Oh holy HELL.
A couple things to note here.
1) You got DUAL quads here, most likely 8 threads per core, giving you 16!!! muhfuggin threads total.
2) EACH quad can run @ 3.6 W/O any overclocking at all!
3) Notice the voltage those CPU's running at!!
4) 48GB Memory!!!
5) The
insane price of ONE of those CPU's.
A little easier to swallow is the near 100 gflops of computing power this delivers as a single i7 gives you from 46-52 gflops when overclocked.
The (possible) dual gpu capability.
Now this is really the dream workstation, but will cost you the downpayment of your dream house too. I wonder how many crazy cats will buy this Xeon to put in their X58 boards. Its electrically compatible, not sure if the chipset supports it though.
Read the rest
here.LAST WEEK Intel announced speed upgrades to its Nehalem-EP Xeon lineup, enabling the new CPUs to match their top end desktop counterparts' clock rates. So, the dual CPU Xeon W5590 runs at 3.33GHz plus whatever Turbo speedup you get (see the 3.6GHz at CPU-Z), and the single CPU Xeon W3580 runs at exactly the same speed.
The dual CPU Xeon W5590 part is reviewed here, in an interesting combined configuration: Tyan S7010 new mainboard, instead of the old Supermicro, and the brand new updated Asetek LCLC cooling kit with dual CPU support and twin radiator to cool all the CPU machinery, as well as the new Asus Matrix GTX285 OC card, with a Thermaltake 1500W PSU powering everything. Also, the six total channels of 48GB ECC server RAM now run at the full DDR3-1333 speed across all 12 DIMMs simultaneously, thanks to the Tyan board's manual speed override capability.
The Tyan mobo also has a buit-in SAS disk controller as well as integrated graphics if you want to use it as a server. The only complaint is the absence of the second PCIe X16 slot for dual GPU capability.
The BIOS screen looks like a nerd's wet dream:
