E5-2630L - $160

[T_Minus]

Not as powerful as the E5-2670 but still a great price... then again these are 6 Core 60W CPU.... not really same audience

Intel Xeon E5-2630L SR0KM, 15M Cache, 2.00 GHz, 6 Core, LGA 2011, WITHOUT FAN

There are ~2 or 3 for $160 then they go up $180 $200+, etc...

 

[unclerunkle]

Thanks for the post. Now the question is ... what do I want performance or cost/TDP?

 

[shhyguuy]

Ive got a pair of these in my box, love the low power and low heat. Though i paid $200/ea just 6 months ago...

 

[nk215]

A dual e5-2630L is even slower than a dual x5650 for a AIO setup (flex, nas, etc). I don't really see a point of this for home server. At idle, the prob run around 30-40 watts less or so less than dual x5650. Can someone please point out to me what's the point of slow E5 CPUs?

 

[jahsoul]

A dual e5-2630L is even slower than a dual x5650 for a AIO setup (flex, nas, etc). I don't really see a point of this for home server. At idle, the prob run around 30-40 watts less or so less than dual x5650. Can someone please point out to me what's the point of slow E5 CPUs?

Each case is different. Some prefer the lower power consumption, especially when performance isn't an issue. And even then, other factors determines the function of different applications. I used a dual L5640 for my AIO, my storage benefited from RAM and my media server benefited from more cores.

 

[T_Minus]

A dual e5-2630L is even slower than a dual x5650 for a AIO setup (flex, nas, etc). I don't really see a point of this for home server. At idle, the prob run around 30-40 watts less or so less than dual x5650. Can someone please point out to me what's the point of slow E5 CPUs?

You're comparing apples to oranges.

These CPUs were not meant to go head to head with the x56xx line-up.

 

[Patrick]

A dual e5-2630L is even slower than a dual x5650 for a AIO setup (flex, nas, etc). I don't really see a point of this for home server. At idle, the prob run around 30-40 watts less or so less than dual x5650. Can someone please point out to me what's the point of slow E5 CPUs?

I just wanted to add a perspective to what others noted. Here are some of the key E5 differences:

• E5 supports more DIMMs (quad channel v. three channel), higher memory clocks and etc
• The E5 does not have the extremely hot IOH
• The E5 supports PCIe 3.0
• The E5 supports more SATA ports without a controller
• There is an upgrade path to 22nm V2 with most V1 systems
• The E5 V1 is based on a more modern overall architecture

If you are running your AIO setup what does this mean when your CPUs are idle:

• Lower power consumption likely from the chips
• No 27.1w TDP IOH-36 required. Some platforms had two
• More SATA ports so you can potentially use one less LSI controller (figure 10w from that)

Chips are only part of the total system power consumption equation.

 

[unclerunkle]

I picked up two of these on best offer for $280 via here

Thanks T_Minus