Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:51:48 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: "Jack Toering" <Jack.Toering@leadingedgeita.com> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which SMP CPU for FreeBSD 6.2? Message-ID: <499c70c0707171451h1c638275p7e5d9277ed084539@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <029401c7c8af$e5d19c60$6480010a@DELL9400> References: <029401c7c8af$e5d19c60$6480010a@DELL9400>
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On 7/17/07, Jack Toering <Jack.Toering@leadingedgeita.com> wrote: > It's been a couple years since I had to buy another dedicated server. Back > then the AMD Opteron had it hands down. The trade press seems to be > indicating the pendulum has swung the other way and AMD is in trouble, > especially since the Barcelona miss. Also, over the past two years I've > read how code is optimized more for the Intel. I'd like your opinion on > which way to go on a new server by picking one for each category. For the > same price I can get: > > $159.00 Range > Dual Opteron 246 > Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz > + $30 and get Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz > > $209.00 Range > Dual Opteron 252 > +$10 Opteron 2214 2.2Ghz > > $239.00 Range > Xeon 5130 2.0GHz Woodcrest > Clovertown 5310 1.6Ghz > > $279.00 Range > Woodcrest 5160 Dual Core Dual 3Ghz > Opteron 2216 HE 2.4GHz > > Thanks! I would suggest Intel C2D E6600 with 2 GB of RAM and fast hd ;) -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/
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