Magny-Cours vs Phenom II X6

[igf1]

Hi All,

I'd really like to know how the Phenom2 stacks up against Magny Cours 8core entry. The MC 8 core is only $300(at newegg) and I'm reallllly interested in getting an ultra affordable clustering solution for home servers. I was thinking that the extra two cores would be nice, but its at the expense of clock speed.

Does anyone have any insight on this? I mean.. the X6 will be far less expensive in the long run given the cost of the G34 motherboard (which is looking a bit suspect at over 500 bucks for dual procs).


Thanks!
Richard

 

[Accord99]

Given the clockspeed differences, both the 1055T and 1090T have higher theoretical throughput than an 8-core 2 GHz Magny Cours. Unless you get two Magny Cours, a X6 or i7 quad with HT will outperform the Magny Cours in heavily threaded applications and destroy it anything that can't fully maximize 8 threads of execution.

 

[igf1]

Hmm, that would be really interesting bechmark comparison. Also, the same price as an i7 980, the magny 12 core would be an interesting in comparison. Even as a desktop, as I run lots of virtual machines.(VirtualBox)

Thats really what I'm after.. VM performance.

 

[richierich1212]

I don't know if you can have two builds of Thubans, or just one Magny-Cours. The 1035T will be released soon, probably late May. You could probably get two of those, and a couple of decent mobos for probably around the same price as one MG setup.

12 total cores, instead of 8, but two systems vs. one.

 

[Edgy]

Don't forget 2 way & 4/8 way server CPUs require ECC registered ram which are not only more expensive but also need to populate more memory slots due to multiple cores on Magny.

Anand's take on Magny-Cours vs 6 core Xeons on IT side.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2978/amd-s-12-core-magny-cours-opteron-6174-vs-intel-s-6-core-xeon

Guess it all depends on what type of application you want to run...

 

[hans007]

well they dont make 1 socket boards for magny cours, so i think you'd have to get at least 2 of them.

they do have quad channel ddr3 controllers though.

 

[JFAMD]

SuperMicro has a 1P motherboad. ECC memory is required, but not registered memory; you can use unbuffered ECC memory as well.

 

[dac7nco]

Edgy, I beg your pardon, but have you looked at server ECC vs memory on a single-core system? A 12GB set @ 3x4 standard will cost you a minimum of $600 - ECC I've bought for dual-Nehalem sockets is much cheaper - Wintec memory has never failed me. On the desktop Mushkin, Patriot, Corsair and KINGSTON will rip the cash straight out of your pants. A Xeon,Asus/Supermicro and Wintec memory live fine together, at a comparatively cheap-assed price.

Daimon

 

[Markfw]

OK, $420 for the cheapest S34 board (dual) that I could find, and my X6 is on a $80 mobo, and overclocked to 4.1 Server boards can't do that. And don't tell me its not stable. 100% for 3 days now, rock solid %100% load.

Up to you. I will take the X6

 

[DrMrLordX]

It's pretty obvious that the Thuban will perform better. The real question is: will desktop-class hardware offer you the reliability and uptime that you want? ECC RAM isn't burdensome in those situations when it can be useful.