

I am not sure if I should go with a CPU with higher base clock and less cores, or more cores and a reasonable base clock. It shipped configured with 512 MB or 1 GB of 533 MHz PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM, a 250 GB (7200 RPM) Serial ATA hard drive, a reported '16X. Dual cpu server in a power mac g5 case serial# Based on my research I thought the E5-2697 v2 would be a good choice considering its 2.7Ghz Base, 3.5Ghz Turbo, 12 Core, 24 Threads.

However its current price on ebay is around 200 Euros which is on the high side considering I need two identical processors.Ģx 3TB for Array (I already own these.
