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Intel Xeon E5-2687W
8.2 out of 10

Intel Xeon E5-2687W

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Fast and powerful

scsiman, Newegg
26 April 2013
  • Pros: These are incredibly fast. I use 2 of them in a Supermicro X9DAE board with 256GB of ram. I get a cinebench score of 26.10. These processors will handle anything that ...
  • Cons: Price. Really, almost 2 grand? I suppose with no competition at the top, Intel can charge whatever they want.
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Overall 10
10

Pre install excitement!!!

Soulburn74, Newegg
15 December 2012
  • Pros: I own one! (Its still boxed, waiting for the machine to drop it into). I'm excited to see what this thing can do (Will be used in an HP Z420 Workstation as an ESX5.1 h...
  • Cons: To the average Proc buyer, this would be a very, very expensive purchase, that they probably wouldn't be able to utilize fully. But I'm going to tax it heavily, and I ...
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Overall 10
10

Super fast for C4D

Senator32, Newegg
5 July 2012
  • Pros: Very fast proc, especially if you use two. 32 threads @3.1Ghz destroys the C4D benchmark.
  • Cons: not 3.2Ghz ? :)
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Overall 10
10

Decimates Cinema 4D / Adobe CS Workloads

The Horta, Newegg
1 May 2012
  • Pros: 16 physical cores (2-Socket WS Mobo) and 128GB of RAM take your productivity to entirely new levels. If your workstation is a *tool* and not a toy, these 8-core E5 CPU...
  • Cons: 150 watts is a LOT of energy for thermal regulation, exacerbated when you have TWO of these monsters. Your entire build needs to revolve around sufficient cooling, as ...
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Overall 10
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Expensive. Hot. Fast. Awesome.

Newegg
26 April 2012
  • Pros: Tears through multithreaded apps. Fantastic for doing graphics software development with lots of multithreaded code. Makes it easy to see when your code is able to sat...
  • Cons: Expensive. Runs hot. Multipliers are locked hard, so no overclocking.
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