Which server is better?

[Blast]

1. Intel Core i7-2600K / 32GB RAM / 2 * 1000 Gb HDD / 1 GB / s
2. Xeon E5-2620 / 32GB RAM / 2 * 1000Gb HDD / 100 MB / s
3. Xeon E5-1650 / 32Gb RAM / 2 * 1000Gb HDD / 100 MB / s
4. Xeon 5620 x2 / 32GB RAM / 1000Gb HDD / 1 GB / s
5. Xeon E3-1230 / 16Gb RAM / 1000Gb HDD / 1 GB / s

These servers fit right into my budget. Which is the best out of this 5? I just don't have the option to replace the HDDs with SSD though. But what do you guys think?

I'm buying this tonight. So I need a little help on deciding.

 

[Mouth]

3. Xeon E5-1650 / 32Gb RAM / 2 * 1000Gb HDD / 100 MB / s

 

[Blast]

3. Xeon E5-1650 / 32Gb RAM / 2 * 1000Gb HDD / 100 MB / s

Thanks for the reply Mouth.

I was wondering, would the 100MB speed be sufficient?

 

[Blast]

A friend of mine says that #4 is better because:
e5-1650
6 core
12 threads
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2*E5620
8 Core
16 threads

 

[Snog]

A friend of mine says that #4 is better because:
e5-1650
6 core
12 threads
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2*E5620
8 Core
16 threads

It's the CPU speed that eliminates #4. In this case the 6 cores will out perform 8 cores.

 

[Blast]

It's the CPU speed that eliminates #4. In this case the 6 cores will out perform 8 cores.

Thanks Snog. What about the port speed? Is 100mb/s fine?

 

[Snog]

Thanks Snog. What about the port speed? Is 100mb/s fine?

100mb is fine. I'd hazard a guess and say 90% of the servers connected to the internet are at that speed or slower.

 

[Blast]

100mb is fine. I'd hazard a guess and say 90% of the servers connected to the internet are at that speed or slower.

Thanks once again man.

Anyways, so there's a $25 difference between E5-1650 and E5620 x2, which one should I get if my main concern is pure pagespeed? My site is just going to run Xenforo. We currently have a few hundred users. I just have a lot of addons and future proofing the site.

 

[Mouth]

I was wondering, would the 100MB speed be sufficient?

Yes, more than adequate for all but the busiest forum sites with hundreds of users streaming/downloading large content directly from your server.

 

[Mouth]

Anyways, so there's a $25 difference

Get the cheaper one, and spend $5 pm on Speed up your site with a CDN

 

[rdn]

3. Xeon E5-1650 / 32Gb RAM / 2 * 1000Gb HDD / 100 MB / s

Intel Xeon E5-1650 @ 3.20GHz is the BEAST

 

[WSWD]

As was said, the 1650 is certainly a beast. Can't go wrong with that. As far as the port, I would definitely go with 1gbps if it's available. 100 mbps is fine for actual usage, but very easily overwhelmed by script kiddies and such trying to attack your server.

 

[Sheratan]

2. Xeon E5-2620 / 32GB RAM / 2 * 1000Gb HDD / 100 MB / s
3. Xeon E5-1650 / 32Gb RAM / 2 * 1000Gb HDD / 100 MB / s

Reason: RAID

Both of them (2620 and 1650) is great. I use 2620 as node server with SSD and really fast.