Server CPU Comparisons

[Darkspider]

I am planning on buying a Dedicated Server to run multiple instances of srcds.exe (Source Dedicated Server) and was wondering if you guys can tell me what is the fastest server out of these choices.

Single Xeon Clovertown 5310 1.6GHz
Kentsfield Q6600 2.4GHz
Single Xeon WoodCrest 5130 2.0GHz
Dual Xeon Prestonia 2.8GHz
Conroe 6600 2.4GHz

 

[myocardia]

Seriously? With servers, more cores= faster performance, and higher clockspeed= faster performance. For instance, the fastest of the processors you mentioned, a single Q6600 (or it's Xeon equivalent, the X3220) would be ~3½ times as fast as dual 2.8 Ghz Prestonias, twice as fast as the E6600, ~2½ times as fast as a single Woodcrest 5130, and 1½ times as fast as the Clovertown E5310. Oh, and welcome to anandtech.