How to ship a motherboard?
How to ship a motherboard?
Ensure your Xeon X5450 runs smoothly at a steady 3.6 GHz. The board should easily support this speed.
Search for a giga EP45 UD3 chip then, these can boost the quad speeds to over 500 with 3.6GHz. Aim for around 4.2GHz max safe voltage, but keep Vcore near 1.35V for best efficiency. Use VTT/FSB at about 1.6V as well. The northbridge can handle up to 1.7V thanks to its 65nm process, though in practice you probably won’t need more than 1.4V even with high-speed FBS boards. Be careful with Vcore and ICH voltage settings—exceeding them can damage the chip. At 90nm it might survive, but at 2V it’s likely to degrade quickly; probably not ideal.
I didn’t locate UD3R nearby. My Commando performance was limited. I managed around 3.71 GHz, but only at 1.62V—very high. Stable operation at stock clocks (3.00GHz) worked with 1.38V. It might be a faulty chip, though I’m not sure. Memory timings were 6-6-6-18.