Which CPU for seedbox?

[axeldorf]

I'm ordering a new seedbox and have an opton of these two.

6600 core 2 duo 2.4 Ghz or P4 3.0Ghz HT

Just wondering which cpu I should choose. The seedbox will be running centos with torrentflux b4rt.

[zaphodiv]

I doubt you would notice any performance difference between the two.
The faster cpu might make a second or two different when checking a big torrent which dosn't matter.

The internet connection will be the limiting factor, possibly followed by HD seek time if you are have lots of simultaneous upload streams.

[Durranimo]

Have you considered the low power CPUs from AMD?. If you are going to be running the box 24*7, then I would be worried about the electricity bill.

[smiggy]

Errrr, I run uTorrent with XP Pro on a headless Via Epia 5000 (silent except for the HD seeking), which is equivalent to about a P1 200MHz, via RDP and it works fine. Granted, though, I only have about about 30-50 things being seeded at any one time. CPU usage hovers at about 20% while RDPing.