Which SMP CPU for FreeBSD 6.2?

[Jack Toering]

>> $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

 >I would suggest Intel C2D E6600 with 2 GB of RAM and fast hd ;)<

People seem to be happy with that CPU.

Thank you for your response!


-----Original Message-----
From: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri [mailto:almarrie at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:52 PM
To: Jack Toering
Cc: freebsd-performance at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Which SMP CPU for FreeBSD 6.2?

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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