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Xeon or C2Q

trickards

trickards

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What are the differences here? I've always understood Xeon out performs Desktop equivalents.

Thought some others as well as myself may benefit from enlightenment.
 
I think (correct me if im wrong) Xeons are underclocksed quite a bit so when overclocking them you can get a hell of a lot more out of them. and it sounds better than C2D IMO
 
Xeon are like Opterons they are server CPUs which are made from better die which means they normally can clock better and use less volts to get it stable.

They are made to run 24/7 for very long time
 
xeons seem to use less power and produce less heat.

so all should be good from that point of view. they should also clock better we hope lol
 
looks like i might have to add that to my upgrade over :(

So far got:

Asus 650i mobo
4gb 6400/8500 ram
8800 (might wait for the 8900 now to save some cash)
 
I think a lot of people are stuck with the ol skool definition of a Xeon, tbh i've had quite a few 775 versions pass through here and none were anything special compared to their Core 2 Brethren, roughly the same or worse overclocks. Same for 939 Opterons.
 
Hmm very tempting these new Xeon's, I wonder if the overclocking potential is really that good...
 
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