Hi, a friend of mine asked me to prepare a small server for him. Unfortunatelly he can not afford to buy brand-name server so he asked me to build one for him, from "consumer" components (yes, I already warned him about "zero-support" consequences). It should be some kind of "multi-purpose" server (web, ftp, mail, dns, virtualisation, etc). His budget is ~600-700€ (for cpu, mobo, ram), and he wants the best value for the money...
Now, the crucial decision is what cpu (&mobo) I should use: A: Intel Core i7-950, 4x 3.06GHz (4 cores, + hyper-threading) B: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition, 6x 3.30GHz (6 cores) Is it better to use phenom with 6 true cores, or i7 with 4 real and 4 "fake" cores (hyper-threading)? Concerning price, there is no difference, both of the above mentioned cpus cost ~250€ here in Europe. btw, mobos for phenom have up to 4x dimm, while mobos for core-i7 can have up to 6x dimm (that might be a valid point, he is going to need a lot of memory). So what should I pick for him? i7-950, or phenom-1100t? Or yet some cheap 4/6-core opteron 4xxx/6xxx? Jarry -- _______________________________________________________________ This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted.
