I am looking to get back into video editing and encoding in the near future and while the current systems that I built several years ago have served me well, they will just not cut it for FULLHD work. Thus, I am really considering a dual socket Xeon E5 build when these processors are released in few weeks/months as I do not think I could wait for Haswell-EP) in late 2014 or early 2015.
Based on the leaked information, my choices are two of either the below chips listed here:
Model: Xeon E5-2643 v2
Cores/Threads: 10 / 20
Frequency: 3.5 GHz
Cache: 25 MB
TDP: 130 Watt
Model: Xeon E5-2687W v2
Cores/Threads: 10 / 20
Frequency: 3.4 GHz
Cache: 25 MB
TDP: 150 Watt
However, I find the specifications somewhat odd... Why would the lower TDP chip have a higher Frequency and the Higher TDP have a lower Frequency? Could an overall higher Tubro speed accompany the higher TDP? The "W" stands for workstation, correct?
Based on the leaked information, my choices are two of either the below chips listed here:
Model: Xeon E5-2643 v2
Cores/Threads: 10 / 20
Frequency: 3.5 GHz
Cache: 25 MB
TDP: 130 Watt
Model: Xeon E5-2687W v2
Cores/Threads: 10 / 20
Frequency: 3.4 GHz
Cache: 25 MB
TDP: 150 Watt
However, I find the specifications somewhat odd... Why would the lower TDP chip have a higher Frequency and the Higher TDP have a lower Frequency? Could an overall higher Tubro speed accompany the higher TDP? The "W" stands for workstation, correct?