Please tell. Between a Conroe E6600 OC @ 3.6Ghz and a Quad Core Xeon E5310 at stock (1.6Ghz 2 × 4M Cache 1066 MT/s) what would crunch those numbers faster (I have folding on the brain)
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Conroe VS Xeon?
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Thanks for the response, though i'm not swayed by either processor as of yet. By the way the E5310 is Clovertown, not Kentsfeild 
I am considering making a bit of a folding farm and I was wondering what processing choice was going to get me best bang for my buck. Bearing in mind I can be getting a E5310 server-system for about £460 new as opposed to what it would cost to build and overclock a conroe system.
I am considering making a bit of a folding farm and I was wondering what processing choice was going to get me best bang for my buck. Bearing in mind I can be getting a E5310 server-system for about £460 new as opposed to what it would cost to build and overclock a conroe system.The choices I have been juggling through in my head are:
1: If Conroe @ 3.6 > Clovertown @ 1.6 Then i'll upgrade my main PC (spec below to a Yorkfield (Yeah, I know it's far off
) when the time comes and pass the conroe to another machine to use for folding)
2: If Clovertown @ 1.6 > Conroe @ 3.6 Then i'll get another dual socket, E5310 rig asap for folding and add another cpu given time. And you never know, I might even be able to overclock it a little
1: If Conroe @ 3.6 > Clovertown @ 1.6 Then i'll upgrade my main PC (spec below to a Yorkfield (Yeah, I know it's far off
) when the time comes and pass the conroe to another machine to use for folding)2: If Clovertown @ 1.6 > Conroe @ 3.6 Then i'll get another dual socket, E5310 rig asap for folding and add another cpu given time. And you never know, I might even be able to overclock it a little