Ivan Voras
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:13:30 -0700
On 03/16/10 13:40, Jon Otterholm wrote:
Hi. In the process to build a new router and want to choose the best possible CPU for the job. Narrowed it down to the following: Intel Q9650 3,0Ghz Intel i7-965/975 3,2Ghz/3,33Ghz
Both are overkill, but in general here you should go for clock speed instead of multicore abilities. If you can get it, you will be better off with a 3.5 GHz dual-core CPU (like Xeon 52xx) than a 3 GHz quad-core CPU. Additional cores will not be used by network processing in your case.
Better invest the money in a good network card.
What would be the benefit from a Xeon?
Stability, but that also comes from using better motherboards, ECC memory, etc, not only from the CPU.
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