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06-28-2009, 12:24 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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Performance Difference
Is there a big difference in performance between Core i7 920 and Core2Quad Q9550?
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06-28-2009, 02:08 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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Depends what you are using it for, but I would generally say yes there is a big difference.
The i7 is a completely new architecture, with the main performance improvement coming from the improved memory bandwidth. You also have HT so it will try to execute 8 threads instead of 4.
The only thing to remember (especially if you are colo'ing) is that i7's draw quite a bit more power than the 45nm Core 2 Quads
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06-29-2009, 12:44 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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My site is a busy vb forum so do you think it worth the money to upgrade to a icore 7 server?
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06-29-2009, 12:57 AM #5Retired Moderator
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Yes, the i7s are quite noticeably faster than the C2Qs. Whether or not that's going to benefit you depends on your current bottleneck though.
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06-29-2009, 11:42 AM #6Newbie
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I think you should look at what the task is that the CPU's must perform and then compare..
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06-29-2009, 11:47 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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06-29-2009, 11:52 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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What is your current disk setup?
For a busy database server I would favour faster disks over CPU Depending on what you have currently. i.e. a SAS RAID-10 setup
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06-29-2009, 11:58 AM #9Newbie
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06-29-2009, 12:05 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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I am just using a 500gb SATAII disk.
I am currently thinking switching to a icore 7 920 with 12gb ram and adding a secondary disk for MYSQL from wired tree.
Do you think the performance would increase if I add the secondary disk just for MYSQL?
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06-29-2009, 12:37 PM #11Doh!!
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You would get more benefit by moving to a 15K SAS Drive setup than just upgrading the cpu, your speed bottleneck is most likely there.
Jay
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06-29-2009, 12:45 PM #12WHT Addict
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Instead of the single CPU i7 desktop CPU, you should look into the Xeon E5500 Series CPU. Which is Nehalem architecture based and would allow you to add a second CPU when you grow even larger, without having to deal with another server move.
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