"Tom Browder" <tom.brow...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Derek Atkins <warl...@mit.edu> wrote: > ... >> I'm looking at two difference potential boxes and looking > ... >> Config 1 ($2974): >> - 2x Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) L5420 2.50GHz 1333FSB 12MB Cache (50W) >> - Low Voltage >> - 4x 4GB PC2-5400 667MHz FB-DIMM >> - 4x 750GB SATA 7200RPM - 3.5" - Seagate Barracuda(R) ES.2 >> Config 2 ($3468): >> - 2x Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Model 2378 - 2.4GHz 6MB L3 Cache (75W) >> - 8x 2GB PC2-5300 667MHz DDR2 ECC Registered >> - 4x 750GB SATA 7200RPM - 3.5" - Seagate Barracuda(R) ES.2 >> >> Any suggestions or comments on these configs? I really don't >> have a good feel for the differences between the various CPUs, >> both within a line and between Intel and AMD. In particular I >> suspect I'll just be running vmware-server on the base box and > > I like the ECC memory for config 2--highly recommended feature.
For some reason this company <http://www.pcsforeveryone.com/> does not provide ECC memory for the Intel system, and only provides ECC for the AMD system. I do like the fact that the AMD system has more expandability, more RAM slots, etc. It's certainly cheaper to get 8x2GB than 4x4GB. One thing I don't really understand is the main difference between the Intel® Xeon® L5420 2.50GHz and the Intel® Xeon® E5420 2.50GHz. I.e., other than the "voltage", what's the difference between the L series and the E series? Is the performance the same, just lower power consumption? > -Tom -derek -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH warl...@mit.edu PGP key available _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
