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    Sandy Bridge questions E3 1220 VS X3450?

    Hey, it looks like it is time for sandy bridge?

    could you guys please share these information please?

    *how much power could be saved as expected?

    let say it is E3 1220/X3450 +8G ram + 2 500G sata drives?

    *Does it need any special ram? X3450 series need X8, which caused us a bit headache on inventory arrangement, what about sandy bridge?

    *any updated information for sandy bridge xeon series?when it will be launched?

    thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterPP View Post
    *any updated information for sandy bridge xeon series?when it will be launched?
    This week.
    http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2011/2...1200_CPUs.html

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    HD graphics controller, which is a standard feature on Core i5 and Core i7 consumer CPUs, is enabled only on Xeons with E3-12x5 processor numbers
    does this mean that we had better pick 12x5 to save a bit more power usages on server environment?

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    Intel will officially releases Xeon E3 sandy bridge processors tomorrow Apr-5. bunch of E3 processors are already in stock at many distributors, but they just can't sell them till Apr-5.

    E3-1220 (4C/4T) doesn't support HT. thus, you will want to compare E3-1230 (4C/8T) to X3450.

    if power saving was your paramount concern, you would want to use E3-1260L (45watt TDP) which will save significant power than lynnfield X34x0 (95watt) and regular E3-12x0 (80-watt).

    IMC on Xeon E3 allows ECC unbuffered DDR3-1333 only, no if's and no but's.
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    so, basically any kingston ecc unbuffered ram will do the job?

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    When sandy bridge 's Dual CPU will be out?

    is intel going to launch Sandy Bridge series for Dual CPU soon to replace E5620 series?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterPP View Post
    so, basically any kingston ecc unbuffered ram will do the job?
    yup, KVR1333D3E9S/2G or /4G will do just fine and they are officially listed by Kingston as compatible to SM X9SCL/X9SCM.

    just hope someone will make some 8G ECC unbuff soon so that we can have 32G RAM for sandy bridge servers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterPP View Post
    is intel going to launch Sandy Bridge series for Dual CPU soon to replace E5620 series?
    Xeon E5 socket 2011 DP sandy bridge should come up this fall.
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    well, looks like E3 1260L (2.4Ghz 40w TDP) didn't get released today. we've seen lots of inquiries about it already...bummer!
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    E1235 is only $15 more than E1230

    is it worhty to get it? looks like only HD graphics controller difference? HD graphics controller does not look like needed for server

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    Interesting /subscribe

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterPP View Post
    E1235 is only $15 more than E1230

    is it worhty to get it? looks like only HD graphics controller difference? HD graphics controller does not look like needed for server
    Xeon E3 12x5 puzzles me as well! all server boards have on-board IPMI-compatible video already, then why anyone needs on-die video in a server? last time I checked, none of the desktop socket 1155 boards would take Xeon E3 chips prolly because Xeon E3 requires ECC RAM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cwl@apaqdigital View Post
    Xeon E3 12x5 puzzles me as well! all server boards have on-board IPMI-compatible video already, then why anyone needs on-die video in a server?
    With the 12x5 you can use Intel's built-in AMT KVM feature, and no longer need the IPMI chip.

    http://communities.intel.com/message/120346#120346


    Does require a board with the C206 chipset though, and haven't seen any of those for sale yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maxnet View Post
    With the 12x5 you can use Intel's built-in AMT KVM feature, and no longer need the IPMI chip.

    http://communities.intel.com/message/120346#120346


    Does require a board with the C206 chipset though, and haven't seen any of those for sale yet.
    well, that still doesn't make lots of sense to use them because on-board true IPMI hardware costs you around $20 (difference between F and non-F supermicro boards) including dedicated KVM port, and IPMI is available now and under trial-n-error for many, many years already.

    ATM doesn't support out-of-band LAN access so that down NIC port, either by bad hardware or by crappy apps, will lock you out of the remote management, right? dedicated IPMI port won't do so.

    E3-12x5 costs you $15~$20 more than equally clocked E3-12x0, but it uses 15-watt more power too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cwl@apaqdigital View Post
    well, that still doesn't make lots of sense to use them because on-board true IPMI hardware costs you around $20 (difference between F and non-F supermicro boards) including dedicated KVM port, and IPMI is available now and under trial-n-error for many, many years already.
    A more interesting question: what would the price difference and difference in energy consumption be if they not only ditched the IPMI chip, but also the on-board IPMI-compatible video hardware, that is present on both the F and non-F models.


    ATM doesn't support out-of-band LAN access so that down NIC port, either by bad hardware or by crappy apps, will lock you out of the remote management, right? dedicated IPMI port won't do so.
    You could always dedicate one of your ports to AMT, if your board has more than one port, and you are concerned about crappy apps maxing out a gigabit connection.

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