AMD or Intel for my budget server?

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I am a CS student and am looking to build a small home server for hands on learning outside the class. I plan to install Debian and use it for ownCloud, backups, and school related projects.

I have a 1150 socket motherboard laying around, so I was going to get the G3250 and call it a day, but then I started to wonder about AMD since it seems that they are cheaper per core.

I'm looking at the Athlon X4 845, which is at the very top of my budget. For a bit cheaper, there is also the Athlon 5350, but reviews hint that I'll regret not spending the extra $20 (though I reeeeally like the low power draw). How do these compare against the Intet, as well as each other?

Thanks for the help!
 
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The Athlon 5350 (Kabini) is basically a tablet CPU, equivalent to Intel's Atom line.

Generally speaking, Kabini is half as fast per clock as the construction cores (Athlon x4), which are again half as fast per clock as Intel's latest core designs. 4 Athlon cores have about the same throughput as two Pentium cores.

There are some cases where having more physical cores is useful. If you have a task running that demands 100% of two cores, for instance, and try to do something else on the Pentium, it'll be choppy/laggy. Running the same task on the Athlon, the task will get done half as fast (due to slower cores) but it will still have two cores free for doing other stuff, so your Debian UI will still be smooth and responsive. VMs are a...
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The Athlon 5350 (Kabini) is basically a tablet CPU, equivalent to Intel's Atom line.

Generally speaking, Kabini is half as fast per clock as the construction cores (Athlon x4), which are again half as fast per clock as Intel's latest core designs. 4 Athlon cores have about the same throughput as two Pentium cores.

There are some cases where having more physical cores is useful. If you have a task running that demands 100% of two cores, for instance, and try to do something else on the Pentium, it'll be choppy/laggy. Running the same task on the Athlon, the task will get done half as fast (due to slower cores) but it will still have two cores free for doing other stuff, so your Debian UI will still be smooth and responsive. VMs are a great example of a use where more, slower cores can be useful.

Given that you already have an 1150 board, the Pentium is probably a fine choice. A used i3 from eBay would be better than anything listed, given that it has 4 hardware threads, but now I'm pushing up your budget and I don't even know what your use-case is.
 
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I have the Athlon 5350 with ubuntu, it perform well and is silent and is perfect for backup and remote connections etc, but linux have some issues with amd drivers.

I would say get the pentium and call it a day
 
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Thanks for the help. Since I am going with Intel, I may throw in the extra cash saved from not getting a mobo and get an i3.

Edit: Will there be a noticeable difference in Pentium vs i3 W/ hyper threading? I know with servers the general agreement is more cores, but that's far from an end-all answer. So do the 4 threads really help that much?
 
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I got the Pentium G3258 and it has been more than enough to handle my cloud server, mail, and a few other basics without breaking a sweat (then again, it hasn't been put through much yet).

The final build was a G3258, micro ATX Gigabyte mobo, 8GB Corsair Vengeance LP ram, 120GB Samsung EVO 750, Corsair 100R case w/ 2 stock fans, and a Hyper T4 cooler. Overall it's a snappy server and I'm happy I went with Intel! Thanks again!
 
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