Xeon L5639 - 6 cores on the cheap

6 cores for ~$80 on eBay...

Results so far on the Bloodrage:

Before I would lose a channel of ram at anything over 202 bclk no matter what vtt. I put in some Crucial Ballistic 3x4gb 1600mhz ram and took out the original Corsair Dominator 3x2gb 1600mhz from ~2008.

Also with this cpu turbo mode enables the 19-20x multi and it only works when 1 or 2 cores are required. 3-4 cores drops down to a 18x multi and the full 6 cores loaded drops down to 16x.

CPU Features
PPM ...............................: Enabled
EIST ..............................: Enabled
CxE................................: Auto

Memory Timings
Extreme Memory Profile XMP ........: Disabled
Memory Profile Select .............:
DRAM Timing Control ...............: Manual
tCL (CAS Latency) .................: 8T
tRCG (RAS to CAS Delay) ...........: 8T
tRP (RAS Precharge) ...............: 8T
tRAS (Precharge Delay) ............: 24T
CR (Command Rate) .................: 1T


All Voltage Settings

CPU Voltages
CPU Core Voltage ..................: +190mV 1.2v under full 12 thread load
CPU Vdroop Compensation ...........: disabled
CPU VTT (UnCore) Voltage ..........: +220mV ~1.31v
1.8 PPL Voltage Setting ...........: 1.800V
CPU Clock Amplitude Ctrl ..........: 0.800V

Memory Voltages
DRAM Voltage ......................: 1.55V

Chipset Voltages
X58 IOH Core Voltage .............: 1.2V


CPU Turbo .........................: Always On
System Turbo ......................: Enabled

Clock Speed Control Center
CPU Bclock (FSB) ................: 220MHz
QPI Link Fast Mode ..............: Enabled
QPI Multiplier ..................: x18
QPI Target Speed ................: 3960MHz
CPU Core Multiplier .............: x16
CPU Core Target Speed ...........: 3520MHz
CPU Uncore Multiplier ...........: x16
CPU Uncore Target Speed .........: 3520MHz
Memory Bus Multiplier ...........: x8
Memory Bus Target Speed .........: 1760MHZ
PCI Express Bus Clock............: 102MHz