pinee wrote:''waiting for the v2 prices to drop'' indeed
Thefuturetarget:''Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 @ 3.00GHz''!
Hopefully that will be low price in A Few years...
For the v2 CPU's, the prices for the E5-1650 v2 seem to be going down lately - quite a lot of supply from i.a. the 'new' Mac Pro cylinder users upgrading. But I have a E5-1650 v1 so this may not be a worthwhile upgrade.
The 3 CPU's I would be interested in are:
- 1660 v2 - fastest single core performance of all the v2
- 1680 v2 - as you mentioned
- 2687W v2 - this is an interesting one as its 8C but still offers a minimum of 3.4Ghz going all the way up to 4Ghz. The only problem is it is 150W TDP. For 150W HP recommends their liquid cooling solution, these still appear for sale as new from time to time, so kind of thinking maybe its worth getting one to be ready when the time comes.