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Building a dedicated server
fohfoh:
Try building an AMD workstation for fun? Last I checked, it was about 300-400 bucks for a nice Supermicro Mobo that supports dual processors. The procs themselves that I was looking to buy were around 2.4Ghz quad cores or something at around 180-220 each. All in all though, it still looks like it's around 1100-1300 dollar build. There's probably places you can skimp out on like audio cards, video cards etc.
Note: I checked this stuff out like over a year ago, so it should be much cheaper to play with.
kitamesume:
servers = numbers to crunch and a huge amount of ram is needed.
more cores = more numbers can be crunched in parallel.
so find a multi core that fits your budget, hyper-threading would help as well. the problem is how much ram would you require to support them, the number of people counts as well.
consumer boards only has more or less than 6slots of ram, server boards on the other hand, has tons, specifically more than a dozen BUT theres one problem, server boards requires a different kind of ram, way more expensive than desktop ram.
the AMD Phenom II x6 1055t 2.8ghz should work well for your need, just find a board with 6-8slots and fill them up with 4gbs of ram. an i7 with hyper-threading would make a good cruncher too, 6slots would be standard for rams and they are on triple channel as well(old LGA1366 socket).
server builds on the other hand, is good, but costs alot so you know what i mean~
NaRu:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on May 01, 2011, 08:46:22 AM ---servers = numbers to crunch and a huge amount of ram is needed.
more cores = more numbers can be crunched in parallel.
so find a multi core that fits your budget, hyper-threading would help as well. the problem is how much ram would you require to support them, the number of people counts as well.
consumer boards only has more or less than 6slots of ram, server boards on the other hand, has tons, specifically more than a dozen BUT theres one problem, server boards requires a different kind of ram, way more expensive than desktop ram.
the AMD Phenom II x6 1055t 2.8ghz should work well for your need, just find a board with 6-8slots and fill them up with 4gbs of ram. an i7 with hyper-threading would make a good cruncher too, 6slots would be standard for rams and they are on triple channel as well(old LGA1366 socket).
server builds on the other hand, is good, but costs alot so you know what i mean~
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You dont have to get ECC ram if you dont want to. It's nice to have when running a server though.
Lupin:
--- Quote from: Wintereise on April 28, 2011, 02:59:01 PM ---Any decent Quad should be enough for that. Forget the Xeons, they're in no way needed for what you plan to do.
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+1
It's best to follow kureshii's advise. Check your processor/memory loads first.
Wintereise:
--- Quote from: NaRu on May 01, 2011, 03:54:21 PM ---
--- Quote from: kitamesume on May 01, 2011, 08:46:22 AM ---servers = numbers to crunch and a huge amount of ram is needed.
more cores = more numbers can be crunched in parallel.
so find a multi core that fits your budget, hyper-threading would help as well. the problem is how much ram would you require to support them, the number of people counts as well.
consumer boards only has more or less than 6slots of ram, server boards on the other hand, has tons, specifically more than a dozen BUT theres one problem, server boards requires a different kind of ram, way more expensive than desktop ram.
the AMD Phenom II x6 1055t 2.8ghz should work well for your need, just find a board with 6-8slots and fill them up with 4gbs of ram. an i7 with hyper-threading would make a good cruncher too, 6slots would be standard for rams and they are on triple channel as well(old LGA1366 socket).
server builds on the other hand, is good, but costs alot so you know what i mean~
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You dont have to get ECC ram if you dont want to. It's nice to have when running a server though.
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They're nice to have if you're running mission critical database or likewise applications where a mismatch of a byte can cost you 'millions'. Otherwise, no, not really.
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