*** New Intel Quad Core Xeon X3350 ***

[Fatboy]

Hi there


Just arrived we have the


Intel Quad Core Xeon X3350 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - OEM

The Quad-Core and Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 3000 sequence-based platforms unleash the computing power of the Quad or Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors. The new 45 nm Quad and Dual-Core processors feature enhanced Intel® Core™ microarchitecture that provides your business with exceptional performance and power efficiency at a very affordable cost. These servers are ideal for small business owners looking for ways to grow business, manage operation more effectively and efficiently, and protect and secure one of their most important assets - information. Built for business growth: Based on enhanced Intel® Core™ microarchitecture, 64-bit Quad-Core computing with up to 12 MB on-die cache and 1333 MHz front side bus provides the performance necessary for small, medium business owners looking for ways to support rapid business growth on small technology budgets. Also suitable for building small, cost-effective HPC clusters that create high-performance, personal super computing solutions and work-group clusters.

- Intel Wide Dynamic Execution - Enabling delivery of more instructions per clock cycle to improve execution time and energy efficiency
- Intel Intelligent Power Capability - Designed to deliver more energy-efficient performance
- Intel Smart Memory Access - Improving system performance by optimizing the use of the available data bandwidth
- Intel Advanced Smart Cache - Providing a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem. Optimized for multi-core and dual-core processors
- Intel Advanced Digital Media Boost - Accelerating a broad range of applications, including video, speech and image, photo processing, encryption, financial, engineering and scientific applications. Now improved even further on 45nm versions with Intel HD Boost utilizing new SSE4 instructions for even better multimedia performance

- Quad Core Technology
- 45nm-process Technology with various Core technology improvements
- 2.66GHz clock speed (8x Multiplier)
- 12MB L2 Cache
- Intel Speedstep Technology
- EM64T 64-Bit Technology
- Execute Disable Bit
- Cooler running technology, less heat and less noise!



Price: £205.99+VAT (£242.04 inc VAT)


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[Smirnoff]

Pretty good with only 5 minutes spent in the BIOS doing settings, 32m Super PI stable with Vcore set to 1.27 in BIOS, These chips seem to be far superior to Q9450's

Second shot with speedstepping turned on, Even at 1.19v the chip was nice and stable

 

[J.D]

Looking good Smirnoff .

Will these CPU's perform exactly the same as the quad core 45nm in gaming, apps etc?.

 

[Locky]

yes they will, these are from a better qaulity waffer than desktop chips, and should clock higher,
them screen shots was taken with an IP35 motherboard, to be honest its pritty much maxed out,
should see 500+ fsb on x38/48 motherboards, by the way it was cooled by a stock heatsink.

 

[JediFragger]

I wantwantwantwantonenow!!

 

[Minstadave]

Will be investing in one of these once I qualify this summer

 

[Hesky82]

yes they will, these are from a better qaulity waffer than desktop chips, and should clock higher,
them screen shots was taken with an IP35 motherboard, to be honest its pritty much maxed out,
should see 500+ fsb on x38/48 motherboards, by the way it was cooled by a stock heatsink.

Yorkfields don’t clock much better if at all on the x38 and x48 boards. These Xeons do seem to be a tad better than the Q9540's but we are talking less than 50MHz on the same setup. they still have a nasty fsb wall and 500MHz stable is still unobtainable. If I was looking for a new quad Id grab one over the desktop version just because it is cheaper, but tbh there's nothing in it

 

[Smirnoff]

The Xeon need a lot less volts, To get the same clock on my Q9450 i needed over 1.44 volts compared to 1.27 with the Xeon. The Xeon chips seem to be far superior to the Q9450 voltage wise and with worries of degradation with the 45nm chips less volts is always better

 

[Hesky82]

1.44v is pretty high for 3.6GHz though! my Q6600 only needs 1.28v to be prime stable at the same clock.

Does it happily run prime at that vcore?

 

[Smirnoff]

Yep it passes hours of prime, I'll be putting the Xeon under water in my rampage rig today, I will post some more screens shots later today

 

[Vir]

So I checked, on OcUK and here in my country (The Netherlands) the Q9450 and X3350 processors cost about the same. But if I understand the comments on here you should deffo go for a Xeon? What's the real difference between let's say a Q9450 and the X3350? I read on here the quality of the wafers is better on a Xeon, that's it? I mean as these are normally seen as server cpu's (right?) are there any other things I am missing? Do these have the same instruction sets as desktop processors? Gonna check wiki

edit:

Also, maybe someone knows, how do these two compare?

Intel Q6600
Intel Xeon X3220

They are both same specs and price, will the X3220 clock better then the Q6600 normally?

 

[Smirnoff]

 

[nightwish]

That's quick! What are your temps like with that clock?

 

[Smirnoff]

Core 1 58c
Core 2 57c
Core 3 60c
Core 4 54c

Using poorly applied AS5 Temps will be a lot better with better seating of the heatsink.

 

[V|per]

1.44v is pretty high for 3.6GHz though! my Q6600 only needs 1.28v to be prime stable at the same clock.

But you have a v ery good q6600, because most need an absolute minimum of 1.4v to get 3.6ghz prime stable...

Also, is yours 400x9 or 450x8???

 

[Hesky82]

It runs 450x9 at 1.5v in the bios and use CrystalCPUID to drop the multi and lower the voltage to 450x8 1.288v so I can run a quieter PC when needed.

 

[Cob]

Still yet to see any reason to get one of these over the cheaper retail Q9450.


*taps foot

 

[Smirnoff]

They clock higher and need less volts on the whole.

 

[Hesky82]

Smirnoff, you can’t really compare you poor clocking q9450 with your new xeon. I’ve seen many q9450 match your xeons clocks with identical voltages.
Now if purchasing a Xeon can guarantee a low voltage overclock then that on its own is certainly a good reason to purchase one!! As I said before I would definitely get one of these over a desktop chip if they were = or cheaper.

 

[WJA96]

Smirnoff, you can’t really compare you poor clocking q9450 with your new xeon. I’ve seen many q9450 match your xeons clocks with identical voltages.

And quite a few that can't

Now if purchasing a Xeon can guarantee a low voltage overclock then that on its own is certainly a good reason to purchase one!! As I said before I would definitely get one of these over a desktop chip if they were = or cheaper.

If you shop around a bit they can be had cheaper, but the resale on Xeons is carp compared to the equivalent Q chip as people have to know what they are buying.