-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ,--[ On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 02:42:21PM +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- | Hash: SHA1 | | Rohit Kumar wrote: | > But then /me just widened the scope by thinking about AMD. | > I have no info on how good (or bad) linux runs on AMD. | > But have read on forums that AMD is actually far ahead of intel. | > | > Please help me choose a good processor. :-) | > | | For most of the people, the choice of the make of processors doesn't | make any worthwhile difference(no matter how some folks would scream at | you to believe). Go for any, suitable in your budget. Computers anyway | have to be upgraded every 2-3 years. At the end of the day, probably the | make and type of your power supply and cabinet, influences the life of | your machine more than the processor itself would. | | My advice would be to never buy the latest and greatest(always too | expensive to be worth it) processor. Settle down on a brand, take a look | at the 2-3 processors at the midrange, make a call on the | price/clock/feature balance,buy it and then worry most on getting a good | cabinet,good power supply and power backup. The money you will save on | the processor is better put into a good cabinet which can keep your | processor healthy, as well as a good power supply. | | Most folks(like me till a short while back) have unnecessarily obsessed | over the processor than the cabinet/power supply. e.g. look at this | cabinet[1]. Wouldn't you like one like this which will keep your PC | really cool(3 fans, 2 just to cool the hard disks), keep out the | dust(with the dust filter, and remain quiet with its soundproof insides? | You would be able to buy this with just the money you save from *not* | buying an unnecessarily high end processor, or even a different make of | processor.
True. I also suggest, get a good SMPS as most of the SMPS which comes with normal desktop cabinets (costing around INR 1,000-1,200) don't give you the rated output power and not even continuous output, resulting in HD/CD/DVD drives restarting in between. And also recommended, if you're going to use SATA disks. Since SATA disks require a separate power connector for powering SATA disks. These connectors are also of not good quality. So get a good SMPS like "Cooler Master", or "Amigo" etc. These SMPS cost you more, but comes with a builtin SATA power connectors, rated output power. | | [1] http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=15136 | | - - Sandip HTH Ashish Shukla - -- Ashish Shukla "Wah Java !!" आशीष शुक्ल weblog: http://wahjava.wordpress.com/ ,= ,-_-. =. | DRMs are often designed by ambitious, well-funded consortia, | ((_/)o o(\_)) | with top-notch engineers from every corner of the industry. | `-'(. .)`-' | They spend millions. They take years. They are defeated in | \_/ | days, for pennies, by hobbyists. - Cory Doctorow | We've so many people in India, that we're able to route each network packet manually. - nobotz to wahjava -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHB6ZGHy+EEHYuXnQRAjzHAJ0TChWOnHvF4sAfKnq9Veutp9/90QCfUzxf zryrf7yGH1RYkIeX0tXQdBU= =8Rwq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
