From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RP1rN-0005An-Gx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:54:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D0DCB21C1A0; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:53:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98C4521C1C0 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:51:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (yooden.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9D29C80145 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:51:30 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:51:29 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Another hardware thread Message-ID: <20111112005129.003a54d3@digimed.co.uk> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10cvs81 (GTK+ 2.24.7; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/o6D+Ukylhcmd_tacdAcZP3u"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 7c4b97c9-b856-4947-a60c-4bccc51a6dc5 X-Archives-Hash: 787b4c5b6331c623d5e8e5261a66ef22 --Sig_/o6D+Ukylhcmd_tacdAcZP3u Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It's time for a new desktop, I'd rather the the money to Amazon or Ebuyer than the Inland Revenue. I'm currently running a Core2Duo system, but use AMD before that, so I have no real allegiances. I was thinking of something like an AMD 1100T 6 core CPU, the new Bulldozers are expensive and initial reports are not that promising, but an Intel that gives the same bang per buck would do. I'm thinking Gigabyte for motherboard, based on comments made here in similar threads (like the one Dale started a while ago). I need lots of SATA ports (fortunately, I bought a pair of 2TB drives a fortnight ago, just before the prices went ballistic). I'm not a gamer, but I want a system with plenty of grunt. Video performance is not critical, on board would suffice, except I need something with dual output to drive two monitors. Do any of the onboard jobbies do this or is a separate Nvidia still the best option? Thoughts would be welcome, and please feel free to start your own ATI vs Nvidia and AMD vs Intel flamewars. OK, I'd rather you didn't, but I'm not about to waste electrons asking for the impossible :) --=20 Neil Bothwick Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. --Sig_/o6D+Ukylhcmd_tacdAcZP3u Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk69wxEACgkQum4al0N1GQMm5wCgq1jqEzHL8v3k7Cm/edhhRmD8 +loAniJxueB4DKnvyXxylDjVzHvQCuph =+Uo6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/o6D+Ukylhcmd_tacdAcZP3u--