i7-2600 HT @ 3.4 Ghz VERSUS i7-3930K HT @ 3.2 Ghz

Hi everyone I am about to upgrade our server due the PVP experience And I can easily afford a Core i7 3930K HT, (hexacore) instead of the quadcore.

However, the i7 2600 is slightly faster in clockspeed, 200 mhz, however I have plugins like orebfuscator that I really need.

Now the benchmarks of the i7 3930K HT are way better then the benchmarks of the i7 2600 of course. However... because the clock speed is lower Does this mean that the performance in Minecraft will be less? COMPARE: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

I would really like to upgrade but if the performance is less good... I run a lot of plugins as Orebfuscator that use a second thread, and that goes well.. So would upgrading do the server more BAD then good? or what is your guys opinion?

PLEASE BEFORE REPLY: COMPARE THE PERFORMANCE: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

 

It all depends on how you are going to run the server. (This could be long)...

The i7-3930(K) does have a faster clock speed, but as Bukkit and Minecraft only utilise one ore each, and anything over 3.0GHz is enough, i would say it is pointless unless you are going to be running more than 32GB RAM on it(As 2600 only allows up to 32GB RAM). It does not also have a built in graphics unlike most other CPU's, no a GPU is a must.

The 2600(K), is cheaper, slightly lower clock speed(Which wouldn't really matter), but, as stated above, only allows 32GB RAM, with slower speeds(DDR3-1066/1333), unlike the 3930(K) which also allows 1600.

If you wanted to though, you could go for a i5-2500K, it has virtually the same specs as the 2600, just slightly slower clock speed(3.3GHz), and is only 4 core.

Summary: All those CPU's would run a server fine, it just all depends on the amount of RAM you give your PC, and what else you could/would be doing in the background while it is running.