September 27, 20178 yr I am totally confused by the current Xeon lineup and would appreciate some advice please. Which is the recommended Xeon for a single-cpu server board that has 8C/16T or equivalent? I need DDR4 ECC and must have a single CPU. It can support a full sized board as my current case goes all the way up to SSI-EEB. I would prefer the current generation for power efficiency. Its intended use is unRAID (1C/2T), Plex (1C/2T) and gaming (4C/8T). I would like reasonable clock speeds due to the gaming use. I would like a little headroom for future needs hence mentioning 8C/16T. I would normally have waited for the Xeon W-2145 but they are not available in retail yet. Thank you in advance.
September 27, 20178 yr Have you tried the Intel Ark Advanced Search? https://ark.intel.com/Search/FeatureFilter?productType=processors I'd probably go with an E5-16xx, but there are some low end E5-26xx parts. Actually, I wouldn't go with any of these - Coffee Lake is around the corner along with a revamping of much of the high end Intel Product line. I'm in wait, see, and then wait some more mode until we have new products with reasonable prices.
September 27, 20178 yr Author As I said, I would normally wait for the W-2145 8C/16T but it simply isn't available and Scan in the UK are under NDA not to disclose a release date but my current unRAID and gaming box is dead (see my "FF POST" thread in the General forum.) Now I think about it, I suppose a twin Xeon 4C/8T machine would fit my needs too.
September 29, 20178 yr Honestly the 2683 v3 is the best bang for buck imho. 14 core 28 thread supports ddr4 ecc and you can pick them up off eBay for AU$350-400Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
September 29, 20178 yr Author They are good value yes, but will not fit my usage. I don't think I need that many cores, and at a low clock speed. Edited September 29, 20178 yr by DanielCoffey
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