Anyone experience the reality of the new Haswell uber low power champs and VMware? I develop integration software, using up to 4 big VM's as test servers.
My current rig of Q6600 quad@2.4, 8 GB, HD 7750 and HD can't handle the VM's I throw at it. I'm also getting tired of playing games on lowest setting, but VMware Workstation is my biggest concern. My rig heats up, and consequently the fans are loud. I know what to do for memory, graphics, and SSD in my next rig. My question is solely about the CPU.
I want Intel's 4770 series for the 4(8) cores and low power. I can't do the 4770K because it disables some virtualization. Instead of 4770 (3.4 to 3.9), I'm tempted by 4770S (3.1 to 3.9), 4770T (2.5 to 3.7), and 4765T (2.0 to 3.0) . I know that each step down in power (good) comes with less heat (good), less noise (good) and less performance (bad). How far can I go down until I notice a slight performance change? How far until I notice a significant change?
I know my questions are subjective, and I deserve "How would WE know what YOU would notice?" Here's a hint to help you guess: I didn't notice the difference between two identical laptops, one @ 2.7MHz and the other @ 2.9MHz.
(I'm not considering AMD. To spare the inevitable question, I had 2 AMD CPU's burn up, and never had an Intel one burn up. Yeah, I know it's a small sample rate, within margin of error, and you might have the opposite numbers. Regardless, AMD is off topic.)
My current rig of Q6600 quad@2.4, 8 GB, HD 7750 and HD can't handle the VM's I throw at it. I'm also getting tired of playing games on lowest setting, but VMware Workstation is my biggest concern. My rig heats up, and consequently the fans are loud. I know what to do for memory, graphics, and SSD in my next rig. My question is solely about the CPU.
I want Intel's 4770 series for the 4(8) cores and low power. I can't do the 4770K because it disables some virtualization. Instead of 4770 (3.4 to 3.9), I'm tempted by 4770S (3.1 to 3.9), 4770T (2.5 to 3.7), and 4765T (2.0 to 3.0) . I know that each step down in power (good) comes with less heat (good), less noise (good) and less performance (bad). How far can I go down until I notice a slight performance change? How far until I notice a significant change?
I know my questions are subjective, and I deserve "How would WE know what YOU would notice?" Here's a hint to help you guess: I didn't notice the difference between two identical laptops, one @ 2.7MHz and the other @ 2.9MHz.
(I'm not considering AMD. To spare the inevitable question, I had 2 AMD CPU's burn up, and never had an Intel one burn up. Yeah, I know it's a small sample rate, within margin of error, and you might have the opposite numbers. Regardless, AMD is off topic.)