Not to mention you could upgrade from 56 threads to 72...just saying
Like having 9 quad cores with HT in a single box...
Oh, and sometime around June you can upgrade to 88 threads...11 quad cores with HT in a single box...
STOP!!! My inner nerd is losing all self control. Let's see if I start collecting cans this weekend, how many cans would I need to make this build happen? How long would it take to collect enough cans to buy these two beauties?
These chips have dual memory controllers so I doubt there would be any bottleneck, especially in a 2P setup. I ran SRBase and never noticed any issues. I'm currently running 28 CEP2 beta tasks at WCG which are highly memory and HDD intensive. They're all running @ 99+% efficiency. I'll post a screen shot if anyone might be interested.
You'll never know what you're living for until you know what you're willing to die for.
Don't forget memory bandwidth with each xeon is double regular CPUs
Just think about how much you would save though! Going to 56 threads in a single box for 200 Watts? Easy choice where cost of power comes in to play.