[geeks] fastest AMD socket 939 and 940 processors

[Bill Bradford]

On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 03:55:16AM -0500, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Does anyone know if the AMD64 X2 CPUs are faster than the Opterons?  I  
> know the clocks run higher, but does that really help much over and  
> Opteron?

Look at amount of L2 cache.  Go for more cache over a marginally faster
clock speed.

> Currently the 939 machine has an AMD 64 3000 single-core CPU.

I ended up putting an Athlon64 X2 3800+ CPU in my last S939 box, because it
was only $59 a couple years ago.

Bill

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