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 1SsOqh-0002tK-Ev for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 21 Jul 2012 01:51:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2526FE050E; Sat, 21 Jul 2012 01:51:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f181.google.com (mail-ob0-f181.google.com [209.85.214.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E48ADE00D3 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2012 01:49:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbup19 with SMTP id up19so6100257obb.40 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:49:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=CW0jn3v7kzeXwfRSXrYVV1D6YIhwOdmVlHyc/fawV4s=; b=qn/CADV4mcNoM7z1nn8ntpsi0AZFSZ1r1sQPHonW6B1lG8kAjG/iQZGPx4EvsM0XFT /9j0azWgVciKd7fhiyE/JkLfTZ1fjC7fQfrV62quWgg8B1lsejDEvYhVjMBL91HbHrKq PCC8qRoOGiq4OL78of1+MOvnIM2oQPZm9GqaxepsMpiSoVJy4BsEkexb6uKEBqTdwIqL Z3m8jGqE1SP/EqtAyJS9l+3waqa2q4rUixR0QIGMhGBLUB8+cBJPqhxhwro3zguMchhb rLBYF55NAPcsjl+n9NGxl+CAs1IExsx5R20l4Hz/NuzyA76CmRYy7LKZvhq3qODr3CUN Taqw== 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 Received: by 10.50.220.194 with SMTP id py2mr5906827igc.15.1342835372230; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:49:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.233.4 with HTTP; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:49:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120721012719.GA2879@ca.inter.net> References: <20120720072442.GD2871@ca.inter.net> <20120720144011.17d96b2fc9d0d0786e0d2e8b@ukr.net> <500949AF.7080704@gmail.com> <50094C7A.2080203@binarywings.net> <5009990B.80106@gmail.com> <20120721012719.GA2879@ca.inter.net> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:49:32 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (1) which CPU ? From: Alecks Gates To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: fad2f945-27e4-4b9c-8924-120248ef3f23 X-Archives-Hash: 794619560c0aa32c501deb0907a5d67f On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Philip Webb wrote: > 120720 Dale wrote to me as OP: >> If you need help with this, i'd be glad to help you pick parts >> for your build. The biggest thing is to make sure things work together. > > Thanks for the offer & the other advice from everyone so far. > I built machines successfully in 2000 2003 2007 > & am still using the last 2 , tho' the 2007 mobo failed (ASUS) > & its replacement is showing minor bugs (glad I got in-store warranty). > Therefore, I'm not looking for basic advice how to put a box together. > > I'm also willing to pay for a fast upto-date CPU, > but not of course whatever came out just last week, > which will soon drop in price & will still need some bugs sorting out. > I don't have to choose between a good CPU & a good SSD > & expect to get a competitive price from Canada Computers, as before. > > Any further thoughts re Intel vs AMD wb very welcome. > > -- > ========================,,============================================ > SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb > ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto > TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca > > You'd definitely get more bang for your buck out of AMD, especially with Gentoo. It might even be worth waiting for AMD's piledriver-core CPUs depending on how much of an improvement they actually give, though I'm not sure when those are supposed to be out. And paying for a top-of-the-line AMD CPU is still much cheaper than Intel. This is a very broad generalization of course, but a lot of it comes down to multi-threaded (lean towards AMD) vs single-threaded (lean towards Intel). Honestly I don't think you'd notice the difference anyway on a general desktop. I'd pick AMD, and very likely one of their APUs if you don't need intense graphics, as they seem to be able to handle most things well and even some light gaming.