Do LGA 771 xeons OC better than core 2 duo

[36564176]

My brothers have a tiny budget for upgrading their computers, so no getting new motherboard ram and CPU. With a.good cooler would a xeon X5472 be a cheap upgrade to a core 2 duo e8400? I'll convert the xeon to socket 775

[rotNdude]

What motherboard do you have?

[rezo]

The X5472 is ~74% faster than the E8400 so it'll be worth the upgrade depending on how much you're paying.

[36564176]

Originally posted by ;2906376154318309367:

The X5472 is ~74% faster than the E8400 so it'll be worth the upgrade depending on how much you're paying.

where did you get that number? i looked at a benchmark and they're pretty much the same except the xeon has 4 cores.

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

Originally posted by RADicalSievert:

My brothers have a tiny budget for upgrading their computers, so no getting new motherboard ram and CPU. With a.good cooler would a xeon X5472 be a cheap upgrade to a core 2 duo e8400? I'll convert the xeon to socket 775

It really depends. Xeon was designed as a server calculator and was actually meant to suppliment routing and swittching duties on heavily trafficked networks For gaming the Xeon is less than stellar, but for routing and switching on an SMP server rack, it still does a great job for end of life cycle devices. The Core 2 Duo would not compare to it as that processor was designed to be utilized for workstaion productivity.

To answer your question..yes..yes they do. The Xeon was designed specifically for that in mind in case network traffic got heavy enough. The Core 2 Duo was always had a knack for producing a lot of heat ins pite of some of the lower TDP's they used.

Originally posted by RADicalSievert:

Originally posted by ;2906376154318309367:

The X5472 is ~74% faster than the E8400 so it'll be worth the upgrade depending on how much you're paying.

where did you get that number? i looked at a benchmark and they're pretty much the same except the xeon has 4 cores.

By default, a multisocket server board will run in SMP mode if the server runs Windows Server 2008 or newer or Yellowdog Linux (the latter was known as the "Condor Clustur" and was developed by the US Air Force for flight testing in a simulated environment). 2x4 core CPU's in that setup will run all 8 corres so long as the software running them requires it.

[Fluffy]

i dont understand why you would go with that cpu when you can get a q9650 or q9550 which performs the same for very little $

also as for the oc no it wont oc as good becuase its a whopping 120w instead of the q9650 (which performs the same) at 95w good chance the mobo wont support 120w unless its high end 775 board

https://ark.intel.com/products/34447/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5472-12M-Cache-3_00-GHz-1600-MHz-FSB

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

Originally posted by Fluffy:

i dont understand why you would go with that cpu when you can get a q9650 or q9550 which performs the same for very little $

also as for the oc no it wont oc as good becuase its a whopping 120w instead of the q9650 (which performs the same) at 95w good chance the mobo wont support 120w unless its high end 775 board

https://ark.intel.com/products/34447/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5472-12M-Cache-3_00-GHz-1600-MHz-FSB

not to mention the fact that the Xeon of that generation is Socket LGA771 whereas the Q9650 is LGA775.