14 DAY TRIAL // Puget Systems, a company well known for its silent custom-made desktops and HTPCs, has just announced that Intel’s recently released Xeon E5 processors, based on the Sandy Bridge-EP architecture, are now available in its workstation and server systems.
The Xeon E5 processor range includes no less than 20 processors split into the single-socket E5-1600 and the dual-socket E5-2600 series.
Depending on the model, the chips pack up to eight Sandy Bridge x86 cores with Hyper-Threading support, a quad-channel memory controller, and a maximum 20MB of shared L3 cache.
Other advantages include the integration of the AVX and TXT instruction sets as well as the presence of an on-die PCI Express controller, which is a first for Intel’s Xeon processors.
Puget Systems will make these processors available in their Genesis workstations, Summit rackmount and tower servers, as well as in their custom built computers.
Customers have the option of configuring these machines with up to 128GB of RAM, various HDD and SSD options, a wide range of AMD or Nvidia graphics cards (both consumer and professional) and can even opt for having the CPU(s) water cooled.
"Sandy Bridge-EP is an aggressive step forward in workstation and server performance" said Jon Bach, president of Puget Systems.
"We have worked very closely with Intel on this launch. In addition to these existing product line refreshes, we're working behind the scenes on some exciting new product announcements as well," concluded the company’s rep.
Pricing for the systems starts at $2,635 (roughly 2,009 EUR) for the Summit servers, while an Intel Xeon E5 equipped Genesis workstation has a base price of $3,038 (about 2,316 EUR).
According to Puget, the systems ordered online will be built and shipped within 5 to 7 business days.