INTEL XEON DUAL CORE 3070 6700 DUO 2.66GH

[jGEE]

I'm Kinda a newbie with computers. I have a Gateway GM5260 with an Intel® (Love Valley P) P965 Viiv? motherboard, it's OEM and locked down pretty good. It had the core 2 duo E6300. I want to upgrade to the E6700, from what i have read i might need a BIOS upgrade but it looks like the E6700 should work.

I ran across an INTEL XEON DUAL CORE 3070 6700 DUO 2.66GH kinda in my price range. It looks like it is the same as the E6700 on the intel site best i can tell. There must be some difference, anyway does anyone know if would be worth trying to save a few bucks over the E6700? thanks

 

[Roguestar]

According to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...core_2_microprocessors
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...2FDP.29.2C_Dual_Core_2
they're of exactly the same specifications.

 

[jGEE]

THANKS! Mr. Roguestar i appreciate you taking the time to reply......... I know nothing is 100% certain but i think i'm close enough to give it a try!!
joe

 

[MarcVenice]

How much you paying for that e6700 ?

 

[jGEE]

it's not a e6700 it's the INTEL XEON DUAL CORE 3070 6700 DUO 2.66GH. From everything i can find it has the same specs as the E6700. It was on e-bay BUY IT NOW for $159.99 with $6 shipping. The guy shipped it the same day Fed X.. i should have it fri 2-8-08. I hope it is a "bolt in" swap or i'm gonna be lost, lol!


joe