Quad Core i7 SSD Raid0 8GB Ram VS Dual Core Mini i7 SSD 8GB Ram

[phiberbax]

I recently purchased 2 Minis. 1 Server (upgraded Raid0 ssd & ram) and 1 i7 2.7 (upgraded SSD & Ram)

here they are both on geekbench 32-bit
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Mini Server

Mini i7

 

[Vermifuge]

i'm getting about 7500 with my i7 mini dual Core. 8 GB ram with the upgrade 7200 RPM drive but still this shows the server is still worth considering for CPU intensive tasks

 

[philipma1957]

the two of them run about the same as the basic mac pro. 999 plus 899 is 1998 4 sticks of ram is about 120

2118 a pair of 128 samsung ssds are about 400. total 2528.


the two units would pull a max of 85 plus 85 or 170 watts the mac pro will pull 300 with ease. a very strong aruguement can be made for some users to buy the pair of minis.

 

[throttlemeister]

That's a lot of dough for a few points extra..

Bone stock mini server, with 4GB total and 130mb free running as a web/mail/dns/file server and running headless connecting with screen sharing to run Geekbench.

 

[phiberbax]

That's a lot of dough for a few points extra..

Image

Bone stock mini server, with 4GB total and 130mb free running as a web/mail/dns/file server and running headless connecting with screen sharing to run Geekbench.

True. But booting up in 6 secs is kinda like chugging a beer in 6 secs, for show =)

 

[throttlemeister]

True. But booting up in 6 secs is kinda like chugging a beer in 6 secs, for show =)

I like the way you think.

 

[DisMyMac]

a very strong aruguement can be made for some users to buy the pair of minis.

True, and I assume that's no accident from Apple. They know how to offer selections that make any lone purchase less-than-ideal... We all need 2 of each!

 

[srf4real]

True. But booting up in 6 secs is kinda like chugging a beer in 6 secs, for show =)

Ya, but you know how when you throw 12GB of files off your main drive to primary storage drive after done editing, go smoke a cig and get some coffee.. hopefully the transfer is done?

Not anymore. It's just done pretty much within a few seconds.

Here's my 64 bit geek bench. I got 9640 the second time.

 

[phiberbax]

Ya, but you know how when you throw 12GB of files off your main drive to primary storage drive after done editing, go smoke a cig and get some coffee.. hopefully the transfer is done?

Not anymore. It's just done pretty much within a few seconds.

Here's my 64 bit geek bench. I got 9640 the second time.

Nicely done! What was your 32 bit score?