Which SMP CPU for FreeBSD 6.2?

[Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri]

On 7/17/07, Jack Toering <Jack.Toering at leadingedgeita.com> 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 ;)

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-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
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