howcome noone OC's e5205 xeons?

[Tempered81]

this chip is a 45nm part with 6mb cache using the "wolfdale" cores and you can buy them for $195. I wonder why noone oc's them. maybe an unusual socket. its been out since nov.11 2007

 

[The-Noid]

It is a Socket 771 part and also uses a 7x multi.

 

[nefariouscaine]

many people do OC s775 Xeon processors but as stated above they are s771 parts - and that makes all the difference

 

[BlueAcolyte]

I can't even find a S771 motherboard...

 

[GuitarDaddy]

They are dual socket server boards

67 of them listed at newegg
skt 771 boards

And by the way, they have 0 overclocking options. The only one I know of for enthusiasts with overclocking options is the limited edition "Skulltrail" board at $600+, and good luck finding one of those as only 2000 will be made and it is intended to be paired with 2x QX9775's at $1500 a peice. $3600+ for mobo and cpu's is a little steep for me, not to mention the 8gbs+ of registered ram you would need

 

[ELopes580]

The Xeon E3110 might be an option for LGA775 systems.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte
I can't even find a S771 motherboard...

Cou*skulltrail*gh...



heh.. also 771 are mostly server boards. Look at tyan, supermicro.

And as far as i know, only way to overclock server boards is a BSEL mod, or software.

A few buddies of mine on XS are running yorkies with bsel mods on server chipsets.