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    Xeon X3380 3.16ghz desktop quad running in my old Asus laptop at 3.5ghz !!! :D

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by King of Interns, May 5, 2011.

  1. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    Found a cheap Xeon X3380 chip on ebay so hey I bought it and swapped out my old Q9650 :) For those that don't know the X3380 is a desktop LGA socket 775 Xeon quad chip that runs 3.16ghz at 9.5x multi. In other words a bit of a beast!

    Installation was easy. Took me less than half and hour from power off - upgrade - power on :)

    I did some Wprime runs at both stock and at a jaw dropping 3.5ghz!

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    It took much testing to get up to 3.5ghz and interestingly I needed only 1.2V to run 3.45ghz but to break the 3.5ghz barrier I had to up the voltage to 1.225V to avoid a BSOD under stress testing. I think the reason is fsb limitations so lots of voltage needed to keep it stable. Here are screenshots showing the temp differences between 1.2 and 1.225V under load.

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    To put things into perspective I also ran Wprime on the Q9650 before removing it at 3ghz and 3.2ghz. The improvements are quite noticeable with the X3380.
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    Needless to say I think i have reason to be happy with the results :D to hit such a clock speed in a 15.4" four year old laptop on a non-extreme quad for 150 pounds isn't too shabby..! :cool:
     
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    Hahaha! pwniez! Congrats.

    I'm not even going to ask what your battery life is... :p
     
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    Haha it has always been negligible. 1 hour at the max :p with screen brightnesss turned right down. On full power you cannot operate on battery there isn't enough power lol

    Anyways just modded case a little bit should cut temps at least a few degrees :)
     
    King of Interns, May 6, 2011
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