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LOSTCIRCUITS	SHORTCUTS: A matter of 8 cores Dual Independent Buses FBDIMMs or back to the MTH FBDIMMs, Take 2 The S5000XVN Test Configuration Memory Bandwidth Latencies Intercore and cache communication DVD Shrink, & Mainconcept H.264 Futuremarks Cinebench, POV Ray TrueSpace and Render Power Power Consumption Final Thoughts Give Us Some Feedback on this Review
Intel's V8-Demo System "Octopussy"
(Review by MS, May 31, 2007)

Test Configuration

Our test configuration had Intel’s S5000XVN as its backbone, along with two Xeon X5365 quad core CPUs, each sporting the shared 4 MB L2 cache per die for a total of 8 MB. The S5000 series is built around Intel’s 5000P MCH with either the 631xESB or the 632xESB SouthBridge with the latter featuring dual Gigabit Ethernet controllers, Intel I/O Acceleration Technology and SERDES in addition to the feature set supported by the 6311ESB I/O controller hub. In the case of the S5000XVN, the 632xESB ICH is on duty, further supplemented by the LSI Logic LSISAS1064E ARM-based Serially Attached SCSI controller supporting four SAS connectors on top of the two SATA connectors (out of six total supported by the 632xESB controller hub).

       

Power requirements

We originally started out with an 850W CoolerMaster “Real Power Pro” PSU, which has more than enough power to drive this behemoth even including a set of high-end graphics cards. For CPU power consumption measurements, we swapped out the CoolerMaster PSU for a modified OCZ GXS700, which had no problems either with the system configuration at hand.

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