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Xeon E5520

Flexion

Flexion

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What does everyone think about these?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117185

The Xeon E5520s just came out and there is one "user review" on newegg saying he/she's got the chip up to 4.8Ghz.

Of course, I take those reviews with a grain of salt because anyone can write anything there

I did notice that the QPI is higher on these chips and given they were launched around the time of the D0 stepping intro, I'm wondering if these are the next OC "sleeper" chips to get.

I've always enjoyed OC'ing server/workstation single socket chips, because it seems like they hold their OC's a bit longer and are good with extra heat.
 
Ive got a client who might be getting a pair of these for a virtualization workstation. I wish I could build on for myself.
 
That's cool, but apparently these chips work on current X58 boards. What I mean is on current core i7 lga1366 sockets.

I'm interested in OC'ing one on a single socket platform.

If they're running at the same b'clock as the 920s then they have a multi of 17 or so. I highly doubt this will be a good OC chip.

Still I'm curious.
 
With a 17 multi, 18 with Turbo boost enabled, no board is going to be able to push this chip much beyond 4000 MHz. The guy on NewEgg must have taken a day off from the crack pipe to post that review. When there are no pictures, that means it didn't really happen. You're much better off with a new D0 stepping Core i7 920. The bigger multi makes overclocking much easier and you'll save some money too.
 
That's what I thought too. Probably some burnt out Intel marketing guy. hehehe... :D
 
With a 21 X multi available, the W3520 looks like a much better choice.
It's basically the same as a 920 D0 in Xeon clothing. The Xeon seems more available than 920 D0 CPUs at the moment. 4GHz at 1.168 volts, Prime stable is hard to argue with.
 
Right you are. Didn't know about the 3xxx series, until today. So much for being on the "bleeding edge" hehehehe...
 
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