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Hi, |
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a friend of mine asked me to prepare a small server for him. |
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Unfortunatelly he can not afford to buy brand-name server so |
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he asked me to build one for him, from "consumer" components |
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(yes, I already warned him about "zero-support" consequences). |
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It should be some kind of "multi-purpose" server (web, ftp, |
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mail, dns, virtualisation, etc). His budget is ~600-700€ (for |
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cpu, mobo, ram), and he wants the best value for the money... |
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Now, the crucial decision is what cpu (&mobo) I should use: |
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A: Intel Core i7-950, 4x 3.06GHz (4 cores, + hyper-threading) |
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B: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition, 6x 3.30GHz (6 cores) |
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Is it better to use phenom with 6 true cores, or i7 with |
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4 real and 4 "fake" cores (hyper-threading)? Concerning price, |
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there is no difference, both of the above mentioned cpus cost |
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~250€ here in Europe. |
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btw, mobos for phenom have up to 4x dimm, while mobos for |
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core-i7 can have up to 6x dimm (that might be a valid point, |
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he is going to need a lot of memory). |
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So what should I pick for him? i7-950, or phenom-1100t? |
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Or yet some cheap 4/6-core opteron 4xxx/6xxx? |
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Jarry |
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