Review: Intel Xeon Processor E3-1280 and the Server Board S1200BTL

Conclusion
The Intel Server Board S1200BTL certainly is a feature rich unit that will slot nicely into most ATX chassis. The actual upgrade paths that are readily available to this unit are tremendous and taking into account today's IT budgets being hit very hard in some sectors this complete unit will satisfy the needs of the many without straining any of the budget. 

Although plain and simple black molding it will not look out of place in any office purring away in the background.    Those wishing to make use of the 1U Rackmounts will have no problems putting these into place within their existing builds. Whether Pedestal or 1U each has an array of additional fittings that can be ordered directly from your supplier. Each chassis has enough storage room to keep many happy for a very long time to come as demonstrated within. Some will be interested in the render speeds which are all within the acceptable limitations, so this can be used as a render node comfortably overnight.

There are speculated new variants of Intel’s SSD’s due within 3–4 months and these items will also have to be seriously taken in due consideration as they on paper show great promise replacing the older X25-E SLC with the new Lyndonville refresh. Though the one that will have many awaiting with great eager is that of the new Ramsdale PCI Express variant. Once more the careful malicious planning now and in the future of system deployment must be addressed.  On proceeding to print we are unable to disclose pricing structures, though the purposed IOP’s in both read/ write and product longevity will surprise many indeed.  One final point of note is the actual bit in security of the products offering 128-bit AES encryption to 256-bit encryption with the Ramsdale PCI Express unit. There are also rumours of further new PCI Express products from that of Micron, OCZ and LSI as of yet no true factual evidence has come across this desk therefore it would be unfair to comment further, though as always some truth within certain leaks must be looked upon carefully, others must be disregarded totally.

The synthetic and file tests showed us just what could be achieved easily. There is good memory bandwidth that will allow swift transactions to take place. A reduction in overall power consumption though notwithstanding - no reduction in performance which is the key message we have to absorb.

This has been a bold step forward by Intel in today’s bitterly fought market place. Though it gives the VAR's and S.I.'s that opportunity of making some more good profit with the complete all in one solutions that have been carefully thought out. Today’s server market place is extremely tight with small margins in this area. There are thoughts and some forecasts that the recession is nearing an end so an inexpensive solution of this calibre has to be seriously considered by all parties concerned. When you look at the provided picture above of all the wears laid out it does make you think. They look neat, perform exceedingly well together and the results are very good overall.