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    Need some advice please.

    Looking to get my dedi this friday, and was wondering if you had the choice what would you have outta the below and more importantly why?


    Intel C2D E7200
    1024 MB DDR RAM
    250 GB 7.200RPM

    AMD64 X2 4450E+
    4096 MB DDR RAM
    250 GB 7.200RPM

    Note: will be running Directadmin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ShoKz View Post
    Looking to get my dedi this friday, and was wondering if you had the choice what would you have outta the below and more importantly why?


    Intel C2D E7200
    1024 MB DDR RAM
    250 GB 7.200RPM

    AMD64 X2 4450E+
    4096 MB DDR RAM
    250 GB 7.200RPM

    Note: will be running Directadmin.
    Are both priced the same?
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    Quote Originally Posted by HivelocityGM View Post
    Are both priced the same?
    The Intel is like 5 - EUR cheaper.

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    Intel preforms better:

    http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

    But the RAM may be an issue with the OS you plan on using? What are you going to be using this for? (Sometimes RAM is better than speed)

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    Hi Shokz, welcome to the board, it looks like you are new here. Definitely use that benchmark link to compare procs, also, do some shopping in the offers section.

    Good luck.



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    It's mainly going to be used for forums, and the odd website. So there will be alot of connections at any given time.

    Edit: CentOS 5.2 Or Debian 4.0r3 i can have as the OS.


    Hi. Cheers for the welcome!

    Yes i am new , i've been reading up and looking about the board
    it's been good reading and slowly getting abit of understanding.
    Last edited by ShoKz; 04-22-2009 at 02:39 PM. Reason: Adding OS's

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    Quote Originally Posted by ShoKz View Post
    It's mainly going to be used for forums, and the odd website. So there will be alot of connections at any given time.

    Edit: CentOS 5.2 Or Debian 4.0r3 i can have as the OS.


    Hi. Cheers for the welcome!

    Yes i am new , i've been reading up and looking about the board
    it's been good reading and slowly getting abit of understanding.
    If it's processing a lot of database queries, maybe the higher RAM option is better for you. If you are going for 4GB or higher, remember to get a 64-bit OS installed on it.

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    If it is going to be a heavy database site aka a forum. I would really suggest you going with a SAS Drive or a Raptor drive for better performance you will notice a big difference if you have the traffic to warrant it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShoKz View Post
    It's mainly going to be used for forums, and the odd website. So there will be alot of connections at any given time.

    Edit: CentOS 5.2 Or Debian 4.0r3 i can have as the OS.


    Hi. Cheers for the welcome!

    Yes i am new , i've been reading up and looking about the board
    it's been good reading and slowly getting abit of understanding.
    Between the two servers I would recommend going with the AMD. I say this because it features more ram and databases (since it is a forum) eat more ram then CPU.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ShoKz View Post
    Looking to get my dedi this friday, and was wondering if you had the choice what would you have outta the below and more importantly why?


    Intel C2D E7200
    1024 MB DDR RAM
    250 GB 7.200RPM

    AMD64 X2 4450E+
    4096 MB DDR RAM
    250 GB 7.200RPM

    Note: will be running Directadmin.
    Usually I'd go with Intel, but the AMD server has 4x more RAM. Should work fine for you.

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    If its a forum, go with 4GB. Forums are memory eaters and can easily kill a system with insufficient ram.

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    Intel will be your way to go. Maybe you can ask them to increase your RAM.

    Forums usually tends to require more RAM compared to processor speed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShoKz View Post
    Looking to get my dedi this friday, and was wondering if you had the choice what would you have outta the below and more importantly why?


    Intel C2D E7200
    1024 MB DDR RAM
    250 GB 7.200RPM

    AMD64 X2 4450E+
    4096 MB DDR RAM
    250 GB 7.200RPM

    Note: will be running Directadmin.
    As others have said, the 4GB memory option is nice. Be sure to get a second disk for RAID-1 and peace of mind.

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