Which C2D?

[Mr. Smith]

I very much doubt you'll hit 4ghz with a Q6600 Even if it is a G0...

Good idea, you've only got a month or so to wait. If I have money in a couple of months I'll do the same, I got my E6300 this morn

LOL - look again bud, 4ghz for 6850... Man, 4ghz on a q6600 would be awesome, one guy has 3.9 at xs!

What about getting a Xeon X3210

The 2.4 version is about £360, the q6600 is about £190...

 

[prosser13]

LOL - look again bud, 4ghz for 6850... Man, 4ghz on a q6600 would be awesome, one guy has 3.9 at xs!

What cooling is he using?

 

[equk]

The 2.4 version is about £360, the q6600 is about £190...

The X3210 is about the same price (£149.99+VAT), altho the multi is different (2.13Ghz instead of 2.4Ghz). I was reading about someone getting 4Ghz from a xeon with g0 timings.

Not sure what sort of thermal differences there are between them (if any), but I would expect the xeons to be good as they are for servers (rack etc).

 

[Mr. Smith]

What cooling is he using?

Water

Just noticed its an eng sample...

oh well, still, have a look through, there are plenty of decent OC's

Edit: Eq - surely its exactly the same situation then? Looking for x3210 G0 instead of a q6600 G0... Where did you get that price mate?

 

[prosser13]

Nice, I take back my comment then

http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=4473

£264 for a X3210...the Q6600 is only £163 from the same shop

 

[equk]

Where did you get that price mate?

on OcUK

not sure how much it is other places, but Xeons are norm quite good