Obviously I haven't been paying much attention either :) Ok, for the sake of discussion --- again for a compiling code operation, not server, not gaming, etc.
How about the E5405 Xeon (Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5405 (2.00GHz,2X6M L2,1333)) vs a Q9550 Pentium Core 2 Quad (Intel® Core™2 Q9550 (12MB,2.83GHz, 1333FSB)) Kevin On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess I haven't been paying attention... I just assumed all the logos were > Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad Extreme II Extra Plus Edition (or whatever Intel's up > to now) :-) > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 27 February 2009 1:20 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Xeon compile performance > > You must not buy desktop PCs much :) They are common in the likes of a > Dell OptiPlex 330 or 360. > > The now-discontinued E4000 series and the E7000 series are wicked fast > and really cheap. > > Ken Schaefer wrote: >> Wow - I didn't know those existed. > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
