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E6600 vs Xeon 3060

The one review I've seen has the user singing from the rafters at having achieved a 1GHz overclock, apparently with little difficulty.

But on the face of it, it looks very similar to a Conroe 6600... what's the difference?
 
mrthingyx said:
The one review I've seen has the user singing from the rafters at having achieved a 1GHz overclock, apparently with little difficulty.
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Sounds about right. Most e6600s are hitting 3.4ghz stable (1Ghz overclock) easily enough, with maybe just a small bump in vcore.
 
I can't tell what the difference is. Perhaps the Xeon line gets the primo silicon like the Opterons do. AFAIK the difference is $12 USD. I'd go for the Xeon if the price dufference was that small.
 
Or, maybe there is no difference whatsoever.

The term 'speed-binning' springs to mind.

I'm willing to put the largest sportsman's bet ever on this and say that there is absolutely no difference between the two.
 
mrthingyx said:
I'm willing to put the largest sportsman's bet ever on this and say that there is absolutely no difference between the two.
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Probably true but when you buy a Xeon for your home desktop you get a membership card to the Xeon club. You can then learn the secret handshake and take posession of your decoder ring. :p
 
From what I understand Xeon are made to go on and on. I think the best e6600 become Xeons.

How come I can't find a seller in the UK?

Do I really have to get me cousin send it over as a gift with a low value ( to avoid gordons pockets - the b*astard )
 
BillytheImpaler said:
Probably true but when you buy a Xeon for your home desktop you get a membership card to the Xeon club. You can then learn the secret handshake and take posession of your decoder ring. :p
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i want :(please enlighten me on the handshake
 
mortuzac said:
From what I understand Xeon are made to go on and on. I think the best e6600 become Xeons.
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This will make of no difference whatsoever when it comes down to the average user. By the time a home computer's Xeon chip goes pop, it will have long been confined to either a 'spares' drawer or sold as a result of an upgrade. You might notice a difference twixt the two if you run them 24/7 under 80-100% load. But I doubt it.

If it's anything, it's clever marketing: Intel built the Xeon's reputation as the preferred choice when it came to reliable servers/workstations as it was pretty much the only choice if one wasn't going to invest in dedicated hardware.That reputation has stuck, even though their Xeon chips have been completely battered by the Opterons for the past two years.

Also, the best E6600 chips become E6800X chips... the best E6800X chips become Xeon 5100s or whatever. In fact, it happens the other way round but that's pretty academic, to be honest.
 
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