Intel X3220 quad-core, amazing 4xP95 stable speed of 3.6Ghz

[Supertim0r]

is it only me or the IHS looks incredibely flat/clean ?

[freecableguy]

is it only me or the IHS looks incredibely flat/clean ?

There seem to be two different batches of IHSs. One appears slightly taller with very defined edges. The second type, found on this CPU, has very rounded edges and corners. This one was pretty flat but still could have been better.

You know how important I have been saying it is to work clean. Cleaning an IHS and heatsink mounting base properly (whatever it may be) is absolutely vital to good temps.

kris, in your opinion do you think the mem bandwidth will be a bottlneck?

Bottleneck for what? More performance gains? Absolutely not, this CPU continues to scale as I add more speed. Just like Conroe, the 4MB shared L2 cache per dual-core is more than adequate in keeping the cores fed with data.

Estimated price?

Expect retail to be about $890/processor.

I wonder if a s771 clt xeon could work in a 775 board? ;o

Pretty much identical chips, maybe theres a pin mod to make it work.

Absolutely not. The keys on a S771 CPU are rotated 90* from those on a S775 CPU. They are NOT compatable and as such Intel has taken appropriate design measures to ensure that you don't try to force a S771 CPU into a socket it wasn't made to work in. This Xeon is S775.

-FCG

[DarkSephiroth]

FCG,

How does temp compare to QX series. I know the QX's are a bit hotter than C2D. Can you do a comparision on those please