So this friend of mine gave me a Gigabyte GA965p DS3 Rev 1.0 with Intel CPU Xeon 3070. I got a few other things in exchange for a Antec modular PS.
What I want your opinion on is do I swap out the Asus for the Gigabyte and use the Xeon 3070.
My current build is:
ASUS PLD2 Rev 1
Chipset Intel i945P
Southbridge ICH7/R
Max supported PCI Express x16
CPU Intel Pentium E2180
Memory 2 pairs of Gskill 2GB DDR2 PC2-1066 = 4GB
Graphics ATI Radeon 3850
XP Pro
I've done a lot of work over clocking the machine as well as noise levels.
Currently Core Speed 3334.7 Mhz
Multiplier x10
FSB 1333.82
I'm counting on a direct increase from the XEON 3070 considering larger cache and other things. I know that the Xeon is basically the same 'die' as the e2180
I want you opinion what the Gigabyte board will add in performance.
I will first swap the E2180 with the Xeon 3070 and see how that goes then, if I feel that the Gigabyte board will increase performance further I will take the Asus board out and put the Gigabyte board in.
What have others got out of the Gigabyte GA965p DS3 Rev 1.0 with a Xeon 3070. What were you able to get out of it?
The big gain should be the 3070 with 4 MB L2 Cache, FSB 1066. What kind of voltage are people using for the Xeon 3070?
Thanks for you opinion,
stephen1049
