2010/3/16 Andrei Kolu <an...@bsd.ee>: > 2010/3/16 Jon Otterholm <jon.otterh...@ide.resurscentrum.se>: >> Hi. >> >> In the process to build a new router and want to choose the best possible >> CPU for the job. >> >> Narrowed it down to the following: >> >> Intel Q9650 3,0Ghz >> Intel i7-965/975 3,2Ghz/3,33Ghz >> >> What would be the benefit from a Xeon? >> >> Motherboard: Supermicro X8SBI-4LN. >> RAM: 4GB >> >> The router will be running IPFW and Dummynet for traffic-shaping. Along with >> that, standard services like dhcpd. >> >> Any thoughts appreciated. >> >> > > Xeons usually got more cache memory on board and mean to work on > servers (read: stable). And of course there should be ECC memory. > AFAIK you can't install more than one CORE cpu onto multicpu > motherboard but you can do so with XEON. > > Did you mean this: > http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/X58/X8STi-LN4.cfm > board? > Differences between Xeon and Core:
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