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W3690 vs i7-970

Freakster

Freakster

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Upgrading Processor on my 2nd PC, Motherboard GA-X58A-UD3R (Rev 1.0) (Memory Corsair Vengeance Black 24GB DDR3 1600MHz Triple Channel)
I have got a choice between a Xeon W3690 £110 and an i7-970 £160

the PC will be doing a little Gaming, Game server hosting, downloading\web activity, little video editing, some encoding

Im not worried about overclocking.
not sure how good the Xeon would be over the i7-970 any input for be much appreciated
 
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Any reason you'd go for the W3690 over one of the X56X0 Xeons? Cost should be a similar price, well cheaper than the 970 anyway. They will go plus 24GB's of memory also should that be a factor.
 
tribz said:
Any reason you'd go for the W3690 over one of the X5690 Xeons? Cost should be a similar price, well cheaper than the 970 anyway. They will go plus 24GB's of memory also should that be a factor.
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because the motherboard doesn't take an X5690 that's why i didn't put it as a choice :)
I just added the memory trying to cover all the questions before being asked :p and 24GB is the max that board will take anyway.
The W3690 is the fastest xeon it will take.
 
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Freakster said:
because the motherboard doesn't take an X5690 that's why i didn't put it as a choice :)
I just added the memory trying to cover all the questions before being asked :p and 24GB is the max that board will take anyway.
The W3690 is the fastest xeon it will take.
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That board should work fine with any X56x0 chip ..

http://www.pc-specs.com/mobo/GigaByte/Gigabyte_GA-X58A-UD3R/813/Compatible_CPUs

My board only supports 24GB but its determined by the CPU so I'm running 36Gb in mine.

Have a look in the X5650 mega thread for some more info, I'm sure theres a few in there with your board.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18618052

Edit, if your not going to overclock it, I would probably get the much cheaper X5650 and clock it to the same speed as the X5690

:)
 
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im tempted to get the X5650 for my board (Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58) but doesn't state on the Asus website that it supports the processor
 
Freakster said:
My GA-X58A-UD3R board is only a Rev 1.0 the Rev 2.0 takes more of the Xeons than mine. I dont wanna get it and it dont work thats all
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Having had a quick look at the compatibility lists for rev 1.0 and 2.0, both list some 32nm CPUs so would be surprised if a 5650 didn't work. The Rev 2.0 has just been tested with more - which depending on when it came out vs the newer Xeons would make sense that a manufacturer wouldn't necessarily go back and retest older boards with newer CPUs.


Not sure why that "pc-specs" site is now suddenly being used as the gospel truth for CPU compatibility though.
 
Armageus said:
If that was aimed at me then I meant X5690 - in which case W3690 has a slightly higher VID range and lower TCase than the X5690

http://ark.intel.com/products/52576
http://ark.intel.com/products/52586


Can't see that W3690 or X5690 are particularly cost effective options - overclocking a X5650 or X5660 is probably the better option.
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No it wasnt aimed at anyone lol Its just from reading online I genuinely think the W3690 comes out on top easily from the X5650\60. The X5690 is a little better but is going for a lot more.
The W3690 for just a little more than the X5650\60 seems to out perform them without overclocker. Id preffer a stable W3690 with better perfromance than problems with an overclocked X5650\60

Also has anyone got a X56x0 going on a GA-X58A-UD3R "REV 1.0"
 
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