Results 1 to 9 of 9
  1. #1
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Posts
    40

    Dual L5420 vs KimSufi 24G

    I am currently paying around $70 (without upgrades for $50) for:

    Dual L5420 (8 cores)
    8Gb EEC RAM
    2x 1Tb RAID 0 Harddrives ($15/month, regular 250Gb)
    100mb/s, capped at 10Tb
    6 IPv4 addresses ($1 each)

    Located in California, which is a good thing for me, I might run some game servers on this server. (I live in Cali, too). Support the company provides is fast, and they give me good discounts.

    I see Kimsufi has for around the same price:


    i7 4x 2(HT)x 2.66+ GHz
    24Gb RAM
    2Tb HDD

    I know KimSufi's location isn't as good, and service is mediocre, but do you think it's worth the go?

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    /dev/null
    Posts
    3,700
    Advantage(s) of switching:
    You get 3 times the RAM that you currently have, however, are you low on RAM as it is?
    You get a decent control panel (virtual KVM & easy OS reinstalls).
    Single-core performance will be higher (an i7 920 (which is what you would get), total CPU power will drop, by a fair amount.

    Disadvantages:
    You will only have 1 HD, for the OS and all gameservers.
    OVH's network to the US is pretty bad and I guess you could say terrible for gaming to other continents than Europe.
    OVH's network is filled with seedboxes so speeds are not predictable at all.
    Support itself is pretty much non-existent.

    You seem happy with your host, the location and the service they provide. I would not switch, especially not to their network when the purpose of the server would be gaming.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Posts
    40
    Quote Originally Posted by Robert vd Boorn View Post
    Advantage(s) of switching:
    You get 3 times the RAM that you currently have, however, are you low on RAM as it is?
    You get a decent control panel (virtual KVM & easy OS reinstalls).
    Single-core performance will be higher (an i7 920 (which is what you would get), total CPU power will drop, by a fair amount.

    Disadvantages:
    You will only have 1 HD, for the OS and all gameservers.
    OVH's network to the US is pretty bad and I guess you could say terrible for gaming to other continents than Europe.
    OVH's network is filled with seedboxes so speeds are not predictable at all.
    Support itself is pretty much non-existent.

    You seem happy with your host, the location and the service they provide. I would not switch, especially not to their network when the purpose of the server would be gaming.
    My current host do charge a ridiculous fee of $50 per OS reload (Which, kind of is how much my server costs per month).

    I'm mostly wondering how the i7 compares to the Xeon.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    /dev/null
    Posts
    3,700
    One L5420 is probably about 2/3rd of an i7 920, so 2 of them would be faster. Also, how often do you need to reload your OS for that to be an issue?

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Posts
    40
    Quote Originally Posted by Robert vd Boorn View Post
    One L5420 is probably about 2/3rd of an i7 920, so 2 of them would be faster. Also, how often do you need to reload your OS for that to be an issue?
    I am a beginner with dedicated servers, though I would guess not that often since I am going to put VPS's on the server.

    Since I am probably going to use Softaculous Virtualizor, (http://www.virtualizor.com/), do you think it would let me distribute my cores to my VPSs?

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    /dev/null
    Posts
    3,700
    Yes, you would actually be able to use all 8 cores with ease.

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Posts
    40
    Quote Originally Posted by Robert vd Boorn View Post
    Yes, you would actually be able to use all 8 cores with ease.
    Awesome, thanks for the help!

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Germany
    Posts
    198
    If you want to find infos about some CPU performance, take a look at http://www.cpubenchmark.net

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Location
    Lisbon, Portugal
    Posts
    1,184
    If you are happy with your provider i don't see any reason to change of provider.
    Best Regards / Melhores Cumprimentos,
    Bernardo Andrade
    Need a system Administrator?Contact me at email@bernardoa.pt
    Visit me at www.bernardoa.pt

Similar Threads

  1. Need UnixBench Kimsufi 16G and 24G
    By dewaforex in forum Dedicated Server
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 02-25-2012, 09:47 AM
  2. 2 x L5420 + 24G RAM + Intel S5000PSL + 2U chassis - $550/ea
    By DeltaAnime in forum Web Hosting Hardware
    Replies: 8
    Last Post: 12-16-2011, 05:11 PM
  3. LCN DS1 to Kimsufi 24G worth it?
    By Drefsab in forum Dedicated Server
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 10-16-2011, 12:38 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •