9 Mar
2010
9 Mar
'10
4:35 p.m.
On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 at 9:49pm, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote
If cpu processing power is the sole criteria, then why limit to dual-socket boards and not go for quad-socket boards?
In general, the price goes up non-linearly as you go above 2 sockets, making 2 sockets the sweet spot when it comes to price/performance.
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Joshua Baker-LePain
QB3 Shared Cluster Sysadmin
UCSF