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 1SsC16-0001QQ-5w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:09:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 90D81E06B1; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:08:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04197E0508 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:06:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenl3 with SMTP id l3so4215236yen.40 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 05:06:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=4JKPR3tBAuZzi5SafNhyTsKLdtvH2BRDjmUCLktdXnM=; b=pRBJzGdYv+byIcvO2M45iugfcESvZwYXV8oeIErAK5/ZcSnGv2tbAAUjunmPl+cqF8 65nWlVNxCk6AcCwGVLAXsI84uiTa55WqpOQzS13RWrvrJRNYj1XYIW8FJvxPfZIszU+L ciYLeV6YRvxziiMqaqbyycuela83v7sijTtIH7dwd2LrA1yGoXpzSR5fI73a8e8y9GNe ZCkoAjqi0nfEsYnC6ncAj5us8jtqhC2TbIOzR4hWP7VsTiPujt2CfffEDHe+hjkJXxmG gHXVPhs3mBwGVr11BLwB7cPzYJ5yV0Bbw5KhtFJg3JEw0g4KpZZzrHksm7uxb0FHlLrT lg2A== Received: by 10.236.185.198 with SMTP id u46mr5377686yhm.33.1342785970485; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 05:06:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-98-95-149-202.jan.bellsouth.net. [98.95.149.202]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f68sm9157315yhh.22.2012.07.20.05.06.08 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 20 Jul 2012 05:06:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <500949AF.7080704@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:06:07 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120717 Firefox/14.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.11 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (1) which CPU ? References: <20120720072442.GD2871@ca.inter.net> <20120720144011.17d96b2fc9d0d0786e0d2e8b@ukr.net> In-Reply-To: <20120720144011.17d96b2fc9d0d0786e0d2e8b@ukr.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 949d9f08-f36a-419e-b061-97d741a1279c X-Archives-Hash: a2e175e8ea5107c6eb500a9ef3e50629 v_2e@ukr.net wrote: > Hello! > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:24:42 -0400 > Philip Webb wrote: > > >> However, I'm quite willing to look at AMD or consider waiting a bit >> till something newer from Intel reaches the regular market. > Speaking of AMD processors, I remember one of my friends told that > their A10-series a good. I didn't study any details of it, but if you > are interested, you can check them out as well. > > Regards, Vladimir ----- I built my rig with a AMD CPU and I like it. I prefer AMD since it has a lot of bang for less bucks. Mine is this one: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor I went from 12 to 14 hours building LOo on my older AMD 2500+ single core to about a hour or so on my new rig. One thing I have learned over the years when money is tight. Always buy parts that are about 2 to 3 notches below the latest release. My current CPU is 3.2Ghz which is about two notches below the fastest they had at the time. I think the fastest was 3.4Ghz or something. I saved a lot of money but most likely wouldn't be able to see the difference in speed. You can do the same for mobos and such too. Also, with Linux, older hardware has more stable drivers than newer stuff. If you buy a brand new mobo with all new chipsets, you can run into stability issues until the drivers get sorted out. If you buy one that has been out a year or so, you have a MUCH better chance of getting good stable drivers. As always, your mileage may vary. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!