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I have an unusual requirement for my desktop - I need at least one PCIe x16 and one PCI-x slot. I happen to have a spare Xeon E5472 sitting around, so I am considering a Dell T7400 motherboard and some 800 mhz DDR2 FB-DIMMs. I have an Apple Xserve with this cpu running Linux (Centos 5) and in my basic testing (running lame on a big wav file) it is about 2x the performance of my E8400.
However, I want to consider another option - there is an AMD AM2+ board that I can use (A3N-WS). It looks like the Phenom II 940 is perhaps the best CPU for it, but the best it can do is DDR2 1066 memory. I don't have one handy to benchmark - how does this compare to the Xeon E5472 (or e8400)? I'm guessing that it will lose.
In additional to some gaming, I do multi-threaded compiling and mp3/mp4 encoding so I can definitely use more power.
Thanks!
Mark
p.s. Is it safe to say that an Asus P6T-WS board with a good i7 will crush either of these 2 choices?
However, I want to consider another option - there is an AMD AM2+ board that I can use (A3N-WS). It looks like the Phenom II 940 is perhaps the best CPU for it, but the best it can do is DDR2 1066 memory. I don't have one handy to benchmark - how does this compare to the Xeon E5472 (or e8400)? I'm guessing that it will lose.
In additional to some gaming, I do multi-threaded compiling and mp3/mp4 encoding so I can definitely use more power.
Thanks!
Mark
p.s. Is it safe to say that an Asus P6T-WS board with a good i7 will crush either of these 2 choices?