Reviews: The X3550 is the first in a series of major improvements to IBM’s Intel Server family...Heralded as Intel’s answer to AMD’s 200-series Opterons, Dempsey is the codename for Intel’s Series 5000 range of 65nm dual-core Xeons, and the X3550 comes equipped with a pair of 3.73GHz 5080 models...With the imminent availability of Intel’s low-power Woodcrest Series 5100 processor, you have to ask why anyone would buy into Dempsey now...Expansion options look very good, as PCI-X and PCI Express 8x slots are available...
Retrevo's Recommendation: Older product, look for current models