Re: [gentoo-user] OT: cheap "make yourself" server: i7-950 or phenom 1100T?

2010-12-15 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [10-12-15 19:52]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Jarry [10-12-15 19:08]: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>a friend of mine asked me to prepare a small server for him. > >>Unfortunatelly he can not afford to buy brand-name server so > >>he asked me to build one for him, from "consumer" components > >

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: cheap "make yourself" server: i7-950 or phenom 1100T?

2010-12-15 Thread Bill Longman
On 12/15/2010 09:35 AM, Jarry wrote: > So what should I pick for him? i7-950, or phenom-1100t? > Or yet some cheap 4/6-core opteron 4xxx/6xxx? Uh oh..don your flameproof underwear and open the floodgates I've not used the new six-core AMDs but I love my XII 940. And with Intel's new plum

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: cheap "make yourself" server: i7-950 or phenom 1100T?

2010-12-15 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Jarry [10-12-15 19:08]: Hi, a friend of mine asked me to prepare a small server for him. Unfortunatelly he can not afford to buy brand-name server so he asked me to build one for him, from "consumer" components (yes, I already warned him about "zero-support" cons

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: cheap "make yourself" server: i7-950 or phenom 1100T?

2010-12-15 Thread meino . cramer
Jarry [10-12-15 19:08]: > Hi, > > a friend of mine asked me to prepare a small server for him. > Unfortunatelly he can not afford to buy brand-name server so > he asked me to build one for him, from "consumer" components > (yes, I already warned him about "zero-support" consequences). > It should

[gentoo-user] OT: cheap "make yourself" server: i7-950 or phenom 1100T?

2010-12-15 Thread Jarry
Hi, a friend of mine asked me to prepare a small server for him. Unfortunatelly he can not afford to buy brand-name server so he asked me to build one for him, from "consumer" components (yes, I already warned him about "zero-support" consequences). It should be some kind of "multi-purpose" serve