Definitely. Xeons are targetted towards businesses, which generally have a wider variance of needs. So at that point, what can you do but give it a code name,

Definitely. Xeons are targetted towards businesses, which generally have a wider variance of needs. So at that point, what can you do but give it a code name, and plenty of documentation. Clicking on the Xeon E5 v3 family link[0] and then click on "Compare All", takes to a page that has a feature by feature comparison of all of those processors[1], which you can use to pin down the specific processor to meet your needs. [0] - http://ark.intel.com/products/family/78583/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-v3-Family#@Server http://ark.intel.com/products/family/78583/Intel-Xeon-Proces... [1] - http://ark.intel.com/compare/?ids=85766,85765,85764,85763,85762,85760,85759,85758,85757,81061,81060,81059,81057,81713,81909,81055,81908,81709,83361,81706,81903,81705,81900,83359,83358,83357,83356,83354,83352,81897,83349,82763,82764,82765,82766,82767 http://ark.intel.com/compare/?ids=85766,85765,85764,85763,85...