Re: [nlug] Processor question

2009-11-22 Thread Steven S. Critchfield
Hmm, for a few bucks more, look at this one. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5214778Sku=B69-0122 AMD dual core with virtualization and the same clock speed. Plus 1 tb disk, and 4gb of ram. Look around, there are tons of cheap options. BTW, one of the

Re: [nlug] Processor question

2009-11-21 Thread Chris McQuistion
The Pentium D's and some of the really low end Core 2's do not have hardware virtualization on the chip. Intel calls this Intel VT, AMD calls it AMD-V. There are some programs that do software (para) virtualization and don't require this built into the CPU, but most virtualization software

Re: [nlug] Processor question

2009-11-21 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Chris McQuistion cmcquist...@watkins.eduwrote: The Pentium D's and some of the really low end Core 2's do not have hardware virtualization on the chip. Intel calls this Intel VT, AMD calls it AMD-V. There are some programs that do software (para)

Re: [nlug] Processor question

2009-11-21 Thread ./aal
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Andrew Farnsworth farn...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Chris McQuistion cmcquist...@watkins.edu wrote: The Pentium D's and some of the really low end Core 2's do not have hardware virtualization on the chip.  Intel calls this Intel VT,

Re: [nlug] Processor question

2009-11-21 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Sabuj Pattanayek sab...@gmail.com wrote: The E6300 which I am considering does include it according to Intel's fact page. You're talking about the 2.8GHz E6300 Pentium D right? How much are you paying for the complete system? $300 for cpu/fan/mb/2gb

Re: [nlug] Processor question

2009-11-21 Thread Sabuj Pattanayek
You're talking about the 2.8GHz E6300 Pentium D right? How much are you paying for the complete system? $300 for cpu/fan/mb/2gb RAM/Case/PSU no HD/Keyboard/Mouse The Phenom II X2 550 BE 3.1GHz is slightly faster in most benchmarks here:

Re: [nlug] Processor question

2009-11-21 Thread Sabuj Pattanayek
You can get another core for $7 more: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103648 vs the E6300: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=84p2=94 On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Sabuj Pattanayek sab...@gmail.com wrote: You're talking about the 2.8GHz E6300 Pentium D