Which 32nm Xeon quad to buy?

[Papafox]

I'm jumping on a plane to head home to Hawaii Tuesday night and hope to pick up a new Xeon for overclocking before I leave. Mobo is 1366, of course, and I want 32nm process and a good chance of reaching 4.5Ghz. Suggestions? Price is a consideration. Thx!

 

[Papafox]

Today I checked and Fry's only had the 980X for new 32nm CPUs, and Newegg doesn't show any of the new Xeons yet (that I could find). Any sightings of the new 32nm Xeons out there? Looks like they'll be hard to find for a while.

 

[wickedout]

NewEgg has the latest 1366/32nm but won't be shipping until 3/22/2010. Priced at $1100.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115223

 

[JLK03F150]

Intel always does that. They release the extreme editions first, then the ones we can afford come later.

Microcenter has them in stock for $999.99 - in-store only.

 

[MIAHALLEN]

I've got an X5667 ES that does pretty well. Benchable at 4.5GHz on air, even booted at 5GHz on air

Passed wPrime 1024M at 5.6GHz on LN2

 

[baris_]

I've got an X5667 ES that does pretty well. Benchable at 4.5GHz on air, even booted at 5GHz on air

Passed wPrime 1024M at 5.6GHz on LN2

DIE! <3 <3 5.6GHz, six cores.............................

 

[MIAHALLEN]

I'll get my hex this weekend

BTW - I had an HD 4870x2 idling next to that CPU in those runs, and I was pulling about 800W at the socket

 

[Papafox]

Looks like the X5667 ES is just what I need! I wondered if the 95w max design would hold it back, but Miahallen showed otherwise. Thx! Now if I can just find one of these puppies.

Hmm, two websites shows $1400 for this chip, which doesn't make sense when a six-core 980x goes for a thousand. Suddenly I'm still happy with my year-old i7 920.

 

[JCLW]

ES means Engineering Sample, so unless you have connections you'll have to wait for a regular one. Plus the list price on an X5667 is $1440.

Hex High End:
Xeon X5680 (3.33GHz, 130W, 6.40GT/s QPI): $1,663
Xeon X5670 (2.93GHz, 95W, 6.40GT/s QPI): $1,440
Xeon X5660 (2.80GHz, 95W, 6.40GT/s QPI): $1,219
Xeon X5650 (2.66GHz, 95W, 6.40GT/s QPI): $996

i7 980X (3.33GHz, 130W, 6.40GT/s QPI): $999

Hex Low-Power:
Xeon L5640 (2.26GHz, 60W, 5.86GT/s QPI): $996

Quad High End:
Xeon X5677 (3.46GHz, 130W, 6.40GT/s QPI): $1,663
Xeon X5667 (3.06GHz, 95W, 6.40GT/s QPI): $1,440

Quad Regular:
Xeon E5640 (2.66GHz, 80W, 5.86GT/s QPI): $774
Xeon E5630 (2.53GHz, 80W, 5.86GT/s QPI): $551
Xeon E5620 (2.40GHz, 80W, 5.86GT/s QPI): $387

Quad Low Power:
Xeon L5630 (2.13GHz, 40W, 5.86GT/s QPI): $551
Xeon L5609 (1.86GHz, 40W, 4.80GT/s QPI): $440

I think the E5620 will be the one to get if you're looking for quad core 32nm s1366.

X5670 review: http://it.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3769

 

[MIAHALLEN]

That's weird...I previously saw price estimates for the X5667 in the $600 range. I got this ES for way less than $1440

And I'm not sure why they'd call it an extreme.....it's not unlocked. x25 max multi with Turbo enabled

 

[MIAHALLEN]

WOW!!! Selling in the UK for over 1200 euros

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Inte...ad-Core-3067GHz-64GT-s-QPI-12MB-Cache-95W-OEM

Looks like I got a pretty good deal

But it doesn't make any sense to buy a quad for $1400, when you could get a hex for $1000....ESPECIALLY FOR SERVER DUTIES....WFT is Intel thinking

 

[JCLW]

Sorry - I just called them extreme because of the X in front.

 

[jason4207]

Companies buying servers have more money, so Intel charges more.