A nitpick regarding the comment on the 8XXX series which is targeted pretty much only for 8 socket systems (or 4 in non-fully populated configs). > This pricin

A nitpick regarding the comment on the 8XXX series which is targeted pretty much only for 8 socket systems (or 4 in non-fully populated configs). > This pricing seems crazy, but it is worth pointing out a couple of things. The companies that buy these parts, namely the big HPC clients, do not pay these prices. We in HPC would not touch these outside big memory systems which is even niche for us. The consumers of these are far more likely to be those with data warehouse style needs (a.k.a Oracle customers). Much like the rest of the world 2 socket systems in HPC are by far the most common.