Next Gen Quads

azianai · March 17th, 2008

Ok so some retailers finally started to sell the long awaited 45nm Quad Cores from intel. Only ones i've found reasonable are the Xeon branded ones, X3550 and X3320 which are Q9450 and Q9350 respectfully. Anyway, seems that these processors have a lower multiplier, doesn't look like it'll be as OC friendly as the 8400 is. But damn 12mb L2Cache is ridiculous. If neone cares here's the link for both processors:

Intel CPU XEON QUAD CORE X3350 2.66GHZ (Intel BX80569X3350) : Lagoom.com
Intel CPU XEON QUAD CORE X3320 2.50GHZ (Intel BX80580X3320) : Lagoom.com

So who's gonna be the guinea pig and buy one?

**RA1D** · March 17th, 2008

i'll probably jump on the q9450

polobunny · March 17th, 2008

X3320 = 6MB cache.
Edit: Anything lower than 8x multiplier will be a pain to OC imo. X3350 looks like your safe bet.

**Capper** · March 17th, 2008

Also, as popular as using the server chips have been....they are not OCing as well, and have different voltage settings.

I only bring this up because a lot of inexperienced folk are grabbing the Xeons and finding out there are some differences, and that they tend not to OC as well, and run a bit hotter.

azianai · March 17th, 2008

ya but i offset the server with the vanilla stock route, you're prob better off with the xeon since they seem cheaper.

**Capper** · March 17th, 2008

they typically are cheaper (unless Newegg is price gouging), and are the same processors.....if you aren't planning on overclocking, they are a fine choice....but for people who are "enthusiasts" they are not on par with the old Opterons, which really started this whole server processor as a desktop processor fad.

March 17th, 2008	#1
azianai Aeria gloris Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,346	Next Gen Quads Ok so some retailers finally started to sell the long awaited 45nm Quad Cores from intel. Only ones i've found reasonable are the Xeon branded ones, X3550 and X3320 which are Q9450 and Q9350 respectfully. Anyway, seems that these processors have a lower multiplier, doesn't look like it'll be as OC friendly as the 8400 is. But damn 12mb L2Cache is ridiculous. If neone cares here's the link for both processors: Intel CPU XEON QUAD CORE X3350 2.66GHZ (Intel BX80569X3350) : Lagoom.com Intel CPU XEON QUAD CORE X3320 2.50GHZ (Intel BX80580X3320) : Lagoom.com So who's gonna be the guinea pig and buy one? (thanks blake!)

March 17th, 2008	#2
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March 17th, 2008	#3
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,573 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Next Gen Quads X3320 = 6MB cache. Edit: Anything lower than 8x multiplier will be a pain to OC imo. X3350 looks like your safe bet. Last edited by polobunny; March 17th, 2008 at 10:42.

March 17th, 2008	#4
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,610 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Next Gen Quads Also, as popular as using the server chips have been....they are not OCing as well, and have different voltage settings. I only bring this up because a lot of inexperienced folk are grabbing the Xeons and finding out there are some differences, and that they tend not to OC as well, and run a bit hotter. INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

March 17th, 2008	#5
azianai Aeria gloris Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,346	Re: Next Gen Quads ya but i offset the server with the vanilla stock route, you're prob better off with the xeon since they seem cheaper. (thanks blake!)

March 17th, 2008	#6
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,610 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Next Gen Quads they typically are cheaper (unless Newegg is price gouging), and are the same processors.....if you aren't planning on overclocking, they are a fine choice....but for people who are "enthusiasts" they are not on par with the old Opterons, which really started this whole server processor as a desktop processor fad. INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU