Anyone care to comment, an open source developer in Canada is getting a new PC... I work on the very low end so someone might have some useful comments. I wish it was my budget :-)
What is support like for 64 bit stuff? Ta Ken > > First I wanted to thank you all for taking the time to respond > to my call for help. I have taken what you have sent to me and > talked with one of the few custom Linux box Vars in Canada and > he has put together 3 systems for me to choose from. > > They are based on 3 different processors and motherboards and ... > They all come in at about the same price tag (once I add extras, sales tax, > shipping they all eat me $4K Canadian budget up). > > If you have a moment I would love to hear which of these > systems you feel is best for me to choose. I am literally out of my depth. > > Specifically does a dual x86-64 Opteron system at 1.4 GHz but 64 bits > really perform as well as a dual Xeon 2.4 GHZ? > > Would it be a mistake to go with 32bit processors when the 64 bit processors > seem to be the wave of the future (PPC 970, Itanium, x86-64, etc). > Or do the much faster 32 bit processors outperform the 64 bit ones. > > Any advice welcomed!!!! > > System A: Dual 64bit AMD Opteron system > --------------------------------------------------------------- > (2) AMD OPT 240 (1.4GHz) w/ AMD Cooler > (1) Tyan S2880GNR Opeteron (2x), vide, PCI-X, 2xGigE, Promise ATA RAID > (1) 21-01WD 21" ATX+ Server, 3 BB fan, 9 bay > (1) 450W ATX2.03 Power Supply, TripleI BB fan, AMD/P4 > (4) 512MB PC2700 Kentronn DDR EEC REG DIMM "x4" > (1) ATI Radeon 7000 64MB DDR TVout PCI Video > (1) 3Ware Escalade 7500-2 IDE Raid, 2 disk Raid 0,1,JBOD > (2) W.Digital Caviar Ultra120-8 7200rpm 120GB UDMA100 Hard Drives > (1) Pioneer DR105 DVDR-RW Drive > (1) Onboard Dual GigE ethernet on motherboard > (1) 3 Port Firewire PCI (VIA) > > > > System B: Dual Xeon 2.4 GHZ system (32 bit processor) > ----------------------------------------------------------- > (2) Intel Xeon Processor 533fsb 2.4GHz > (1) Tyan S2668ANR 2x Xeon533, i1705 chipset, AGP8X, 100T&GbE, Promise S-ATARAID > (1) 21-01WD 21" ATX+ Server, 3 BB fan, 9 bay > (1) 450W ATX2.03 Power Supply, TripleI BB fan, AMD/P4 > (4) 512MB PC2700 Kentronn DDR EEC REG DIMM "x4" > (1) ATI Radeon 9100 64MB DDR TVout AGP4x Video > (1) 3Ware Escalade 7500-2 IDE Raid, 2 disk Raid 0,1,JBOD > (2) W.Digital Caviar Ultra120-8 7200rpm 120GB UDMA100 Hard Drives > (1) Pioneer DR105 DVDR-RW Drive > (1) Onboard Gig (1000T) ethernet plus 10/100T ethernet on motherboard > (1) 3 Port Firewire PCI (VIA) > > > > System C: Dual Athlon 2.2GHz system (32 bit processor) > --------------------------------------------------------- > (2) AMD MP2800+ 2.2GHz c/w AMD Cooler > (1) Tyan Tiger S2466N-4M motherboard, Dual AthlonMP, ether > (1) 21-01WD 21" ATX+ Server, 3 BB fan, 9 bay > (1) 450W ATX2.03 Power Supply, TripleI BB fan, AMD/P4 > (4) 512MB PC2700 Kentronn DDR EEC REG DIMM "x4" > (1) ATI Radeon 9100 64MB DDR TVout AGP4x Video > (1) 3Ware Escalade 7500-2 IDE Raid, 2 disk Raid 0,1,JBOD > (2) W.Digital Caviar Ultra120-8 7200rpm 120GB UDMA100 Hard Drives > (1) Pioneer DR105 DVDR-RW Drive > (1) Onboard Gig (1000T) ethernet plus 10/100T ethernet on motherboard > (1) 3 Port Firewire PCI (VIA) -- Thanks KenF OpenOffice.org developer -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
