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I think watts per unit of performance is most important, as long as the more energy-efficient CPU isn't exhorbitantly more expensive, since we only pay for the
by mwcampbell 13y ago
I think watts per unit of performance is most important, as long as the more energy-efficient CPU isn't exhorbitantly more expensive, since we only pay for the hardware itself once but pay for energy continually.
- xyzzy123 13y agoNewer xeons are viciously more expensive :/ If you can get away with an older Xeon and higher power usage, you can get more stuff per dollar per hour. Mainly, whether MIPs per watt matters depends on where you can get your stuff racked ;)
- adventured 13y agoI guess it depends on how much oomph you really need, but the e3-1230 v2 xeon is a tremendous processor (9k passmark) and can be had for the low $200s.
- xyzzy123 13y agoIntel Xeon X5650 ES 2.66 GHz 12MB 6.4GT/s 95W Hex Core (x as many as I could afford). That does look like a good chip, but dodgy engineering sample trays in 2013 you can prolly get twice as many cores. That means NO WARRANTY and like, not for work.