Re: needing help deciding about upgrade to i5

["Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 26 August 2011 04:12, McLone <mclone@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Sepherosa Ziehau <sepherosa@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would recommend i7 instead of using i5
> Life throws ENOMONEY error on that.
> > however, if possible e3-12xx will be nice to have
> > (mainly due to the lacking of ecc support in i7)
> I'm not seeing those on ark.intel.com
> Besides i3s do not have even VT-d.

E3 is Xeon; noone suggests you get i3! :-)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115088

I'm actually thinking about getting HP ProLiant ML110 G7, 639259-005,
which includes quad core Sandy Bridge (32nm 2nd gen) Xeon E-1220, for
under 600 bucks delivered.  I was amazed when I learned that HP makes
seemingly awesome servers for so cheap.
http://tu.cnst.su/post/8987872685/impressive-hp-servers-at-under-desktop-price.

Anyone tried these ProLiant ML110 G7?

C.