I7 920 NEHALEM, BLOOMFIELD, XEON...

ok.. im a little confused on all these.. i get that getting a do over a co is better but what's the deal with the bloomfield- nehalem-xeon stuff.....?? thanks guys

Xeon is the server CPU if I'm not mistaken.

They probably are different sockets and you can't overclock on server motherboards

Bloomfield is a Xeon chip, but it is built for regular X58 motherboards with the LGA1366 socket. What they are telling you to get might be this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819117213 which is the i7 920 equivalent. There is a $20-30 price difference between the two, which is probably not worth it.

edit: The i7 950 and the i7 975 Extreme are also Bloomfield chips.

From this Wikipedia article I take the following:

- Nehalim is the name of the microarchitecture. This microarchitecture could (and will) appear in a lot of chips.

- Bloomfield is the project that created the first family of processors using the Nehalim microarchitecture: the "Core i7 9xx" series as well as the Xeon "W35xx" series.


The Core i7 processors are intended for use in desktop systems, while the equivalent Xeons are intended for workstations. For example, the Xeon W3520 is essentially identical to a Core i7 920 except that it supports ECC memory.

ok..think i get it.. although i have seen most non xeon 920's labeled as a nehalem and a few labeled as bloomfield. are they the same?

[quotemsg=1958273,10,389157]^ except the W35xx series.[/quote]

Exactly - the Xeon W35xx series chips are uniprocessor systems that really are clones of the Core i7 9xx chips, except for the added ECC capability. They will not work in dual-socket systems.

The Xeon E55xx and X55xx series processors are dual-processor capable and designed for use in motherboards with 2 sockets. This means you can have up to 8 "real" cores in a system, and 16 hyperthreaded cores. But you pay a lot extra to get the dual-processor capability...

You have no clue, Nehalem is the General Architecture and Die size, in Nehalem's case it refers to Core iX 45nm.

Bloomfield is features and number of cores, 'Bloom' referring to the processor having a triple channel IMC, and 'field' referring to the fact that it is a Quad core processor.

so you have, Nehalem -> Bloomfield, Lynnfield and Gainestown.

In Lynnfield, 'Lynn' refers to the processor using the 45nm die size, having onboard controllers and having a dual channel IMC.

Then in Gainestown, 'Gaines' refers to having the same features as Bloomfield, except it can use ECC memory. and 'Town' refers to it being a Server CPU and that it can be either a dual or quad core processor.

Seriously. If I'm wrong, tell me I'm wrong. Don't be an a$$ about it.

Helloworld is right on the money! And was right in the above post. I wasnt insinuating anything else about you lostandwandering. thinking about it now...... i get why you thought that. Ill quote next time.