Hello! On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:24:42 -0400 Philip Webb <[email protected]> wrote:
> I plan to build a new machine in the next few months: > it wb for regular desktop use, but performance is as important as > price. > > A quick look at what was available in April suggested > an Intel Ivy Bridge i7 ( 22 nm ) ; Phoronix said it works with Kernel > 3.2 > + an Intel Z77 mobo (I usually buy ASUS) & that power/watt was > excellent. > If you are considering to buy an Intel CPU, I'd recommend you to pay some attention to such Intel' technologies as this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge#Intel_Insider_and_remote-control because it doesn't looks like an advantage to the end user, but rather as a security (or privacy) hole in one's system. > 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. > My current box dates from 2007 & my stand-by from 2002 : > the former has an Intel Core2 Duo, the latter an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ . > > I don't want to pay a premium price for a bleeding-edge device > which wb available at a more normal price a few months later. > I wb buying it from the local store (Canada Computers), not on-line. > > Does anyone have thoughts or advice ? > Regards, Vladimir ----- <[email protected]>
