| Soleron said: AMD sells 8-cores starting at $266 (2GHz Opteron 6128) and 12-core Opterons starting at $744 (1.9GHz Opteron 6164 HE). Those are list prices. They are for sale, but not on Newegg except the more expensive ones, so look around a bit and they will be there. Google has a few shops listed: Cheapest 8-core: http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=opteron+6128 Server boards that support them are relatively cheap, like this one:
As for desktop CPUs, neither Intel or AMD is going above six cores in 2010, but AMD now has some desktop 6-cores for quite cheap. A 2.8GHz 6-core Phenom II X6 1055T is $205 on Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103851 |
Awesome. I'll look harder for that 6128 around here, it's really cheap for an 8-core.
However as ithis and others mentioned, I have to check whether I really want to get a server CPU... It would be much better if I could also use the PC for a desktop, games and all. If not, I'll probably settle for a Phenom II X6 unless I can wait.
From what I've seen there are motherboards with the G34 socket (for Opteron) which support PCI-Express too, so it's not like the Opteron can't be used for a desktop.
Thanks everyone!
| HappySqurriel said: I would say that it would really depend on the nature of the application and the price range you were thinking of ... One option would be to pick up a dual CPU motherboard and, while they are not that common, there are a couple of these motherboards designed around the i7 core for enthusiasts; and they’re in the $400 range. While I don’t have many specifics available about them, I’m fairly certain you could take one of these mother boards, combine it with 2 quad-core i5 processors, and get a decent amount of memory for less than buying one of the high-end 8-core processors. |
I'll check out the prices for dual-CPU motherboards too, but on the Intel side I thought you needed Xeon CPUs for a multi-CPU system.
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