T5500 & T7500 received Spectre patches. T3500 is not on the list.
https://www.dell.com/support/article/mv/en/mvbiz1/sln308587/microprocessor-side-channel-vulnerabilities-cve-2017-5715-cve-2017-5753-cve-2017-5754-impact-on-dell-products?lang=en
I'll add some extra info about the T7500 -
1. I have one running 96gb of ecc ram for CAD/Revit and though revit is slow on any computer, its actually quite nice to work on, on this one.
2. It has a build in perc6-ir controller. So you can setup a raid 1 (mirror) off the internal 3gb/s ports (no...
The x5670 came out in 2011 and had an MSRP of $1400+. IT has 50% more L3 cache 12mb than the i7-7700 (4mb) and 50% more cores (6 vs 4). Probably why it can still hang with the i7.
I have a 1070 ti coming early next week and I can test with the X5680 to see how it compares. I'll update everyone...
So to make it simple I ran a firestrike test - I dont know comparable i7's so please let me know what you think.
https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/24383803
11 563 IN Fire Strike (V1.1)
Graphics score
13 814
Graphics test 1
66.99 FPS
Graphics test 2
54.43 FPS
Physics score
15 577
Physics test
49.45...
I currently have 3x T7500's for home use....they are killer machines. I run X5670s, my passmark CPU score puts me in the 95th percentile. I found a pair of matched X5670s can be found on ebay for around $75-100 and offer great performance for little money and consume less wattage that the x5680+...
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