I've been looking at getting a quad core for a while now, but I wanted to know how the Xeons compare to the C2Q. I can't really find any decent benchmarks of the two. Would a Xeon be faster than a C2Q, assuming the same clock speeds? It'd also be easy to get a high end processor out of a cheaper one, as they're pretty much exactly the same except for the multi. But it'd be simple to get say the E5410 @ 2.33 up to 3Ghz+. Would it be worth getting one over a Q6600, bearing in mind that they come with 12Mb cache, vs 8 on the Core2? The C2Q is about 165 pounds, whereas the Xeon is 185 for the 2.33Ghz version.
Xeon processors are made for servers. I don't know what the consequences are if you put one in an normal computer.
I know. I believe they'd work fine in my mobo though. (P35)
If they are compatible, get them. Since server CPU's are higher quality due to servers expected upkeep times.
So you have a stocket LGA 771 mobo? I think not...
Intel doesn't bin server CPUs differently from the consumer ones. AMD is a whole other story thoughcyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
If they are compatible, get them. Since server CPU's are higher quality due to servers expected upkeep times.
there are 775 based xenons as well=Karma-Kills= wrote:
So you have a stocket LGA 771 mobo? I think not...
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
as I understand it - you need a server board with the corresponding chipset to the xeon processor model. Meaning a consumer P35 chipset would not support the Xeon series processor even if it was a 775 chip. I would not recommend doing this.
I know one guy with Xeon 3210 S775 (Q6600 equivalent if I remember correctly). He likes it and it is pretty much equal to Q6600.
Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2008-03-31 10:49:31)
3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8
That's just it - the 775 Xeon's are just repackaged Conroe and Kentsfield cores.
No point.
Would cost more and not improve performance one iota. As far as I am aware, Xeons don't work on the P35 - I'm not sure on that though.
Would cost more and not improve performance one iota. As far as I am aware, Xeons don't work on the P35 - I'm not sure on that though.
Meh, fair enough.
Not quite, they use higher grade silicon so will overclock better / for longer.PuckMercury wrote:
That's just it - the 775 Xeon's are just repackaged Conroe and Kentsfield cores.
I remember back in s939 days when Opterons were all the rave. Never really saw that with Intel though.
yeah, my Opteron 170 is an overclocking monsterCrazeD wrote:
I remember back in s939 days when Opterons were all the rave. Never really saw that with Intel though.
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
I would imaging you somehow get mired into needing a new board and ECC ram all for not much gains.
I'd say good if you were trying to build a multi processor workstation.
I'd say good if you were trying to build a multi processor workstation.
Last edited by jsnipy (2008-03-31 14:29:12)