E6600 vs. Opteron 270

[Tim Nelson]

I have to build 4 new workstations. Which processor should I pick? From everything I have been reading, it should be easy to overclock the E6600 to match the speed of the 270's. I know this has been talked about a lot already, but could somebody please verify that this is a reasonable expectation? I would save a ton of money by being able to use the E6600's. With the money saved, I think I would put it towards a couple of render blades with woodcrest processors.

[hlkhl]

i suggest you buy e6300 or 6400, because it's 3d rendering performance same as e6600.

able to clock to 3.3-3.6ghz easyly.(e6600's 2mb extra cache seems no use)

another option is buy a q6x00 and overclock it(to 3.xghz), although the processor price is expensive. but you can save money in motherboard and ram.

because intel 975 mother board is much cheaper than dual xeon woodcrest motherboard,ddr2 ram is cheaper than ecc ram. and after overcock.you can get 2times speed than a dual woodcrest workstation.

 

hope this can help you.good luck

[Tim Nelson]

So I could get away with a 6400 and still overclock as easily as a 6600? Sounds good to me.

[hlkhl]

So I could get away with a 6400 and still overclock as easily as a 6600? Sounds good to me.

 

of cause,my 1st core 2 duo e6300 is running at 3,3hz, another e 6400 runing at 3.6hz. before i bought e6600,but i fund it's 3d rendering performance(vray,mr,max) is same as e6300 at same clock. so i sold it and get a e6400 back and saved a bit cash.

 

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=100205&highlight=q6700

[Tim Nelson]

Nice. What motherboard & cooling are you using?

[hlkhl]

both motherboard is giga p965-ds3,

cooling tt bigwater.

[Tim Nelson]

Hmm, I am definitely not doing water cooling. It needs to be cheap & simple.

[AJLynn]

With a good air cooler you should be able to put an E6400 in the 2.8-3.0GHz range without too much trouble. Get a good 965X or 975X board, good power supply and good PC2-6400 RAM.

[hlkhl]

stock cooling will enough for 3ghz.

 

below is vray forum benchmark post.

 

qx6700 overclock to 3.3ghz vray testing result.

 

Core 2 6400 @3,33 = 4:42

Core 2 QX6700 @2,66 = 2:52

Core 2 QX6700 @3,33 = 2:15

Opteron 285 = 3:20

Opteron 275 = 3:58

 

 

http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17726&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=benchmark&start=50