Recent content by DarthPeanut

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    What controls Turbo Core in Xeons?

    So far I seem to be able to get my 2697v3 to 3.5 all core for cinebench which is a nice improvement. Running a microcode stripped 3803 bios with mce set to 36 all core, svid disabled, and llc set to 6... using an x27 microcode in windows. Will probably try a 104-105 bclk next to see if its...
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    What controls Turbo Core in Xeons?

    I cannot get the modded bios on this board via flashback for the life of me. Just errors out immediately and solid light on the flashback button after momentarily flashing. I have tried both old/ new versions of UBU and using the latest version it appears to function correctly (although process...
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    What controls Turbo Core in Xeons?

    I downloaded the latest bios for my board and opened it in UBU but I am struggling a bit to make sense of it since it looks like options are different than what I see back in the beginning of this thread. I have read through most of this thread more than once but I guess I need to educate...
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    What controls Turbo Core in Xeons?

    Change of plan and I picked up an x99-e ws usb 3.1 board for a reasonable price to put the 2697v3 into. I have it up and running on a test bench but having trouble downloading the bios with mc removed from the link below of asus bios I found when reading through this thread...
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    What controls Turbo Core in Xeons?

    I have an asus x99 deluxe that I plan to use for this.
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    What controls Turbo Core in Xeons?

    Received a 2697v3 today so hopefully I understand the process. Curious to see what I can do for all core and also what kind of memory speed/ timings I can get after that.
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    What controls Turbo Core in Xeons?

    Joined the forum after reading quite a bit of this thread. Really interesting stuff and tons of thanks to many of you throughout, it has been quite educational. I have an e5-2697v3 on the way to give this a shot in an x99 deluxe board. Currently I am running a 5960x in the board at 4.7ghz as my...