Ask HN: Cheap and fast (just CPU) dedicated server?

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We need a server to do some very CPU intensive data processing and we are looking for provider which has the best CPU/cost ratio.

The server does not need to have a lot of memory, fast disk or anything like that: we just care about CPU speed.

The data is public so security is also not a issue.

see "Hetzner Online Server Auction!"

from 81-140 EUR / month

- 24 GB RAM

- Intel core i7 990x ( CPU-B 10599 )

- Intel core i7 980x ( CPU-B 10237 )

Setup (once): 0.00 €

No minimum contract period

Cancellation period: 30 day to month-end

Excellent. I was not aware of this.

Are you looking hourly or monthly?

The only problem with hetzner is they don't do multi-cpu machines.

maybe "Amazon EC2 Spot Instances"

#"Cluster Compute Eight Extra Large" 88 EC2 Compute Units (2 x Intel Xeon E5-2670, eight-core "Sandy Bridge" architecture)

--> variable price - now $0.75 per hour = ( US EAST )

#"Cluster Compute Quadruple Extra Large" 33.5 EC2 Compute Units (2 x Intel Xeon X5570, quad-core “Nehalem” architecture)

--> variable price - now $0.208 per hour ( US EAST )

- [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2670 @ 2.60GHz = 28,459 CPU MARK

Try this one here: http://www.yunicon.net/ It's a medium size company in Berlin with awesome customer service.

Check out the datashack dedicated server Page. The out of stock servers are great deals that pop up for a few hours at a time before selling out.

Hetzner hands down.