On 03/16/10 13:40, Jon Otterholm wrote:
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
Both are overkill, but in general here you should go for clock speed
instead of multicore abilities. If you can get it, you will be better
off with a 3.5 GHz dual-core CPU (like Xeon 52xx) than a 3 GHz quad-core
CPU. Additional cores will not be used by network processing in your case.
Better invest the money in a good network card.
What would be the benefit from a Xeon?
Stability, but that also comes from using better motherboards, ECC
memory, etc, not only from the CPU.
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