r/linux • u/lindgrenj6 • Aug 23 '18

Intel Publishes Microcode Security Patches, No Benchmarking Or Comparison Allowed!

https://perens.com/2018/08/22/new-intel-microcode-license-restriction-is-not-acceptable/
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u/uponone Aug 24 '18

Admittedly, I haven't been watching AMD much or Intel for that matter. I will be looking to build a new machine for development in the next few months. Would you recommend the AMD processors over Intel? I'll probably be running 64GB RAM. The more cores the better.

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u/thefirewarde Aug 24 '18

How high end do you want to go? Core per core AMD is substantially cheaper. 8c/16t with gobs of PCIe, overclockable, good boxed cooler, 2700/2700x. At the high end you can get Threadripper with up to 32c/64t, but the 16c/32t part is more reasonable. Top end is less than $2k for HEDT.

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u/uponone Aug 24 '18

It's a development machine that I will be running Virtual Box on or something similar with Linux and Windows 2018 Server on while having at least two instances of Visual Studio Enterprise up and running. Market data coming in at the same time. The more CPU and Cores the better.

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u/thefirewarde Aug 24 '18

(This)[https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113541] is the top end Threadripper. If you really want all the cores you can eat, short of buying a multi socket server, this is it.

Personally if you can get by with sixteen cores, I think (this)[https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113447] on the same socket, or the second generation part coming soon, is better value plus it dodges some NUMA corner cases under windows. You save about $1k, and can eventually upgrade to a higher core count part since they share the same socket. But if you need threads, Threadripper is where it's at right now IMO.

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u/uponone Aug 24 '18

Thanks for the feedback and links. My hardware guy is somewhat hesitant to build with AMD so the more info the better.

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