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!LittleDragon · 01-19-2012, 10:10 AM

What's everyone's thoughts on these CPU's? This will be my first AMD CPU so I want to be sure I get bang for the buck. I normally go for Intel but I have 32gb of ECC memory sitting around which doesn't seem to be supported by Intel short of an i7 and even then, motherboards that support it are in the $300+ range.

I'm not interested in gaming performance, this is replacing my current server which is powered by a 3.0ghz P4 which is fine but the motherboard is getting old and is having trouble supporting the bigger hard drives (I think 2TB was the limit). What I'm interested in is how well these CPU's do at virtualization. I will be running Server 2008 with Hyper-V. I will have at least 2 VM's running full time so I can get rid of some physical hardware (terminal server and torrent box). I will also have some machines to power up as needed like a dedicated VM for iTunes because I hate reconfiguring iTunes everytime I rebuild my computer so I'm going to have a VM that I will never have to format.

Thoughts?

01-19-2012, 10:10 AM	#1
!LittleDragon "They call me Bowser...RawR!" Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Vancouver Posts: 8,339 Thanked 1,047 Times in 416 Posts Failed 60 Times in 31 Posts	AMD Bulldozer FX6100 vs Phenom II 1055T What's everyone's thoughts on these CPU's? This will be my first AMD CPU so I want to be sure I get bang for the buck. I normally go for Intel but I have 32gb of ECC memory sitting around which doesn't seem to be supported by Intel short of an i7 and even then, motherboards that support it are in the $300+ range. I'm not interested in gaming performance, this is replacing my current server which is powered by a 3.0ghz P4 which is fine but the motherboard is getting old and is having trouble supporting the bigger hard drives (I think 2TB was the limit). What I'm interested in is how well these CPU's do at virtualization. I will be running Server 2008 with Hyper-V. I will have at least 2 VM's running full time so I can get rid of some physical hardware (terminal server and torrent box). I will also have some machines to power up as needed like a dedicated VM for iTunes because I hate reconfiguring iTunes everytime I rebuild my computer so I'm going to have a VM that I will never have to format. Thoughts? __________________ "Damn fine car Dodge... Ran over me wife with a Dodge!", Zeke