Hypothetical System: Worth It?
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:08 am
A friend and I were discussing putting together a server for a project we were working on, and were wondering if it would be worth upgrading it into a folding box. The question is, how much of a return would we get?
If we built it, I think we would go with a dual Opteron 2346HE system. It's a Barcelona quad-core at 1.8GHz. I think AMD is the way to go because--as far as I can tell--Socket F can take AM2 heatsinks, while heatsinks for Intel Socket 771 are hard to find. Also, the power consumption on this processor is only 55W.
How would this 8-core machine compare to something like a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, or Core 2 Quad?
Anandtech also projects the next Intel architecture will be noticeably faster than Core 2. Can anyone estimate how our proposed system would compare to one of these new architecture systems?
If we built it, I think we would go with a dual Opteron 2346HE system. It's a Barcelona quad-core at 1.8GHz. I think AMD is the way to go because--as far as I can tell--Socket F can take AM2 heatsinks, while heatsinks for Intel Socket 771 are hard to find. Also, the power consumption on this processor is only 55W.
How would this 8-core machine compare to something like a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, or Core 2 Quad?
Anandtech also projects the next Intel architecture will be noticeably faster than Core 2. Can anyone estimate how our proposed system would compare to one of these new architecture systems?