i5 760 vs X3430

[almoststew1990]

I have a 4c 4t i5 760 2.8GHz that is running stable (but hot) at 3.6GHz. I have been offered a xenon 3430 which is also 4c 4t 2.4GHz so basically the same chip but lower base clock. But I understand that 1156 xenons overclock better and would run cooler? Is that true?

which would you use?

 

[almoststew1990]

I went for it in the end- a tenner from a gumtree-er I've had good past sales with. It doesn't want to downclock when idling though which is a bit annoying so its sat at 2.8 (turbo) all the time... Back to the bios I go

Edit- low power states turned off due to the CPU swap, so I've knocked 13c off the idle and 20c so far off the load temps, at the same clocks of 3.4 GHz (not 3.6 like I thought )