Xeon 3000 series

[imported_yes]

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!

 

[krotchy]

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.

 

[lopri]

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.