I hope you have a big budget as i just did a quick search and im seeing X5680's for example running at $700+ each. Eight of those........What good CPUs can you recommend for the C6100 with 3.0+ Ghz clock?
I dont know much about serverprocessors, but I read that the C6100 supports 55xx och 56xx, does this mean ALL processors that has 55xx/56xx?
What does the letter before 55xx mean? I see some with E, X and W (W55xx).
Even the X5667 (which just scraped in a 3.06Mhz) is over $300 each
The worst im seeing is X5690's (Hex 3.46Ghz) at over $1,600 each
The best is the W5590 (Quad 3.33Ghz) at over $200 (for some reason these are cheaper than the W5580 the only other chip i could find info on over 3Ghz in the 5500 series)
Compare that to an L5639 (Hex 2.13Ghz) at well under $200 each or even L5520's (Quad 2.26Ghz) at under $50 each and its hard to justify unless you really need high speed processors for a very specific reason. Maybe you better off getting a hex core instead of the faster quad i dont know. Depends on your planned use
Prices are in Australian dollars on ebay doing a random worldwide search. Cheaper options likely exist in the US or Europe but wont ship here.