Daersun Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 If you had a dedicated offering, would you rather buy: Dual 5405 harpertown 8x 2.0ghz cores 12mb cache 1333FSB 1000GB ~ 289-299 or Single Q6600 4x 2.4ghz cores 2x4mb cache 1033FSP 1000GB ~$259 This is not in advertising because I am not selling either, just looking at them to possibly sell them and would be interested to see feedback on both. Ive been told the harpertowns just blow clovertowns out of the water because of the huge L2 cache, but I have not confirmed that. Thanks, Jordan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I would buy the harpertown @ 255.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daersun Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 I wouldnt sell it @ 255 What if the Q6600 was around 239 ? Does that change the scale in favor of the Q6600? I like the harpertown because its true serverclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I would get the harpertown. But the prices for both are high. I get my rented c2q for 200 a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daersun Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 The offer I am thinking of rolling out is that harper town w/ 4gb of ram for 289. That and offer for 309/month you own the server after 24 months I really want to see a benchmark on the 5405s, ive heard that L2 cache upgrade makes a huge huge difference. Monk will be able to tell me more I am sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwidjib0 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Great topic Jordan- We've just ordered some Harpertowns for testing ourselves, but from the looks of it, they'll be a nice up on the Clovertowns, especially in terms of power consumption (25% less I believe). But as for the comparison - I'd say Xeons for sure - GG c2q. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 More L2, the better.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed3020 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 More L2, the better.. Very true. I can't wait to see what these new processors are capable of. Their clock speeds also go much faster, and with a FSB as fast as a low end Clovertown it does make one ponder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbiloh Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 We've not seen any major improvements in performance on our test box. Roughly 10% in real world performance increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Higher FSB on Intel doesn't really do anything for performance because of pipeline depth, bus latency, etc etc.. Some of the hapertowns have bugs where the TSC register stops incrementing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daersun Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 Hey man, can you link me to any of the bugs with the harpertowns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougK94 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 The errata on ANY processor by Intel or AMD is scary..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daersun Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 Ohhhhhhh yah, you would be surprised what they dont tell you until they get you under NDA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 buying brand new stuff for production is bad, wait till a couple bios updates fix any outstanding errata.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougK94 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Not to mention, you pay out the nose for brand new.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Not to mention, you pay out the nose for brand new.... Which is why I wait a few months for anything [[normally]]. The Iphone was an exception, but I got my 100 dollar refund or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daersun Posted December 17, 2007 Author Share Posted December 17, 2007 Not to mention, you pay out the nose for brand new.... Not true Clovertown 5310 = 6.64ghz = 239$ Harpertown 5405 = 8ghz = 252$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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