I have an i7 3770k (with an Asus P8Z77-V LE MB) as well as an AMD 8350 (with a 990FXA-UD3 MB. The Intel is faster and a lot cooler (temperature wise). Both are EFI based but both can boot in what they call "Legacy" mode. Both worked out of the box for me with Ubuntu 13.04. I only tested 12.10 on the Intel since I did not have the AMD at the time.
Functionally both work, Linux seems to make better use of the 8 core AMD, though I would still give the edge to Intel. In particular with large amounts of RAM. I have 32 GiB of 1866 RAM which run at full speed on the Intel, but only 1600Mhz on the AMD. If I drop the amount of RAM to 8 GiB then they run at full speed. If the choice was an i5 or 8350, I might give the edge (but only slightly) to the AMD. If you put the i7 into the mix then there is no competition IMO. If I had to choose only one system, I would stick with the Intel. Hth, On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Abram Caleb <[email protected]> wrote: > ASUS ATHLON MOBO with 8 core AMD FX processor > > 8 GB RAM (buy fastest that you can afford) > > turn off on board sound and go with a revolution 7.1 PCI sound card (rare) > - Sound Blaster Live is OK but the Rev is better. > > 2 - 500 GB WD Hdd or 2 TB drives > DVD Writer > Zotac Dual Channel 600 series or better graphics card (NVidia) > > 500 watt Power supply - a good one! > > Get a nice case with a case fan - liquid cool on CPU not necessary > > > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Adam Behnke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm in the market to upgrade my computer. >> >> Would anyone be willing to share their experiences for good hardware or >> even hardware to avoid? >> >> I was looking at a MSI socket LGA 1155 mobo with a core i5 proc, but i'm >> leary of the UEFI bios. >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >> >> > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > >
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