I was going to say nasty things about this board, but, it's growing on me.
Your first cpu would have 6 processors, a Passmark score pretty much as fast as anything on the planet, for a discounted 1600-1700 dollars.
For 300 dollars one might decide the -i7 2600 with a PM score at 85% of that might be a better value. Or better, the i7 2600K which has gone up to 430. but, is 10/11 as fast as the 5690.
Kind of curious: Do the current Xeons do something magical that justifies price tages well over a thousand dollars, for performance slower then my 940?
Then another 16 GB ram stick, and, another 1200 dollars. So, you are in for 3300-3500, with room for expansion. Everytime you have 1200 laying around....
Odd part of my experience was that when I assessed the price value point on buying the Xeons, the value price point stayed there. The slightly faster processors never came down much in price, and never justified buying new processors for that board.
Also, ram never came down much either.
So, I wonder if that is going to be the case with this setup?
Is so, I think I'll pass on buying in at something that gives 15% improvements in performance, for 4-5 times the cost.
Still never got a real answer. Despite latency, can anyone really tell the difference in ns,
that is as a human being?
