AMD Opteron 2435 Boxed

Zitat: Clearly, AMD has done a great job engineering the Opteron 2435, as these six-core CPUs have a very similar thermal profile and power consumption to that of a pair of identical frequency quad-core Opterons. Given the extra performance, the six-core models provide in certain applications, this is no mean feat. However, while the comparatively low power draw of the Opteron 2435s may make them attractive to those upgrading a power-starved data centre, the way by which AMD has artificially limited performance by keeping the clock frequency down means they aren´t an attractive purchase for a workstation or HPC server. In these scenarios, the most important aspect is how much processing power you can squeeze into a single box, and for that, the Xeon W5580 reigns supreme, especially now that their price has tumbled by nearly £300 to £1,198.57 inc VAT.