I would compare against the specials on WHT. Like here's one for WebNX http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1063117 http://www.webhostingtalk.com/sh

I would compare against the specials on WHT. Like here's one for WebNX http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1063117 http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1063117 48 core Monster, 4x 12core 1.7ghz, 256gb ram(wow!), 16x 73gb 15k SAS raid 10 This is likely the fastest server offered on WHT. This beast has an impressive 256gb ram (perfect for ram drives, or caching heavy accessed content) 4x AMD 6164 12 core cpus, total of 48 cores at 1.7ghz each 256gb ddr3 memory (wow! tons of ram, perfect for db cache, file cache, etc) 16x 73gb 15,000 rpm SAS drives w/ hardware raid 10 Almost 600GB of FAST Disk I/O 1x 2TB sata for backups $999 with 10TB bandwdith