e5-2690 v2 for $315 or less..

[wildpig1234]

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 3.0GHz 25MB 10-Core 130W LGA2011 SR1A5 | eBay

This cpu and the e5-2696 v2 are decent alternative to i7-8700k and ryzen 1800 if you can forgive the higher power usage, latest ipc, significantly slower single core speed, etc...

in return, you get to use much cheaper ecc ddr3 as well as much more ram capacity and flexibility, cheaper MB, cheaper cpu price and equal multicore performance..

e5-2690 v2 is slightly faster at single or quad core than 2696 v2 but is slightly slower at full multithread.

 

[BLinux]

that's the lowest price i've seen so far, but still... $315 is hard to swallow when compared to my $25 E5-2660 (v1) on a performance per dollar basis...

 

[BLinux]

uh... actually, ebay just told me of a better deal:

Intel Xeon E5-2690V2 SR1A5 3.0GHz 25MB L3 8GT/s 10C 10-CORE Server CPU Processor | eBay

$298

 

[wildpig1234]

that's the lowest price i've seen so far, but still... $315 is hard to swallow when compared to my $25 E5-2660 (v1) on a performance per dollar basis...

lol... dual x5650 for around $30 something total give you 80+% the multithread performance of 8700k...

 

[wildpig1234]

although i have put together like at least 3 dual core 2011 v2 , v3, and v4 the past few months (it's so freaking addictive, like gambling except you are not losing your money completely), i am contemplating putting together a reasonably price replacement for the 2600k system that has served me very well for the past 6 yrs and will being using this like as my regular desktop...

i can get either one 2696 or 2690 v2 for $300-$320, a cheap x79 MB for $110. I ve already got several ddr3 ecc ram sticks. So that's basically a much faster multicore replacement for the 2600k for $400+ .. compared to $400 for cpu + $200 MB + $200 for 32gb ddr4=$800 for 8700k....obviously single core performance is significantly slower compared to 8700k.. but it's not that much slower than 2600k....

 

[wildpig1234]

Also forgot to mention another plus for this 2690 v2 cpu is that it is on intel s2600cp cpu compatibility list. so it will definitely work with the s2600cp MB that I am sure many of us (including me) got one back in the natex sale day. this v2 cpu would also finally let you have the pcie slots back to full speed again instead of crippled.

This is probably the fastest reasonably priced v2 cpu compatible with s2600cp MB

 

[wardtj]

uh... actually, ebay just told me of a better deal:

Intel Xeon E5-2690V2 SR1A5 3.0GHz 25MB L3 8GT/s 10C 10-CORE Server CPU Processor | eBay

$298

Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 SR19W 3.30GHz 25M 8GT/s 8-Core LGA2011 CPU Processor | eBay

Seems the 2667V2 is coming down too... I'm tempted for this one versus the 268x/269x series. I need GHz more than cores... $309, probably BO it down to $280 or so...

 

[wildpig1234]

Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 SR19W 3.30GHz 25M 8GT/s 8-Core LGA2011 CPU Processor | eBay

Seems the 2667V2 is coming down too... I'm tempted for this one versus the 268x/269x series. I need GHz more than cores... $309, probably BO it down to $280 or so...

not sure if the gain for single core between 2667 vs 2690 is worth that tradeoff in multicore:

cinebench
2667: 2450
2690: 2800
2696: 3050

 

[wardtj]

not sure if the gain for single core between 2667 vs 2690 is worth that tradeoff in multicore:

cinebench
2667: 2450
2690: 2800
2696: 3050

Depends on the workloads... in my case, for the light workloads I run, which are not terribly multi-threaded, I benefit for the higher clock. If you have any kind of multi-threaded workload, the more cores approach will almost always yield a better result, Cinebench is a good example of that I found that moving from 2.7Ghz 8 cores to 3.3Ghz 4 cores actually improved my application performance, and reduced power slightly. Again, really depends on the workload. The current 2696/2697 and even 2680 deals are quite good. It is hard to go wrong in any case.

 

[BLinux]

If you are willing to step down a notch, the e5-2680 V2 can be had for $183 OBO:

SR1A6 INTEL XEON E5-2680V2 10 CORE 2.80 GHz 25M 8 GT/s 115W PROCESSOR | eBay

 

[wildpig1234]

If you are willing to step down a notch, the e5-2680 V2 can be had for $183 OBO:

SR1A6 INTEL XEON E5-2680V2 10 CORE 2.80 GHz 25M 8 GT/s 115W PROCESSOR | eBay

not bad cinebench of 2550 in dual cpu

 

[frogtech]

Man, why can't I just get 8 E5-2660 for 20-40 bucks a piece...

 

[wildpig1234]

If you are willing to step down a notch, the e5-2680 V2 can be had for $183 OBO:

SR1A6 INTEL XEON E5-2680V2 10 CORE 2.80 GHz 25M 8 GT/s 115W PROCESSOR | eBay

for some reason yr link didnt work for me... just reposting working link

SR1A6 INTEL XEON E5-2680V2 10 CORE 2.80 GHz 25M 8 GT/s 115W PROCESSOR | eBay

 

[BLinux]

Man, why can't I just get 8 E5-2660 for 20-40 bucks a piece...

Are you talking v1 or v2? I doubt E5-2660 v2 will be down $20-40 any time soon. If you meant, v1, I got a few earlier this year for $25 each, but since then, prices have been going up for some reason. Same with E5-2670v1 prices too... if the v2 prices keep dropping, it may start to make more sense to get a E5-26xx v2.

for some reason yr link didnt work for me... just reposting working link

SR1A6 INTEL XEON E5-2680V2 10 CORE 2.80 GHz 25M 8 GT/s 115W PROCESSOR | eBay

Thanks! Not sure why my link didn't work, but thanks for finding it again!

 

[_alex]

i recently went for 2x 2643v2 from a fellow forum member, now ready for pickup at customs.
Edit: 2637v2

hate to see most of my CPU/cores on the 2670 idle and needed V2 for pcie 3.0
so fewer cores, plenty of L3 per core and much higher clocks looked better than going 2660/70/80 V2 for this upgrade - plus saved some bucks i can spend for RAM and GPU

 

[frogtech]

i recently went for 2x 2643v2 from a fellow forum member, now ready for pickup at customs.

hate to see most of my CPU/cores on the 2670 idle and needed V2 for pcie 3.0
so fewer cores, plenty of L3 per core and much higher clocks looked better than going 2660/70/80 V2 for this upgrade - plus saved some bucks i can spend for RAM and GPU

What is your workload/scenario?

 

[frogtech]

Are you talking v1 or v2? I doubt E5-2660 v2 will be down $20-40 any time soon. If you meant, v1, I got a few earlier this year for $25 each, but since then, prices have been going up for some reason. Same with E5-2670v1 prices too... if the v2 prices keep dropping, it may start to make more sense to get a E5-26xx v2.


Thanks! Not sure why my link didn't work, but thanks for finding it again!

v1. I'm interested in the 2660 because it doesn't generate as much heat.

 

[_alex]

Backup / dr on this, has 8x LFF + 2x SSD slog and 128gig RAM.
worst Case is Running ca 5 vm Production for critical services when the Main Site goes Down (what hopefully never happens).
And will put a GPU in the Box to do some ML while its idling all the Time.

oh, and i missed it, its 2637 v2 - some time since i ordered them, but these are still enough.

 

[wildpig1234]

i recently went for 2x 2643v2 from a fellow forum member, now ready for pickup at customs.

hate to see most of my CPU/cores on the 2670 idle and needed V2 for pcie 3.0
so fewer cores, plenty of L3 per core and much higher clocks looked better than going 2660/70/80 V2 for this upgrade - plus saved some bucks i can spend for RAM and GPU

price on e5-2643 v2 are like ludicriously insane:

e5-2643v2 | eBay

not sure how good of a deal you got for them. i understand they have the highest single core clock for all v2. but being they only get 1800 on cinebench in dual cpu configuration, i can't say i am impressed, even if the price is $180, much less $400+...

 

[BLinux]

v1. I'm interested in the 2660 because it doesn't generate as much heat.

If heat is the goal, how about E5-2630L? They are about $20 each right now:

Intel Xeon E5-2630L 2GHz Hex Core LGA2011 CPU Processor SR0KM | eBay

60W TDP, which is significantly lower than the 95W TDP of the E5-2660v1.