Dual Xeon 55XX+Overclocking, possible ?

[The-Fox]

Hey extreme Gainstown guys.
I recently stumbled upon Intel Xeon E5520 (http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=40200) which is a nice Nehalem for DP configuration working @ 2.26Ghz, and only retails for 373$.

Considering the insane and non linear increase of "$$$ per Mhz" in the Xeon 55XX family, this is a real bargain.

THE question is: is there any board which supports DP configuration and decent OC abilities ?

I have seen some decently priced ASUS boards for around 250$ and overall the O.K boards from Tyan and SuperMicro are not that expensive, around 300$.

If so, it can be a hell of a workstation for good price and killer performance.

Thanks to those who can share some info.:up:

[trn]

I have this setup on my work computer, dual E5520's running on Asus Z8PE-12. This mother board and afaik all other Intel 5500 chipsets have no overclocking features. Still makes a great workstation, lots of multi-threaded computing power without extreme heat or power issues.

[RHKCommander959]

my 5530 low power one oc's decently but is held back by mobo atm. but not using dp setup just a single.

afaik theres no skulltrail-esque DP boards right now

[trn]

There are plenty of DP LGA1366 boards, newegg shows 48 of em. I use the Asus Z8PE-12; while it is a good mobo it is not an OC'ers board. While the DP boards are 1366, they are NOT x58 chipsets. The chipsets these boards use are Intel 5520's or 5500; these chipsets have no overclocking features, they are designed for servers/workstations.

[siyah]

in a socket 1366 (DFI X58 T3EH) i have X5550 ES under water this screen


http://www.abload.de/thumb/40ghz116v32mttlr.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=40ghz116v32mttlr.jpg)

[resident1509]

Wait for CES next week ;)

[The-Fox]

There are plenty of DP LGA1366 boards, newegg shows 48 of em. I use the Asus Z8PE-12; while it is a good mobo it is not an OC'ers board. While the DP boards are 1366, they are NOT x58 chipsets. The chipsets these boards use are Intel 5520's or 5500; these chipsets have no overclocking features, they are designed for servers/workstations.

You were almost right :D

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=242242

Moahh, Dual Xeons+EVGA is going to be a killer :cool:

I guess 5520/5500 chipsets can be overclocked :p:

[nightsharkski]

in a socket 1366 (DFI X58 T3EH) i have X5550 ES under water this screen


http://www.abload.de/thumb/40ghz116v32mttlr.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=40ghz116v32mttlr.jpg)

I'm very impress with the result you post,but I wonder how u get ur X5550 @ mutiplier 22,I have one ES X5550 but B0 stepping,able to get 180x20 on my P6T7 WS Supercom board,it seems 180 is a BLCK wall for the ES chip,very interested to knoe how u get it @ mutiplier 22?

[sethk]

I'm really hoping that the EVGA board allows you to use i920s (since they say you can use two different CPUs, with different multipliers), but I'm not too hopeful. I think the E5xxx Xeons have an extra QPI link or something, which may be required?

[Boulard83]

Its not going to. The 920 dont have DP component in it. ( link needed in the proc )

But the newer DP EVGA board seems to be something very interesting. I really hope that EVGA had put lots of OC option in it. This can be the first DP board with decent OCability. :D:D