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Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> [10-12-15 19:52]: |
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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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> > |
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> >>Hi, |
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> >> |
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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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> >> |
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> >>Now, the crucial decision is what cpu (&mobo) I should use: |
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> >> |
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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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> >> |
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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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> >> |
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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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> >>-- |
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> >>_______________________________________________________________ |
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> >>This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! |
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> >>Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted. |
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> > |
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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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> > |
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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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> > |
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> >Only my two cent ... you currency may vary. |
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> > |
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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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> > |
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> >Best regards, |
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> >mcc |
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> > |
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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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Silent cooling ? Scythe Mulgen 2 Rev B! |
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;) |
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mcc |