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intel w3690 in stock link

philipma1957

philipma1957

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http://www.provantage.com/intel-bx80613w3690~7ITEP3EC.htm


yeah it is not cheap but the seller is real. price is $1090.67 USD

this should be a drop in part. 3.46ghz 6 core faster then the stock 3.33ghz 6 core.


this should drop into a quad 2.8 2010 machine. if you buy this for 1090.67 and buy a refurb quad 2.8 for 2120


http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC560LL/A?mco=MTkyMTM1OTY



you have a 3.46ghz 6 core for 3210.67 and a spare quad 2.8 cpu worth about 200 to 250 on ebay.


If you feel lucky a w3690 is for sale on ebay for 999


http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Xeon-W369...14?pt=CPUs&hash=item20b70e96d2#ht_3743wt_1072


but for the extra 90 dollars provantage is a real seller
 
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I thought the universal sarcasm symbol was /s. Must be wrong. No source. Was poking fun at the overclockers who have been saying this is sooo much better to overclock. Same chip. 1 multi higher. I thought corpse paint made people funny.
 
derbothaus said:
I thought the universal sarcasm symbol was /s. Must be wrong. No source. Was poking fun at the overclockers who have been saying this is sooo much better to overclock. Same chip. 1 multi higher. I thought corpse paint made people funny.
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Roll eyes :)rolleyes:) is a pretty popular symbol of sarcasm around here. I wasn't aware that /s is used as well (/sarcasm is always clearer ;)). Sometimes people really think these new chips are way better for OCing so it's hard to say beforehand. A stepping update which is something that most people won't know about can have a huge impact on OCing (e.g. i7-920 vs i7-930) though.
 
Yeah pretty hard to overclock the Mac anyway. Unless of course you have any insight into that?
 
derbothaus said:
Yeah pretty hard to overclock the Mac anyway. Unless of course you have any insight into that?
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There is OCing utility for pre-2009 Mac Pro (the ones that used FSB) but I am not aware of a utility that supports Nehalem architecture. I couldn't even find a utility for Windows that supports Nehalems so I guess that requires BIOS access. cindori said awhile ago that he will take a look at the OCing once he has time.

GPUs can be OCed normally under Windows though.
 
Yes. Graphics no problem. I want EFI or some emulated BIOS access. More time futsing with my computers:) But that may wipe the "Mac" from my Mac.
 
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