temp, along with cinebench R15, R20, AIDA 64, games and programs to test overclock stability. 3D mark is also good to validate performance increase, your CPU voltage can go higher then 1.35v safely 1.35v is just the auto voltage limit, the first thing that needs to be set to manual is the DRAM voltage! because leaving it set to auto can cause damage to the memory controller never exceed 1.65v I set it to whatever the modules are rated at and slowly raise or lower it for stability & efficiency' that's why I like to use a minimum of DDR3 1866 for overclocking , or under clock DDR3 2133 is better. X58 has a performance increase up to 2000 DRAM frequency going higher is pointless unless you need a little extra to achieve max BCLK-CPU core target but keep an eye on performance going over 2000 on DRAM frequency I'm no expert so please feel free to add or correct my comment Happy overclocking
The step every tutorial skips is set your BIOS back to defaults (remember to then set your hard-drives back to the right boot priority - if, say you've updated your OS at some point) and THEN update BIOS. And be careful you have the right BIOS for your specific mobo. Just banged in a 5670 to a vanilla P6T v1. The CPU will take a 24 multiplier but the mobo has a max of 21. The UCLK seems to max at about 3200ish - but you might get higher if you clean the heatsinks on the MoBo itself (and replace the thermal paste -which, to my shame, I have not done for 13 years). Anyway, I've got it up to 3.8ghz running stably, on the third go. Cinebench did two full runs, but it was pushing 93C. Can probably push it higher if I do some maintanence to the case fans and mobo heatsinks. Probably tweak the voltages a bit, but so far so good. I hope any of that information is useful to anyone. Also if you're not satisfied - put some decent RAM in there and take advantage of the three channels - it will do much more than any CPU upgrade.
American Megatrends reminds me of my first PCChips M748LMRT mobo, the only drug I've ever used in my life. It left me scars.🤣
damn thanks for video !!! my next budget cpu soon!!
Hello Michael.
I'm pretty sure Spread Spectrum was a requirement to meet certain specification about interference resilience and it is usually better left Off as it can lead to instability and doesn't do anything in a home environment. There was a post about it on an OC forum where an HP engineer explained exactly the purpose but I can't find it.
I took the exact same upgrade path as you from an i7 920 to the x5675 for 36$. I'm pretty happy about the change, it is a beast.
But I find your voltages pretty high for a 4GHz OC, also your uncore frequency is set rather low. I believe the stock frequency for uncore is about 2.66GHz (133*20) and you have it set at 2.1 while the core is quite OCed.
My setup is at 4.09Ghz (186*22), voltages are 1.225vcore, 1.225vtt and 1.8pll, uncore sits at 3.16GHz (186*17). It scored 940 on cinebench multi-threaded (970 at 4.2GHz)
hello, this is going to be my first computer that i will build, i have an old alienware area 51 x58 that i want to upgrade with the x5670. This is going to be my first time doing upgrading and first time i'll be trying to overclock. hope you guys can help me out!!
Thanks for this vid!!! You’ve helped me so much
Overclocked my X5680 perfectly
How much speed you got?
What settings?
Thanks runned 4.4ghz @ 1603mhz ram with my 5690 EASY! Super stable too !!! Thanks
What motherboard?
Excellent cpu for the Money, in my country bought whole pc with great specs for 230 bucks, plug and play...4320MHZ....180X24
I got my Xeon X5650 to 4,2GHz stable running with 1,35V and I am hitting 1096cb in Cinebench.
NoseHumpTV Nice. make sure you really stress test the computer. Playing games is an excellent way because it puts stress on every single component.
NoseHumpTV Mainboard?
Nice! What is your uncore frequency and dram freq? Could you post some info? I have X5670 @ 4.2 and only 960 in cinebench... 1600 Mhz 12GB, 3200 uncore
that score is insane, mine ran at 4,614Ghz (1,4875V) and only made 1032
Mind listing out the rest of the bios settings for this? I'm just getting started with mine and anything would be a big help.
I got my xeon x5650 to 4ghz stable using a baseclock of 200 and a multiplyer of 20. Qpi is 1.3, cpu voltage is 1.3125. Ive gotten 909, 915, and 937 in the 3 Centibench runs. When I upped the multiplyer to 22 (4.4) it never crashed, but I noticed stutters and my Centibench score was 822, even tho it was a higher clock. I got my ram up to 1604 (roughly 1600) with a 1.5 voltage, but all my ram is certified to run 1600 on that voltage so it's to be expected. Intel burntest at 1 pass with maximum stress gave it a speed of 40.8550 GFlops. I've seen my frames in Arma 3 double. All powersaving settings are on and everything is running smooth. In fact, I got the highest Cenibench score after turning on speed test and c-state.
***** I kept it at a multi of 20x and that fixed it. Can't go passed 4.0 without issues, and Mobo won't do 23x, just 20x and 22x. I do believe it's a base clock issue that I could fix with tinkering tho
And basically just moving the windows around would get stutters during any kind of stress test and games ran like shit
Did You checked CPU temps? Maybe is thermal throttling (dropping automatically multiplayer when temps get to hot)
Jenner Heggstrom Which Mainboard
got mine running at 4,614Ghz on 1,4875v and hit 1032 at max and a stable 1010, i wanted to get it to post at 5Ghz so i set it to 1,55v-no post, next 1,6v-it posted and in stress test it was stable for a few minutes but when i opened HWmonitor it gave a voltage of 1,68v and now it wont OC anymore and is unstable even on stock speed :(. but eyy it's only a 20 bucks CPU
There came smoke out my powersuply
That's tough. What brand?
Very educational. thanks for the video
Tip: get an x5675 instead, you can set the multiplier to 23 or 25 on that one. And on auto it even goes up to x26 in single core bursts. I can get 4.6 GHz that way. But all core OC works best on x23 for me with 195 base clock @ 1.4 volts
Yeah, on my channel I got to 5Ghz on the X5675
I just bought the x5670 to replace my i7 920!
It didn't arrive and i can't wait to try my new beast...
I do video and image (photoshop) editing and made some real world benchmarks, let's see how x5670 behaves!
Nuno Fernandes I'm doing same upgrade, did you get a noticeable improvement?
Eudis Diaz just got mine up n running. Huuuuuuge improvement over i7 920. Citra Zelda ocarina emu is going full speed. KH ddd a bit better.
Great video. I've also watched your i7-920 videos :) How come you didn't run RealTemo GT (gulftown) it shows all 6 cores.
Amazing video mate! Thanks!
Running multiple stress testing apps actually decreases load because of scheduling. Better to run just prime95 on small FFTs (maximum heat setting). Wouldn't recommend disabling speedstep or C-states either. It will just be hotter and use more power in idle and won't improve max performance
Absolutely. There are also a couple more imperfections in the video, that's why I did my updated version of an OC tutorial for x58 ;)
Hi Michael, and before everything i want to congratulate you for this (and others) amazing video. I have the exactly the same Mobo, but my Xeon is a X5675. Can you please advise me some settings? Thanks in advance
Hi Hugo, has you try already any setting for the overclocking, i'm thinking on getting one for myself as well
@@Mmmm88ist No, i'm waiting it to arrive!
im geting alot of this as second hand parts now and hoping for stable 4.0-4.1 Ghrz OC on a Liquid AIO so i shouldnt have cooling issues like hes had in this video but this is really in depth and im sure my parts can hold this considering the previos owner had it at 3.8 on Air because of around 80 C temps but AIO should keep in in the 80s at higher clocks
excellent... thanks a lot... it work... one more question: almost all Microsoft applications don't work at 4 GHz... Office 2016... (word, excel, onedrive...) Any idea? Thanks a lot... a lot of time saved... :)
Roberto Iosupescu If some programs don't work on your computer when the CPU is it 4Ghz that means it's not completely stable. I would try either raising the voltage on the CPU or backing off to 3.9 gigahertz.
Very cool , I have a dual e5645 I need to try this on it! It’s a super micro motherboard I’m not sure if I have all the twinkle settings but I’m gonna check it out. Would be nice if I can get the 3.2 - 3.8 GHz
Actually, it has it wrong, I could get more out of it and leave it stable in 4.4 , this one is mine subefotos.com/ver/?ca6678389fd7177bdff818aae87a8d67o.png
I got a super cheap 3 fan cooler from aliexpress and I have absolutely no issues with a chinese x5650 at 200 bclk. Over 200 and I get sound crackling and pops.
You can go over 1.35V VCore, just keep it under 1.4. These cpus are dirt cheap, so you could risk a little bit more.
Michael thank you for the very informative video.
I see now that on my P6T (non-se/non-deluxe) my CPU Ratio caps at 24.0x
Would you recommend we simply use the highest CPU ratio available and adjust BCLK accordingly to reach, lets say 4.0ghz?
Yes
Thanks! I have achieved a stable 4ghz at 22x but looks like something is keeping me from using 23x
@@virtuous_pixel just go with the max it will stick with
@@virtuous_pixel I have the same "sollution".
I did not used the highest multiplier available.
I managed to get a stable overclock at 4.6Ghz at 1.35 voltage with a BCLK of 200 and a multiplier of 23.
I also have another CPU (i7 990x) same chipset running at 5Ghz with BCLK of 100 and a multipier of 50
My x5670 goes to 24 multiplier in the bios, will that make a difference?
I have the Asus P6T6 WS Revolution, right know I only have the stock Intel cooler with the copper slug in the middle. temps is under 80C. might be able to get it to 3,6 or 3,7ghz but definitely need a better cooler. had a i7 950 before and already in csgo can I see there is a different even on stock clock, getting excited to see how much the overclock will give, it have run will I write this and so far after 12 min it seems stable on 3,5ghz @1,176Vcore (1,180V in bios).
Definitely a very good video not many have made a good explanation for overclocking old cpus on older hardware.
The multiplier setting may go higher in the bios but only actually multiply to the cpu maximum.
sooo, after a bit of oc, i have got it on 4ghz @1,215Vcore. max temp on my stock Intel cooler is 90C. (I don't want to go higher before I get a better cooler) seems like I have got the golden X5670 ? the ram is running pretty much stock 1335Mhz. multiplier is 24 and the blck is 167
I'm working on putting together a heavily modded supermicro x8dtu-f workstation, I'm hoping this will help the dual cpus over 3.25ghz
one doubt xeon x5670 is work on p6t not deluxe p6t simple? with last bios 1408
nice video! but if u have a great cooler is it still not recommended to increase the voltage higher than what intel recommends? thx
Most bios's when you up the voltage it will give you color indicators that will let you know if you're going too far. Green is fine, yellow for caution, red for danger.
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Good video and well explained, you have worked it mate, this is mine and the truth is almost 11 years old but nothing to envy the PC of now fotos.subefotos.com/ca6678389fd7177bdff818aae87a8d67o.png
You can just keep an eye on the temps and if the extra voltage doesn't get you faster speeds, lower it back down.
Thanks for this awesome video. I'll be sure to refer to it this weekend, when my X5670 shows up and I retire the 920 that's on my P6T SE board currently. How does your cooler compare to a Hyper 212 EVO? You think I'd be ok with an EVO to 4Ghz?
Patrick Sjöholm The cooler I had at the time of making this video was good enough. I replaced it in a later video because I wanted to lower the noise level. A Hyper 212 Evo will do just fine. You never can tell how well any given CPU will overclock. I think 4 gigahertz is most likely doable.
Thanks for the reply. I finally received my X5670 and plugged it into the board and fired her up....unfortunately, the PC did nothing at all. No post, no monitor output, no ability to get into the BIOS, it just sat there with the fans and lights running.
I put the 920 back in, as I was worried I fried my system, but the 920 fired right back up. So, not sure if I have a bad X5670 or if there is another issue. Difference between your system and mine is the SE VS Deluxe.
I did notice I was not on the latest BIOS, so I just updated the BIOS to 0908, the latest one available for the SE, and will try again tonight to see if that helps. Yours seems to provide newer BIOS updates, as I see you are on 2209.
There's nothing else magical that you did to get this to work, right? I mean, I should at least get a post warning of some sort with the X5670 in there? Sucks that I have no other way to test this chip to see if I just got sold a bad one...
Thanks for any input you can provide.
Found your other video, that actually talks about installing it, and you brought me to the support page for the P6T SE and the supported CPUs. Noticed that the 6 core Core I7s were not supported with the BIOS I was on, so I feel good about this BIOS update working. Keep you posted tonight, once I try the swap out again.
Patrick Sjöholm how did that work out? Thank you.
I used this as a guide for my W3520 (about £2.99 as of this comment) I got the cpu and board for £35! I have a X5650 waiting! Just enjoying the W3520 at 4.2ghz. Cant get games stable though passes stress tests but not games :( So far..
chazzy2501 I had similar results. The CPU would be stable at a higher overclock when just running Burnin programs to test. After switching to games the computer became unstable. Games really are a great way to stress test a computer.
I ran the tests for longer and got it to fail, I backed the OC to 4ghz and reduced the voltage a little and it rock solid now. I just wasn't thorough enough with my burn ins. Great guide, thanks again.
Hi Michael, I'm kinda confused of your last Cinebench test with the score of 848 with 4.01Ghz , I'm running a Xeon X5650 (older model than yours) stable with a max. of 65°C on a freq of 3.9 GHz and I've got 914 points in cinebench lol
Most likely has to do with the background tasks running on my computer. Any task that takes CPU time would take away those resources from Cinebench.
Great video! Thanks Im going to try this on my x5675 liquid cooled... I have p6t SE and 16gigs of ram in dual channel.. would that affect the OC in any way? and I have Corsair CX650M PSU is that enought to OC it past 4ghz??
Unless you've got a 250+ watt GPU, you've got plenty of juice to do it; Right now I run an older, hungrier 130w xeon @4.2 and a 270x toxic (180w+) on a 550w PSU with no issues. I've read posts that the SE is struggling with higher BCLKs (FSBs) so you might need some patience to get it stable but on this chip, 4ghz should be granted. I'll have the exact P6T SE to play with in a few days so I'll come back with my experience :)
Great video, Thank you
BS, these cpu's are stable from 1.2v qpi and only populating all dimm slots might require more
I'm confused....if it's running at 4.2 Ghz, why does it say 4.003 MHz on cpuz?
Can you post the power consumption at the wall the you stress the CPU? This generation of processors were great overclockers but consumed a lot power. Brian said his system at 4GHz was consuming 700W (with a 970) which is too much for the PSU I have.
flycast I don't have a meter that would let me do that.
my X5670 o/c to 4.4ghz and my GTX 970 overclocked to 1500 / 3602 uses 370w on full load cpu and gpu
Great set of Videos.
I have the Asus p6t SE with the Xeon 5670 with exactly the same config you have used.
The only thing I cant figure out is why when using cinebench R23 during loads of 99%+ the Core Speed fluctuates from 4000MHz to 2700MHz and the multiplier from 22 down to 17. and the final result in Cinebench is 3453 whereas my inter i7 920 unblocked was 2077. Any help would be appreciated
Maybe the cpu is overheating which would cause it to lower the ghz. Hwinfo64 which is free can show you the temp.
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Thank you for the super fast response.
I have RealTemp and the temp does go up to 90's and then down under load, I thought that is what was meant to happen? I have the AKASA/AK-967 cooler which perhaps is not efficient?
@@shalinsaggar148 90s is high and likely why its down clocking. Are you actually using cinebench for work? If not don't worry about it. Check the temps while you're just using the computer.
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy No, not for work, just was following your process of testing. In general use the temps are around the 40/45.
@@shalinsaggar148 Thats fine. In the future if you do start running programs that do fully use the cpu for extended periods of time a better cooler would be a good idea.
Why I got my x5650 at base clock at 170 instead of 133 (without increasing voltages) and in the cinebench i get bit over 800, when i clock to 4ghz (increasing voltages and 200 base clock) I got over 1000 points in benchmark, what is wrong on this setup? I was thinking to upgrade the cpu to x5670 or x5675 to get better single threaded perfomance and being able to go over 4ghz, but what is the point when the results looks bit lower than expected. I use throtle stop to use turbo as well.
Well so far I did all the settings recommended and I have been running Prime 95 for 20 minutes, Max temp is 70C average is 60C. OC to 4GHZ , 182.00 X 22 for 4004.00MHZ, I use to have it overclocked to 4GHZ lasty year but one of my 6 sticks of ram was bad So i was getting errors, kept getting worst over the last year, So I recently got 3 X 4GB ram and problem seems to be gone now.
Well i am trying 4.2. Highs of 74, Normal is 61C
@@MrRuber249 what MB and settings same settings here and the P6T?
Hello, I have an intel xeon x5670 with a Chinese jingsha x58 motherboard, my fan is not very cool, let's say one of the best, it cost me 10 dollars for a fan, I just want to know what is the maximum oc that can be done to it
What kind of cooling are you using, I got the X5690 but Im afraid going over 3.6, Im use air ?
Hey Micheal, are you really sure, that enabling CPU Spread Spectrum is really helpfull if it comes to BCLK Overclocking? Normally most of the guys running around @ the Internet are suggesting not to use it, because it leads to more BCLK fluctuations and may therefore raise the chance of an instability occuring.
maCS I'm not sure about that. It may be that having it off is better for stability. I suppose you could run a test and see if you can the base clock higher with or without the Spread Spectrum enabled.
In the right corner stands that it enhances the overclocking ability when it is disabled... So it is exactly the wrong way
fantastic video
Could I just increase the cpu ratio and be done with my xeon 1270 v2 ????
What to do on this overclock x5670 4 mhz to raise the memory frequency to 2000? Thanks.
I have a full tutorial mate, 2020 version: th-cam.com/video/Q6ck9WerreY/w-d-xo.html
Michael any motherboard brand with x58 chipset can overclock a Xeon x56xx??
Btw thanks for your video...help a lot!!!
Not all of them. You need to look at the BIOS and see if it has the setting shown in this video. If the settings are there you could overclock it. If you're looking for a motherboard to do the overclocking go to the manufacturer's website and download the service manual. It should show all the BIOS settings available.
Hello. I have a question regarding overclocking. I know the movie is from many years ago.
I have the same motherboard as in the movie, but the x5650 processor.
if I set it like you, it will work for me ??
Thank you for your answer
The same process will work.
Please show us the final setting of your bios or write them.
The final BIOS settings are in the video.
Michael Cooper, you seem very knowledgeable concerning these CPUs. Do you happen to know if it's possible to do this in a Dell Precision T5500? I think I would need to flash a completely different BIOS to the motherboard so that I can actually OC it. Is this possible?
You're right about needing to change the BIOS. I don't have any expertise in that. A google search for T5500 custom BIOS would find anyone who has already done this.
I'll give that a try, thanks. The reason I'm attempting this is because I can get the CPUs for cheap on eBay, and I already have the T5500... If I were to purchase a motherboard that supports dual LGA 1366 like the T5500 does it would likely cost me much more than simply buying the two CPUs, making it not worth the time and money.
Michael Cooper One of the best, well thought out, well paced and explained tutorials I’ve seen in a while. You have a knack for this stuff! I previously had an identical setup, with the help of your video I jumped from a first gen i7 920 to a Xeon 5670 (which I actually bought after I saw your video) OC’d to 4GHZ. The Patriot Viper triple channel ram is also running at a faster speed. All the components are sitting on a P6T Deluxe board with bios 2209.
Hi, o was thinking of making a new pc build using the same cpu and motherboard. I was wondering what bios version your motherboard was on which mafe it compatoble with the x5670
Abi Thampi I have the Asus p6t deluxe version one. It has the most recent bios on it. I'm not sure if a particular BIOS version is required for it to work with this CPU though.
But can you do it in a server case?
As long as the server case can take the motherboard and cooling along with all the other components that matter, yes.
Guys. I've just scored a 5670 for $34 on ebay. It's going to replace my 7 year old 920 (on a P6T) which has six sticks of 1600 speed memory (12 gb total) Will the 5670 work with that speed memory?
Next Q, please. I've heard that ECC server memory will work in that MB, and there are a few sticks of 4gb, even 8 Gb, of the right speed, on ebay. Thoughts, please.
I also plan to overclock (The 920 has been stock until now, when I bumped it up to 3.35 and it's seems OK).... but I'll have to watch your vid and a couple others to make sure I don't mess anything up. I don't care to get all the way to 4.2 3.8 or so, yes?!... I'll probably take the GTX 970 from my new build (i6700K, 32 gb of 3200 mem, m.2 Samsung 950 Pro, Cryorig H7) and put it in the X58 build. As far as the new computer, I've only done simple auto over clocking, since messing with individual settings is new to me.
Last, the P6T only recognizes 4 of the six sticks, and it isn't the slots that are the problem. From reading, I suspect a bent pin on the CPU socket, so I'll give it a good look with a magnifier, and follow instructions on fixing it that I've read.
Thanks!!
I’m new to oc could I copy and paste your settings to my pc if I have the x5670 ?? I currently have a w3540 at 3.1
DaFreshNetwork if you got a good psu,cooler and motherboard then u can
hello sir, thnks for this video :)
my specs:
os > windows 10 pro (build 14393)
mobo > foxconn flaming blade (1366) x58
procie > i7 950 3.07ghz oc to 3.58ghz (boost up to 3.9ghz)
ram > kingston hyper x fury 8gb 1866mhz
can you help to overclock my current settings in my foxconn flaming blade x58 with i7 950,
cpu bclock BLKL: 156mhz x (auto multiplier) 12-25 (you can see it in the pics)
cpu uncore: x19 (2971mhz)
cpu feature: PPM (INTEL Speed Setp (turbo boost) - Enabled
default voltage settings( never been changed)
i see your post and i need what is the proper configuration with my foxconn flaming blade, can you please help me the proper step by step technique to boost with my i7 950 runs at 4ghz+,
i tried many times to experiment, increasing vcore, uncore, changing multiplier
this is a very big thanks to me sir, and for every one who see this.
hi my friend you can help me i want to overclock my xeon too but i have another bios , i have a gigabyte x58a-ud7 and a viper patriot 1866 mhz ddr3 ram , you can help me? thanks :)
what about the temperature processor when you make render ? ?
you are a god among men
странно. но я сначала просто поставил напряжение на процессор 1.35 и понял частоту до 3 .6. в тесте синебенч получил показатель 882. потом сделал все как на этом видео и показания в тесте уменьшились.
Cool Video ! I have an x5670,MSI x58 pro -e and a lc power lc-cc-120 cooler how high can i go with overclocking? (Sorry for my bad english,it's not my native language)
n0hand that really depends on the individual chip. Mine got up to 4 gigahertz. Other people here in the comments report getting considerably faster speeds with their chips.
Michael Cooper so i can overclock it up to 4ghz without any problems? Thx for the answer
n0hand There will always be problems. The whole point of overclocking is to get the processor running faster than it's supposed to. You have to find the right balance between power, heat and speed.
Michael Cooper ok, thanks for your help :).
I have my old Asus Rampage Extreme 3 running the i7 920 as my htpc for my bedroom. I am wondering if it would be worth putting an x5670 cpu in there for $35. I don't play games on it at all. I do notice when playing 4k video the fans kick in and the cpu heats up. I have a GTX 960 in it.
myriadcorp For the cost it might be worth it. replacing the thermal compound if it's been awhile might help as well.
I have the rampage 2 extreme I got the number wrong. I don't know if a Xeon will work on that board. Do you know where I can find out because google is telling me yes and no.
how u get all the ram to show i have 6x2gb but only registers 4gb dual channel...shows 12gb on CPU-Z but still dual channel not triple..
What motherboard and CPU do you have?
I have my i7 920 for 9 years and its working @3.6ghz for an year 24/7. By now i have no problem with the cpu, but i am thinking for a little upgrade. I have the same asus p6t delux mb /bought with the cpu/ and want to try this xeon 5670 and i know it's comparable to mb, but there is a xeon 5690. Is it wise to go for 5690 with same motherboard?
There are people running 5690s on P6Ts on the web so it shouldn't be an issue. That chip, however, is rated at 130 watts (perhaps due to the higher stock clock) so would need better cooling, and I doubt the 200-300Mhz more clock before cpu chip/mobo limitations kick in warrants a 2x-3x price over a 5650 or a 5660, which happily reach 4Ghz in almost all cases. I'd advise you to grab a cheap one and be done with it unless you're looking to break records, and then still there are no guarantees, so its really no use paying the premium for a daily rig.
The spread spectrum enhances the OC if disabled. You misinterpreted the indication on top right corner.
You are correct
ooops, I noticed this as well, I disabled mine. I'm using the ASUS p6td Deluxe. I also now have a G1 Sniper with a x5660 but will probably sell it on ebay as it seems like a poorer over clocker. (as the board looked cool.)
Should I even consider overclocking if I have a stock cpu cooler? How far do you guys think I can push its Ghz until it gets too hot?
That depends but worth a try.
Michael Cooper yeah I'm gonna try overclocking it and track its progress if it gets too hot I'll stop it.
Hi cpu Intel Xeon E5645 is working asus p6t deluxe v2?
A Google search for "E5645 asus p6t deluxe v2" doesn't show anyone claiming to have got it working.
i overclocked my x5670 same settings as you. prime95 is runing for 5h. max temp is 87c min temp is 74c. is it good?
mobo: asus p6td deluxe
cooler: cm seidon v3.
ram: corsair dominator 3x2gb
thank you for video.
Those temps are fine. Prime95 puts a maximum load on your CPU. Doing real world things is not likely to use the CPU at that level.
Michael Cooper thank you very much for reply and for video
Hello friend! Your video is amazing and I decided to oc my x5670. But I can't get into that settings, thinking that my mb is locked to changing. I have Dell precision t3500 workstation with nvidia 1060 6gb, and 20 gb ecc memory on 1333mhz. Do you know how to oc this machine? Tnx
You're not going to be able to do this kind of overclocking using a Dell system or HP or any other large manufacturer for that matter. Unless you happen to get a system that has a motherboard that has a bios with these settings this is no way to overclock it.
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy ok...tnx friend
@@uzismrt That is not correct. You can still overclock it, but you will have to do it on Windows and you need an unlocked multi. I will bring a tutorial based on one of those Dell workstaions on my Channel
@@ImWateringPSUs ok, friend. I'm waiting to see what video.