Thanks for all the thoughts, I guess I wanted an AMD64 simply for the cool factor ;-).. Sounds like dualies is the way to go..
I'll poke around some... > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Achtemichuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] AMD64 or Dual Athlon or Other? > Motherboard suggestions? > > > > On 01/20/04 08:56:04, Brenden Walker wrote: > > I'm thinking about building a new system, and can't decide > if I want > > to > > go > > with AMD64 or dual Athlons.... (or something else)? > > > > Current system is an Athlon 1200+ I think, 512MB RAM, 2gigs > of swap, > > plenty of HD space > > You'll be blown away at how silky smooth an SMP system stays > even through > the highest load. I've got a Tyan MPX board with a gig of ram > and 2 1900+ > MPs - I couldn't ask for better Linux support, and the thing > has been a > rock since I bought it over a year and a half ago. > > You might also want to look at a dual Xeon box at around 2.4 > GHz - the > prices are very reasonable and you just can't beat Intel > stuff for quality > and reliability. Xeons also tend to be much less finicky when > it comes to > components like RAM, PSUs, etc. Also Xeons don't suffer from > the memory > bottlenecks that the AMDs do. > > As far as AMD 64, I think the sweet-spot for both price and > Linux support > is still a few months away. As I'm discovering right now with my new > Centrino laptop, the latest and greatest isn't always the > best purchase > decision when you're running Linux. > > I'd suggest you check out http://forums.2cpu.com and do some > searching > around. The For Sale / For Trade thread usually has some > great deals on > used dualies if you're out to save a few $. All of the > long-time members > are very trustworthy and I've bought and sold a lot of stuff > on that forum > with no problems. > > -- > Thanks, > Thomas Achtemichuk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mathematics is the only science where one never knows what > one is talking about nor whether what is said is true. > -- Russell > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
