Chips aren't noisy. The cooling systems on them and in the cases are. That's Dell's ducted single-fan passive CPU cooling at work. I have AMD's all around here, as well as one Xeon, and I have relatively low noise. I build servers here to my specs and one of the things I strive for is low-RPM high-flow fans along with quiet power supplies. Having said that, the 5150+ Woodcrest Xeons are a bit cooler than comparable Opterons since they use less power. Regardless, they both still need decent air flow. Maybe the air flow design was changed between the two models? Or perhaps the O/S isn't throttling the fan on the Opteron box?
With regards to cost, yes you can drop a load of cash on Opterons, when you compare them with a Xeon in the same Mhz range. Core speed isn't the entire comparison for a cost point. You should compare cache levels and MIPS benchmarks instead. Which model Opteron did you just buy and which Xeon(s) did you originally buy? I'll see if I can dig up some benchmarks. ------------------------------------------- Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- www.allspec.com ------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Haskett > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:17 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] New UV system > > Glen: > > I bought a Dell dual-core AMD Opteron rack-mount server several months > ago, to go along with the 18 month old Xeon rack-mount server > we purchased. The machine was virtually identical, and cost more by the > way. > > The AMD is twice as loud as the Intel and is most annoying. It's always > something, isn't it? :-) > > Bill > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Batchelor > >Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:56 AM > >To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > >Subject: RE: [U2] New UV system > > > > Cost-wise, consider a dual-core AMD X2 system. If you have a > >little more funds, the 5140 or 5150 Xeons are well cached chips > >for the money. Either way, get a dual-CPU mainboard that is > >one-CPU capable so that you can drop in an "upgrade" chip later > >as CPU demand increases. (Trust me, it will..) > > > > Keep in mind that each client IP will take a Windows user > >license if you plan on serving files via sharing. The max > >connections/licenses, if I'm not mistaken, is still 10 for > >non-server versions of Windows. Linux would be a better > >fit all around for a server, but that's my opinion. I > >have 4 Debian boxen and one RHEL box running servers here. > > > >------------------------------------------- > >Glen Batchelor > >IT Director > >All-Spec Industries > >phone: (910) 332-0424 > >fax: (910) 763-5664 > >e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
