johnksss

man, i have no clue. i want to run with the big dogs again...i may have to grab an extreme...

 
Blah!!!  I bought the W3570 for $595 on a tip from "Monkey"!  They say Xeon is better binned and across most of the forums... I think you see better Xeon clocks than 975's.. plus that neat little Xeon sticker. 

i think now i could have made my 975 soar. wish i didn't get rid of it now....
i have learned allot and that knowledge would ahve helped me put the 975 in the 5.1 to 5.2 category..
extremes and xeons always had the lower temps in the end... at least with mine.
x9000
x6850
x9650
i7-975

overclocker333

johnksss

man, i have no clue. i want to run with the big dogs again...i may have to grab an extreme...

 
Blah!!!  I bought the W3570 for $595 on a tip from "Monkey"!  They say Xeon is better binned and across most of the forums... I think you see better Xeon clocks than 975's.. plus that neat little Xeon sticker. 

Yeah I remember when those were that price at ebay.  Still kicking myself over it as they were a dynamite batch #.  I just thought the deal was too true to be good.  In the past I have watched as well as gotten burned over deals that were like this.

Word to the wise, just hold out on getting a extreme chip for 2-3 months to see if the 6 core Gulftown drops like they are saying it will.  It is killing all benches at the time.

Did everyone give up on Vantage?  I see nothing but SuperPI runs. 

Here is my entry

SuperPi is where its at.  2D FTW!

another entry

WOW I found a GULFTOWN on Ebay!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel...aaa1101#ht_1410wt_1165



(I think it's illegal to sell an ES chip though, I just thought it was cool)

ES chip?  that is a crapload of money for a chip.

pretty close to the same price as the 975/965 when they first came out as well.