[Xeon E5-1680 v2 overclocking]

Hi BlackArchon,

 

I have my E5-1680 v2 overclocked to 4.7GHz in my HP Z620. Of course, I had to be a little creative keeping the CPU cooled.

 

 

 

 

[Xeon E5-1680 v2 overclocking]

Hi BlackArchon,

 

With regards to overclocking, COOLING IS EVERYTHING.

 

I have a HP Z620 with E5-1680 v2 running at 4.7GHz.

 

 

In Passmark 9;

 

 

And Passmark 8;

 

 

Single threaded score for PM8 is 2565.

 

I've attached some images of the cooling arrangement.

 

I also have a water cooled GTX 1080Ti and a Quadro P2000 in my system, 64GB 1866MHz DDR3 and 256GB Samsung SM951 (AHCI) boot drive.