Xeon X3210

[Geomagick]

Has anyone got hold of one of these yet. They seem to be the cheapest way into Quad core. If anyone has one how well does it overclock?

 

[RichUK]

Not yet, but this is going to be my next purchase to go along with my Asus Commando. This Asus board I am currently using is the best platform for OCing these quad cores on, so I hope to see decent results.

Just a FYI to anyone else interested in these chips, here is a list of all the socket 775 quad cores that will work with any Conroe ready board:

Intel Core 2 Quadro Extreme Edition QX6700 ? 2.66Ghz, 1066FSB, 8MB L2
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 ? 2.4Ghz, 1066FSB, 8MB L2
Intel Xeon 3220 - 2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB L2
Intel Xeon 3210 - 2.13GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB L2

With regards to overclocking these chips (Xeon 3210 ES)

 

[Geomagick]

That's a sweet overclock in that link, lets hope the retails match the ES variants.

 

[Elfear]

Looks like the ES chips are a little hit and miss. I had an ES chip that only did 2.6GHz. I though it was the board I was using but the guy I sold it too had the same issues.

 

[The-Noid]

only board that overclocks Quadcore for anything is p5b. I have tested one got around 3.3 ghz on stock vcore.

 

[Geomagick]

Wonder how far I'll get with my EVGA 680.

 

[Elfear]

Originally posted by: Yoxxy
only board that overclocks low-multi Quadcores for anything is p5b. I have tested one got around 3.3 ghz on stock vcore.

Fixed.

The Bad Axe 2 is good to about 390-400MHz so it does pretty well too with a x9 or x10 multiplier. I'm sure there are a couple other boards out there that will do well also.

 

[nealh]

orginial posted by: Tony, a.k.a Big Toe
Guys regarding the chipset we have to remember its quite an old design, remembering that i actually think it does an awesome job...for me better than i680 Guys regarding the chipset we have to remember its quite an old design, remembering that i actually think it does an awesome job...for me better than i680

Like all high end boards there will always be overclocking issues, issues at stock speeds are always a lot less but we all tend to forget this as we all overclock.

I for one WOULD buy the iCFX, I don't run superpi for a living and as such would probably never see it being a little slower than a 975. Games do pretty well though and it overclocks Kents real well due to in bios GTL ref voltage tweaking...so for me it is actually a worthy buy.

above from this thread
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=132592&page=4

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: nealh

orginial posted by: Tony, a.k.a Big Toe
Guys regarding the chipset we have to remember its quite an old design, remembering that i actually think it does an awesome job...for me better than i680 Guys regarding the chipset we have to remember its quite an old design, remembering that i actually think it does an awesome job...for me better than i680

Like all high end boards there will always be overclocking issues, issues at stock speeds are always a lot less but we all tend to forget this as we all overclock.

I for one WOULD buy the iCFX, I don't run superpi for a living and as such would probably never see it being a little slower than a 975. Games do pretty well though and it overclocks Kents real well due to in bios GTL ref voltage tweaking...so for me it is actually a worthy buy.

above from this thread
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=132592&page=4

Yeah then read all the post below that...i wouldn't touch that board...to many kills to trust it....