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Uhh Holy Crap!?

Well they are not really all that great compared to the !7 920 when on sale for $200 at microcenter. The only $200 Xeon there is a Dual core chip while a 2.0GHz Quad cost around $230.

The 920 looks better to me unless I am missing something.
 
I don't see how these prices rock either. The only ones comparable in price to i7 920 are severely downclocked and some with less L3.
 
Originally posted by: PC Surgeon
:roll:

You guys ever think about overclocking? Just a thought.
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I am not much of an Intel user, but do Xeons overclock that much better than normal desktop processors? I know the AMD Opterons tend to overclock a tad better than their desktop equivelent at lower voltages, is the same true with the Xeons?
 
*POPPING PC Surgeons Dreams*

Yes they work, but not very good.

You lose out on a TON of overclocking options in bios.
http://i125.photobucket.com/al...aigomorla/IMG_0162.jpg

You can see im missing 2 options i NEED. One is QPI Multi.
And its Hard to keep stable.

And no its not worth the hassle, so just get a i7 920 D0.

Yes you want the D0.
Trust me on this bro.
 
Those prices are crap, they dont rock. The cheaper than i7 chips are extremely crippled, the same as i7 chips are twice (or more) as much. I wonder what the deal is with that dual core chip; its not a native dual core.
 
Not something I'd want... the only Nehalem Xeon that really stretches out the lead against everything else costs $1600 list. As noted above, server platforms are not set up for overclockers either; the concept is irrelevant in that sphere. And a dual-core Nehalem Xeon? Man, I sure hope a lot of naive users don't buy that chip expecting miraculous performance.
 
Originally posted by: aigomorla
Originally posted by: ilkhan
Those prices are crap, they dont rock. The cheaper than i7 chips are extremely crippled, the same as i7 chips are twice (or more) as much. I wonder what the deal is with that dual core chip; its not a native dual core.
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oh wow good eye..

WTF is this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819117188
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Yup.

I was looking at Dell's new Precision T3500 last night...
http://configure.us.dell.com/d...tation-precision-t3500

Add $1400 for what is basically an i7 920.
 
Originally posted by: speedfreak
xeons aren't meant for overclocking afaik or are they?
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Xeons would be like a 18 wheeler truck.

The Extreme Editions are the enzos.
 
Originally posted by: Idontcare
Now why can't they put one in a laptop for me?
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Agreed. Im desperately wanting an arrandale chip (and a working version of the asus XG station).
 
Originally posted by: gersson
I want to know the opposite -- will the i7 chips work on dual 1366 boards like These

The prices for the xeons are ridiculous.
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Only Gainestown core chips will work in a dual-CPU configuration like that. The mainstream Bloomfield cores can't.
 
Best case they'll work but be slower. But, while they should work solo, I doubt they'll work in a two way configuration.
 
I don't know why you would think Xeons don't OC well - I used an e3110 (Xeon version of e8400) that overclocked almost exactly the same as my e8400, slightly lower volts & lower temps at 3.6GHz.

Never pushed it so I don't know if it was any better or not but I believe the only difference between the two lines is the etching on the heat shield and the code telling your motherboard bios what chip is installed.

Concerning that Xeon E5502 - linkage.

Highlights: D0, 80W TDP, 4MB L3, dual core

So it will use less power/generate less heat, should overclock well and has half the cores/cache of the Nehalem quads.

Supports virtualization but does not list Hyperthreading under the features.
 
If Intel and RIAA get together they'd want to serve everyone in the o/c forum a $1 million fine. :laugh:

Seriously, Xeon boards don't allow o/c (the real ones anyways) and not that you want to do this. Skudtrail for Nehalam is coming...
 
I know a couple of sites mentioned the possibility of a xeon+2xX58 board, which really WOULD have native quad x16 slots. That could be impressive. But these prices just plain suck.
 
275$ for a 2.13ghz neha xeon... vs... 288$ for a 2.66gh i7 920 with more cache... mmm... now those xeons are much MORE expensive, not less expensive...
I will pass on getting a dual core thank you very much, especially one that requires expensive mobo, expensive ddr3 ram, and runs at 1.86ghz ... for 200$

budget overclock is buying cheap parts and overclocking it, not buying the slowest AND most overpriced parts and over clocking them,
 
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