16c is $830 while 8c is $430 or there about, you get 10G with the 16c but it's a hefty price premium for the 16c for sure for 'only an atom'
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Right, @Evan ! This is partly what I was aiming at. I'd happily pay USD 430 for an 8-core C3000 board. But at USB 830 it's starting to push it a bit, don't you think?
Edit: In a previous message @Patrick states that even for USD 430 there are better options for hosting and virtualization. Am keen to know more.
At $460 then the d-1521 board with 10G that's pretty hard to beat for light virtualization and it has a high speed.
Not sure but maybe you could get into a really low end e5 or bronze for that $ which while not the most powerful certianly gives an excellent upgrade path.
Yes x10srl for about $250 and e5-2603 v4 for $230, need a cooler though, still 8 rdimm slots and chance to go much more powerful CPU later.
Could also get used 2603,2609,2620 for less.
At those price points it doesn't make sense vs Xeon. 16c for ~$500 might be justifiable.