Obviously not competitive for many--low single-thread performance. But if you're doing compilation or rendering or something where cores for the money are a big deal, it's an interesting funky idea.
Xeon-D is very nice, but for workstation usage with up to 4 threads running Xeon E3 is probably better due to much higher freq for the same price. If you need more threads and can't financially grab higher E5, then D is very tempting indeed but here I would also point out E5-16xx which is a line kind of overlooked but provides nice CPUs (if you don't mind higher TDP) for good price.
ThinkStations employ non-ATX power supplies that cost considerably more than standard ATX ones, which may pose as a problem down the road. Just something to consider before you go and order one.
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kgardas - Thursday, June 16, 2016 - link
"or up to 600 TB HDD" -- hmm, you got units wrong I guess.twotwotwo - Thursday, June 16, 2016 - link
Has AT, or anyone here, messed with Xeon D for a workstation, like the SuperMicro box in http://www.anandtech.com/show/9185/intel-xeon-d-re... but with a GPU?Obviously not competitive for many--low single-thread performance. But if you're doing compilation or rendering or something where cores for the money are a big deal, it's an interesting funky idea.
Kevin G - Thursday, June 16, 2016 - link
Xeon D is the type of product Intel doesn't want people to really know about since it would undercut the E3 and E5 lineup in several spots.kgardas - Friday, June 17, 2016 - link
Xeon-D is very nice, but for workstation usage with up to 4 threads running Xeon E3 is probably better due to much higher freq for the same price. If you need more threads and can't financially grab higher E5, then D is very tempting indeed but here I would also point out E5-16xx which is a line kind of overlooked but provides nice CPUs (if you don't mind higher TDP) for good price.ClamShall - Friday, June 17, 2016 - link
ThinkStations employ non-ATX power supplies that cost considerably more than standard ATX ones, which may pose as a problem down the road. Just something to consider before you go and order one.