I'm pretty sure "akiba" is not pejorative, just a sometimes-used "cute" name in roman type.

Akiba is slang

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000727&Description=istanbul&name=Processors%20-%20Servers

O-2427 2.2 = $500
O-2431 2.4 = $700

Oh, well. I guess I could build a 12 core AMD render-box instead of an i7-975 machine for about the same price. Well, RAM and mobo may be a lil more... Nope, low-end 1207x2 board and RDDR2-800 are about the same as 1366x1 board and UDDR3.

@Raven737: Istanbul is a server processor, and this one is destined for two socket servers and workstations.

Is that i7 destined for dual-socket machines, or single socket machines?

~457 Euro for the 2.2 GHz Version. So 76 Euro / Core. The Intel i7 @ 2.67 GHz is cheaper at only 62.5 Euro / Core here in euroland.
But of course the 457 Euro is an Akhibara price. Regular street price in a few weeks will probably (hopefully) be a lot lower.