Do you guys have a recommendation?
I'm looking at some cheap, older B3 (TLB fixed) opterons @ 1.8ghz with 16G ram.
Would I be better with 16G ram + 8 cores @ 1.8ghz (opteron) or 16G ram on a p45 board with say a 3.0ghz quad core based on core2 architecture?
Is there a general rule of thumb?
I'm looking at some cheap, older B3 (TLB fixed) opterons @ 1.8ghz with 16G ram.
Would I be better with 16G ram + 8 cores @ 1.8ghz (opteron) or 16G ram on a p45 board with say a 3.0ghz quad core based on core2 architecture?
Is there a general rule of thumb?