Hi All,
Looking for some advice if possible on a CPU. I currently have a 1x 8C|16T E5-2648L @ 1.8Ghz in my GA-7PESH2 Motherboard and the machine is running ESXi 6.5 U1 with a Fusion IO card for Storage.
Anyway. I have always noticed that VM performance is not as fast I would like it to be and have seen the CPU spikes of 100% at times, I am not a heavy VM user it mostly idles during the day but I think I would benefit from a faster base clock and if I could get more cores then bonus!
So I decided on the V2 CPU range as they are more modern than the V1 but alas more expensive..
Now I picked up a E5-2650 V2 Local for £70 / $90 Which I thought was a good deal , this comes with a 2.6Ghz (3.2) Ghz Turbo again 8C|16T CPU but I can't help feel I should have got a faster one?
So here is (finally) the question:
Given my use case scenario is the E5-2650 V2 a decent chip or should I sell it and but a faster chip?
E5-2660 V2 - (£110 | $130 - Slower Base Clock 2.3Ghz 10C|20T CPU)
E5 -2670V2 - (£150 | $180 - Same base clock as the 8C|16T 2.5Ghz
E5-2680 V2 - (£170 | $200 - 2.6 Ghz |10C|20T
E5-2690 V2 - (£280 | $330 - 3.0 Ghz | 10C | 20T
E5-2696 V2 - (£400 | $450 - 2.5Ghz 12C|24T
The main use case is ESXi 6 I am not too fussed at the moment about only running one CPU as I think that is enough for a HomeLab but looking for some advice on whether by E5-2650 V2 was a wise choice?
Or should I just sell it and buy one of the above CPU's
e.g would I get much better noticeable performance by buying the one with more cores?
I think the 2690 V2 and the 2696 V2 are both out my price range some how lol but really appreciate peoples opinions based on value | Speed | Bang for Buck | Performance
Thanks all!
Looking for some advice if possible on a CPU. I currently have a 1x 8C|16T E5-2648L @ 1.8Ghz in my GA-7PESH2 Motherboard and the machine is running ESXi 6.5 U1 with a Fusion IO card for Storage.
Anyway. I have always noticed that VM performance is not as fast I would like it to be and have seen the CPU spikes of 100% at times, I am not a heavy VM user it mostly idles during the day but I think I would benefit from a faster base clock and if I could get more cores then bonus!
So I decided on the V2 CPU range as they are more modern than the V1 but alas more expensive..
Now I picked up a E5-2650 V2 Local for £70 / $90 Which I thought was a good deal , this comes with a 2.6Ghz (3.2) Ghz Turbo again 8C|16T CPU but I can't help feel I should have got a faster one?
So here is (finally) the question:
Given my use case scenario is the E5-2650 V2 a decent chip or should I sell it and but a faster chip?
E5-2660 V2 - (£110 | $130 - Slower Base Clock 2.3Ghz 10C|20T CPU)
E5 -2670V2 - (£150 | $180 - Same base clock as the 8C|16T 2.5Ghz
E5-2680 V2 - (£170 | $200 - 2.6 Ghz |10C|20T
E5-2690 V2 - (£280 | $330 - 3.0 Ghz | 10C | 20T
E5-2696 V2 - (£400 | $450 - 2.5Ghz 12C|24T
The main use case is ESXi 6 I am not too fussed at the moment about only running one CPU as I think that is enough for a HomeLab but looking for some advice on whether by E5-2650 V2 was a wise choice?
Or should I just sell it and buy one of the above CPU's
e.g would I get much better noticeable performance by buying the one with more cores?
I think the 2690 V2 and the 2696 V2 are both out my price range some how lol but really appreciate peoples opinions based on value | Speed | Bang for Buck | Performance
Thanks all!
Last edited: