Meet Xeon E6540 — a modern solution from Intel, which saw the light of day :year_text. The die is produced using 45 nm technology. A motherboard with a compatible motherboards platform will be required for PC assembly. It features 6 cores and 12 threads, making it an excellent choice for modern tasks. In standard mode, the chip operates at 2 GHz. During resource-intensive tasks, the clock speed boosts to an impressive 2.3 GHz. The L3 smart cache size is 18 MB, which positively affects the overall system responsiveness. Nominal power consumption (TDP) is 105 W, so adequate cooling should be considered. While Xeon E6540 is not positioned as a flagship gaming solution, it is quite capable of handling popular games at medium settings when combined with a discrete graphics card.