Extreme Quad Core vs Core i7

[JDB]

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad QX9300 2.53GHz (12MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Intel® Core™ i7 920XM 2.0GHz (3.2GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache)

Questions:

1. Which is faster and more reliable?...
2. Which would be better to host a server with?

 

[Cykotitan]

Intel Core i7 benchmarks make Core 2 Extreme look like a washed-up has-been -- Engadget

"The only real disadvantage to the i7 over the Core 2 Extreme would be that the i7 requires DDR3 RAM and a special Socket 1366 motherboard, which will make the i7 system more expensive."

Benchmarks: PCMark And 3DMark - Review Tom's Hardware : AMD Phenom II X4: 45nm Benchmarked

 

[JDB]

I have read articles obviously..I am looking for personal experience with these two processors.
And thanks for these links, they help.

 

[WhosXeta]

More cores = better the processor. You will get more processing speed from the Quad Core.

 

[Cykotitan]

i7 is also quad core ..

however since you mentioned entry-level CPU models, Core 2 Extreme might perform slightly better than i7

 

[Leftwing]

Why get i7 when you can wait a bit and get i9? 6 cores is better than 4.

 

[JDB]

Thanks for all of the comments, this helps.
I will probably wait.

 

[kornholi]

Why get i7 when you can wait a bit and get i9? 6 cores is better than 4.

OpenTibia uses only 2 cores eace:

 

[Cykotitan]

OpenTibia uses only 2 cores eace:

	-- Process
	-- NOTE: defaultPriority works only on Windows and niceLevel on *nix
	-- niceLevel works only on *nix systems
	-- coresUsed are seperated by comma cores ids used by server process,
	-- default is -1, so it stays untouched (automaticaly assigned by OS).
	defaultPriority = "high"
	niceLevel = 5
	coresUsed = "-1"

I still don't think number of cores would make a big difference.

 

[Neon]

Get the Quad Core ;D

 

[JDB]

Extreme Quad Core is better?
I am confused...

 

[Cykotitan]

why would you host on a laptop?

 

[kornholi]

That only sets the processor affinity... <_<

	-- Process
	-- NOTE: defaultPriority works only on Windows and niceLevel on *nix
	-- niceLevel works only on *nix systems
	-- coresUsed are seperated by comma cores ids used by server process,
	-- default is -1, so it stays untouched (automaticaly assigned by OS).
	defaultPriority = "high"
	niceLevel = 5
	coresUsed = "-1"

I still don't think number of cores would make a big difference.

 

[JDB]

why would you host on a laptop?

Why not? :huh:
I just think it's more convenient.

 

[Cykotitan]

less reliable

 

[JDB]

less reliable

How so?
I think a notebook pc of this quality will be good.

 

[Rozinx]

I used to do that JDB, it will probably heat up and restart sometimes, if it's 24/7
My experience.

ps : not if you have great refrigeration system.

 

[zniC]

You're gonna _buy_ a laptop to host a server? That's stupid...better off, let someone here construct something for u, and if size is a matter, there is mATX

 

[Cykotitan]

ps : not if you have great refrigeration system.

put it in a nearby freezer

 

[Znote]

put it in a nearby freezer

Heated ice turns to water which destroys the computer. Having it in a freezer would be a slowly but surely death to the computer. Also, some parts on a computer is much warmer than other parts. (e.g compare the heat from a RAM brick to a processor).