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meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> Jarry<mr.jarry@×××××.com> [10-12-15 19:08]: |
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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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> I think the formula "performance/money" is fitted better by AMD |
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> than by Intel. |
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> If you take "performance" and "forget the money" Intel will be your |
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> friend. |
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> I myself choose an AMD Phenom X6 1090T (which can easily by pushed |
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> to be a 1100T by the way) on a ASUS Crosshair IV Formula. But a few |
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> days agao I heard Gigabyte would be more AMD friendly... |
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> I uses this mainly for rendering -- all cores can be used by Blender |
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> in parallel. |
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> Only my two cent ... you currency may vary. |
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> I DONT WANT to start a flamewar here! |
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> Its only my opinion I wanted to express :) |
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> Best regards, |
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> mcc |
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I'll give my $0.02 worth as well. I just built a new rig. It has a |
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Gigabyte GA-770T-USB3 mobo and a AMD Phenom II X4 and it is really fast |
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and efficient. Price was very good too. From what I have read, |
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Gigabyte is highly rated. |
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This may be something you want to use as a starting point if available |
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in you area. I'd be glad to send you links to the core parts so that |
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you know what works well together. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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