I'm looking for CPUs for my Supermicro X9DR3-LN4F+ systems. I bought them 2nd hand and they came with E5-2630v1.
I'm not looking for outright performance, but a balance between purchase cost, operational cost/energy efficiency, and performance. These systems will be a combination of storage system + virtualization host just using plain old CentOS7/KVM/ZFS. The VMs that will run on these systems will vary from web, database, dns, email, vpn router, ldap, and plex media server, etc.
Here's what my narrowed down options are so far:
CPU / Purchase cost / (cores/threads) / (freq/turbo) / TDP
E5-2660 / $55 / (8,16) / (2.2/3.0) / 95W
E5-2670 / $114 / (8,16) / (2.6/3.3) / 115W
E5-2680 / $120 / (8,16) / (2.7/3.5) / 130W
E5-2650v2 / $150 / (8,16) / (2.6/3.4) / 95W
E5-2660v2 / $124 / (10,20) / (2.2/3.0) / 95W
E5-2670v2 / $280 / (10,20) / (2.5/3.3) / 115W
I'm not too hot about the E5-2670v2 based on cost. The E5-2660 is the obvious choice from a cost only perspective. What's harder for me to decide on are the options above in the $100-$150 range.
Thoughts? Opinions?
I'm not looking for outright performance, but a balance between purchase cost, operational cost/energy efficiency, and performance. These systems will be a combination of storage system + virtualization host just using plain old CentOS7/KVM/ZFS. The VMs that will run on these systems will vary from web, database, dns, email, vpn router, ldap, and plex media server, etc.
Here's what my narrowed down options are so far:
CPU / Purchase cost / (cores/threads) / (freq/turbo) / TDP
E5-2660 / $55 / (8,16) / (2.2/3.0) / 95W
E5-2670 / $114 / (8,16) / (2.6/3.3) / 115W
E5-2680 / $120 / (8,16) / (2.7/3.5) / 130W
E5-2650v2 / $150 / (8,16) / (2.6/3.4) / 95W
E5-2660v2 / $124 / (10,20) / (2.2/3.0) / 95W
E5-2670v2 / $280 / (10,20) / (2.5/3.3) / 115W
I'm not too hot about the E5-2670v2 based on cost. The E5-2660 is the obvious choice from a cost only perspective. What's harder for me to decide on are the options above in the $100-$150 range.
Thoughts? Opinions?