Quote Originally Posted by Spanki View Post
Just to add to your info above, they've changed the Xeon parts to some new specs recently...

A X3220 G-0 has (equiv to Q6600)
Thermal Design Power: 100W
Thermal Specification: 85C

A X3210 G-0 has (equiv to non-existent Q6400 @2.13GHz, 8x multiplier)
Thermal Design Power: 100W
Thermal Specification: 85C

...so it looks like the server parts have more headroom.
Nice info.
But even with greater delta for more headroom doesn't necessary means decent overclock-ability. In the end, it may ended up with a similar OC but at a higher temp and still within the thermal spec. The additional +5W consumption does makes sense to also increase the thermal spec up to 85C.
It's still a gamble and luck of draw but I'd personally go with a lower TDP and relatively lower thermal spec CPU to OC than higher TDP + higher Thermal Spec CPU. This is how my logic and experience has given me.

The only way to really draw some clear statements is by accumulating enough OC database for the new X3220/3210 and compare them to the G0 Q6600