Xeon 3060 or E6600?

[NeoRecon]

I've been reading some sparatic info on how the Xeon brother of the E6600 runs cooler and could possibly overclock better. There is only about a $15 difference between the two?

Any opinions either way? I'm planning to put this into an ASUS Striker Extreme mobo with about 2GB of Crucial Ballistix 1000Mhz memory. and a Zalman 9700 CPU Cooler. I'd like to do some OC'ing to a stable level.

TIA!

 

[CompuTronix]

In my opinion, the 3060 is well worth the extra lunch money. The following thread details the Xeon 3060.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=122224

My previous rigs have been AMD's, including an upgrade fron an X2 3800 to an Opteron 170. I was thoroughly impressed with the Opteron OC'd to 3.0Ghz. Had I been aware that the Xeon 3060 was available when I purchased my E6600, then the C2D in my sig would be a 3060, and perhaps my OC might be closer to 4.0Ghz. 8)

 

[Tyhr]

Yep - I believe the 3060 is the superior choice. It's just binned better with a higher QA. Typically a little cooler, which = better oc.

Definitely worth an extra $15.

I just bought a 6600, lol.
The price difference before was only $20Cdn (regular price) - so I was going Xeon 3060, BUT then they had a big sale on the E6600, which was then a $70+ difference.

I still wanted the 3060, but I can't justify a $70 price difference. Damn sales...lol.

But if the 3060 was on sale too, I'd jump on that instead.

 

[tool_462]

For sure drop the extra few bucks for a 3060. Especially if you are planning on OCing. Post your results when you get some!

 

[Valtiel]

Is there an E4300 equivalent? I might have to go back to buying an E6600 (Xeon 3060) now .

 

[NeoRecon]

Thanks. I've actually found the 3060 for only $8 more now. From further research it looks like I want to try to get the 'B' revision of the Xeon chip as they've had better luck OCing those.

I'll let you know once I get everything in.

Currently this is what I've got:

Antec Nine Hundred - Own
OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - Own
19" Widscreen LCD - Own
ASUS Striker Extreme - Waiting (Out of stock everywhere)
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1000Mhz DDR2 (2GB) - Ordered
eVGA GeForce 8800 GTS - Ordered
Xeon 3060 - Waiting until Mobo is avail, or good sale comes around
Ultra 120 CPU Cooler and Misc cooling supplies - Ordered

 

[RooD]

I have a 3060 myself... I would go with the 3060

 

[Valtiel]

Is there a way to know what you're buying is a certain revision? If you find a way to reliably buy revision 'B' PM me because I'm trying for a nice overclock. 8)

 

[NeoRecon]

I dunno. I'm going to call the vendor to see if I can request it. They are clearly labeled on the box near the UPC, so we'll see. I'm looking to use zipzoomfly.com as they have the best price right now.