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 1SsCCx-0002wG-VK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:21:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C9255E0741; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:21:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DDE9E0686 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:18:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.44]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAB8D20F4C for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:18:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.161]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:18:16 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=binarywings.net; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=PmLzpt7QH68KPMB4R1cMuoec tgU=; b=V8VN0P09pRC0P4f2tHCTSdHYz1DghXLQlrYTV5bsdH5jnH7Cl4wQ2+Nk YJKsdXMOzv8mVhV6Oa9/ZQh+BBfN2+w19c9xjXtl9yNSizK4hIaY+ZuSg/vk6iHy UqXtVANjc/HYQh9Xf8Ft9DzCnmS9JJ4VTEvpTSPbWUmlvWYqelY= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; s=smtpout; bh=PmLz pt7QH68KPMB4R1cMuoectgU=; b=LwafldlyUIADhIXTxo+QSdqJ/PqcAv3DogPe tzpn0+H7pLKVDpz7bVIAQKprr/ZYYy7uNFtVCLQdRLExguZEEikgZDOJ1ZZLdFUF lP61w+eYOhIuPf2tEWgGkcLBMOjYr/9c8qFSs2xkA5mWIhDZ4eQDZxMpBFD2l/4+ KnGvfGA= X-Sasl-enc: fF0qY/Mwf6ZYEl5rT2hfbeSL37DTBuw8SiW4HoOa+pkK 1342786693 Received: from [10.208.158.50] (unknown [176.3.158.50]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 15AEA4836D9 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:18:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <50094C7A.2080203@binarywings.net> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:18:02 +0200 From: Florian Philipp User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.5) Gecko/20120701 Thunderbird/10.0.5 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> <500949AF.7080704@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <500949AF.7080704@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig7B25968906D467A60D9578E9" X-Archives-Salt: b462acb6-4cb1-4c26-9b7f-d44a7c6f036a X-Archives-Hash: 25ebc5ee4e753fcdd40bdbb0e50f1c86 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig7B25968906D467A60D9578E9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 20.07.2012 14:06, schrieb Dale: >=20 > 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 ----- =20 >=20 > 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: >=20 > AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor >=20 > 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.=20 >=20 > One thing I have learned over the years when money is tight. Always bu= y > 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 i= n > speed. You can do the same for mobos and such too.=20 >=20 > 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 gettin= g > good stable drivers.=20 >=20 > As always, your mileage may vary.=20 >=20 > Dale >=20 > :-) :-)=20 >=20 +1 for AMD, especially if you consider integrated GPUs. If you want to be sure you get a good deal, look for FLOPS per Dollar charts or similar benchmarks. For example this [1]. [1] http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_value_available.html Regards, Florian Philipp --------------enig7B25968906D467A60D9578E9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlAJTH4ACgkQqs4uOUlOuU862gCfaCLSNf2DVymM0TjxlHXH5K/A jpAAnRCt18c2FfVjOK7aa7xWjDOcBBc8 =KwEK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig7B25968906D467A60D9578E9--