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Intel Xeon VS Core 2 Quad

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by amateur_82

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Good evening,

We are interested in buying 3 servers with Intel Xeon 3.8Ghz, 2Gb SDRAM and 250gb.

However, we have been told that these CPU are of older technology and that we should turn to the betterIntel Core 2 Quad.

It is obvious that we rae talking about heavy applications in the industry.

Is there any ideas which CPU to select so as to have the best result?
Or what else should we take into account?

Thanks in advance

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by bart777

What is the server going to be used for.

Yes the Xeon is older. Yes it's slower.
The Core 2 Duo\Quad are faster and newer.
And YES they are more expensive.

However if all the server is doing is providing file services or storage then it won't matter. Unless you are goign to run applications on the servers that will require lots of CPU cycles then you should be fine.

Best of luck

by jamesrl

There are quad core Xeons as well. Thats a better comparison. Generally a Xeon will out perform a similar speed Pentium, but costs more.

Your point is valid - we have lots of older servers running 2.0 Xeons running SQL apps that are fine, you have to fit the server requirements to the hardware.

James

James

by amateur_82

Good Morning and thanks for the helpful information,

We would like to hear some ideas, insights or recommendations regarding from which range of CPUs to select.

Thanks in advance

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