Xeon or C2Q

trickards · 29 Apr 2007 at 23:37

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.

PC-M Vip3r · 30 Apr 2007 at 02:38

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

Ronaldo · 30 Apr 2007 at 03:09

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

harris1986 · 30 Apr 2007 at 06:52

so would they perform the same in games etc?

Ronaldo · 30 Apr 2007 at 10:41

at same clock as Core2Quad yes i.e Xeon 2.8 ghz (4 cores) is same as Core2Quad 2.8 ghz (4cores) = same performace

waso_dude · 30 Apr 2007 at 13:46

think i might upgrade to one my self, my computer is rearly offline,

is the heat/wattage usuage about the same?

Datamonkey · 30 Apr 2007 at 14:32

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

waso_dude · 30 Apr 2007 at 14:44

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)

gurusan · 30 Apr 2007 at 14:46

I dunno how true this is.

For example the Xeon 3050 clocked no better than most e6400s.

Datamonkey · 30 Apr 2007 at 15:00

^ oh well as long as it clocks as well its a cheaper quad core then

gurusan · 30 Apr 2007 at 15:06

Datamonkey said:
^ oh well as long as it clocks as well its a cheaper quad core then

thats for sure.

Justintime · 30 Apr 2007 at 15:13

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.

RaiderX · 30 Apr 2007 at 15:38

do the 775 xeons work in any mb that supports quad core?

waso_dude · 30 Apr 2007 at 15:59

yes they are just a quad core 2

RaiderX · 30 Apr 2007 at 18:00

X3210 for me then

Psycho Sonny · 30 Apr 2007 at 22:47

waso_dude said:
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)

asus 650i mobo doesnt like 4 gigs of ram, get an asus p5b deluxe

waso_dude · 30 Apr 2007 at 23:31

Psycho Sonny said:
asus 650i mobo doesnt like 4 gigs of ram, get an asus p5b deluxe

na need SLi compatability,

Psycho Sonny · 1 May 2007 at 00:03

waso_dude said:
na need SLi compatability,

sli is pointless and a waste of money

Sipha · 1 May 2007 at 00:23

Hmm very tempting these new Xeon's, I wonder if the overclocking potential is really that good...

zaza · 1 May 2007 at 01:26

Psycho Sonny said:
sli is pointless and a waste of money

Really? How come? I don't have sli, but man, I'd never afford it..