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xeons and nforce 680?

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looking to build a quad dx10 monster shortly :D , are the the xeons ok in nforce 680 boards?, looking at the abit in9 32x max. thanks for any help :)
 
On the same subject (slightly :)), what's the difference between these 2 chips, they look pretty much identical to me: Xeon 3200 and this one Q6600

Only difference seems to be the bundled games!
 
munge said:
On the same subject (slightly :)), what's the difference between these 2 chips, they look pretty much identical to me: Xeon 3200 and this one Q6600

Only difference seems to be the bundled games!
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The Xeon is a server chip and is likely to be made from higher grade silicon and therefore should overclock beterr.
 
El Jimben said:
The Xeon is a server chip and is likely to be made from higher grade silicon and therefore should overclock beterr.
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So same basically as the Opterons then? So why is it cheaper?
 
I was wondering the same. Are these chips fine in standard 775 boards, have a little spare money and cant make my mind whether to upgrade cpu or gfx card atm. Any advice appreciated.
 
Philio said:
If you look around you can get them for a fair bit cheaper without the games too.
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You mean you can buy stuff from somewhere other than OcUK?!!! ;)
 
lol :)

Well most sites are very close on price, but there is one particular site that is considerably cheaper ;)
 
The cheaper Xeon - the 3210 - only has an 8x multiplier.
The true equivalent to the Q6600 is the Xeon X3220 (9x multiplier).
This costs coonsiderably more than the Q6600.
 
PinkFloyd said:
Yeh equivilent to Opterons.

socket 939 Opterons were cheaper than normal AMD64s when they came out too iirc :)
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Can understand why the Opterons were cheaper, after all, AMD didn't really envisage them being so popular as a desktop chip. I'm sure Intel looked at the Opteron pricing and factored that into the equation, although I suppose with an 8x multi, perhaps it's less attractive to the overclocking buyers who after all were the main buyers of Opterons outside the server market.
 
Up until this morning i had mine in a rev2 evga 680i


p35 is sooooooooooooo much better for overclocking/stability :D

Only go 680 if you 100% know you will be using sli and using it properly i.e. 1920x1200 or bigger.
 
I'd guess he must have upgraded to a new P35. ;)

I'd be interested to see how you get on with that lay-z-boy. What clocks and volts you at with it?

gt
 
Bito said:
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The true equivalent to the Q6600 is the Xeon X3220 (9x multiplier).
This costs coonsiderably more than the Q6600.
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The X3220 is approx. £20 more than the Q6600 at the moment - well worth it imo, especially if you're planning to o/c at all.
 
The Xeon X3210 works fine on the Asus P5N32-E SLI plus. Mine clocked at 333 fsb straight out of the box on stock volts. The same can not be said for the Geil PC6400 800MHz DDR2.

I think that the P5N32 is based on 650i though, not the 680i, depends who you believe.
 
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