Intel CM8063501375101 Xeon E5-2650 v2 CPU (Renewed)

The Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 is an eight-core, sixteen-thread server processor built on Intel's 22nm Ivy Bridge EP microarchitecture, running at a base clock of 2.6GHz with 20MB of L3 cache and a 95W TDP. Those numbers tell a specific story: this is a processor designed for sustained parallel throughput, not burst single-thread performance. The 20MB cache — substantial even by modern standards — keeps frequently accessed data close to the cores, reducing main memory round-trips in workloads like virtualized machine hosting, scientific computing, and parallel compilation. The four-channel DDR3 ECC memory controller supports up to DDR3-1866 with error correction, which matters in environments where data integrity over long uptime periods is non-negotiable.

The E5-2650 v2 lives in LGA 2011 server platforms, typically paired with Intel C602 chipset motherboards, and its QPI interconnect at 8.0 GT/s enables dual-socket configurations that double the available core count to 16 physical cores. For budget-conscious operators building virtualization hosts with VMware ESXi or Proxmox, running multiple containers, or operating legacy enterprise software with high thread-count licensing, this CPU offers a cost-per-core ratio that new hardware simply cannot match. As a renewed OEM unit, it arrives without heatsink or accessories — plan accordingly — but the silicon itself is mature, well-documented, and free of the early-production errata that sometimes affect newer architectures.