Apperently the 16 phase power regulation is not the best suited for quads... so says a pretty well known overclocker Openpagebook when asked what is the best mobtherboard for a Xeon 3350;

http://www.ocxtreme.org/forumenus/sh...56&postcount=4

"wrong
, quadcore +16 phase=bad match..."



Your mileage may vary?