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 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1Ss7cE-0002xI-EU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:27:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B673BE05E4; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:26:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A8AAE0539 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:24:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3BC22EA4A6 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:24:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id bZvI7OefnWz6 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:24:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (unknown [206.126.87.235]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 5B7112EA49E for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:24:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:24:42 -0400 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:24:42 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: Gentoo User Subject: [gentoo-user] new machine : (1) which CPU ? Message-ID: <20120720072442.GD2871@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: Gentoo User 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: dd4eb37e-ab28-499a-bec8-93a5178a8f9f X-Archives-Hash: 47319e4fbcd2c75d9e57a856fd0c8c36 I plan to build a new machine in the next few months: it wb for regular desktop use, but performance is as important as price. A quick look at what was available in April suggested an Intel Ivy Bridge i7 ( 22 nm ) ; Phoronix said it works with Kernel 3.2 + an Intel Z77 mobo (I usually buy ASUS) & that power/watt was excellent. However, I'm quite willing to look at AMD or consider waiting a bit till something newer from Intel reaches the regular market. My current box dates from 2007 & my stand-by from 2002 : the former has an Intel Core2 Duo, the latter an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ . I don't want to pay a premium price for a bleeding-edge device which wb available at a more normal price a few months later. I wb buying it from the local store (Canada Computers), not on-line. Does anyone have thoughts or advice ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca