Intel Xeon Processors
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 - $600
Intel Xeon E5-2650 (x2) - $50 each
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 - $400
These have been tested in a Dell R720 and worked fine.
Heatware: cfdfireman
Wife has the S8+ preordered on Sprint. Went to Best Buy to test it out and she liked it better then the G6 (G6 was in an activation loop so really could not test it out.)
I have been running this board since mid June '12. Not a single problem with the board. Has been very stable and did not feel any more flimsy than any other mb I have used. I also did a lot of research and for the price it had the same features as the much more expensive mb's.
In real world everyday use you will not be able to tell the difference from Intel to AMD. Synthetic benchmarks are just about the numbers.
If you already have an AM3+ motherboard it is a cheap upgrade to go to the 8350 and get the performance boost from it.
Great review, very informative. Do not like the graph colors. Question though, Since the M4 is on the way out what does Crucial have in line to replace it?