From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 17 22:05:38 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 758E316A400 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:05:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com (qb-out-0506.google.com [72.14.204.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F44F13C4B4 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:05:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by qb-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id a10so1525328qbd for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:05:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=h/3wUvxZWgGvkfOYlYQTdk+z6Moj52dVnUvu6QGli18StEaRtJnjQ88DE0yV2fJ0ulcRmgYAHDYBNyez9BTOZaO7VXpFOoEt8odIgyziUR9Q4ccM3ZypMAguvlAhYJgGSBHXQ0Sa3YPjThAsQMBnoy5biRBxszz0dA0MIiB/VIo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=DFpXp51ygzkqN+U8jo+jJjFG7eygpkA3Lgt5eMAxQouTXy4mKl7ZW54+R/VLmcUcUrEWMfqPRATOetoeZShTvrSLVN9FX04NkcAIkf02tW++D8tXAIZzRV84Kbndnv8i1I7FZ7cRLXVEUeqSmJg2B+gSHpvufy6AlrYyvbdsaaM= Received: by 10.100.152.9 with SMTP id z9mr405596and.1184709108147; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:51:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.9.14 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:51:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <499c70c0707171451h1c638275p7e5d9277ed084539@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:51:48 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" To: "Jack Toering" In-Reply-To: <029401c7c8af$e5d19c60$6480010a@DELL9400> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <029401c7c8af$e5d19c60$6480010a@DELL9400> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which SMP CPU for FreeBSD 6.2? X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:05:38 -0000 On 7/17/07, Jack Toering 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/