You definitely have to spend significantly more than $170 to get any recent amd or intel cpu that can do faster 8+ multicore than dual 2696/7 v2. and even if we are talking about single cpu, you would have to spend significantly more than $80 to get any recent amd/intel cpu that can beat one 2696/7 v2 in 8+ multicore, although in this case the benefit is not as good as in the case of dual 2696/7 v2
It's really about 1-4 core performance is what make the newer cpu much better than the 2696/7 v2
It's really about 1-4 core performance is what make the newer cpu much better than the 2696/7 v2