So I'm planning on building a new rig and turning my old Quad Core
into a headless ESXi host. I'd like to get as many cores/threads as
possible and keep it under 2K. My goals are to be running the new
machine as my main computer (office/gaming/internet) while running
multiple VMs on top of it (probably full time, except maybe during
gaming). The new FX-8150 is appealing because it has 8 physical cores
vs the i7-2600K's 4 (8HT), which I assume would mean better VM
performance distribution. Unfortunately, the benchmarks look like
****. It performs lower than the year old 2600k, and isn't quite up to
par with the 3 year old 980X. Given the disappointing benchmarks, I've
done some more research and found out about the upcomming i7-3830K,
with 6 Cores/12 threads. This processor looks good , but I'm wondering
if anyone has any suggestions as to whether it's "twice the cost" good
vs the Bulldozer or 2600k? Opinions?
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