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Date:      Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:40:51 +0100
From:      Jon Otterholm <jon.otterholm@ide.resurscentrum.se>
To:        <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Choosing CPU for router
Message-ID:  <C7C53AE3.2441C%jon.otterholm@ide.resurscentrum.se>

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Hi.

In the process to build a new router and want to choose the best possible
CPU for the job.

Narrowed it down to the following:

Intel Q9650 3,0Ghz
Intel i7-965/975 3,2Ghz/3,33Ghz

What would be the benefit from a Xeon?

Motherboard: Supermicro X8SBI-4LN.
RAM: 4GB

The router will be running IPFW and Dummynet for traffic-shaping. Along with
that, standard services like dhcpd.

Any thoughts appreciated.

BG
//Jon




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