Hey guys, 
 
     I recently read about people running the Xeon processors in the x58 boards, so I decided to pick one up on eBay for cheap and try the mod myself. After a little solder work, I had my machine back up and running with the new processor. I'm still a bit green with overclocking, so I wanted to see if you guys had any input on how I have things set up in bios. Thanks in advance for the input :)
 
My Rig:
Intel Xeon X5650
EVGA Motherboard part number: 121-BL-E756-TR (EVGA X58 SLI Micro)
I'm running 24 GBs of Patriot memory PG34G1600EL
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 FTW (Part Number:02G-P4-2968-RX)
Power Supply: OCZ ModXStream Pro Power Supply ‑ 700W (Model ocz700mxsp)
For cooling I'm using a Cooler Master Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (Part Number-RR-212E-20PK-R2)
Case-Coolermaster HAF

 



 

Thanks for the info Bill! I've taken all your suggested and everything seems to be running pretty stable now. I just have one question. As far as "Turbo Performance" and "Turbo Mode Function", should these be left disabled? I've heard yes and no. 

You're welcome.
I always leave turbo enabled so I get the highest multiplier.
Also with realtempGT and seeing 6 cores, 1 or 2 cores will be 8-10 higher. It is normal, most everyone sees it.
That's why you can calibrate the software in settings.
Good luck with your new CPU.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hi mjdeiter,
 
Luckly I found this post from you. Thank you so much for this pictures. It helped me to think about another directions for what I am needing. 
Just to clarify and comment, last year I had pushed my motherboard to work with 48Gb RAM and recently I was wondering if I could get IOMMU (VT-d Intel Virtualization Technology capability) from a Xeon processor on that board EVGA X58 SLI Micro (like mine and yours). 
I was twisting my mind and researching about it,  until I see your BIOS Setup pictures ( that shows Virtualization Technology: Enabled) and CPU-z picture (that also show only VT-x capability enabled)
Even putting a Top processor of it's period this motherboard couldn't recognize VT-d capability and I know your processor have it (take a look in Advanced Technology of this URL)

 
Now I'm convinced that even if I make the mod or just change the processor for a XEON all would be in vain, because the board would not recognize it.
With VT-d / IOMMU I could give my virtual machines almost the same performance of the host by PCI Passthrough.
In other words a virtual machine could access the hardware directly and I was needing to get GPU Passthrough.
 
My Machine:
Intel i7-980X Extreme Edition 3.33 Ghz
EVGA X58 SLI Micro
EVGA GeForce GTX 690
I'm running 48 GB RAM : 6 x 8Gb  (1333mhz Ddr3 G.skill Ripjaws X)


Thank you again, bye :)

i know its a bit old topic.
Xeon X5650s seems love overclocking ,manage so far 4.3Ghz stable (20x215) (on air)