when turbo unlocked/boosted xeon v3 should i worry about tdp
when turbo unlocked/boosted xeon v3 should i worry about tdp
cpu model xeon e5 2686 v3 with 18 cores and 36 threads. bios and uefi drivers were modified to increase turbo speed of all cores to 3.1ghz instead of the default 2.3ghz, allowing 10-12 cores to reach 3.65ghz at once. original settings were 2-3ghz. no other changes except bclk 103 and vcore-adaptive. throttle stop's power cut feature was enabled to match the modifications. original power consumption ranged from 120-144w, but under stress due to uefi tricks it is unknown. ups software indicates idle load differences of about 15% between the two units, with cpu consuming around 30% power during full stress. temperatures are normal (70-75°C, prime95 might hit ~80c). the mod reduces voltage by 50mv. for gaming or long sessions, should i worry about dpw reliability?
The Xeon E5-2679 v4 has a 200W TDP and is officially supported in 2011-3 boards, meaning the socket can handle at least 200W, though an overclocked 6950X can exceed it. You don't need to worry about it—you should be fine.
The process includes removing microcode from the BIOS, updating the firmware, configuring UFI commands to prioritize all cores at maximum speed, deleting the existing OS code from Windows, and then reinserting the newest version using a VMware tool. You can locate this information on anand, which details controls for Turbo in XEON systems.
I understand you're asking about the purpose of the gaming mention and the CPU. Please let me know if you'd like to discuss that further.
Currently, there isn't a lot of heavy transcoding or workstation tasks, but since I'm a power user with many virtual machines, large files, and frequent extraction, compression, caching, and multitasking, I really appreciate the CPU performance. Of course, it cost me 350$, which was a win-win situation.