2.8 ES on ebay

[gearhead]

There are 2.8 ES xeons on ebay with 1mb L3 cache
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6776460169&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
Are these a good buy??

[Wiggy McShades]

those would probally do real welll crunching and they have unlocked multis so u could have some real fun overclocking them. basicly those are the same as the 478 Extreme Editions.

[craig588]

All Xeons are unlocked. ES chips are the first ones produced so they usually don't clock as well.

[gearhead]

quote:
All Xeons are unlocked.
Really?? Not from my experience the fsb is but the multiplier isnt.
check the link, he shows them at 3.6 Ghz @ 21 multi

[Helheim]

The 3.0Ghz ES ones I bought were only downward unlocked.

[Disposibleteen]

and this is a bad thing how? Downward unlocked just means you can take fuller advantage of your ram ;)

[Helheim]

Well since they are already 200 FSB chips it would be nice if you could set the multi up not just down. Running a 100 FSB 1.6Ghz chip at 200 it's not such a big deal.

[freecableguy]

All Xeons are unlocked from 12 to the normal multi. For instance my 2.4LV Xeons have 12-18 available...133x18=2.4Ghz (stock).