Capabilities of Xeon 2.8?

[AFIsoldier]

If I go dual with two of those, what heatsink/fan should I get? With that heatsink/fan, on a PC-DL, what can i expect to get with a good PSU/Ram?

[AFIsoldier]

bump, can you help out a total intel NEWB?

[OperativeSix]

www.2cpu.com

Its mostly SMP guys over there, buy given that it IS mostly SMP guys, most are xeon/opteron/AMP owners. I've heard many reports of people taking 3.06 xeons to 3.8, although i'm not 100% sure how far they'll go.

you'll probably have more luck with them.

[smoothmove]

I had a 2.8 dual XEON 533/512 on a PC-DL. Make sure you get the newest board version 1.05. It will OC only as high as 165 FSBx21=3465 on those processors.

Hope this helps,

Stan

[AFIsoldier]

awesome, i plan on getting it from newegg, so do you think it will be the newest revision? and what cooling? stock?

[smoothmove]

Only and I mean ONLY problem with my past rig- (2) Intel 2.8 533/512 Xeons were the Noise. The stock twin fans were loud- LOUD. If noise is not an issue, then this is the Greatest Multitasking, power system you can get. I dare you to try to bog it down.

I sold it because of the noise of the fans. I have a 3.2C on an Intel D875PBZ board. Slower, but it works for me.

I miss the spped and multitaking abilities of my last system.

You will love the system if noise is not at all a concern.

Hope this helps,
Stan

[AFIsoldier]

noise is never a problem..but now i am re-considering and plan to wait untill summer to see what is in my price range. I want to go 64bit, but i see it being a year or two before 64 bit is widespread or manditory. Did you overclock your procs any?