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    Xeon W3520 versus W3530?

    Dear XtremeSystems forum:

    I am buying a new CPU immediately for a high performance rig with air cooling (Noctua NH-D14).

    Should I order a Xeon W3520 or W3530?

    The price difference is trivial. Which is likely to be a better overclocker? Are currently available Xeon W3520's not as good as they used to be? eva2000 implies they might not be here:
    http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...0&postcount=33

    W3530 results are hard to find and some bad Core i7-930 results have been reported:
    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=245318

    ... and some good Core i7-930 results (batch dependent):
    http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=863733
    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=242323

    However, HWBOT databases seem to imply that the Core i7-930 is not so bad, and (by extrapolation not by the single DIce result posted) that a new W3530 will be a better overclocker that a W3520:


    http://hwbot.org/browseHardwareProce...ubFamilyId=168


    http://hwbot.org/browseHardwareProce...ubFamilyId=185
    Last edited by bofors; 05-19-2010 at 06:41 PM.

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