Summary: Xeon W3680 and i7 980X are practically the same chip. The main difference between the two is ECC capability, which is disabled in i7 brand as it is marketing for home...
Summary: Xeon W3680 and i7 980X are practically the same chip. The main difference between the two is ECC capability, which is disabled in i7 brand as it is marketing for home...
Summary: Only a few Asus boards and several Gigabyte board seem to support these processors. I ended up buying a couple of backup motherboard in case I have another motherboard...
Pros: Works Great, Probably won't upgrade again for some time
Cons: The only con I discovered when I had a motherboard problem is finding a motheboard that supports these.
Pros: I recommended the Xeon W3680 processor for a client workstation upgrade from my Intel i7-950 + Asus P6T7 previous build (programmer wanted a mega-compiling, super work...
Summary: After putting this into my EVGA Classified I've managed to clock it to 4.25Ghz with 1.35V. The unlocked multiplier makes overclocking incredibly simple,well worth the...
Summary: After putting this into my EVGA Classified I've managed to clock it to 4.25Ghz with 1.35V. The unlocked multiplier makes overclocking incredibly simple,well worth the...