The i5 series is Intel's newest chip and socket so I wouldn't buy into an older socket, if I were building a system today. Additionally, the performance of i5 is better, in most cases, and future i5 chips will be even faster.
Chris On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Mark J. Bailey <m...@jobsoft.com> wrote: > Can anyone comment on the i-Series versus Core 2 Quads with regard to > Linux? And, if so, what make/model motherboard(s) for the i-Series would > you recommend? I am finally going to have to replace a long term, tried and > true Athlon XP (Socket 462) home server box and I want to go quad core and > the newly released i-Series looks appealing. I know on the gamer front that > the consensus appears to be in favor of i-Series, but there is the > cost-benefit to consider as well. I intend to make heavy use of > virtualization, so, the added umph of the i-Series may be worth the extra > cost (as I don’t intend to repeat this anytime soon). And, for that matter, > the lower end i7 is not much more than an i5, so, it appears one should just > opt for the i7 if going the i-Series route. > > > > Thanks for any comments. > > > > Mark > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
