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Intel Xeon X5570 and E5520 Gainestown Processors

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:09 pm
by Apoptosis
The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, previously codenamed "Nehalem-EP," offers several breakthrough technologies that have radically improve server system speed and versatility. Legit Reviews spends some time with the Intel Xeon E5520 and Xeon X5570 to see just how fast these processors really are in a 2P server configuration.

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Article Title: Intel Xeon X5570 and E5520 Gainestown Processors
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/943/1/
Pricing At Time of Print: $394.99 shipped for the Xeon E5520

Re: Intel Xeon X5570 and E5520 Gainestown Processors

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:05 pm
by Zertz
That is awesome stuff Nate 8)

Re: Intel Xeon X5570 and E5520 Gainestown Processors

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:25 pm
by gwolfman
Amazing stuff! I think we're going to get one of Dell's PowerEdge R710 servers that released today for some VMware goodness. Thanks for the review!

Btw, what platform and/or motherboard was used in these tests? I didn't notice it in the tests.