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Xeon 3000 series

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imported_yes

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Would like to know the experiences of folks who might have used these? Are these better than the desktop Kentsfield? Any reviews & pointers will be helpful. Thanks!
 
The Xeon X32x0's are in fact Kentsfield chips. They likely are binned better, however I tend to find that the quad core chips are thermally limited pretty quickly. So I suspect the premium of a Xeon X3220 isnt really worthwhile over that of a Q6600. The only benefit at the moment of the Xeon X32x0's is that you could buy a lower multiplier chip for cheaper than a Q6600 (X3210), and likely hit similar overclocks assuming you aren't board limited.
 
They're new and rare so I don't know when we'll see (if at all) any meaningful difference in OC potential. I thought about quad-core LGA775 Xeons but the price premium is too high to be compared to their C2Q equivalents.
 
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