- Oct 22, 2012
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Approximate Purchase Date: 2-6 weeks
Budget Range: (e.g.: 300-400) 200-400 after rebates, including shipping
System Usage from Most to Least Important: continuous integration server
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: CPU/mobo/RAM
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: microcenter.com (I would prefer to buy locally)
Location: Denver, CO, USA
Parts Preferences: by brand or type: Prefer AMD, but open to Intel (if anything they offer even fits this budget)
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 80x25 text
Additional Comments: Looking for a low-cost server to run large-scale software builds
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Current Phenom x3 w/6GB of RAM is getting completely overwhelmed with my builds. On a test server at work with 32GB of RAM and 32 cores I get 100% usage of all cores and about 25-30GB of RAM usage and a build time of about 5 minutes, but locally if I do a full build it can run 60-90 minutes or more (partly due to GC pressure). Obviously, I'm not going to be able to afford anything like our test hardware, but getting more cores, and importantly, more RAM in the box is going to be a big win locally. The build is highly parallel, so more slow cores will generally get the work done faster than fewer faster cores. No fancy graphics, etc, needed, just horsepower and RAM.
Budget Range: (e.g.: 300-400) 200-400 after rebates, including shipping
System Usage from Most to Least Important: continuous integration server
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: CPU/mobo/RAM
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: microcenter.com (I would prefer to buy locally)
Location: Denver, CO, USA
Parts Preferences: by brand or type: Prefer AMD, but open to Intel (if anything they offer even fits this budget)
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 80x25 text
Additional Comments: Looking for a low-cost server to run large-scale software builds
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Current Phenom x3 w/6GB of RAM is getting completely overwhelmed with my builds. On a test server at work with 32GB of RAM and 32 cores I get 100% usage of all cores and about 25-30GB of RAM usage and a build time of about 5 minutes, but locally if I do a full build it can run 60-90 minutes or more (partly due to GC pressure). Obviously, I'm not going to be able to afford anything like our test hardware, but getting more cores, and importantly, more RAM in the box is going to be a big win locally. The build is highly parallel, so more slow cores will generally get the work done faster than fewer faster cores. No fancy graphics, etc, needed, just horsepower and RAM.
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