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Having a few weeks of experience with my X3350, I have a late caveat to add to my earlier statement. Although the PC will go into, and come out of, S3 suspend, it is not always "happy" when it has done so; it can then be slow to respond to input, etc., until the next reboot.

Yes, it's a Xeon X3350.

I'm not familiar with the term "S3 Sleep" - is it a Vista function? I have a Q3350, but am running XP. I don't know if this is any help, but I have been able to put this PC into (and out of) Standby. I hope that this is of some help.

I have received the X3350, and it booted up without any problem in the IP35 Pro, with the pre-installed v.14 BIOS. I subsequently flashed the BIOS to v.16, and it is continuing to run well. It's early days, but I think that the gamble has paid off!

But ExcaliburPC has increased their price of the OEM X3350 by $10 (fortunately, after I placed my order for one)! http://www.excaliberpc.com/Int...artinfo-id-585314.html

Thanks for such a clear and complete reply - it's really helpful. I'll give it a go. :thumbsup:

I'm really struggling to understand whether these are differences between a Q9450 and an X3350. I've read that there is no difference other than the name, but I've also read posts where users go to great lengths to demonstrate that they behave the same way. If they're the same other than the...