[TriLUG] CPU Considerations/Recommendations

[Dave Sorenson]

I've had nothing but GREAT luck w/ AMD CPU's I've probably built 7-9 
boxen with them and the ones that were taken out of service were due to 
clockspeed slowness, not failure. In fact my server is going on year 6 
and while showing it's slow clockspeed occasionally it  has been ROCK 
SOLID since Red Hat 7 was first installed.

YMMV
;-)
Dave

Greg Brown wrote:
> I've been blasted for my views of AMD but I'd say, no, and AMD 
> anything is
> not a good choice for a processor (this is based off three different AMD
> processors I owned kicking the bucket within one year's time.  
> Meanwhile my
> P-II is still churning out the 1s and 0s God only knows how long after it
> was shipped out the door).
>
> Yahoo had a story about the financial well at AMD possibly running dry:
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311/ap_on_bi_ge/amd_intel_shifting_fortunes;_ylt=AhfUbSCIDhPeuOjiO2pl.sfMWM0F 
>
>
> (http://tinyurl.com/yrkw7y)*
>
> *Some other headlines:
>
> *AMD* on The Brink of
> Collapse<http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=60964&rubrik1=Economy&rubrik2=Company%20News&rubrik3=Mergers%20%2F%20Takeovers&sort=1&start=1> 
>
> *AMD* Staggering After Brutal Year of Battling
> Intel<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258365,00.html>
> Intel Debuts More Product, The Chips Are Down Again At
> AMD<http://www.247wallst.com/2007/03/intel_debuts_mo.html>
>
> This could all be wrong though.  YMMV.
>
> Greg
>
> On 3/13/07, Ed Alexander <esalexa at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> I need to purchase a new primary desktop for home use.  I'd like some
>> recommendations for what CPU to get.  Is Athlon 64 a good choice?  I
>> know of issues with getting Flash player to work (only 32-bit version
>> available).  Are there other considerations, good or bad?
>>
>> I'll be running various Linux distros on it over time, one as the base
>> system and others in Qemu or VMware.  The system will be used for the
>> usual (e-mail, web, video, productivity, etc.) and general playing
>> around with Linux distros.
>>
>> Thanks for any constructive comments.
>>
>> Ed
>>
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