Originally Posted by
Dumbaz
Intel has better single-thread performance over AMD, but running many clients at once is not single thread stuff. For many MCs moar cores actually benefit you, so AMD is a valid choice in this scenario. Get as many as you can, AMD FX 8320 (140$ in US) would be a cheap processor that has 8 cores, Intels 4 cores with Hyperthreading act like 8 cores, but that only starts with the i7-4970K (330$ in US). Still, already an i5-4460 will perform better than the 8320 in most cases, only when you are really running many MCs at once the 8 AMD cores (4 modules with 8 cores) are actually better than the 4 of the Intel Chip.
Donīt buy anything like xux above me suggested. It has a good CPU so kids will look at it, everything else is shit. 300W Power Supply screams failures and housefires. Never cheap out on PSUs.
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