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[Anandtech]Xeon E7 V2 Review

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Kai

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Anandtech has posted their Xeon E7 V2 review. 8 channel DDR3!!!!!!!!

I wonder how magical it would perform with any of our computing projects here? Anyone wanna donate one to us???
 
I'm waiting for the E5-46xx v2 coming out next month. 10 or 12 cores at 2.4GHz will be awesome! :D

E7's are very expensive and have not performed well for me in the past.
 
Just the fact that you've had E7's is awesome though. But since these are Ivy Bridge based, do you think they'd perform on par with expectations? Perhaps not worth the extra cost compared to the E5 4p's, but at least the performance is high?
 
Kai said:
Just the fact that you've had E7's is awesome though. But since these are Ivy Bridge based, do you think they'd perform on par with expectations? Perhaps not worth the extra cost compared to the E5 4p's, but at least the performance is high?
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HeHe I believe these are supposed to go up to 8 CPU's per board for a total of 240 cores, While they may not preform as well as E5's just the thought of 240 cores/threads is definatley porn to a hardware nut like myself. :eek:
 
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Lol, I think I know what Grandpa is gonna get...
 
Well worth it for 240 Ivy Bridge cores at 2.4GHz or higher...
 
Grandpa_01 said:
HeHe I believe these are supposed to go up to 8 CPU's per board for a total of 240 cores, While they may not preform as well as E5's just the thought of 240 cores/threads is definatley porn to a hardware nut like myself. :eek:
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You have to get the 8xxx CPUs to do four way, and those will retail for $6K each. Shoulda been in IRC last night, someone had some of these 4xxx CPUs to play with. :cool:
 
I have a server with a pair of E7-4890s ... I will keep yall informed... but no... I won't be folding on it.
 
Skripka said:
You have to get the 8xxx CPUs to do four way, and those will retail for $6K each. Shoulda been in IRC last night, someone had some of these 4xxx CPUs to play with. :cool:
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or we just wait for the next round of refreshes and load up on ES CPUs lol
 
Skripka said:
You have to get the 8xxx CPUs to do four way, and those will retail for $6K each. Shoulda been in IRC last night, someone had some of these 4xxx CPUs to play with. :cool:
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:blinks:
E7-88xx for 8 way
Ex-4xxx for 4 way
Ex-2xxx for 2 way (Intel should be shot for this even being an option)

Convention is the same for E5, E7, v1, v2 and v3
the E5-4890 v2 pair I have can do 4 way... I just only have 2 of them...
 
Patriot said:
:blinks:
E7-88xx for 8 way
Ex-4xxx for 4 way
Ex-2xxx for 2 way (Intel should be shot for this even being an option)

Convention is the same for E5, E7, v1, v2 and v3
the E5-4890 v2 pair I have can do 4 way... I just only have 2 of them...
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What? Shot for 2-way? I love to have a deskside cluster dual processor machines able to handle 3TB of RAM and run at relatively low power. Also nice to have an option for people wanting to validate low then scale. But who sneezes at 24 cores in a dual machine with excellent performance? The cost is not all that much different from the equivalent competitors at this point ($2558) and intel is usually able to be discounted fairly well.

Not saying there are no in-class alternatives. Also not saying project that can afford, and need, the E7 would start with dual socket. But it's definitely nice to have the option.
 
[H]ecklerKoc[H];1040645934 said:
What? Shot for 2-way? I love to have a deskside cluster dual processor machines able to handle 3TB of RAM and run at relatively low power. Also nice to have an option for people wanting to validate low then scale. But who sneezes at 24 cores in a dual machine with excellent performance? The cost is not all that much different from the equivalent competitors at this point ($2558) and intel is usually able to be discounted fairly well.

Not saying there are no in-class alternatives. Also not saying project that can afford, and need, the E7 would start with dual socket. But it's definitely nice to have the option.
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E7 28xx chip, they don't discount them that much but you still spend 2-3k n the base board.
There will only be 4 and 8 way boards. If you buy a server they start at 13k vs 6.3k for an E5 i4p server base.

You would have the option to use just 2 chips with 4-way chips... but not limited to 2-way.
And the price difference is not terribly big to make that beneficial.
 
Patriot said:
E7 28xx chip, they don't discount them that much but you still spend 2-3k n the base board.
There will only be 4 and 8 way boards. If you buy a server they start at 13k vs 6.3k for an E5 i4p server base.

You would have the option to use just 2 chips with 4-way chips... but not limited to 2-way.
And the price difference is not terribly big to make that beneficial.
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If I were buying, I'd definitely buy a 4-way and the chips to populate the board. Even if I start with a pair of 4809's.
But I can still see the value in a 2U (or small tower) mini-cluster of dual socket blades.
 
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Patriot said:
:blinks:
E7-88xx for 8 way
Ex-4xxx for 4 way
Ex-2xxx for 2 way (Intel should be shot for this even being an option)

Convention is the same for E5, E7, v1, v2 and v3
the E5-4890 v2 pair I have can do 4 way... I just only have 2 of them...
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I was drunk posting. I swear.
 
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