I see Micro Center is promoting AMD 8-core CPUs starting at $200
(FX-8120 $200, FX-8150 $260):
http://www.microcenter.com/storefronts/amd/Expired/FX_assets/fx_index.html
They seem to be marketing them to D-I-Y builders of performance
desktops, but I'm wondering if these are any good for servers.
As for servers, I think this part is a win. My only reservation would be
the 2:1 core vs math processor ratio (2 CPU cores per one floating point
unit)
For servers, you need cores. The part has 8 of them, so no matter how well
the 6 core sandy bridge intel part does, this will do 25% better
Of course it depends on what the servers are doing. But I know And has
always been great for budget servers. Unlike Intel they don't gimp their
desktop processors when it come to things like ecc support. Atleast the
did not use to. But for most mundane server tasks an 8 core amd should be
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