I can't seem to find a whole lot about the LGA 1356 / E5-24xx processors but these seem to be a good deal right now if you can find them.
I was able to get Intel Xeon E5 2450L 8 Core 1 8GHz 20M 8 00GT s SR0LH 70W LGA 1356 CPU Processor | eBay for a best offer of $199, I picked up another one cheap too.
I also got one the $99 version of this board:
Tyan S7045GM4NR Intel Xeon Dual LGA 1356 Server Motherboard New | eBay
The only real down sides I can see compared to a E5-2620 setup is
I am looking at $500 for 16 cores (2 CPU + Mobo) vs almost $900 for 12 cores on the E5-2620
in contrast 12 cores of a X56xx runs about $300
Is anyone else running these?
I was able to get Intel Xeon E5 2450L 8 Core 1 8GHz 20M 8 00GT s SR0LH 70W LGA 1356 CPU Processor | eBay for a best offer of $199, I picked up another one cheap too.
I also got one the $99 version of this board:
Tyan S7045GM4NR Intel Xeon Dual LGA 1356 Server Motherboard New | eBay
The only real down sides I can see compared to a E5-2620 setup is
- A Single QPI link,
- A little slower speed (1.8 vs 2.0)
- Fewer PCIe lanes (24 vs 30)
- Less Memory bandwidth
- 8 cores vs 6
- 70W TDP vs 95W TDP
I am looking at $500 for 16 cores (2 CPU + Mobo) vs almost $900 for 12 cores on the E5-2620
in contrast 12 cores of a X56xx runs about $300
Is anyone else running these?