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Intel Nehalem Xeon X5570 2.93GHz review

Intel's new Nehalem CPU architecture is staggeringly powerful

Our Score 4.5

Last reviewed: 2009-03-31March 31st 2009

Price at launch £1,250.00
MPN 37413205
Features Socket LGA1366
Additional Information Quad-core, single-die, dual-socket / 8MB L3 cache
64 Bit Computing Yes
Cache Type L3
Installed Cache Memory (MB) 8
No of Cores 4
Thermal Design Power 90

Product Summary

Xeon X5570 (Nehalem)

Intel Nehalem Xeon X5570 2.93GHz

Price at launch

£1,250.00

For

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Awesome memory bandwidth

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QPI function

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Excellent scalability

Against

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Very expensive

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