Hi all, we are going to buy a new cluster and we are in doubt about the frequency to consider. Basically, we have the possibility to buy either 18 nodes dual quad-core (18x8 cores) bearing Intel-Xeon E5430 2.66 MHz and FSB 1333 MHz or 15 nodes dual quad-core (15x8 cores) bearing Intel-Xeon E5462 2.8 MHz and FSB 1600 MHz. The latest seems to be **only** 10% faster then the first. However, thinking to the new gromacs4, we are in doubt about the best solution. Is it better to have a **nominal** 10% cpu faster or to have 24 further cores?
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